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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1924
Page
2
Sunday visits span Des Moines to Monroe as Van Niewaal family and Orrs share time with relatives. Diphtheria quarantine eases after cases improve while temporary road and business activity boosts by Otley and Pella travelers.
A rural gathering at Mrs Arie Hol’s home bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Garrett Beekhuizen and Garrett Hol as the couple prepare to move to a Tracy area farm. Guests enjoyed oysters pickles and coffee, with wind damage and community events noted in later items from Olivet and vicinity.
Peter G. Van Gorp died at his home seven miles northeast of Pella on Wednesday March 5 1924 at 1 00 pm age 52 cancer of the stomach caused his passing He traveled to Rochester Minnesota for examination and learned the seriousness of his illness He is survived by his wife and children Funeral services were to be held at the Third Reformed church on Saturday afternoon with interment at the First Reformed Cemetery north of town
Anne W. De Bruyn died at home on Liberty Street at 8 p m Wednesday March 5 1924 aged 58 after a month long illness treated in Des Moines. He is survived by his widow four brothers and three sisters all in Pella except Will a missionary to Indians at Winnebago Nebraska. Funeral arrangements not yet set but likely Saturday.
Relatives in Pella learned last week of the death on Friday morning of Mrs Frank Poortinga at her home three miles south of Monroe. She was 36, survived by husband and parents. Death caused by pneumonia after measles. Funeral and burial were held at Monroe Sunday afternoon. She was a daughter of George Tice of Monroe and kin to the Pella Tice family. Her husband is a cousin of Mrs H Jaarsma of Pella.
We thank all who assisted and sympathized at the death and funeral of our mother and for tokens of respect to her memory. Children of Mrs Sarah Carson.
New York report shows Miss Mary Ellen Glynn faced an $18,000 will claim from her uncle James J. O'Brien after his death. She learned of bank deposits and a $9,516 share, initially refused a $1,500 attorney fee, and Surrogate Foley ordered payment.
The conversation shows Phinppa resisting a girls school and choosing a coeducational college. Lucy notes the men there may be bold and irritable, to which Passuppa says the girls all tell him the same. The fragment hints at social views on coeducation and gender dynamics.
An approximate chemical breakdown of a man five feet eight inches tall and weighing 148 pounds is given. Major elements include oxygen 92.4 pounds, hydrogen 14.05, carbon 14.05, nitrogen 4.4, phosphorus 1.4, calcium 2.8, sulfur 0.24, chlorine 1.12, sodium 0.12, iron 1, potassium 0.84, magnesium 0.04, nitrogen 0.02, totaling 148.30 pounds.
A quirky quatrain parodies weariness and restlessness by stating that a down pillow is hard to endure. The verse echoes Shakespearean wordplay about fatigue and sloth in a playful, archaic tone.
Before the meeting Tuesday evening we played Keep Away with James Wisse's rubber ball. Four in Fox patrol and three in Flying Eagle patrol attended. After pledge laws oath, Tysseling led. Fox won baseball, Eagles won first sticks, Foxes won second. Hike to East Woods planned, meet at Arthur De Winter's house at 8:30. Scout Scribes Bert Jansz and Chas De Winter.
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