Fire Bell Taken Down for New Tower in Oskaloosa
The old public alarm bell weighing over two tons, housed at the old fire station for many years, was removed Saturday and will be installed today in the tower of the new fire station. Warren Whitlock and a team of men hoisted the bell from its long position using block and tackle. Hundreds watched the afternoon operation as the 1875 Jones Bell Company bell, thirty four years old, was moved to its new home.
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Oskaloosa
Warren Whitlock
Jones Bell Company
Herald
Pella Mayor Announces Strict Enforcement of Curfew Law
Mayor N J Gesman warns parents and children that after this notice the curfew law will be strictly enforced. Police will arrest all offenders.
Manure Removal Notice By City Authority
Property owners are ordered to remove all manure piles immediately or the city will remove them at the owner's or occupant's expense per Mayor 1 N. J. Gesman. The note ends with a suggestion to replace hitch racks with iron ones and a prompt to submit news items to the Chronicle.
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N. J. Gesman
Chronicle
The Clean Up Day in Our Town
The meeting sparked a citywide cleanup with trash hauled to dumps and streets kept neat. Civic improvement leagues and local businesses plan park beautification with flower plantings, with a teaser about the printer's flower bed to be shared next week.
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Civic Improvement League
Blaze at Harness Store Damages Building Little
A small rear room fire at F. and I. LeCocq harness store was discovered about 9 pm Wednesday by Ten Brooks. The local fire company quickly assessed the apparatus, tapped the nearest hydrant, and used hoses and hooks to suppress the blaze within minutes. Damage described as slight, not entering the interior.
City Council Adjourns After Long Meeting
The City Council held its regular meeting at City Hall last Tuesday night with all members present. Due to the heavy workload they adjourned to reconvene next Monday to finish proceedings. a detailed report will appear in next week's Chronicle.
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the Chronicle
Not Lemons But Eggs At Leighton Reception
A group of local youths met visiting peers from Leighton, sending them home by the next train. An informal reception was held as the visitors changed cars for Pella. Refreshments of raw eggs, some aged, were served and applied to the guests. Drug stores reported a spike in smelling salts and perfumes.
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Leighton
Pella
Carnations For Mother's Day Sale Fundraiser
Leave orders at H Rhynsburger's downtown office for White Carnations to mark Mother's Day. They sell at five cents each or fifty cents a dozen, with all profits supporting the Memorial fund. Flowers can be secured anytime after Friday ten at the stated location.
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H. Rhynsburger’s
Down Town
Memorial Fund
Wills of Justice and Youth Peace Evening Gatherings
A local incident reports Ed Van Gorp riding a car on a cement sidewalk and fined $985. A group of six to eight youths disturbed the Van Maren property on South Main with bottles and crockery, were reprimanded by the Mayor after school, and warned to stop.
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Ed van Gorp
van Maren
South Main Street
Knoxville Paving Plan Moves Toward Debate
At the May city council meeting a petition signed by many property owners along the proposed route requests paving the square from the northwest corner to the Commercial hotel corner then to the high school block, and north to the depots. With sewers gas and water mains finished, officials deem now ripe to begin paying. The council set Monday evening May 17 for a hearing of all parties for and against the improvement.
Oth'R Society Notes Include Harbor Day Plans
The Oth'r Society program on Friday April 23 showcased strong music and readings. The comedy Fast Friends by Carrie Butts and Rose Smorenburg impressed all, aided by training from Miss Zaelke. Plans for harbor day include a grounds cleanup and flower planting, while German measles spread among some students. The baseball team lost 5 to 2 at Monroe in cold wind, with hopes to win the next game there on the 21st. Senior class pins have been chosen, four hundred commencement invitations ordered, and the class play is set for the 27th under Miss Wilson’s Elocution Department management.
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Oth’r Society
Carrie Butts
Rose Smorenburg
Zaelke
Will Rhynsburger
Monroe
Helen Rietveld
Kate Johnson
Ralph Grundman
Frush
Gro
Marriage Licenses and Local Election News
Marriage licenses issued Clyde H. Hudson and Anna M. Conn. Wm J. Swain and Bessie Brees. Former townsman Will H. Scarff elected alderman from Enid Oklahoma first ward. Paper lauds his honesty, business acumen, and commitment to city building and home making.
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Clyde H. Hudson
Anna M. Conn
Wm J. Swain
Bessie Brees
Will H. Scarff
Enid
Oklahoma
W. H. Scarf
Scarff
Court in Session Opens May Term With Jury List
The May term of the district court convened yesterday before Judge Nichols. The docket includes 13 criminal, 134 civil and 86 probate cases. The grand jury empaneled comprises B. F. Poush Dallas township, Isaac Speed Franklin, Frank Sherwood Indiana, P.A. Dyer Pleasant Grove Polk Summit.
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Nichols
B. F. Poush
Dallas Township
Isaac Speed Franklin Frank Sherwood
Indiana
P.A Dyer
Pleasant Grove
Polk -Summit
Proclamation Warns Offenders At City Church Entrances
I N J German Mayor of Pella warns youths congregating outside church entrances during services that the behavior breaches city ordinance. After notice publication, offenders will be arrested and punished according to law.
College Notes and Summer School Happenings
Prof Seashore entertained college students between trains. The Philo Alethians program drew a packed hall with Percy Lapham and Ella Falkner as officers. Rain and wind affected athletics while May promises sun. Leila Thompson reports her Stenographer and bookkeeper job in Atlantic Iowa. Our school offers six week term opens June 21 with tuition seven dollars or 150 per week. Free tickets grant access to a 10 day Chautauqua and county exams run July 28 30.
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Seashore
The
State University
Philos
Alethians
Philo
Alethia Hall
Percy Lapham
Ella Falkner
Sense
May
Leila Thompson
Atlantic
Iowa
Old Central
Ordinance No 82 Sets City Budget for 1909 10
The city of Pella Iowa adopts a fiscal year budget from April 1 1909 to March 31 1910. It lists funds including Grading Fire Department Bond and Sinking Improvement Library Sewer and Corporation with specific appropriation amounts for Salaries Election Printing Street Cleaning Building and Grounds Crossings and Walks and Miscellaneous. Any year end fund balance will roll into the next year’s appropriations. Signed Mayor N J Gesman and City Clerk A C Kuyper Adopted May 4 1909.
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Pella
Iowa
Fire Department
N J. Gesman
A. C. Kuyper
Wedding Bells at Methodist Parsonage May First
On Saturday evening May 1 at the Methodist parsonage the wedding joined Levi P. Benitema and Daisy M. Croll in a ceremony attended by intimate friends. The couple, regarded as Pella’s best youth, will reside in Newton after leaving for their new home last Monday. The Moonlight Mission Band of the First Reformed church meets at Mrs. L H Sadler’s home Friday night May 14. all members urged to attend.
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Levi P. Benitema
Daisy M. Croll
Pella
Benitema
Newton
Moonlight Mission Band
The
First Reformed Church
L H Sadler
Short Talks on Picture Making
The piece extols home photography as a record of family life to cherish in later years. It reflects on capturing memories of the homestead, summer days, and beloved scenes with affordable studio help, urging readers to value photographs as navigation for future reminiscences. It ends with an advertisement for New Mopet Sylvie and Hollebrand's Studio.
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Mopet
Sylvie
Hollebrand
Leighton Dullness Highlighted by Local Illness Reports
Mrs. Howard Sr. of the Leighton area, about 4 miles northeast of town, is seriously ill while Mr. and Mrs. Howard stay with son David on the farm. Various residents are noted as visiting or traveling to nearby towns, with weather noting hail and sunshine. Jacob Veenstra seeks continued medical treatment in Des Moines, and several locals make routine business or social trips to Pella, Oskaloosa, and Oskaloosa.
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Leighton
Howard Sr
Arie van der Haar
Pella
Jacob Veenstra
Des Moines
Dr. Young
Veenstra
Lon Waaldyk
Oskaloosa
H. H. Bruinekool
Pella Tank and Pipe Co
Simon van Hemert
Simon Russel Hofman
F. Wray
Weather Report For Week Ending May 4 19
Weather data for the week ending May 4 19 provided by John H Ver Steeg cooperative observer of the Weather Bureau. Readings sourced from Government Standard instruments exposed as recommended by the Chief of the Weather Bureau.
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John H. Ver Steeg
Weather Bureau
U. S Department of Agriculture
Pella 42 Inch Players Challenge Local Talent
Francis Cole and Charles Dykstra claim to be the citys top 42 inch players at the Overall Factory in Pella. With many players defeated at their table they challenge any local boy shepherd to meet their claim and prove the title in town.
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Francis Cole
Charles Dykstra
Pella
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