Local Pella notes on shopping, people and progress
Local items from Pella report Vander Pol and other stores promoting waists lace curtains and spring stock. Notes on Mrs De Reus Easter opening, Snow's Dressmaking, Ottley visits, and area families. Batches about births, weddings, moves, a church pastor change, and Knoxville Normal Institute attendees. Birmingham owns many utilities and municipal services.
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Harry Worth
Myrtle Neff
Monroe
Des Moines
Wilson Mills
Baptist Church
Worth
Robin Welch
Knoxville
Rollo
Chicago
Pella
M. B. A. Society
Rose Smorenburg
J. S. Wilson
Gerrit Tysseling
R. Lautenbach
W. W. Cook
M. Veenstra
John Eysink
Dr. Kramer
Real Estate Wanted for farm or small business for sale
Wanted at once from owners of medium size farms or small businesses in good localities. State price description reason for selling and possession date. No agents. Address Lock Drawer 984 Rochester NY. Also notice city chickens must be kept in enclosures starting April first. Get busy fixing chicken lots.
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Rochester
N. Y
Good Breeding and Good Sense Sayings
A quotation attributed to Lord Chesterfield discusses how good sense often governs good breeding. It notes that civility can vary by time and person, and emphasizes that general rules of breeding are universally valid across circumstances.
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Lord Chesterfield
Shanghai Fears Tram Start Sparks Boycott Call
A native Shanghai newspaper urges Chinese guilds to boycott an upcoming electric tramway. It warns that the tram speed and live wires will cause numerous fatal accidents, reflecting public fears over urban electric transport.
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Shanghai
Too Easy a Profession Booker Washington Urges Training School
Booker T Washington argues that ministry is too easy for Black people without proper equipment mental or spiritual and proposes a central training school to prepare candidates for religious leadership. The suggestion aims to raise standards and strengthen Black religious education and capability.
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Booker Washington
Warted Plain Food Plans by Richard Mansfield
Richard Mansfield laid out a plan to establish English inns across the county offering plain furnishings and good plain food as a straightforward lodging and dining option.
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Richard Mansfield
Glasses Claim Cure Stammering in English Report
English opticians report cases of stammering cured by glasses correcting a presumed eye defect. The claim centers on visual treatment improving speech fluency, though details and evidence remain limited.
Widow Must Not Remit Funeral Costs Before Remarriage
A widow may not resume earnings by washing until she pays her first husband's funeral expenses. The statement asserts she should settle those costs before beginning a new chapter of income.
Big Colleges Surpass 3000 Student Mark Across 19 Schools
A survey identifies 19 American colleges with enrollments exceeding 3000 students each. Institutions vary in size and focus, illustrating the diverse landscape of higher education across the country.
Storehouse or Junkshop
A concise reflection contrasts minds kept as storehouses with those treated as junkshops, suggesting value in organized memory versus cluttered, discarded thoughts. The saying implies disciplined thinking yields useful knowledge while scattered thoughts become wasted.
Cotton Growing in Peru Date Back to Early Times
Cotton growing in Peru dates back beyond the time of the Spanish country.
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Peru
The World's Blind Population Fact Shown
The world population includes about 64 blind individuals per million, a statistic reflecting global vision impairment prevalence and the challenges faced by people with blindness worldwide.
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Langerak’s
Wall Paper Department
E. Hollebrends
Farmers
Merchants Bank
Missouri
F. D. Stubenrauch
Snow
Snow’s
L. Stegeman
V. W. Stosko
J. D. Gaass
Vander Pol's
Ver Steeg Bros
Buerkens Manufacuring Co
Omaha
Vander Pol
Vander Pol’s
Geo. T. Fletcher
Garnet
Hazel Fletcher
Mann Bros
Oxford
Iowa
Clothier
Rev. Brink
Linden
Washington
Christian Reformed Church
Peoria
E. Temple
Harriet
Otley
Albert Vander Plog
H. C. Boland
Oskaloosa
J. C. Visser
Round
Edmund Brown
van Maren
M. E. Church
M. Thomassen
Gertrude Visser
Keokuk
Jane van Wyngarden
Tunis Visser
J. H. van Vliet
Simon de Haan
Faassen
den Adel
Frank den Adel
Albina Templeton
Kenneth H. Templeton
Kewanee
Birmingham
Anna Brinks
Orange City
Ann
Minnig van Otterlow
Rock Valley
Kate
Jennie
Florence
Baby
Jersey Products
Hunkaydory Farm
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