High School Declamatory Contest This Evening
The high school declamatory program airs tonight at 8:00 with music and class performances. Acts include Poor JTouse Man Libbie Cox Rheumatism Movement Cure Marion Gosselink Tommy's Prayer Dora Tynes Little Charlie's Christmas Selen Klatt Music Larry De Reus How St Michael was Saved Lewis Kruger Lasca Nellie Varen Kamp Piano Solo Sarah Maasdam The Swan's Song Pearl Manly Mumford's Pavement Norm Todd Music Duet and a judges decision admission lic. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Celebrated in City Home
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Wheeler in the west part of the city last Friday, March 17, the fiftieth anniversary of P. C. Lankelma and Anna Barneveld was celebrated with a large family gathering, old residents, music, and refreshments. The Lankelmas, Dutch immigrants who settled here in 1855, have sixteen children. The article lists attending relatives and notes that seven children and families reside in town. A separate dispatch from Orange City reports Rev. S. Koster being tried by Dutch ministers for alleged horse trades and related financial schemes, with testimonies and neighborly tensions.
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E. G. Wheeler
P. C. Lankelma
Ballengee
P. C G. Lankelma
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Arch-Angel
White Sea
Goude
Anna Barneveld
Atlantic
America
Land of
Orange City
Ramsey County
North Dakota
Des Moines
John G. Lankelma
George
G.T. Hatley
Emily Warnes
Fay Lankelma
Mercy Hospital
HH. Geelhoed
FB. D. Stubenrauch
Geo. Stout
G. T. H. Lankelma
EB. G. Wheeler
Lucy Lankelma
Peter Lankelma
David Harum
S. Koster
Hull
Koster
Minnesota
Gentleman
Reformed Minister on Church Trial Attracts State Notice
A Reformed church minister faces church trial in the northwest part of the state. The proceedings involve several ministers and draw unusual local attention as accusations and testimony unfold.
Murder at Swan Ends in Self Defense Claim
Yesterday morning James Blee shot and killed his half-brother Isaac Sailer at Swan with a Winchester rifle over a disputed coal land tract. Blee, 32, says self defense as Sailer reached for a revolver. public sentiment remains divided on the motive and intent. Blee surrendered to Sheriff Bybee.
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James Blee
Isaac Sailer
Swan
Blee
Sailer
Sheriff Bybee
Land for Sale Near Knoxville Iowa 105 Acres at 70
Approximately 105 acres offered at 70 per acre two and one half miles from Knoxville Iowa. Dual improvements include a large orchard and proximity to a school within a quarter mile. Land is farmable with good neighborhood. One half or more may remain on the place at four percent. Inquiries to J S Jelsma Pella Iowa.
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Knoxville
J. S. Jelsma
Pella
Towa
Tongue Cultivators Cut Price At Van Maren Sale
A local advertisement notes tongue cultivators priced down from sixteen dollars fifty cents to fourteen dollars, offered by Van Maren. The listing emphasizes the discount and supplier, urging customers to act quickly.
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van Maren
Tailor-made Skirts at Vanderpol’s Shop
D Vanderpol offers tailor made skirts with a guarantee of perfect fit for all body types. The shop invites customers to view samples and place orders, promising to fit the tallest and shortest, plus size and slim figures in town.
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D, Vanderpol’s
D, Vanderpol
Temperance Contest Honors Eight Speakers at First Reformed
The temperance silver medal contest was held in the First Reformed church last Thursday evening with eight contestants. A good sized audience heard eight strong readings by boys and girls, and judges awarded the silver medal to Marty de Reus amid appreciative comments on the quality of all performances.
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First Reformed
Marty de Reus
Harry
Card of Thanks to Friends and Lodge After Bereavement
The family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends neighbors and Lastern Star Lodge for help and sympathy during their bereavement. Mrs L Thomas Mrs Dove Thomas.
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Lastern Star Lodge
L. Thomas
Dove Thomas
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy For Children Boosted Sales
A benign cough medicine for children named Chamberlains Cough remedy is promoted as safe with reliable relief for colds croup and whooping cough. Sold by F D Stubenrauch with assurances of no danger and prompt relief.
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Relef
F. D.stubenrauch
It's Just Like Casey's Head
The Knoxville Express ridiculed The Pella Chronicle for sensationalism in reporting an accident noting a bone was fractured if not broken. It questions how badly fractured a bone must be before a paper considers it newsworthy.
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Pella Chronicle
Glying
The
Chronicle
Knoxville Express
Knoxville to be Evangelized by Billy Sunday
Knoxville churches plan for the evangelist Billy Sunday to visit. Officials will arrange a large permanent tabernacle, since Sunday will not use a tent, and his Knoxville arrival is a year or more away.
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Knoxville
M. E
Billy Sunday
Knoxville Express
Merchant of Venice staged by college society
The Advance Literary Society presented the Merchant of Venice in a modernized school play this Tuesday evening. Several roles required rehearsal and the plotting was simple, yet the overall entertainment matched the usual quality of such campus productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advance Literary Society
Cast Earns Notable Credit Across Evening Receipts Near Seventeen Dollars
Gordon Peck receives due credit along with every cast member who performed well. The event ended with receipts near seventeen dollars after expenses.
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Gordon Peck
Nellie Niemansverdriet Weds Peter Dunnick at Presbyterian Manse
Miss Nellie Niemansverdriet of Pella and Peter Dunnick of Sully were married at the Presbyterian manse on March 15 at noon with Rev. Burma officiating. The couple will reside on a farm near Sully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Niemansverdriet
Pella
Peter Dunnick
Sully
Burma
Dunnick
Knoxville Express
Sam Sherman Trial Prompts Des Moines Court Action
Des Moines Daily News reports Sam Sherman of Pella pleads not guilty to threatening to kill his fifteen year old wife in Judge Christy s court. Sherman claims he tried to prevent her from jumping into a river and notes his bride has influence over her mother. The article traces his movements from Bussey to Des Moines and recounts prior roles in local papers while outlining related notices, local events, and civic updates from the same issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam. Sherman
Pella
Christy
Sherman
Des Moines
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Temperance
Casey
Dunnick-Niemantsverdriet
Sam Sherman
Des Moines Daily News
Criminal Court
Joseph A. Alexander
Pella, Ta
College
D. Vanderpol
Los Angeles
California
Anna E. Moore
Charles J. Poole
Moore
Far West
Joseph EH. Johnson
Law Department
University of Chicago
Central University
South Main Street
N, TH. Bailey
Forest City
Central College
Bailey
Henry Williams
Baptist Church
Williams
Ile
Foreign Mission Society
G. C. Peck
Peck
Will L. Allen
L. L. Bybee
W. St. Lyon
John Bloom
John
Will Fowler
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
Wii
Charles Houck
I. C
Oskaloosa
Railroad Fe
J. J. Smith
Webster City
Hiigh
J. P. van Zee
North Pella
Louise van Vark
Bessie de Bruyn
Maire
Sr. P. Scholte
Ralph Hendershot
Otley
Chicago
Peter de Reus
John Bobsin
Missouri Valley
Giiman
Iowa
Tom
J. Jelsma
Continental Insurance Company
New York
Jelsma
Pete de Hamer
Wesleyan Quartette
Y. M
de Jong
Tn Zealand
Michigan
First Reformed Church
Lundi
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