Robbers steal and strip Dr Payne's Ford coupe
Thieves stole a Ford coupe owned by Dr H C Payne from in front of his office on Broadway, stripped it of removable parts including wheels and rims, medicine case and bandages disturbed, and abandoned the wreck half a mile above the Des Moines river on the Knoxville road. Police and Cook Son insurance agents cooperated to locate the damaged car. The crime appears local, with several suspects and a second car observed carrying loot.
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H. C. Payne
Des Moines
Broadway
Des Moines River
Knoxville
Payne
Cook & Son
Pictures of Hollandale Settlement Show Prosperous Colony
The Payne Investment Company of Omaha sends a book of photographs of fields crops and homes in Hollandale Minnesota colony. The images depict cabbage potatoes celery onions and other crops with incomes of nearly 1000 per acre last year. Farm houses are sturdy and artful amid timber groves. The Chronicle will display the book at its office for readers to view and learn the facts.
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Payne Investment Company
Omaha
Chronicle
Hollandale
Minnesota
Miscellaneous Shower for Prospective Bride
Miss Harriet Kruseman hosted a shower at her home near Pella for Miss Carolina Pethoven soon to wed Mr. Will Goulooze. About fifty guests attended. gifts were given, a luncheon was served, and games and music provided afternoon entertainment as well wishes were offered for the future bride.
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Harriet Kruseman
Pella
Carolina Pethoven
Will Goulooze
Miss Pethoven
Apron Sale By Mission Band At Farmers Co-Op
The Moonlight Mission Band will sell aprons sun hats and homemade candy next Saturday May 17 starting at 1 PM at the Farmers' Co-Op building. Proceeds go to missions.
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Moonlight Mission Band
Farmers’ Co-Op
Oskaloosa Drops Summer Steam Service
Oskaloosa Traction and Light Company warns patrons that steam service will be halted after June 15 until fall. The summer shutdown aims to reduce plant use despite past benefits for heating water tanks and emergency heat, as a high power line tie to Des Moines cuts plant output.
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Oskaloosa Traction and Light Company
Des Moines
Oskaloosa Herald
Frank and Rabbit Escape Injury in Close Gun Accident
Frank Vanden Berg attempted to remove a misfiring cartridge when his rifle exploded. The blast shrouded his face with powder, narrowly missing his eyes. A doctor cleaned powder specks from his eyeball. otherwise neither Frank nor the rabbit was injured, and both remained about their place.
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Frank Vanden Berg
Frank
Bids Wanted for Painting Water Tank and Tower
City of Pella Iowa invites bids for painting the water tank and tower. Bids may cover painting alone or painting with furnishing material. Details available from Buildings and Grounds Committee. Bids due May 31 1924 in City Clerk's office. Council reserves right to reject all bids. By order of the Council W A Butt Chairman of Committee.
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Pella
Iowa
W. A. Butt
Lucile Cochrane Earns Drake Recital Honors
Lucile Cochrane of Pella performed a piano recital at Drake Auditorium last Sunday afternoon. The program featured Chopin works including Fantasies, Nocturne Op 37 No 2, several Etudes from Op 25, First Concerto in E minor Op 11, and a Romanze Rondo with orchestral parts played on second piano by Prof. Paul Stoye. Her progress under Drake Conservatory faculty earned her a scholarship offer for next year.
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Drake Auditorium
Lucille Cochrane
Pella
Chopin
Dolly Varden
Drake Conservatory
Paul Stoye
Drake University
Neceas
Old Time Residents Visit in Pella
John Jongewaard and Dirk Bogaard of Orange City visit Pella where they recall early days, the completion of the railroad sixty years ago, and land prices from $1.50 to $3.00 per acre. They have lived in Sioux County fifty years or more and left Wednesday afternoon for their present home.
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John Jongewaard
Dirk Bogaard
Orange City
Herman
Nicholas Bogaard
Pella
Sioux County
Thursday Eve Was Ladies Night At Chamber Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce welcomed ladies to its Thursday gathering with music by the Central College Ladies Glee Club and a double quartet. Attendees discussed funding seats for park concerts, city matching funds, and rail versus highway competition affecting Rock Island lines.
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Chamber of Commerce
Central College Ladies’ Glee Club
Lucile van Niewaal
T.H. Liggett
Tunis Kempkes
Rock Island
Jay Kempkes Promoted at Everett High
Jay Kempkes, formerly of Pella, is promoted to coach of athletics at Everett High School in Washington after four to five years teaching science and coaching second teams. He succeeds Coach Clarki, who resigns to join the University of Montana. Everett, a city of about forty thousand, has a strong football tradition including a coast-wide championship and a dramatic cross-country challenge with a Toledo Polytechnic team. Kempkes, a Central College alumnus, has coached scrub teams and studied under Howard Jones, planning to prepare further at the University of Illinois.
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Daily News
Everett
Wash
Jay Kempkes
Pella
Jay
Department of Science
Clarki
University of Montana
Polytechnical
Toledo
Ohio
Kempkes
Central College
Ft. Madison
Valley Junction
Central
Howard Jones
Iowa State University
University of Illinois
Bad Fall In Pel le Canning Factory
Anthony Sels nicknamed Petie fell about fourteen feet from near the ceiling while painting in the Pel le Canning Factory on Thursday of last week. Seated on a board, he lost balance reaching for a paint bucket and landed on his shoulder and hip. He was taken to the A H Clark home for medical care and is lucky to have escaped with no broken bones.
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Anthony Sels
Pelle
Petie
A. H. Clark
Sinclair Oil opens agency in Pella with new gas pump
The Sinclair Oil Company opens an agency in Pella and will sell wares from Carl Byers at his Main Street battery station. Carl cites the firm’s responsiveness to public demand for a gas pump and tank filling, with installation promised soon as the Chronicle notes.
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Sinclair Oil Company
Pella
Carl Byers
Battery Station
Main Street
Carl
Chronicle
Central College Beats Still College In Wet Afternoon
Central College defeated Still College of Osteopathy of Des Moines 8 to 5 in a Tuesday afternoon baseball game. Fans braved cold weather, a drizzle, and around forty degrees as the local squad pulled ahead despite damp conditions.
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Central College
Still College of Osteopathy of
Des Moines
Newton School Pupils in Wreck
Miss Roberta Squires daughter of Bert Squires and a Newton High senior suffered a badly fractured arm Friday near Cordova when a Studebaker seven driven by Roy Sharp overturned while escaping a storm. Other riders Edna Longgreen Lee Kirkwood Helen Hodges Frances Castorf and Katherine Quick escaped with scratches and bruises. Squires rested fairly well today though shocked.
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Roberta Squires
Bert Squires
Newton High School
Cordova
Roy Sharp
Sharp
Miss Squires
Studebaker
Henry Sharp
Killduff
Red Rock
Edna Longgreen
Lee Kirkwood
Helen Hodges
Frances Castorf
Katherine Quick
Newton
Twenty four to be graduated in largest class
The local high school will graduate its largest class on Thursday May 29 with an extra large eighth grade cohort receiving certificates. Activities include May 22 23 senior play The Gold Bug May 25 class sermon by Rev H Bruins May 27 Class Night in the high school with The Red Lamp, and May 29 commencement at 8 00 pm in the assembly room with main address by J W Jarnagin of Des Moines. List of graduates includes Leonore Ballengee Nellie Black Jessie Vanden Berg Mary A Butt Kathryn Cochrane Viola Le Cocq Minnie Colyn Anthony Ernest De Cock Jeannette Dekker Wilma Van Doorninck Francis E Dykstra William Engbers Gertrude W Firth Marion J Frush Minnie J Van Gorp Nina J Gosselink Murry Leroy Grandia Will Den Hartog Logan B Hendricks Marion F Heselink Harry W Hesselinky Jr Francis C Huyser Cornie Jaarsma Chris W Kersbergen Dena W Kolenbrander Esther H Kuyper Edith G Kyger Laurence Lautenbach Clara Vander Linden Verna V Liter Mildred E Mowe Bessie M Morris Mabel D Morris Clarence Ross Van Niewall Henrietta Vanden Oever Lillian Mary Payne Arie C Rempe Rolfus I Sack Edith M Sedrel Dena Ver Steeg Sybil R Terpstra Anna W Tysseling Le Roy Veenstra Bertha M Veenstra Willard De Winter A Mansford Versteeg
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H Bruins
Second Reformed Church
J. W. Jarnagin
Des Moines
Leonore Ballengee
Nellie Black
Jessie Vanden Berg
Mary A Butt
Kathryn Cochrane
Viola le Cocq
Minnie Colyn Anthony Ernest de Cock Jeannette Dekker Wilma van Doorninck
Francis E. Dykstra
William Engbers
Gertrude W. Firth Marion J. Frush
Minnie J. van Gorp
Nina J. Gosselink Murry Leroy Grandia
Will den Hartog Logan B. ‘Hendricks
Marion F. Heselink
Harry W. Hesselinky, Jr
Francis C. Huyser Cornie Jaarsma
Chris W. Ke
Bertha M. Veenstra
Willard de Winter A, Mansford Versteeg
Standard Oil Station Being Made Larger
The Standard Oil service station at the southwest corner of the square is being enlarged this week. It is the oldest in the city, and the new roof will replace the old one, extending over the driveway to align with leading stations nationwide.
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Standard Oil Company
Chronicle
College event schedule for late May to early June
Saturday events include a women's tennis tournament for the gold pin at College Courts at 9:00 a.m. and a men's oratorical contest for the Van Houweling Medals at College Chapel at 2:00 p.m. Sunday features a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. George Schnucker at Second Reformed Church at 10:46 a.m. and an address before Y M and W C A at Third Reformed Church at 7:30 a.m. Monday lists a men's tennis tournament for the gold medal at 9:00 a.m. and Senior Academy Class Day Exercises at 2:00 p.m. plus a declamation contest for Keables Medal at 9:00 a.m. and Jubilee Program at College Chapel at 2:00 p.m. Includes Ladies' Dormitory tickets.
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College Chapel
College Courts
van Houweling
George Schnucker
D. D
Aplington
Iowa
Second Reformed Church
Y. M
W. C
Third Reformed Church
Keables
Besarte Ffi
Board of Trustees
College Library
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Dunn Cottage
Central College
W. A. Shullenberger
Central Church of Christ
Des’ Moines
First Reformed Church
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Oskaloosa
Frank and the Rabbit
Lucile Cochrane
Everett, Wash
Still College
Newton School
Wreck
Girl
Car
Turtle
Standard Oil Station
Jordan Hall
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