Remembering Away Back When Pella Advertiser 1901
A Pella Advertiser reminiscence notes editors and publishers, local closures by grocers, figures like George Herron and Carrie Nation, and many Pella business names. It reports Harvey lot sales, local prices, births and marriages, and a proposed Pella to Howell railroad levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Stubenrauch
Pella
Oskaloosa
George D. Herron
Grinnell
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Itor
Knoxville
Windy Casey
Advertiser
Casey
Bryan
The
Express
Harvey
Peter van Sittert
Walter Fowler
M. Vander Linden
T. J. Edmand
Wm. Vander Linden
Stegeman’s
Allen & Stubenrauch
Keables Drug
Herman Rietveld
Sterrenberg Bros
Cole and Langerak
Roorda & Sipkema
Vander Zyl Bros
Newton
Weddings Bring Ties Across Pella Area Families
Multiple spring weddings reported near Pella including Vanden Berg Vos at the bride’s home on Feb 26 officiated by Rev J Wesselink. De Geus and van Den Adel wed Feb 26 near Pella with plans on a northwest farm. Gosselink Keuning wed Feb 28 at First Christian Reformed parsonage with Rev De Haan. Gosselink son of north of Pella. Westercamp Hasselman wed Feb 28 at Leighton Reformed church parsonage with reception at the couple’s new home west of Oskaloosa. honeymoon to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Veenstra
Frank Warner
Prairie City
Pella
W. H. Fowler
N. van Vliet
North Pella
Fred Calhoun
Atkins
Main Street
Y. Neels
van der Pol
Jake Kempkes
J. A. Henry
Holland
W. Lubberden
G. Roorda
C. M. van Cleave
Lake Prairie Township
Howell
H. F. Johnson
Knights of Pythias
A. W. de Bruyn
Red Men
B. H. Sack
V. C
Gerrit Thomassen
G. W. Kimmell
Sec’y
Masonic Lodge
W. A. Butt
W. M
Anett ‘de Severr
de Geus
Wm. de Geus
J. Wesselink
den Adel
The
Chronicle
Gesselink-Keuning
First Christian Reformed Church
Dick Gosselink
Theresa Keuning
J. de Haan
H. Keuning
Gosselink
John Gosselink
the Chronicle
Hasselman-Westercamp
Stevanna Westercamp
Herman Hasselman
Reformed Church
Leighton
Roetman
Dicky Hasselman
John Westercamp
Herman Westercamp
Oskaloosa
Farm Bureau for All the Family Contesting Its Growth
A feature on the Farm Bureau highlights its expanded reach into family life and leadership training. It praises inclusive membership, the women’s clothing project, and a structured county to district network aimed at improving farm living and community cooperation. Quotes from Marden Ruskin and Palmer frame the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Evever
Coun
Stout Crawled Out Of Telephone Fight
The Booster’s tele phone question sparks local debate as the editor dodges the franchise controversy. The piece notes the editor’s nimble shifts in stance and warns against muddying Pella’s clean town reputation in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout
Pella
Towa
Also Mentioned on This Page
de Forest Tubes
de Forest
G.H. van den Berg & Co
Gage and
Landsca
van Ness Hat Shop
de Reus Hat Shop
Marden
Palmer
the Bosveld Decorating Co
Bosveld Decorat
ING Company
Pella, Iowa
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