Trio Dies by Gas in Oskaloosa Home Deaths tied to premeditated act
The head of Oska loosa College J W MacLennan and his wife and their eight year old son died in their home by sealing the basement and opening a gas line. Neighbors detected the odor and police found the trio lying on the floor as fumes filled the hallway. Coroner Gillett termed the deaths likely ten hours old and linked the scene to a premeditated act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. MacLennan
Oskaloosa College
Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Herald
F. A. Gillett
MacLennans
Aleck
WM. Robinson
Mr. MacLennan
Harry Sheesley
D Avenue West
MacLennan
R. K. Davis
Charles W. Pilgrim
Anderson
James Johnson
Des Moines Electric Light Company
Bernard Donnelly
Eastern Star Chapter Entertains Visitors at Pella Meeting
Pella Chapter No. 387, Order of the Eastern Star held a regular meeting Monday evening. A young lady candidate received degrees as about forty visitors from Monroe and Knoxville observed the work and praised the refurnished hall. Refreshments followed with a social hour lasting near midnight.
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Pella
Order of the Eastern Star
Monroe
Knoxville
Former Pella Ladies Entertain at Younker
Mrs. H. W. Fleming and Mrs. T. A. Croft of Des Moines hosted a dinner at the Younker tea room Saturday night honoring the birthday anniversaries of Miss Jeanne Bruinekool and Miss Verna Smorenberg. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Ewing and children, Beatrice and Buddy, Mr. Charles Marcellus, Mr. Ward Woods, Mrs. E. Groenendyk, Mr. H. W. Fleming, Mr. T. A. Croft, the honored guests and the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Fleming
T. A. Croit
Des Moines
E. Groenendyk
Pella
Younker
Jeanne Bruinekool
Verna Smorenberg
John Ewing
Beatrice and
Buddy
Charles Marcellus
Ward Woods
E. Groe
Pella Historical Society Adjourned Meeting May 17
The Pella Historical Society will meet Monday evening May 17 at City Hall at 7:30. New officers will be chosen and other business will be discussed. Members are urged to attend and an address by a pioneer will be given. H. F. Johnson, President.
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Pella
Pella Ball Players Win From Sully Team
Sully high school baseball team visited Pella for a Tuesday game. Attendance was fair and the crowd lively. Pella won coaches note five runs to two in a one sided contest.
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SULLY
Sully High
Pella
Chevrolet reports record weekly US sales in 1926
Chevrolet Motor Company announced a weekly US retail sales high of 16 457 vehicles for the week of April 17 1926, the sixth straight week surpassing prior records. The buildup includes dealer cooperation ads and national campaigns, boosting Chevrolet’s push toward another record year.
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Chevrolet Motor Company
United States
Chevrolet
Pella Plans School Closure and May Commencement
The Pella school will close June 4 after three weeks of session with the senior class finishing May 27 to avoid conflicts with college commencements. Drake University band will tour nearby towns and likely perform for free at the high school on May 18. Graduation includes 34 high school seniors and 53 eighth graders slated for certificates. Various class events run May 14 banquet, May 20–21 senior play, May 23 evening service, May 25 class program, May 27 commencement, and May 28 park concert if weather allows.
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Drake University Band
Pella
Sadie
George Derbyshire
Des Moines
Second
Reformed Church
Showers Miss Pella Iowa Weather Report
A reader report notes Pella, Iowa missed by rain on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with only a light sprinkle. Other Iowa towns saw varied rainfall from a fraction to several inches, aiding Osceola, Chariton visitors, and Sioux City. Drought stresses crops oats wheat meadows and pastures. corn planting underway in dry soil awaiting soaking rain.
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Iowa
Pella
Oskaloosa
Chariton
W. W. Sadler
Ellendale
Minn
Sioux City
Clarence Buerkens Popular as School Superintendent
Farragut Herald notes high school students signed a petition urging the school board to retain Supt. C. G. Buerkens for next year. The paper reflects strong support from pupils and implies broad community backing if circulated districtwide.
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Clarence Buerkens
Supt
CG. Buerkens
Monroe Jail Hosts Unlikely Night Guests
Monroe police officer Jonar Barr found two men and a woman who had broken into Monroe city hall jail and slept in iron bunks. The trio claimed to work for the American Volunteers and produced papers. Barr warmed them with a fire before leaving them asleep for the night.
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City Hall
Jonar Barr
Monroe
American Volunteers
Barr
Monroe Mirror
Former Pella Resident Joseph Kelley Dies in Omaha
Friends in Pella learned last week of the death of Joseph Kelley at Omaha on May 4. He was 62 and died of apoplexy. A son of a longtime Pella family, his father served as city marshal for years. Kelley moved to Omaha and found success with a mercantile firm. His first wife, Kate Porter, was Marion Porter’s sister. He married again after her death and is survived by his widow.
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Pella
Joseph Kelley
Omaha
Kelley
Kate Porter
Marion Porter
Monroe Firemen Return Pella Firefighters’ Call
Pella firemen visited Monroe recently and were greeted by twelve Monroe firefighters who toured the Pella apparatus and shared a social visit. Some Jasper County aldermen joined the trip, and the visitors rode the Pella trucks. Back at the station, refreshments were served and the event was warmly recalled as an enjoyable gathering.
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Pella
Monroe
Jasper County
Girls Glee Club Home Concert Delights Pella Audience
The Girls Glee Club of Central College returned from a Midwest tour to present a home concert at the high school auditorium Tuesday evening. The program featured mostly full-group numbers with solos and a duet, highlighted by Miss Edith Sedrel and Miss Anna Tyselling in solo performances. The audience of students and Pella residents praised the smooth, expertly performed program, noting the club’s training and traveling renditions.
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Central College
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Mary Taylor Liggett
Wilhelmine Meyer
Bessie van der Ploeg
Frances Ver Steeg
Edith Sedrel
Anna Tyselling
Alice Yonker
Tyselling
Safe Collins Knoxville Banker Dies Friday
Collins, Knoxville banker and head of the Collins Oil Company with filling stations in many Iowa towns, died suddenly at his home Friday afternoon. He had an automobile accident last year and had not been in good health since. He was well known in Pella though without local financial interests. Likely the wealthiest man in Marion County with large land holdings and oil and banking businesses. He was sixty years old.
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Collins
Knoxville
Collins Oil Company
Iowa
Pella
Marion County
Gravel Surfacing Push Progresses on White Way Road
The White Way between the Jasper County line and Pella is rapidly surfaced by Interstate Construction Company of Swea City. Gravel hauled from Red Rock and other river sites will pave to Otley and toward Pella, with completion anticipated by June. Mahaska and adjacent counties push road work funded by bonds and state law.
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Jasper County
Pella
Interstate Construction Company
Swea City
Des Moines River
Red Rock
Highway Commission
Otley
Mahaska County
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Mahaska
State Line
Wapello
Mothers Health Week promotes women’s well being in county
Farm Bureau sponsors Mothers Health Week with Dr Josephine Rust to be held May 18 to 22 in Marion County. Meetings in five towns aim to help married couples raise healthy happy children. Each event features songs readings and musical numbers by the Pellacans with various civic leaders urged to help attendance.
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Farm Bureau
Josephine Rust
Marion County
Civic League
Federated Clubs
Legion Auxiliaries
Knoxville High School
Ray Cline
Elmer Jones
Nepal Hall
M. C. Hillabert
Columbia School House
Clifford Fortner
Attica Consolidated School
Carr Sherwood
Hall
A. Pella
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Oskaloosa Diploma Factory
Mrs. MacLennan
Little Jack
Jack
Gillett
Mayer
Eastern Star Chapter
Younkers
B. Mulder
First Reformed Church
City Park
Florence G. Boot
Adrian Bruins
Richard W. Bruins Herbert H. Buerkens
Margaret Cochrane
Louis le Cocq
Clarence H. van Dellen
Frances F. Douwstra Keith Bernard Fox Kenneth Vernon Fox
Robert A. Gosselink
Janet M. Gr
Jess Emery Vriezelaar
John G. Vander Werff
Elizabeth Grace Wesselink
Robert C. Baron
Marion de Bruin
Thomas L. Buttleland Cross
Roscoe Dick Ernest L. de Geus
Lester Vander Heiden
Ralph Huizinga
Clarence Intveld
Ralph T. Kaldenberg
Henry Kersbergen
Lewis J. Vander Kolk
Albert Wm. Langerak
Fred N. Leuthey
Lester Liter
Gerald Meppelink
Herman Meppelink
Lewis Popma Verlan Porter Cornelius de Pree
Earl van Rees
Henry W. Vande Voort
Charles de Winter
Homer Vander Zyl Guelph Aschenbrenner
Yvonne E. Aschenbrenner
Amy B. Beckering
Mabel B. Braak
Mabel van Brogen Everdina Bruins
Mildred Cole
Nellie van Dyk
Bernice R. Dykstra Gambell, Jennie
de de Goey
Gertrude A. Hankamp
Irene A. Hise
Margaret Hoeksema
Elva May van Houweling
Ruth van Houweling
Jennie E. Huizinga
Virginia R
Travelers
Girls Glee Club
Safe Collins
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