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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
7
Local notes describe Arbor Day past week and a flood of visits from Ottumwa Des Moines and Knoxville. Residents buy cattle carpenters and goods while a river of ads and social notices showcases marriages tennis youth groups and new enterprises in Pella Iowa around early week.
City Council met with Mayor Huber and all members present. Minutes from two prior meetings were read and approved. The board moved to other business. A petition to vacation two streets in Mr Bousquet's lot was referred to the streets and alleys committee. The committee will draft an ordinance and report next regular meeting.
The article urges Pella to back the Wabash railway with bonds, notes that 115 residents have signed a petition and 150 more are needed, and warns that apathy could lose the chance this year. It questions local leadership and the town’s future growth without decisive action.
C A Snow, longtime Pella resident and former business partner of Mayor Huber, died recently in Des Moines. He was well known and respected, with many relatives in Pella who share in the community's sorrow.
The piano recital given in the Auditorium last Thursday evening by Misses Charlotte Leland and Harriet Van Spanckeren was a success reflecting credit on the performers and Prof. Sadler. Miss Vandermeulen and Mr. L. J. Cook delivered strong vocal and baritone pieces, drawing notable applause. the program featured Moszkowski, Mendelssohn, Scharwenka, Schumann, and Stuart selections, with the band in several numbers.
College notes recount a lively May festival hosted by the Y. W. C. A. on campus, with strong patronage and profits exceeding thirty dollars. Mentions growing tennis interest, desire for another court, Arbor Day improvements to walks, and a Friday egg roast that drew a quartette that performed on the Auditorium steps.
A cold wave hit Thursday afternoon and night with limited local crop statistics. Snow fell in nine counties from half an inch to three inches, described as the worst in years. Fruit crop damage is likely heavy though local losses were not as severe as neighboring areas. Western Kansas saw greater devastation with many sheep deaths and heavy cattle losses. Mid-April is sheep shearing season, and losses were amplified as many newly shorn sheep died from exposure by May.
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