Local News Notes and Week in Pella and Vicinity
A roundup of visits and travels across Eddyville Sibley Des Moines Prairie City Parkersburg Oskaloosa Des Moines and Chicago. Local families like VanArkel LeCocq VanGorp and Heereman are noted visiting relatives and attending events. A nine pound baby boy arrived for the Crolls and multiple residents plan Fourth of July activities with merchants closing for celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddyville
C. VanArkel
Brouwer
Sibley
J. C. Mitten
the Lakes
Leona Reuvers
Pawhuska
Okla
John Heereman
Chicago
C. L. Brown
Des Moines
Kate Hammil
M. VanderLinden
F. LeCocq
M. LeCocq
P. H. van Gorp
Ed LeCocq
Charley LeCocqa
Frances
Friddy
LeCocq
H. P. VanGorp
Emma Sadler
Des
Charles Croll
Newton News
Gambell’s
Adv
Newton Record
Mt. Zion
M. B.churchi
Jasper County
W. J. Fowler
Pella
W. E. Lauterbach
Y. T. van Niewall
Pleagsant
Duluth
Minn
Della Biggs
Birmingham
Harry DeReus
Ee University
Vander Ploeg
She & Merchants Bank
Mothers Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children
Feverishness and teething discomfort eased by a pleasant remedy for worms. Used by mothers for 28 years to regulate the bowels. Sample free. Sold by all druggists 25 cents. Address Mother Gray Co Leroy N York?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray, Co
Leroy. N
Poor Road Conditions Plague Marion County Routes
The Iowa Highway Commission was alerted to the worst stretch between Ottumwa and Des Moines along the Pella to Oska loosa corridor. Marion and Mahaska counties face delays as red tape blocks improvements. Stay off the Knoxville road south of the river due to annual plowing hazards. Streets like Rousseau North Main Street and West Washington show holes after water connections. A Leighton road accident blamed on a narrow, damaged spot reflects county neglect and seeks damages for two autos hitting the embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa ‘Weather and Crop Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Geo. M. Chappel
Pella
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Iowa Highway Commission
Marion
Mahaska
Knoxville
Main Street
Washington
Leighton
Ryd
Marion Geunty
Great Military Feat at Nonza Corsica 1768
In Corsica the tower of Nonza withstood a siege by French forces in 1768. After fierce fire and stubborn defense the garrison agreed to surrender with honors of march out. Old Captain Cascella, bearing muskets and pistols, explained the long defense by declaring I am the garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nonza
Corsica
George Renwick
Cape
Tower of
Capitan Cascella
Cascella
Ghoula Observatory Weathered by Elevation and Natural Conductor
A Mount Etna observatory near the summit at 9000 feet refuses lightning rods. The rising vapor from the crater allegedly drains electricity from clouds, reducing lightning risk. The site remains cautious about protection despite extreme conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Etna
Goperet
New Voice and Violin Professor Forms At Central College
Professor H J Brouwer arrives from Detroit Michigan to teach voice and violin at Central College. He will also conduct the chorus and orchestra and begins duties at the start of the school year in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadler
H. J. Brouwer
Brouwer
Central College
Detroit
Mich
Men Warn Against Harding Inference In Temperance Debate
A partisan discussion argues Harding would sign a saloon bill if Iowa’s legislature enacted one while he is governor. Suppor ters claim a Des Moines ministers list guided a Senate committee on intemperance, while others say Harding acted independently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Harding
Minitsrial Association of
Des Moines
Hardilng
Senate Committee
Mr. Harding
Harding held to blame for committee makeup, critic says
A Des Moines periodical argues W L Harding bears sole responsibility for a whiskey flavored committee on intemperance. It accuses reformers and Republicans of hypocrisy and urges clean Republicans to stand for principles, not party. The piece notes Democrats did the same and frames the era as choosing whom to serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Iowa
Senate
Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Rough on Rats ends with outdoors extermination claim
An ad extols a U S government backed rodent killer marketed globally, offering economy size options 25c or 16c and claiming to beat rats and mice outdoors. It promotes a free comic picture and lists Wells in Jersey City New Jersey as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Gov't Too
Drug & Country
E. S. Wells
Jersey City
N. J
Tell Your Friends How Well They Look Movement
A Santa Fe New Mexican excerpt cites Colorado health officials praising greetings that compliment friends as a health booster. It argues positive remarks lift mood, boost tone, and may deter illness by encouraging better living and sanitation awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Colorado Board of Health
Santa Fe New Mexican
Literary Forgeries: Vrain-Lucas Forged Autographs
A famed 1870 literary forgery case involving Vrain-Lucas. He sold 27000 autographs to French scientist Michael Chasles and forged letters of Rabelais Montesquieu La Bruyere Julius Caesar Cleopatra Mary Magdalene Lazarus and many others. He was jailed for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Chasles
Chasles
Vrain-Lucas
A. M. Broadley
Newton
Pascal
Rabelais
Montesquieu
la Bruyere
M. Charles
France
Julius Caesar
Cleopatra
Mary Magdalene
Lazarus
Alexander the Great
Herod
Pompey
Judas Iscariot
Sappho
Pontius Pilate
Joan of Arc
His Record Clean in Quiet Office Mention
Louisville Courier Journal notes a conversation about a man's son who left college and shows concern over his amateur standing and work ethic in the office, highlighting a tension between career effort and maintaining amateur status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Cyrus and the Persians as Monotheists in Ancient Persia
The Persians during Cyrus’s era were Zoroastrians and practiced primitive monotheism with no idols in temples. Jews showed less enmity toward Persians than toward other great nations, likely due to monotheism in the Persian faith. Cyrus himself was not an idolater, per Christian Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus
A Strict Dramatic Censor in Vienna
Vienna once had the strictest censor Franz Hoegelin who oversaw stage morals in the early twentieth century He published a guideline forbidding lovers to appear alone and insisting on a mature third person alongside them He also banned marriages across social classes citing a play where a count marries a gardener's daughter as unacceptable in art and life alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Franz Hoegelin
Hoegelin
Count Valdemar
J B Doli Restaurant Ad in Oskaloosa Offers Sunday Dinners
In Oskaloosa readers are invited to stop at the J B Doli restaurant featuring Sunday special dinners. The notice promotes the car trade venue as an Automobile headquarters and highlights dining options in the local listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
J. B. Doli
Automobile Headquarters
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