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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
2
Local notes report Mrs. M Kramer visiting Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. W H Pyle, and Rev W J Fowler from Bloomfield visiting kin. Grape fruit sale at Gambell's and Doll's as headquarters in Oskaloosa noted. Several residents traveling, sickness reported with colds and pneumonia, a Duyts boy flour brand advertised as DUTCH BOY.
Local residents frequent Des Moines and nearby towns with shopping bargains and visits. Items include Gambell's fruit sale 3 for 25 cents, Holland Meat Market Easter handkerchiefs, and Tanlac promotions. Numerous residents travel to Des Moines, Indianola, Prairie City, Armour South Dakota, and Osceola for family visits, illnesses noted, and social visits.
Say boy offers tailored suits at 25 dollars each. Made to order in any style with perfect fits.
Mrs M Steele of Ottumwa visited the latter part of last week at the home of her daughter Mrs L P Van Rees and husband. Large juicy Grape Fruit offered 3 for 26 cents at Gambell s. Mrs Anna Van Spanckeren and Miss Lucile Cochrane visited relatives at Des Moines the latter part of last week. Mrs W B La Force, who had been visiting relatives in Pella for several days, left for Ottumwa. She and her husband expect to start back to their work in China about the first of July. Mrs A T Van Hilton and daughters Misses Dora and Nettie, and Mrs Ben Beyers spent Thursday at Des Moines.
James Doughman and companions, including I E Miner and Wilsey Wharton, parked their Ford sedan near the courthouse. Miner later found a black robed Ford similar to Doughman’s and drove it away before a Mr. Jenkins intervened.
A man misidentified as the thief claimed ownership of a car he had driven away. Police traced the vehicle on Pleasantville road, contacted Pleasantville authorities, and recovered the car from a garage. The mistaken owner, Mr. Miner, attempted to return the car, but the town marshal detained the suspect. He was released after the activist line of defense by I. I., who aided his exoneration.
Merza Kroh, 17, son of Mr and Mrs W B Kroh of Kellogg, shot himself with a 16 gauge gun in the Kellogg garage Monday morning. He had helped with the family garage since moving from Grinnell a year ago and left home for work. a motive is not known. His sister lives in Grinnell.
The coroner was notified of the suicide but upon learning the circumstances decided no inquest was necessary. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
The Science Museum in South Kensington, London has acquired the only known original Arkwright spinning jack. It comes from the Swain family where it has rested for 150 years. The machine features 48 spindles and is operated by hand with a five foot wooden flywheel. Arkwright, after pursuing perpetual motion, completed a cotton thread spinning machine in 1768.
Soapstone is a rock mainly composed of the hydro-magnesian mineral talc though not chemically pure due to varying amounts of minerals like mica chlorite amphibole and pyroxene. It is a massive bluish gray green rock soft enough to be cut with a knife.
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