Two Charlies Form Pella Furniture and Undertaking Firm
LeoQocg and Sipkema unite to buy out Brulnekool and operate as a furniture and undertaker partnership on the west side of the square. Both men, noted in Pella circles, report rising business and credit their Chronicle advertisements for attracting old and new customers. They emphasize honesty, fair dealing, and courteous service to win continued local trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Charlies
LeoQocg
Sipkema
Brulnekool
LeCocq
Y. T. van Niewaal
Chronicle
The Carnegie Library Progress At Pella Iowa
Report details delays in the Carnegie funded library project due to Mr. Carnegie’s absence in Scotland. Beard notes required funds and title work, plus three liens against the building, slowing progress. Miss Ostrie Van Vilet currently the sole applicant for librarian. Hannah Nollen offered position previously, declined. Plans seek spring start with a new library stocked for public use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
S. Hi Viersen
Beard
Pella National Bank
Scotland
America
Alto
Hannah Nollen
R. R. Beard
Ostrie ‘van Vilet
P. E. O. Thimble Party Held At Mrs Van Spanckeren Home
A P. E. O. thimble party at Mrs. B. H. Van Spanckeren’s home drew about thirty ladies. Each received a block for quilling with a prize for the fastest and best work. Marie Bousquet was named winner. refreshments followed while judges decided. A short program featured readings and instrumental music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. van Spanckeren
Hach
Marie Bousquet
Ada M. “French
A. Teading
Chas. W. Brown
Mise Pear
Benjamin
Pella Opera House Sold to Omaha Investor Hall
The Pella Opera House changed hands with Charles E. Hall of Omaha obtaining the building for $24,000 in exchange for 960 acres of Nebraska land. The deal includes land in north central Nebraska, some improved, some prairie, with soil described as pure. Hall plans to move to Pella after arranging housing.
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Pella
Herman Rietveld
Charles E. Hall
Omaha
Nebraska
Rietveld
Hall
Lve
Farm listings offer paid travel to buyers in Kansas and Oklahoma
Free travel from home to farm location and back for buyers. Farms in Kansas and Oklahoma priced from five dollars an acre, better farms in good locations with modern conveniences at twenty to thirty dollars an acre. About one hundred sellers listed with W T Reed Really Co Wichita Kan.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
His Father's Sin in Pella Opera House
Jed Carlton and company presented His Father's Sin at the Pella opera house last Saturday. Emma Jean Carlton starred as Mrs. Emerson with solid support from the cast. A large audience attended, noting the evening offered better language standards than recent regional shows and indicating the venue’s rising popularity.
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Jed Carlton
Carlton
Emma Jean Carlton
Pella Opera House
Eureka Found After Des Moines Deputy Arrests Wife
Des Moines area report states Sherman arrested his wife Eureka at the Schoville dairy farm west of Des Moines at 9 PM after a four week manhunt. She faced a preliminary hearing for unfaithfulness before Justice Christy and was released on $800 bond until trial Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines News
Sherman
Eureka
Schoville
Des Moines
Christy
Rietveld's Equal and Aashamed Note in Chronicle Box
A Chronicle critique discusses a note left in the post office news box claiming a defunct Sigourney bank paid creditors in full. The writer questions the Chronicle’s honesty and compares it to another gentleman, arguing newspapers should tell the truth and that the note’s author signs reluctantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
Sigourney
Chroniclé News
Sigourney banker responds to claim of unequal payments
An anonymous letter criticizes a prior report on receivers' certificates at Sigourney bank. Mr Rietveld replies, boasting he paid out the bank without stockholder assessments, while accusing the writer of anonymity and bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rietveld
Rietvald
Cironicle
Sigourngy Bakker
Pella People’s Savings Bank
Sigourney Bank
Baptist and Epworth Leagues Share Sunday Services
Churches led by pastors G Edwards and W J Van Kersen announce morning services at 10 45 with themes on discipleship and the Christian debtor to all. evening services at 7 30 focus on knowledge and envy. Foreign Mission Sunday offerings apply to both churches. Rev S E Wilcox of Des Moines to preach. All welcome.
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G. Edwards
Epworth
Wm. J. van Kersen
Foreign Mission
B. Y. Paz
S.E. Wilcox
Des Moines
Baptist State Convention
State Marshal Club Convention Attended in Des Moines
G. J. Thomassen and G. W. Bal leu attended the state convention of Marshal Clubs at the Savery hotel in Des Moines. The meeting discussed appointing state marshals by the governor and salary arrangements. Governor Cummins opposed statewide marshal appointments and favored governor removal power. officers elected included President W. B. Bell and Vice President Rev. Frank Loveland.
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G. J. Thomassen
G. W. Balleu
Savery Hotel
Des Moines
Col
W. B. Bell
Washington
Frank Loveland
RE. F. Leake
J. M. Wood
Woodrow
A. C. Rankin
B. C. Barnes
Chris Hall
D. 8. Morrison
T. L. Simmoke
E. B. Willis
Better Train Service Sought Along Iowa Central Branch
Towns Newton Murphy Kildun Sully Lyonville and Taintor filed petitions with the state railroad commission over the Iowa Central branch line between Newton and New Sharon. Petitions report poor track repair irregular trains off schedule and substandard accommodations and mail service with fences along the railroad also in bad repair.
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Iowa Central
Newton
New Sharon
State Railroad Commission
Murphy
Kildun
Sully
Lyonville
Taintor
Fruit Tree Swindle Recurs in State Farmland Areas
Reports from Scranton Iowa describe farmers swindled by a fruit tree agent claiming to own a large Des Moines nursery. Plants were promised with replacement for deaths yet no such guarantee existed. Contracts charged 60 percent damages for cancellation and many orders doubled in price. Some farmers settled for 40 percent without goods. Several approached grand jury for fraud indictment as similar schemes surfaced in Adair and Marion counties involving Meyer Langerak, ex deputy clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Iowa
Times-Republican
Des Moines
Grand Jury
Register and Leader
Adairs County
Lost editor Carr returns to Tracey home
A long missing editor Guy M. Carr of the Tracey Leader reappears after forty seven days, sending a letter to his wife promising to return. Carr, once a furniture dealer and undertaker in Tracey, had vanished last summer while boarding a freight to Oskaloosa and was later found in Colorado. He arrived back in Tracey on Sunday morning, ending weeks of worry for his wife and family.
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Guy M. Carr
Tracey Leader
Tracey
Des Moines Register and Leader
Bussey
Tracy
Oskaloosa
Colorado
J. W. Johnson
Lee B. Johnson
Tri-County
Tri-County Press
Carr
Pella notes and Iowa train wrecks feature in brief
An Iowa town report covers farm life near Burke and Bonesteel with Meyer’s sod corn yield and upcoming winter stay. social notes cite Miss Pearl Benjamin and Miss Pearl Viersen plans to study piano in Europe. Separately, two railroad wrecks in Iowa kill five and injure many, while Central University gains praise at Ottumwa Baptist convention.
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Rosebud
South Dakota
Saturda
Dakota
Pella
Mike
Burke
Bonesteel
D. W
Marion County
Meyer
Knoxville Journal
O. H. Viersen
Miss Pearl Benjamin
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the Two Charlies
the New Library
P. E. O. Thimble Party
W. T. Reed, Really Co
Wichita, Kan
M. BE. Church
Second Reformed Church
State Marshal Club Convention
Meyer Langerak
Marion County Courts
Qrome
Antes
Bazar
Mahaska County
Beit
Billie Neibert
New Orleans
Southland
Opera House
Rock Island
Casey
Santa Fe
Kasas City
Missouri
Ottumwa
Central University
Lewis
Sioux City
Old Central
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