County Seat Happenings in Journal Notebook
E H Gamble and wife attended the Methodist rally in Des Moines where Bishop Quail presided. C W Harp of Percy had a back growth removed as an abscess last Sunday. J M Amos visited his son Donard in Moberly Missouri. Mr and Mrs Wilbur E Brown and son Lawrence came from Fairbury to visit, Brown returning that evening. W H Johnson and wife from Richmond California visited Union township relatives before westward travel after 13 years on the coast. M M Rogers sold 100 acres near Attica and four Knoxville lots, moved to Mahaeka county, bought a 240 acre tract near Barnes City. Merrick Vance of Sycamore Ohio shipped 52 horses from Marion county to the eastern market since January 1, with plans to ship more. average price about 226 dollars per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Gamble
Des Moines
Quail
C. W. Harp
Percy
J. M. Amos
Donard
Moberly
Wilbur E. Brown
Lawrence
Fairbury
Nebraska
M. M. Rogers
Attica Road
Knoxville
Mahaeka County
Mr. Rogers
Barnes City
Merrick Vance
Sycamore
Ohio
Marion County
School Notes Details Vacation Start And New Board Member
The Spring vacation begins March 27 with a musical program featuring about 200 pupils replacing the usual cantata. George J. Thomassen is elected to the school board, succeeding E. M. Cole who was reelected. Prizes may be offered by the Ladies Reading Circle for the best kept summer flower garden. Several pupils have left school due to family relocations, with some inward movement not compensating the loss. A special program is planned March 22 in the Assembly room and a rhetorical program March 24. High School tests focus on interest calculations, with boys ahead of girls and the Senior class posting the best overall average. Visitor numbers are down, suggesting parental indifference or satisfaction with progress. Grades study local town birds for opening exercises. The February attendance report shows totals of 657 with 284 boys and 273 girls. In six years, 84 have graduated from Pella High School. 27 teachers, 37 college students, 6 stenographers, 2 railroad workers, 2 in bank work, 6 clerks, 1 librarian, 1 dentist, 2 in pharmacy, and 10 in housework or other occupations. One graduate is married, four girls married, and none has failed to uphold graduation honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. J. Thomassen
E. M. Cole
Ladies Reading Circle
Lincoln
Webster
Pella
Professor predicts lakes will dry up soon in Chicago
Professor Frank Carney of Dennison University warned at Fullerton Memorial hall that the great lakes will vanish in geological terms, leaving Chicago inland. He traced three stages of lake reduction, argued against conservation, and urged building capital to utilize water power before Niagara Falls and similar features disappear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Great Lakes
Frank Carney
Geology Department
Dennison University
Niagara Falls
Fullerton Memorial Hall
Field Museum of Natural History
United States
Lake Michigan
Niagara
Great Falls
Moves of Families and Drilling Prospects in Dallas Township
The Vander Meulens return to Marion county for permanent residence joining Mrs Ruth Way Lowman at Bussey. Nora Way is recalled by readers as Mrs Nora Way. Mrs Vander Meulen has heart trouble and moves with her mother Mrs Mary Gay. Joseph and Mrs Bress relocate to Wichita Kansas to live with their son Simeon a banker. Simeon and J J Bress travel from Oklahoma to join him. By week’s end two drilling outfits expected to operate in Dallas township coal fields with Coin Drill Co Des Moines drilling north of the Clark farm and Flanders Jolliffe moving gear from Cricket to Harve James farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gay
East Main St
Andrew J. Vander Meulen
Knoxville
Los Angeles
California
Marion County
Ruth Way-Lowman
Bussey
Vander Meulen
Nora Way
J. J. Bress
Oklahoma
Wichita
Dallas Township
Coin Drill Co
Des Moines
Clark Farm
Dallas
Flanders & Jolliffe
Cricket
Mahaska County
Harve James Farm
Two Pella Boys Seek Drinks In Dry Oska loosa
Two Pella youths faced a dry spell on Monday as Oska loosa venues closed for a school election. Unable to obtain a highball or Tom and Jerry they risked drinking river water, a disappointing mis adventure born from a dry town and election curtailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Oskaloosa
Parlora
Ottumwan Heir Claims Big Wertz Estate in Chicago Probe
Ottumwa resident C C Wertz declares he is a direct heir to General Wertz’s vast fortune of about 180 million dollars. He traces lineage to the Amsterdam trader and says he may learn more within weeks from Estelle Ryan Snyder of Chicago while continuing his current work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Wertz
South Ward Street
South Ottumwa
General Wertz
Amsterdam
Mr. Wertz
Wertz
Netherlands
Ottumwan
Estelle Ryan Snyder
Chicago
Silberman Bros
Ottumwa
Mathematics as a True Science Lesson
Johnnie is sent to study mathematics and the teacher declares it a true science. He offers an example beginning with per instance to illustrate reasoning and method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie
Chat Tit
Lantic
Qing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fey
Alric
la Porte
J. G. Vanderpol
Canada
S. DeKock
W. Pippel
Bride
Black Hawk Gift
Lee
Carney
Castor
South Side
Gma
Langerak’s
Vander Linden
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