Pella Ads and Local Notices Highlight Busy Week
Local items note bargains at Gaass and Van Maren, tailored suits and white oxfords. Miscellany covers travels of residents to Grinnell Oskaloosa and Des Moines, a fair directors meeting, new births, concerts, and a city library project, plus a rain-rich week boosting Marion County crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Fair Grounds
H. P. Scholte
Oskaloosa
Bos
Chicago
Gauss
Co. C. Huckleby
South Pella
Geo
Pella M. E
Geo. G. Gaass
Knoxville
John Nollen
Second Reformed
Kuyper
Chicago Tailoring Co
Gaass
Carrie’ DeHaan
Des Moinies
Reuben DeHaan
Grinndll
Jeve de ‘Chok
Pella
Maurice
Fi Oraas
Herald
Bradley & An
Vander
Linden
Local notes from Knoxville and nearby towns
Sunday visits in Knoxville feature Cleve Smith while T T McMillan travels to Pella on business. Ottumwa grocer Charley Bomer solicits Mer rrille orders. Section foreman Robert Cox may relocate to Harvey with family. Cordova and Red Rock teams trek home from Flaglers attracting attention. A 500 acre farm west of town, owned by Pere Pella capitalists and managed by Henry Van Ostum, sold at 67 dollars per acre, part previously sold years ago at 25 dollars.
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T. T. McMillan
Pella
Charley Bomer
Ottumwa
Merrille
Robert Cox
Harvey
Des Moines
John
Knoxville
North Dakota
Fron Cordova
Red Rock
Flaglers
Pere Pella
Henry van Ostum
Aaron Moore
Marriage Licenses Issued Since Last Report
The clerk issued marriage licenses to Loren Stevenson and Jay Templeton.
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Loren Stevenson
Jay Templeton
C M and St P Sounds New Wabash-Des Moines Link
Railroad circles speculate the C M and St P will run passenger trains over Wabash tracks from Des Moines, connecting with its lines at Mollton for Kansas City and southwestern points. The change promises better facilities and a direct run to Kansas City, offset by a longer Howell station drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mollton
Kansas City
Pells
Howell
For Sale at a Bargain New Carter Wind Mill
New dwelling for sale with six finished rooms, good well and cistern, also summer kitchen and barn. Facing college on the south. For particulars call at Waechter's lumber yard, Weselling Bros. 17-20. Velvet brand ice cream ad mention. Phone orders.
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Carter
College
Waechter
Wesseling Bros
The Fool Killer’s Work
A vivid satirical piece lists various sensational tombstones and misadventures, portraying the fool killer as an agent thinning fools from society. It catalogs gallery of deaths linked to stunts, crimes, and odd accidents, ending with the remark that the fool killer, though busy, lags behind.
Dandelion Extermination Plan Prompts Green Debate
The Colfax Clipper touts a plan to exterminate dandelions as lawn pests while praising them as a future greens crop. The piece predicts eventual plant decline due to diseases and a scientific counterattack, yet notes the original aim remains extermination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax Clipper
Knoxville Express
We Don’t Want to Be Millionaires
The speaker muses on what a million dollars would bring, from luxury to quarrels over inheritance and fraud. They conclude that the social complications and scams would erase the value, ending with the sentiment that no one truly desires wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Poughkeepsie
Simple home mix claimed to cure rheumatism and kidney trouble
A home remedy recipe promises relief from rheumatism by forcing kidneys to filter uric acid and toxins. The mix uses Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with dosing after meals and at night, claiming quick relief and permanent cure.
Another Murder at Buxton in pool hall shooting
Shortly after noon Bailey Black entered the George Carter pool hall in Buxton and shot and instantly killed John Coleman. Black was arrested and jailed in Albia. Coleman, about 22, was son of T. A. Coleman and longtime resident of Much akinock. The motive for Black's act remains unclear.
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Buxton
Bailey Black
George Carter
John Coleman
Black
Albia
Coleman
T. A. Coleman
Muchakinock
Weather Crop Bulletin Reports Uneven May Conditions
The week ending May 13 saw 3 to 5 degrees below normal temperatures with a 36 degree low on the 7th and 90 degrees at Sioux City. Precipitation was light, mostly snow flurries in the northeast, leaving much of the state rainless. Cold dry weather hindered seed germination though small grain growth persists, fruit crops in the south suffered, corn planting progresses with dry soil aiding seed safety, and meadows hay is expected light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Pay raise announced for rural carriers under new schedule
Postmaster General von Meyer approves a detailed salary adjustment for rural free delivery carriers. Effective July 1, 1900, increases range from 9 to 25 percent based on miles. Rates: 24+ miles 900, 22–24 864, 20–22 810, 18–20 miles 630, 14–16 540, 12–14 504, 10–12 468, 8–10 432, 6–8 296 dollars per year. Government cost about 35 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Meyer
de Graw
For Sale Four sections land in Hansford County Texas
Land sale notice offers four sections of black loam soil two to four feet deep in Hansford County Texas. Bargain terms offered with sale expected in sixty days. Inquiry to John E Langworthy 511 Manhattan Building Des Moines Iowa 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansford, Co
Texas
John E. Langworthy
Manhatt
Des Moines
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G. G. Thomassen
H. van Maren’s
N. J. Gesman
Grinnell
Anna Vander Linden
Seleman
Mr. Dieleman
Saleman
Cole’s
Miss Rouwenhorst
Bradley & Vrooman
van der Linden's Bazar
P. H. van Gorp
Franklin Street
van Gorp
A. J. Kuyper
Orange City
J. H. Stubenrauch
M. Dieleman
U. S
Germany
Dean Severn
Central College
Mra
Severn
Holland
England
Durham
Cleve Smith
Langeralay
News Depot
Vander Lindens Bazar
John van Nieuwenhuyzen
West Side Square
Baily of
Britt
Ict
Standard Dil Company
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