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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
7
Come in and see our new stock of wall paper and get ideas for wall decorations even if not ready to paper this season. The designs are unusually artistic and pleasing and will meet the approval of all contemplating papering this season.
Local news brief covers neighbors and visitors in Pella including Misses Kate Roorda Mae Thomassen Della Tice and Freda Reuvers visiting Oskaloosa. Rev Edmund Brown and wife welcome ten pound boy in Chapman Nebraska. Central College teams featured with Spirit Lake girls and season recap.
Mrs John De Zwwaart ill with measles and pneumonia signs noted. G Vander Busge ill for days. physician bedrest. Community updates include visitors from Pella Newton Des Moines Kellogg and Wichita Kansas plus school election results directors and treasurer chosen. Several relatives and friends visited, a society meeting, and care for ailing relatives with slow recovery reported.
Ad Ver Steeg and family visited Philip Kling’s home on Sunday. Mike Brunner and family joined the Kling gathering. Holdsworth Co hosted the Grand Annual Sale and School for Instruction on March 13 14 and 16 despite bad roads and weather. Free lunch and hot coffee were served by Mrs Will Holdsworth, Miss Edna Holdsworth, and Mrs Oscar Holdsworth. Their sales were good though exact figures aren’t available this week. details to follow next week.
Albert Van Doren, operated on for appendicitis at Williams Hospital in Oskaloosa last Thursday, is improving nicely. Other local notes include Pella passengers, typhoid recovery for Henry Ver Ploeg, Clara Niewendorp hosting the W. W. Society, Gerrit Vander Wilt selling 90 hogs for 2700 dollars, and Ben De Rooi starting a barber shop. The Leighton Mercantile Co. sold out and moved stock, while Sam Burgrass joined Walton Clothing in Oskaloosa and Dave De Cook planned to move to Sheldon, Iowa.
Spring frost departs as Killduff shows growth with residents moving in and new roles. Rev J A Monkman illness lags while Rev E Vanden Berge and family join the parsonage. Widespread moves from Sully to Killduff highlight town momentum and a Sab bath service expansion through the Domino. Dominos sabbath service plans bring American language into local worship.
Grinnell Iowa resident Mrs Forsythe testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills helped with lame back and kidney trouble. She notes family use with satisfaction and recommends them. Sold by all dealers 60 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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