Harvey to Get Street Lighting Upgrade in Harvey
Harvey Iowa moves to install a new light plant with at least one mile of main. Tennis Visser will oversee laying the pipe and lights across Main streets and residential areas. Fourteen lights will be required and work starts next Monday with local labor favored. A 6 by 8 foot cave will house the acetylene generator at Main and Second streets. The project aims to end local power outages and brighten Jones and Mabel’s evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Converse
Harvey
Tennis Visser
Mr. Visser
Main
Second
Jones
Mabel
News- Tribune
Red Brush notes on local health and visits
Fred Wilson is improving after lung fever. Mrs. Daniel Sytsma is on the sick list. Arthur McCombs and wife and Ollie Milledge and wife visited at the I Milledge home Sunday. Mrs. H Wheeler visited Mrs. J C Nossam Sunday afternoon. Mrs. George Wilson is quite sick. Several young people met at Henry De Geent's Thursday. Art De Cook went to Oskaloosa Saturday. C Van Zante attended church at Olivet Sunday. J P De Cook returned from Rochester Minnesota Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wilson
Daniel Sytsma
Arthur McCombs
Ollie Milledge
I. Milledge
H. Wheeler
J. C. Nossam
George Wilson
Henry de Geent
Art de Cook
Oskaloosa
C. van Zante
Olivet
J. P. de Cook
Rochester
Minnesota
Peach orchards promise in Lynnville area crop hopes
E W Armstrong notes one of the region's largest peach orchards shows a good bloom despite winter deaths forecasting a small overall crop. Mrs F W Royden avoided harm after a minor carbolic acid exposure. Calico Carnival at I C O F hall drew a large crowd with brisk bidding. A. T. Gifford home welcomed Mary Renaud and family as she plans a New York trip. Mrs B L Bump shared news of her father Wm Roberts of Estancia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Armstrong
F. W. Royden
J. C. Johnson
Dr. Parker
Oskaloosa
Raule
I. C. 0. F. Hall
Mary Renaud
A. T. Gifford
College Notes and Schedule From Monroe High and Central
Central defeated Iowa Weselyn in a Monday debate. Grace Finley played the organ. Alpha Chi Omega banquet at Simpson College. May 28 faculty play. May 29 Grundman recital. May 30 Hillyer recital. June 7 commencement concert with summer school. Dr Boyle to address Monroe High School. Central plans a summer concert company featuring a soprano baritone pianist and reader. Conservatory recital lists program. Commencement June 7. various school events and performances noted with names of students and pieces performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grundman
Carl Hillyer
Boyle
Monroe
Central
Glenn Grundman
Newton
Miss Wilson
Prof. Dudgeon
Young
Conservatory
Wells Alice Thomassen
Ketterer
Mary Livingston
Grey
Shield Harry Porter
P H S Beats Prairie City in Tight Baseball Clash
P. H. S. traveled to Prairie City where the local high school held a tense game. Prairie City led 3-0 early, but P. H. S. rallied with three seventh inning runs and a ninth inning burst to pull ahead 7-6 before final swing. Lankelman, Mercer, Montgomery and others starred as the lineup showed varied scoring and pitching shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie City
P. C
Montgomery
Lankelman
Mercer-Montgomery
Verros
Little Boydard
Hanel Kuyper
C. Kane
Jennings
Rhynsburger
Williams
Braam
Montgomery-Mercer
R. F. Brasher van Gorkum
Si. F. Jones
Oratorio Emanuel at Pella Next Thursday Evening
A chorus of fifty voices under Prof A P Kuyper will perform Emanuel the popular American oratorio telling of Christ's first and second reign. Leading roles include Cora Van Dam and L Bousquet among others. No admission fee. a silver offering will be taken. Program starts at 8 p.m. All invited.
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Pella
A. P. Kuyper
Emanuel
Earth
Cora van Dam
Bess van der Zyl
J. G. Sybenga
Ina de Gooyer
Nellie Neels
Agnes Bousquet
L. Bousquet
A. VerSteeg
I. le Cocq
Chas
Sipkema
Sense of Danger in Miners Marked by Sixth Sense
In Mining and Scientific Press Lane Carter notes a miner's instinctive sense of danger. An experienced mine captain felt something wrong despite solid timbers and pillars, leading to an inspection that uncovered a long crack in the drift threatening collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane Carter
Cornwall
Aueorees
Hermitage Mansion Where Aaron Burr Courted Estelle Provost
In Paramus Valley Bergen County New Jersey stands The Hermitage, the rough stone mansion Burr used to visit on horseback from White Plains to woo Estelle Provost, widow of a British officer. The estate includes a gothic peaked house, a turnstile gate, and nearby church and ancient burying ground with mossy stones and old epitaphs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Burr
Estelle Provost
Paramus Valley
New York
Bergen County
N. J
Burr
White Plains
N. Y
Paramus
Arden
Odd Juries and the Laughing Sheriff of England
A jocular English sheriff forms a packed jury of twelve fat men, then a thin loan jury, then a barber jury, and finally a jury of twelve men who squinted, with the court roaring at the crowding in the jury box. Green Bag. Improving on Gray. Oliver Herford and a friend admire flannel-wrapped clothes blocking the sky, while Herford quietly notes the simple flannels of the poor. Sure He Knew features a quip about a chiropodist misreading handwriting to judge character, shared in a witty exchange.
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England
Uame
Oliver Herford
Mr. Herford
New York Press
Freedom of Will in Professor's Lecture Fragment
A fragment from a lecture titled Freedom of Will notes that all have freedom of will. The speaker regrets not continuing the subject today due to planned shopping with his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fovesti
Biegende Blatter
Dropping Into Wealth Aviator Describes Valuable Property
An aviator claims to have fallen into valuable property yesterday while discussing a supposed million dollar office building in Washington. The exchange includes garbled dialogue about cobwebs, wasps, and hornets, suggesting a chaotic or coded note rather than a clear event.
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Buiding
Washington. Berald
Notice of Will Hearing in Marion County Iowa
Notice is filed in the District Court of Marion County Iowa that a document purporting to be the last will and testament of B F Keables deceased will be heard during the May term on May 22 1911. Interested persons may appear at Knoxville Iowa to be heard. Clerk Meyer Langerak. May 12 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
B. F. Keables
Meyer Langerak
Knoxville
Sheriff Sale Notice for Pella Drain Tile Co. Property
The sheriff of Marion County Iowa will sell at public auction at the Knoxville court house on June 15 1911 between 9 AM and 4 PM. The sale starts at 2 PM and covers the west half of the east half of Lot 3 in Block 89 in Pella Iowa as recorded June 12 1848. The property belongs to The Pella Drain Tile & Brick Company and is sold to satisfy an execution in favor of Walter Johnson against The Pella Drain Tile & Brick Co. Dated May 15 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Marion County
Iowa
Court House
Knoxville
Pella
Pella Drain-Tile & Brick Company
W. Rietvelt
L. P. Grundman
Walter Johnson
Pella Drain-Tile & Brick Co
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