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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1901
Page
7
The item highlights Gemans Shoe Store and Wormhoudt ad lines, families and neighbors named like Bertha C. and Van Halen, plus courtship notices and town events. Mentions new licenses, marriages, a funeral, upcoming school election, and various local business promotions and social happenings in Pella Iowa.
In Marion county the Republicans swept most tickets as snow and fusion politics kept Democrats away. Lake Prairie township produced a small Democratic showing with one elected Democrat, while other wards and townships reported strong Republican majorities across governor, representative, treasurer, sheriff, and county posts amid scattered stay-at-home voting. The piece notes calls for Democrats to stand alone and critiques fusion as a dead issue.
News arrives that Orange City carried the court house contest by 117 votes. The win is praised as the best outcome for the town as surrounding towns competed for supremacy and the result will settle the matter for good. Pella sends congratulations to the Dutch county seat.
The undersigned agree to close their places of business at o'clock p m each evening except Saturdays from and after November 1 1901. ADRIANUS Kiyg Joan Uteren VAN DER Zy1. Bros.
Hon Jos G Camp opened the first number of the best lecture course in Pella with Truths and Shams at the opera house last Monday evening. Attendance was moderate but praise flowed for his command of speech and mastery of the subject. Those who heard say his ability outstrips even some of the nation’s best. Mrs Veenschoten thanks friends for support during her bereavement.
Good scales for sale in first-class condition. A four-ton scale is available cheap to the first party calling at Dewemay's Coan Mine.
The Ladies of the Foreign Missionary Soc. and Band of Willing Workers host a Chrysanthemum Show Saturday November 9 at the Bon Ton Restaurant. Admission is free, light lunch available all day and evening for a small sum, chrysanthemums and an Autograph quilt offered for sale. Fortify for cold weather and enjoy a cheap lunch. By Order Executive Com.
Homeseekers offer excursions with tickets to western points on October 13 November 5 December 3 at one fare plus two dollars round trip. For full details apply at Western Agent or J P Elmer A Chicago IL. 32-4WY
A Lübeck labor appeal leads to a ruling that a Prussian law prohibiting strikers from picketing violates liberty of the citizen. Strikers may observe and use moral suasion without disturbing others or breaking the peace, a win praised by unions and seen as a contrast to U.S. courts. Also includes local notices of land sales, ads, and assorted items from Red Lake Falls and Maple City Soap promotions.
Administrator Emily F. Mann of the estate of Thos Mann deceased files final report and discharge petition with Marion County District Court. Objections must be filed by December 3, 1901. upon approval, administrator discharged and surety released. Attorney J. L. Warne.
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