Central College at crossroads as Baptists seek endowment aid
Citizens of Pella face a critical choice as a state Baptist convention move threatens Central College. The appeal urges a sustaining fund to back the school, preserve its campus and endowment efforts, and counter Des Moines College influence. A public rally is urged to show loyalty to Central and resist conversion to an academy.
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Pella
College
Central College
Baptist State Convention
Des Moines College
Central
The
Baptist Convention
Lbe
Carnegie
Pel-la
Fasnes
State Convention
Central School of Education
Des Moines
Friends of
Indianola
Fayette
Ohio
Baptists of
Iowa
Brethren
Waterloo
Old Central
Ezra Temple
Local Church Services and a Reward Note
The notice lists multiple churches with pastors and service times in English and Dutch, including Baptist Church with Rev A LeGrand and Rev Geo E Monkman. It mentions Sunday school at 9:30, services at 10:45 and 7:45, youth groups, and language offerings. also notes a $5,000 reward for Stensland and donation handling by J Keeley of the Chicago Tribune. The weather and coal mentions close the item in a casual local column style.
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Ev. A. LeGrand
Geo. E. Monkman
Epworth
van der Werf
Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue Savings Bank
J. Keeley
Chicago Tribune
Pella Boots New Sharon 5–0 In Clean Contest
The Wooden Shoes beat New Sharon 5 to 0 on their Friday visit in a clear game praised for fair play. A disputed touchdown was resolved by a rules expert who ruled it legal and countable.
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Wooden Shoe
New Sharon
Pella
Dr Tom W Leeper obituary note from Nebraska
Dr. Thomas W. Leeper formerly of Pella died at his Oakland Nebraska home last Monday. He had lived in Pella previously and had visited this city often since moving to Nebraska. His two sisters Mrs W W Brown and Mrs Sarah Botsford remain in this city.
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Tennis van der Goor
Justiceohn H
Gaass
Vander Goor
Mr. Bousquet
Thomas W. Leeper
Pella
Oakland
Nebraska
Leeper
W. W. Brown
Sarah Botsford
Mrs Van Dyke Dies After Tuberculosis Fight
Mrs Henry Van Dyke formerly Hattie De Wit dies at home of her parents Mr and Mrs J H De Wit on Sunday October 28 after a year long tuberculosis battle. Funeral services were held at the residence then at First Christian Reformed Church. The column notes a declining dog population in Pella and reports poisonings with a police clue and criticism of the harm to property and taxes.
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Hattie
Henry van Dyke
J. H. de Wit
Hattie de Wit
First Christian Reformed Church
Election Tuesday Ward by Ward Voting Details
Election Tuesday November 6 lists polling sites for four wards and outside precinct Lab Prairie Two. Each ward provides polling place judges clerks and police, with names such as Rhynsburger Vander Sluts Dennis Van Maren and Van Zante Cheesem Dykstra Rhynsburger and Bruinsma Fowler, and outside precinct details for Lab Prairie Two.
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City Hall
H. Rhynsburger
A. Vander Sluts
Eugene Dennis
N. van Maren
C. Rhynsburger
M. A. Clark
John van Genderen
A. P. de Reus
H. F. Johnson
H. D. van Zante
Andy Cheesem
John Dykstra
Mrs Jas Ossewaarde Delayed Forty Hours by Snow Storm
A card to a friend notes Mrs Jas Ossewaarde left Friday for Colorado to join her husband, was delayed forty hours in Kansas by a fierce snow storm delaying trains, and reached Fort Morgan about the same time as her husband. A corn shredder on Peter Schakel’s farm north of town, owned by Bieghaar and Bogaard, is described as the only shredder in the area.
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Dis
Willem L. al
Holland
Jakop
Bousquet
H. P. Scholte
Bess
Canon City
Colorado
Paul
Jas. Ossewaarde
Kansas
Peter Schakel
Bieghaar and Bogaard
Iis
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. LeGranp
Greater Central
Doc” Allen
Queen Adams
Luelle Donal
Helen Rietveld
Maggie Vriezelaar
Carrie Wilks
Jennie Dykstra
Marie Roovaart
Kate Todd
Dora Gladsom
Tracy Bessie Hill
Tracy Jennie Converse
Tracy Pearl Miller
Tracy Winifred Anderson
Pelle
Edna Dickey
Harvey Ethel Himer
Tracy Bertha Hoogenakker
Mary Young
Harvey Effie Hines
Harvey Inez Utter
Tracy Ethel Rice
Tracy Grace Honnard
Otley Fern Dennis
Harvey Mamie Reynolds
Knoxville
Maude Blackman
Maude de Moss
Nellie Dickey
Nina Wells
Grace la Ren
Durham
Blanche Vander Werf
Reasnor
Kate Fennema
Otley
Sarah Vander Wiel
Maggie Mullenburg
Cordova
Tuenneta van Speren
Nellie Vriezelaar
Monroe
R. F
Ethel Tice
Lulu Schakel
Anna Vander Kleft
Mary Benzema
Jennie Zinsmester
Oliver Hattie Veenstra
Leighton Kate-Shoemaker
Leighton Evelyn Shoemaker
Leighton Lena Blommers
Ida van Steenis
Lena Ver Ploeg
Josie van Nienmansdriet
Nettie van Gorp
F. M. Archer
Cedar Rapids
Calvary Baptist Church
OC. van Eersel
Hamilton
First Reformed Church
Second Reformed Church
Wm. J. van Kersen
C. E
T. W. Leeper
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