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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
3
The J Brand Estate plans a modern front for the store and will vacate the lower floor during construction. To compensate, the firm announces a large reduction on all stock with a partial list of bargains and the same discount applied to the entire inventory.
A Sixty ninth birthday surprise for Mrs Adam Kling is described as her children delivered a tapestry rug and dinner, with relatives Philip Kling Albert Kling Mike Bronner and Edger Steeg present. Various local visits include Haines family in Sully, Misses Lula and Lillian More, Oscar Holdsworth and Lee visiting Oskaloosa, Dr. Cliff Sparka at Romans Lake, and Sam McClair in Sully. Municipal notices mention a Bazaar and Oyster Supper proceeds, while Daniel Richards from Boothe Arkansas visits Sully before picking corn locally.
Mr and Mrs J W Visser and daughter Erma of Pella spent Sunday with relatives here. Mrs H Vander Meer of Pella spent a few days with her daughter Mrs G Van Zee. Lizzie Dykstra surprised by friends on her eighteenth birthday. Anna Klein visited Ottumwa. Ki Ver Hey's carpenters began work at Sam Van Vlieta house. Mr and Mrs B Groenendyke welcomed a baby girl since Monday Oct 28. The W W’s were entertained by Miss Bertha Roord on Tuesday. Letta and Chas Van Maanen and Cora Brower visited L Krouse near Oskaloosa. Mattie Van Zee of Pella visited relatives. Letta Van Maanen went to Pella to attend Hattie Van’s wedding. Daren and Dick DeWitt on Wednesday. School children had a holiday Tuesday for a new furnace. Martin Kooyman of Eddyville husking corn for Roy Fleck. Mrs Huff went to Pella for Samuel Liter who is paralyzed. Grandma Frey caring for Mrs Hoff’s children.
Mrs. E R Borgman of Pella visited sister Mrs E J Var Reese recently. Mrs D Roseboom of Pella stayed from Saturday to Tuesday at Wm Synhurst home. H A Bauman of Pella met Eddyville partner R M Beamer on Monday. Mrs Dudgeon of Pella visited son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs T Dykstra at the Wm Cook property. Mrs Dykstra visited her mother recently. Mrs F B Bickford visited son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs J Cornelius at Pella.
Otley area residents are cited in weekend visits and church activities. Rev F C Manson awaits a decision on a Sayville New York pastorate while property changes occur near town with Peter Bennett farm sale to Milt Adair and occupancy by Peter Gaass next March.
A large Brown County farm of 481.60 acres six miles from Richmond and eight and a half miles from Westport offers level to gently undulating land with deep black loam soil. About 425 acres tillable, 350 broken and cultivated, with substantial farm buildings, including house, barn, granary, and artesian well. Priced attractively, it promises per acre production equal to or better than home land and easy terms requiring one-fourth cash, with options to pay via crop payments or a ten-year plan. The seller lists many other improved and production farms across North and South Dakota and Minnesota available on request.
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