Star Auto Co lists 1916 buyers begin to grow
A published list shows 1916 purchasers at Star Auto Co including H DeVries Clark Richardson Van Disaeldorp Aalber Jessma Hollebrands M DeReus A C Price Bogaard DeJong W F Crew Den Hartog Wilson Winn Henry Overberger Doedyne VanderLinden VanderKeift VanZee and Mrs H P Scholte. Busy sale at LeCocq continues with many goods sold and few items left. Local figures visit Des Moines and Pella updates include new street mailboxes and evangelistic meetings.
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Star ‘Auto. Co
Wii
H. DeVries Clark Richardson Ci van Disaeldorp
M. ‘Aalber
Jessma
Hollebrands
M._DeReus
A. C. Price
Jake: Bogaard Peter J. DeJong
Crew C.' den Hartog Wilson Winn
Henry Overberger
W.' Doedyne
A. N. VanderLinden
H. VanderKeift
Fred VanZee
Pella
LeCocq
Babies Born to Local Families and Visitors
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Vrieze laar a fine baby boy. Born to Don Portinga a nine pound baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. H. Steinnemann were Pella visitors Saturday. Mrs. J. Akins and daughter were Pella callers Tuesday. The Missionary society met at Mrs. Freeken's on Tuesday. Mr. Rosenberg was 2 Pella caller Saturday. Mr. Jacob Stiernemann Sr., is very poorly. Eugene Warner of Des Moines is spending spring vacation at Otley with Mr. Fred Lankelma and relatives in Pella.
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Will Vriezelaar
Don Portinga
H. Steinnemann
Pella
J. Akins
The
Missionary Society
Fred Lankelma
Four Karen boys vow temperance service in Burma
The four sons of a Bassein pastor are active temperance workers. The eldest, a seminary graduate, volunteered for Upper Burma among the Musos. The second pastors in Bassein district. The third aids a missionary at Haka. The youngest is still in school. All four have served as secretaries of the Bassein temperance society World Wide.
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Bassein
Upper Burma
Musos
Haka
Bassein Temperance Society
Easter specials lure readers with cards and chicks
The Pella Chronicle of Marion County Iowa prints a notice of ownership and circulation for April 1 1916. Business manager H H Sadler declares Sadler Bros Co publishers and owners R R Sadler and H B Sadler, with details on bondholders and securities.
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Pella Chronicle
Pella
Iowa
State of Iowa
Marion
H. H. Sadler
Sadler Bros. & Co
Pel
Pada W. A. Young Business
Stray news notes on colleges and losses
Spurgeon s Pastors College of London faces closure due to a five thousand dollar deficit amid UK funding pressures. The University of Virginia reports earnings toward education totaling 88,892 dollars with forty one thousand and fifty two earned after entering college. Baptist losses include Prof Walter Robert Betteridge of Rochester Seminary, a leading Bibical scholar nearing twenty five years of service.
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University of Virginia
the Baptists of America
Walter Robert Betteridge
Rochester
Opium Curse Shifts to Tobacco Spending Rise In China
The piece notes a shift from opium to tobacco as costs rise due to American firms promoting cigarette smoking in China. It cites a Wall Street financier questioning church emphasis on moral topics, and mentions a Georgia Christian Index report on paper shortages driving up printing costs, with The Christian Index paying $104 monthly for paper.
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China
The
Christian Index of Georgia
War Impacts Churches as Men Enlist Depleting Ranks
The article notes denominational strain from wartime losses. Glasgow churches have sent 111 men to service, with many ministers and teachers of military age gone. Senior Bible class members also departed, revealing home front effects during conflict.
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Buings
Glasgow
Legal Notice Proof of Will for Diels Van Zante
Notice is given that the District Court Clerk in Marion County Iowa holds a written instrument alleged as the last will of Diels Van Zante deceased. It will be heard in the May term 1916 on May 2 at the court in Knoxville with all interested persons entitled to be heard. H Clements Clerk of District Court. Walter Kester Deputy. March 16 1916.
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District Court
Iowa
Marion County
Diels van Zante
H. Clements
Walter Kester
Knoxville
Rock Island Train Schedule Details
Eastbound passenger numbers 470 472 474 and 472 times listed with westbound numbers 475 473 471. Local freight 82 and 81. Freight for locals must be at the station by 5 00 p m the preceding evening. Both locals carry passengers.
WABASH TRAIN SERVICE At Howell Station
Wabash trains stop at Howell Station four miles south of Pella with two daily passenger runs and signal-based pickups. Southbound Nos 2 and 50 run 7:40 a.m. and 6:27 p.m., northbound Nos 61 and 3 run 9:15 a.m. and 7:86 p.m. All trains operate daily, including Sundays.
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Howell Station
Pella
Vander Linden Carpet Savings Ad
Ten percent profit on carpets rugs and linoleums touted by M. Vander Linden promising savings from five to fifteen dollars on carpet bills in a concise retail notice aimed at attracting homeowners.
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M. Vander Linden
Straw matting for bedrooms promoted as dustless covering
A straw covering for bedrooms is marketed as sanitary and dustless for easy sweeping. The ad invites customers to view straw mattings priced from 12 1/2 to 30 cents per yard.
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M. Vander Linden
Suits Offered At 15.00 Each In Broad Selection
Advertising copy touts perfect fitting tailored suits made from all wool fabrics. Offers 500 kinds priced the same at 15 dollars, claiming savings of ten dollars for customers.
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M. Vander Linden
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H. P. Scholte
Des Moines
Gambell’s General Merchandise
Adv
B. F. VanderLinden
Capital City
George Heeren
Rev
T. J. Reese
Beacon
J. R. Claxton
Doon
J. A. Monkman
Otley
Vander Linden
Congress
Vander Pol
Pella, Iowa
Spurgeon
College of London
England
Jens Iss
Joe VandenBerg
Puritan Drug CO
John Heerema
Wall Street
New York City
Christ
Rock Island Train Service
Wabash Train Service
Pratts
Cole’s
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