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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1927
Page
11
Special correspondent reports numerous local families dealing with illnesses including mumps and tonsillitis. Several residents attend events and visits, with updates on sick lists, quarantines for scarlet fever, and a shooting match near Cordova drawing a good crowd.
Amsterdam area community pages report visits among Hammer, Wells, Hunt, Tanner and Vander Linden families. Many relatives travel for visits in Pella Bussey Prairie City Knoxville and Des Moines while upcoming events include a Women’s Aid meeting and local hospital updates. A new house on the Schakel farm, a hospital stay for Paté Van Steenwyk, and a birth near Killduff are noted alongside religious reflections and missionary figures in Shillong.
George Daily, Henry Merryman, and J. M. Hart were Knoxville callers Friday afternoon. Mrs. Blain Caulkins visited Mrs. R. M. Hart. Henry Merryman and Joe Vanden Berg attended the Knoxville combination sale. C. C. Core is sick and under doctor care since Sunday. improving slightly. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hart visited Reuben Core Friday.
Herman Kooistra and Dr. J C Sparks have bought three business lots on the north side of the park to build a modern filling station leased to Standard Oil Co. Rev William Zabilka spoke at the community church. Mr and Mrs William Ryhoek visited in the home of their daughter Mrs Everett Vander Pol then returned home. Sunday school pupils held a wiener roast in Henry Klyn’s grave. A piano recital followed in Sully hall. Miss Mary Doris Carpenter recovering from appendicitis in Grinnell hospital. Bankers' Association meeting in Newton attended by A C Boat Harris Macy. Ladies Aid of the Community church hosted by Mrs C O Holdsworth and Mrs L F Shutts.
Mrs. Raymond Rankin and her children visited her parents in Oskaloosa and then Mr. and Mrs. Will Rankin near Pershing Iowa. A birthday party for Tilida Verros marked her eleventh day with eleven guests. Neighbors and relatives, including the Toll and Toom families, made Sunday calls as others husked corn during good weather.
Eddyville items record Herman Van Veen of Prairie City visiting the i De Leeuw home over Tuesday night. A. P. Van Howelinge of Pella spent Sunday at the F De Leeuw home. Tunis Van Zante and family traveled to Cedar Falls to visit Hazel, a student there, over the weekend. G W Verrips and family visited with Harold Crow in Wapello overnight. D A Van Zante and sons went to Pella Saturday evening.
The De Jong Floral and Seed Company announces they are shipping many cucumbers grown in their new hot-house. The crop is strong and in demand, boosting Pella's reputation for production. This marks the first winter vegetable crop by Mr. De Jong, with more to follow as the season advances.
Sumner Gazette argues against national panic over prohibition and party blame. It rejects overturning the Eighteenth Amendment, notes enforcement flaws tied to those in power, and says reform’s true impact will unfold across generations rather than immediate political shifts.
A layman at the court and his wife joined a Church of England community in Shillong. A Presbyterian missionary encouraged starting a weekly European prayer meeting in the city’s huts, drawing 25 to 40 attendees all summer. The writer felt a deep longing for Hindi speaking Hindus to be saved, noting most locals speak Hindi while Khasi is used by missionaries.
Cross bred pigs at the Iowa Agricultural Experiments Station Ames race against purebreds in a swine feeding lot test. Last year cross breds outperformed purebreds in daily gain and time to 225 pounds. Final winner will be decided on November 18 during the Whoo-o-Dey Day gathering.
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