Local News Highlights From Pella And Nearby Areas
W H Fowler traveled by auto to Des Moines on business. A serious fire injured horses on the Rempe farm near Leighton. Dr T G Falta treated the injured animals. J L Beyl of Central College will speak on Religious Education at the Northern Baptist Convention in Detroit May 20. Delegates from the Pella church are expected to attend. John Bootsma becomes Rexall drug store manager in Bloomfield after leaving Newton. Cornelius Goemaat visited Fairmount for a few days with his brother’s family. Mrs H Baron of Leighton visited Pella on Saturday. Mrs Ste McLean and her mother Mrs Downing returned to Des Moines after ten days in Pella.
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W. H. Fowler
Des Moines
Auto
Rempe
Leigh‘ton
T. G. Falta
Northern Baptist Convention
Detroit
J. L. Beyl
Central College
Denominati Lege
Egates
Pella
John Bootsma
Bloomfield
Rexall
Newton
The
Chronicle
Cornelius Goemaat
Fairmount
H Baron
Leighton
Ste McLean
Downing
Government backs formaldehyde to curb grain disease
Grain smut and potato scab can be destroyed and savings to farmers run to hundreds of thousands by formaldehyde. The government recommends its use. We offer the best grade and guarantee best results. Also supply superior Blue Stone for those preferring this method.
Auto Notes From Pella Car Trade And Local Service
Hoit Motor Co sold a Studebaker 25 to R Dieleman this week. Otley physician C D Rawson visits patients in a Ford touring car bought from Star Auto Co. Dr C D Carpenter of Sully bought a Ford from Star Auto Co. Dr Stephen Grandin of Mahaska County owns a Ford touring car sold by Holt Motor Co. Star Auto Co convinced Jas Van Houweling to buy a Ford and drive off. L VerPloeg of Leighton bought an Overland from Star Auto Co. Brand Bos of Prairie City drove to Pella in a Ford with Dominic Minka. both say Ford runs night or day. Campbell Van Reen Garage on East Flist Street is ready for business with several cars in overhaul and plans an elevator for second-floor storage. Tourists say east and west roads from Pella are in good shape and Main Street is a disgrace to the Great White Way.
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The
Hoit Motor Co
Studebaker
R. Dieleman
Stephen Grandin
Mahaska County
Holt Motor Co
Star Auto Co
Jas, van Houweling
Ford
L. VerPloeg
Leighton
Brand Bos
Prairie City
Pelia
Dominic Minka
Campbell-Van Reen
East Flist Street
Pella
Auction Sale of Household Goods at Bert Stegeman’s
An auction sale is set for about three o'clock Saturday afternoon this week in May at Bert Stegeman's residence. The sale lists Tron beds gasoline oil and heating stoves along with other household articles.
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Bert Stegeman
Philo Alethians Host Faculty and Students Social Evening
The Philo Alethians welcomed faculty and students with a grand march and refreshments after a home event. Miss Edna Webster praised the Glee Club on Monday chapel. Upcoming shows include The Happy Pair on May 8 with the 1st Reformed Male Quartette and Mr Ralph Westervelt performing Abt's O Ye Tears. Admission 25 cents. For details call Mrs Harriet Kesbles. A piano recital by Mr Sadier’s students is set for May 5 at 8 15 pm. admission is free.
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Philo Alethians
Philo-Alethians
Edna Webster
Chapel
Ladies Auxilliary
Sadler
Ralph Westervelt
Franz Abt
Harriet Kesbles
Sadier
May Day Program and Talk at Chapel
May Day program set for May 16 if rain allows. Miss Dorothy Horn ing to perform in A Happy Pair. Mr Smith of the country church gave a splendid talk at chapel Thursday morning.
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Dorothy Horning
Marriage licenses issued since last report list names
The Dallas area record shows licenses issued for Dallas S. Reed and Hilda Jaustia Core, William Glenn and Ruth Whitten, Homer Johnson and Catherine Elliot, S. H. Mea and Mary H. Moody. One license involves the pair at 80.
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Dallas S. Reed
Hilda Jaustia Core
William Glenn Ruth Whitten
Homer Johnson
Catherine Elliot
S. H. Mea
Mary H. Moody
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Iowa Woman in Ad
An old advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble with a testimonial from Mrs. J. A. Lee of Grinnell Iowa praising lasting relief and backache cure. The ad claims fifty years of use and lists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole U S agents with a 60 cent price.
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Dean
J. A. Lee
Third Ave
Grinnell
Iowa
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United State
The Terrible Test Darting Test of Love
A dramatic scene unfolds as a eager suitor declares he would move mountains to prove his love. The maiden retorts that many wooers speak alike, then challenges him to prove himself. He collapses toward her feet, and she contemplates the test.
Maiden’s Ball Scene Sparks Elation and Turmoil
Exultant and triumphant romance erupts as a man boasts of a future marriage to a different girl, while the maiden at his side recoils and glides through velvet curtains into the ballroom, leaving a tense moment in the Baltimore American report.
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Aivun
Pis
Baltimore
Ancient Greek cestus with deadly myrmex weapon
The cestus wore a leather bound right fist and could carry a three pronged bronze myrmex, a feared addition cited by classical writers as the deadliest pugilist’s tool. Early combats were brutal, capable of causing fatal injury or permanent harm. Holmes notes: knowledge and timber shouldn’t be seasoned.
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Greece
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Moise
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ROYAL
Puritan Drug Co
Holmes
Sac
Wilson Chemical Co., Dept. G
Tyrone
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N
Adv
Allen
Allen, Olmsted
le Roy
M. Vander Linden
California
J. H. Kuyper
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