Second Reformed and First Reformed Church Services
Morning sermons at 10 45 and 8 00 with anthems and topics including Where is Mother and Our Sins in a Bag Our Tears in a Bottle Our Prayers in Golden Vials A Bible lecture Thursday night Where Are the Dead A Mothers Day service next Sunday evening at 7 30 with special music and invitations to all including mothers of soldier boys. pastor Robert Carroll and choir from First Reformed.
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Robert Carroll
First Reformed
Holy City
Miss Jones
Miss Rietveld
James Verhey
Herman Braam
America
Naval Reserve Force enrolls men ages 18 to 25 now
The Naval Reserve Force calls for men in all branches of the Naval Service between 18 and 25 for enrollment. Wireless and radio branches welcome recruits with minimal experience and two years of high school. Various ratings offer specific pay during instruction and after, with a four year enrollment and possible discharge on request after the war. Lieutenant George E. Ketterer, USNRF, Recruiting Officer.
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Naval Service
Naval Reserve Force
Harvard University
Obituary: Mrs Herman DeBruin dies at 45
Mrs Herman DeBruin of 608 Washington Street died at 11 30 am on May 2 1918 from cerebral hemorrhage at age 45 years 11 months and 18 days Her husband had died earlier she lived alone no children Funeral services were held May 4 at the home and Third Reformed church Interment in Van Donselaar cemetery Card of Thanks thanks neighbors and friends for help and sympathy from the Relatives Wilhelmina DeBruin nee Van de Voort widow daughter in law sister the family note
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DeBruin
Herman DeBruin
Washington St
H. Vanden Oever
Third Reformed Church
van Donselaar
Wilhelmina DeBruin
Dekker and Gosselink Deaths Mark May 1918 Edges
Obituaries from Pella Iowa report John Dekker dying at 48 in Vetter after tooth extractionrelated blood poisoning burial at Oakwood cemetery. Gerrit J. Gosselink dies aged 20 in Pella area. services held at First Christian Reformed church with interment at Oakwood. Fred C. Mathes dies in Washington state camping accident and is buried at Forest cemetery. Mrs Columbus Phillips of Tracy found dead at home, likely stroke or apoplexy.
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Dekker
John Dekker
Vetter
Iowa
Inada Recovers After Stroke Sister of Laura Thomas
Inada, once stricken by a stroke, has recovered. She was a sister of Mrs. Laura Thomas and sister-in-law of John DeCook.
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Inada
Laura Thomas
John DeCook
Notice to Sweet Corn Growers
Seed is on hand at the old canning factory. Growers are urged to call this week to obtain seed from Pella Canning Co.
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Sweet Corn Growers
Pella Canning, Co
Letter from Marion Le Cocq in wartime service
A former Pella boy in the service writes from Fort Logan in early May 1918 about army life, furloughs, and hospital deaths during a scarlet fever outbreak. He details planned travels to Washington and Salina to meet family, hopes to visit Pella, and mentions plans to see Dr. Bailey and Pres. Hoffman, closing as a steadfast friend.
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Pella
Herman Braam
Herman
Fort Logan
Denver
Mueller
Washington, D. C
Salina
Union Pacific
Wichita
Washington
Les
Heine
Pal
Dr. Bailey
Colorado Woman's College
Aurora
Hermo
Pres. Hoffman
Tacitus
Agricola
Marion
Pella Markets Stock and Grain Report Rewritten
Market prices corrected by Van der Zy Bros Cattle show cattle at 6.00 to 11.00 per cwt hogs 15.00 to 16.75 per cwt corn 1.00 to 1.25 per bu wheat 1.75 to 2.00 per bu oats 0.65 per bu eggs and poultry prices adjusted by Pella Produce with references to candled eggs hens and spring chicks
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Vander Zy Bros
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Second Reformed
Jesus Bay
Baptist
Gerge, E. Ketterer
J. G
USNRF
Public Square
Red Crown
Standard Oil Company
Gosselink
Gerrit J. Gosselink
John Gosselink
First Christian Reformed Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Mathes
Fred C. Mathias
Aviation Department
Elk River
Fred
Hoquiam
Cook
Oskaloosa
Central M. E
Forest Cemetery
F. W. Mathes
North Eleventh Satreet
Jessie McCormick
Nora Mathes
Harry
Earl Mathes
Marion LE Cocq
Pella Markets
Cor. Co
Sider
Chandler
Cleveland
I. E. Cornelius
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