This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Local notes on dances, visitors, and church events
A roundup of community life includes a lone tale of a young woman and a trusted neighbor resolving a door lock mishap, plus visits from Rube Brant in Seymour and Des Moines visitors buying a Garden City Feeder. Other items mention church roof work, May Day plans, a new water main, and numerous social calls among Pella residents and nearby towns. May Day events, travel notes, and local birthdays pepper the spread alongside updates from Central College and Liberty MO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bailey
Central College
Liberty
William Jewell College
Stephen Loughren
California
M. L. Loughren
I. E. Renaud
Mitchellville
W. Morehouse
Anna Morehouse
Charley Ames
Oskaloosa
John DeCook
Joe van de Geest
Joe
Reasnor
Frank Carpenter
Fred
L. J. Carpenter
A. N. Vander Beek
Monroe
A. T. Vander Beek
Pella
George
Gea
J. F. Cooley
Peoria
McCaskey Register Co
Lyons
Ohio
Murray Ten Hagen
Murray
P. Vander Ploeg
Jennie Vander Ploeg
Johanna van Duren
Cora van Beynum
New York Symphony Orchestra
H. D. Wormhoudt
Clarinda
Grand Chapter
Knoxville
Amy Fordell
N. Brand
P. C. Welle
Helene
Verna Hendricks
Ethel Armit
St. Louis
P. A. Renaud
P. Dingeman & Co
Warners
John F. Dykstra
Abram van Nimwegan
T. D. Tice
Tone Bos
Tracy
Rock Island
Carl Hanshaw
Dena Vander Pal
J. E. Roorda
Hary Keables
C. A Ayres
Leighton
J. M. Cox
Mondlay
Points
Kansas
Council Grove
Hays City
S. H. van Cleave
Sanders DeCook
N. Hospers
S. N. van Viiet
Elizabeth Verrips
G V. Orr
Des Moines
Y. T. van Niewaai
J. S. Elliott
Bloomfield
Ben Blommers
Chas. Porter
Sarah Downing
Joe Held
Macksburg
Frank de Wit
Prairie City
N. DeWit
Jake Vander Syde
Gerrit Vander Syde
Sully
Leander Clark
H. F. Fisk
Hattie
Jennie Harrison