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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1909
Page
8
The notice advertises free watches valued at $25 on display at the office. It promises equal chances for all regardless of prior standings and states the item receiving the most votes will win premium prizes.
Dave VerDugt captured a large black eagle while hunting last week. He brought the bird to town and caged it in front of the Electric Palace. A placard named Dave and his new dog as the captor. Hundreds of passersby stopped to view the bird on Saturday. Plan for the prize remains undecided.
The state teachers meeting in Des Moines last week was highly successful with nearly four thousand attendees. The event marked a shift from the holiday season to November, featuring round table discussions and lectures that drew strong interest. some visitors had planned to revert to the old schedule but did not speak.
The Senior Class of Central College hosted breakfast for the Juniors at the Todd hotel on Wednesday at 8:00 A M. After pictures on the lawn, the Juniors returned to class while the Seniors left for a picnic near the Des Moines River, returning by four o clock. It was a memorable day for the class of 1910.
The Boland Land Company transfers the Westerhoff property in north Pella to H. P. Van Rees with possession on March 1. The Mrs. Van Gorp property on East Franklin Street is sold to M. Van Gorp. The 20 acre farm of Lister ay Grandia is sold to C. Jansen.
Fragmentary text discusses a proposed change in law regarding wolves and dogs and who should oversee regulation, suggesting adjustments to enforcement or responsibility.
Washington news reports Commander Robert E. Peary was voted a gold medal by the National Geographic Society after its scientists unanimously endorsed his claim of reaching the North Pole. The society asked a subcommittee to review whether any explorer had prior to 1909 reached the pole and to investigate Cook’s records.
In the first preliminary P H S oratorical class winner was Will Rhynsburger Humorous Hattie Neynesch Dramatic Clara Waechter. Second preliminary set for Nov 12 with orchestra and 10 cent admission. Other notes cover student absences transfers and a basketball win over Monroe 28 to 16 with lineup and officials.
Jim Ver Ploeg returns to Pella after completing Delf duties and has joined Pella Electric Co. The community extends a warm greeting and wishes him success in his new role in the local business.
Cornelius Van Gemert sues the C R I P Ry Co for 1995 dollars claiming negligence led to the death of his minor son struck by a Rock Island passenger train near Ighton on October 4. The suit asserts a dangerous crossing and evasive curves near the track endangered the child.
A long column lists contestant names indicating standings and upcoming position changes. Names include Pella Henrietta Verheul Nellie Neels Mary Helen van der Linden Winifred Dickey Leona Hunt Lucy Roelofsen Johanna Van Ommen Bessie Veenschoten Maggie Goemaat Lyda Popma Carrie Gezel Joselinda van den Berg Tetia Dykstra Katie Van Rees Marie Smorenburg Gertie Groenewoud Geraldine Aschenbrenner Verna Rysdam Bess Hesselink Jennie Dykstra Mrs Oscar Holdsworth Sally Blanche De Vries Otley Lena Versteeg Leighton Harriet Laren Harvey Bertha Carpenter Fifield Edna Frazer Otley Mabel Grandia Leighton Mary Van Zee R R Lois Maddy Harvey Nellie Van Zante Pella R R Inez Gibbons Cordova Dora Gladson Tracy Fern Weson Tracy Martha Leuty Percy Miss Maud Nossman Oliver Emma Veith Kellogg Fern Bean Reasnor Ona Bain Reasnor Nannie Hammer Sully Miss Eva Koder Monroe Miss Letha Hetherington Monroe Maggie Worth Monroe Anis Smith Oskaloosa Gertrude Williamson Reasnor Mrs Ervie Sipe Reasnor Gladys Moody Leighton Oskaloosa R R 5 Bertha Roorda Leighton Maggie Muilenburg Cordova Lea Taylor Cordova Hattie Monsma Sully Jessie Mains Sully Jennie Roten Sully Mammie DeBruyn Pella R R 3 Minnie Van Zee Leighton Effie Beeshaar Leighton
The many friends of the H. P. Klein family mourn the loss of their daughter Tulida who died of typhoid fever at Hayes South Dakota on Thursday November 3 at six o'clock. Mrs Klein had been visiting here and returned home shortly before the death. Gerrit Klein of Pella John Klein of Orange City and J C Doedyns of Omaha left Friday to attend the funeral. The community offers heartfelt sympathy to the grieving parents.
Gysbert Versteeg of Orange City died at his home on Wednesday November 3 1909 at noon from dropsy and diabetes. Born in the Netherlands March 21 1840 he came to the U S with his family settling near Pella. He enlisted in Company G Thirty third Iowa during the Civil War and later moved to Orange City where he lived near the First Reformed Church and served as deacon. He married three times and left a wife and eleven children. Funeral services were held Friday and interment was in Orange City cemetery with Rev Engelsman officiating.
The Y M C A reports strong interest in its night classes with about twenty in Commercial Law and forty in Bible study. Music class led by Prof A P Kuyper to study music by note plans a glee club with ~15 members and a small joining fee.
John Collett and Lizzie Groene surprised many friends by traveling to Ottumwa on Saturday morning and returning that afternoon to announce their marriage. Collett, a prosperous farmer north of Pella, wed a Pella girl. They will reside on the Collett farm five miles northwest of Pella.
A fragmentary line references the future health and happiness of these worthy young people, suggesting a literary or ceremonial framing within a broader community piece.
John Kriel, born in the Netherlands in 1838, died of heart trouble at his home near Olivet on Sunday morning November 7 1909. The funeral took place at his home at 10:30 am and at the Christian True Reform church in Leighton at 12:30 pm, with Rev. Gerritsen and Rev. Van Den Berg officiating. Interment was in Van Donselaar cemetery.
On Saturday evening at 8 30 the marriage of Mrs Margaret Jansma and Jacob Vander Pol both of Pella occurred at the home of C Bruinekool. Justice G Van Vliet performed the ceremony in the presence of a few immediate friends.
U S Department of Agriculture in Des Moines reports frost on Oct 12 13 harmed corn germination near Pella Iowa. J H Ver Steeg examined and found germinating qualities nearly decayed with few sound grains, prompting urgent seed corn precautions and further checks.
On Wednesday November 16 at the bride's mother's home M De Zwarte oversaw the ceremony for Grace De Zwarte and Cornelius Hackert. The Rev Tv Van der Ark conducted the service as Margaret Goemaat played the wedding march. The couple entered the parlor and were joined in marriage despite a cloud of concern over an ill relative.
Mr William M Wyngarden four miles south of Kellogg celebrates his sixty third birthday with ten children seven daughters and three sons planning a family surprise. Three children Emma Walter and Rudolph are at home. The Wyngarden family including several sisters in town and relatives were gathered at the residence today with plans to return this evening.
The county Board of Supervisors faces a petition to straighten the Skunk River from Colfax to the county’s southwest corner. The project would remove bends, create a 40 foot wide channel, shorten travel distance, and raise average fall to six inches per mile, speeding water through the county. Costs fall on benefited properties, averaging about one mile and a half affected, roughly six dollars per acre. Most landowners support the plan, which local observers estimate could boost bottom land values by about fifty dollars per acre. The only opponents cited are fishermen and hunters, who fear loss of habitat.
The Burke Gazette philosophical editor questions why a new baby is described as bouncing. The piece suggests Br'er Church has little to do with newborns and offers seven or eight reasons linking a bouncing infant to a mother keeping the child active from early days.
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