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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
7
A bidder comments that true chamois goats are nearly extinct and that so called chamois skins are mostly lamb, sheep, or partly goat skins. The note warns against selling under false colors while offering authentic chamois suitable for buggy use.
Arie Ver Steeg transacted business at Capitol City Wednesday. P. H. Van Gorp was a business caller in Oskaloosa Wednesday morning. Mrs. Chas. Dykstra returned to Keosauqua Wednesday morning after visiting her sisters and brothers. Lost a ladies gold cuff button with flower engraving between the writer’s home and Mrs. Ed Woolard’s. Finder please return to Mrs. H. J. Van Vliet. Mrs. Roy Stein of New Sharon visits here with her mother, Mrs. Ed Woolard, for a few days this week.
Miss Julia Van Doren visits with brother Wa near Leighton. J P Kramer returns home near Grinnell after visiting Mrs Kramer’s sister Mrs Flannagan of Sully. D Boland & Co advertises hats and millinery as spring arrives. An immigration tale from Noordam passengers, Dutch families seek farms in Iowa, and local clergy gather for services.
A large prayer meeting backed a $2200 subscription for a new parsonage. A committee including A Waechter and C Verhey will oversee funds and plans. The church may build on the old site or sell and buy a new location. Rev Van der Werf preached in Kalamazoo but will remain here.
Miss Andrews visits Des Moines and Civics exam planned soon. High School reports several sick pupils. Joe Faassen entertained at chapel. Nine Public Speaking members deliver orations March 15. Debaters March 16 debate immigration. Affirmative: Joe Boyd Gerard Van Houweling Casper Lautenbach. Negative: Fred Faassen Will De Gooyer Arthur Kaldenberg. Pella beat Eldon 86 to 55 on Eldon floor. 28 fouls, first half 24 to 23. Kuyper 9 baskets. Weaver 8 for Eldon.
Prof Wagner delivers chapel talk this week while Dr Beyl visits Waterloo Sunday. Prof Firth preaches at First Reformed Church and Prof Bailey sings at Baptist church. Advance Literary Society hosts banquet Friday evening. State Prohibition Contest set for Penn College in Oskaloosa March 22 with Norton as orator. Central delegation expected. plan to go. April 20 designated Red Letter Day. Spring vacation starts March 27. Miss Julia Dunn listed as sick. Simpson Iowa Wesleyan Central girls debate anticipated soon. Y W girls held a Kensington event.
A neighborhood recital drew mixed reviews with praise for the piano trio by De Beriot and the cello encore of Bohemian Girl, while critics quarreled over the violinist, the reader, and the singer’s bold voice. The audience noted the gown as a stand out.
On March 12 sophomores held a business meeting at Miss Cecil Cherry's home to elect the 1914 Pelican officers. Following adjournment the class serenaded faculty, juniors, and freshmen.
A vintage ad promising Mother Gray's Sweet Powders relieve feverishness headaches and stomach troubles. It claims to move and regulate bowels destroy worms and break up colds. The product notes 24 Koura and 22 years of use with free 250 samples from A B Olmsted La Boy New York.
The Literary Club enjoyed an afternoon at Miss Minnie Vanden Berg’s home Tuesday. The program featured Life of Riley by Julia Van Zante, recitations by Margaret Vander Ploeg Leona Reuvers and Mrs Bessie Brooks, a vocal solo There little girl don’t cry by Marie Lautenbach, selections from child rhymes by Lucy Huber, prose from Riley by Mrs D Rhynsburger, quotations from Riley by Mrs M Vander Linden. FOR SALE House and lot No 4 Block 8 in South Pella with furniture chicken coops and wire. inquiries to G B Clarke.
Agents wanted to sell fibr silk ties at 100 percent profit. Sample available for 1bc. Write for proposition. Fisher Knitting Co. Ulica N.
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