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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1925
Page
2
Local notes include Byers selling batteries cheap and Van Zante Bros offering tools and gas lamps. Des Moines convention updates, a two-paper subscription offer, and several travels by Pella residents are logged along with school events and small town notices.
First Christian Reformed Church lists morning and afternoon services with passages and topics including The Eighth Commandment and The Safety of the Confessor. Second Reformed Church highlights Home Missions Sunday, evening sermon series on Revelation, Junior Choir, and planned Messiah and Holy City oratorios with large choir.
A Baptist Church notice quotes that regular attendance helps manage physical pain mental worry and overstrain when taken in the right spirit. It promotes worship as a rectifying restraining and rejuvenating influence and lists Sunday services at 9 30 10 45 and 7 30 with a closing sentence sermon about a merry go round.
Mrs Marion Butin of Galesburg died suddenly after supper aged about 67. Apoplexy cited. Survived by husband, a son and a daughter. Funeral at Galesburg church, interment at nearby cemetery. Mrs M Langerak died at Home for the Aged aged 75 years 10 months 22 days. Survived by husband, one son Henry M of Milwaukee and two daughters. Funeral at Home, interment Oakwood cemetery. Dora E Augustine died near Pleasantville after three weeks illness. Born July 22 1877, aged 48 years 3 months 9 days. Survived by one brother and three sisters incl Mrs N Van Maren of Pella. Funeral at home November 2, burial at Asbury cemetery.
Paul Whiteman and his Great Concert Orchestra will perform at the Des Moines Coliseum next Wednesday evening November 18, marking their fourth concert in 18 months under George F. Ogden. Sold out houses are common and fans travel long distances to hear his sensational program. The orchestra delivers favorite hits in a danceable, intoxicating style with encores featuring dance records.
The musician aims to elevate popular music to the concert schedule noting jazz rhythms endure. Leading composers contribute music crafted for his orchestra and special scenic lighting will enhance the evening’s pleasure.
The city council invites bids for a contract to haul coal for the city electric light plant. Terms are available at the city clerk’s office. Bids must be filed by 5 p.m. November 17, 1925. The council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the city council. A. C. Kuyper.
Mr Henry Jansen near Pella sold 52 hogs about six months old weighing a total 13270 pounds to A Van Drimmelen manager of Farmers Cooperative Exchange. Hogs fed Wormix tonic conditioner and worm expeller tankage and corn all the water they.
A short note highlights Henry seeking a good clean place to rest, suggesting the hog man’s ability to provide proper feed and care. The excerpt emphasizes what a man can accomplish with the right resources and attention.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Central College will hold a Bazaar and Exchange at the Welland Meat Market on Saturday November 14. Baked goods and sewing will be on sale. Charles Maxwell of Colins has killed more groundhogs in Jasper county than any other person, earning bounty on 256 groundhogs during the season.
The state penitentiary at Ft Madison is expected to hold 1,100 inmates before winter, according to Warden Major Thomas F Hollowell. This would surpass the previous peak of 1,006 reached last June, with figures rising as releases fall short.
The report notes the prison population increasing to 986 during September and reaching 1,002 overall. The figures mark a notable rise in incarcerated individuals within the period.
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