Pella notices mix of visitors and local trades
Local notes list Dr. M Kramer and others visiting Des Moines and Newton, plus Prairie City and Pella residents on weekend trips. Mentions meetings in Monroe and Chicago trips to Leffler Electric plant, announcements of births and sales of film packs, and a reception for newly married DeGeus relatives.
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Marshalltown
J. F. LeCocq
Des Moines
Gertrude
Dora Klein
Monroe
Pella
Maggie Fennema
R. A. Awtry
Miss Fae
M. L. Meyers
Prairie City
T. D. Franklin
Michigan
D. VanZante
Portland
Ore
A. B. VanHouwering
Orange City
Y. T. VanNiewaal
H. J. VandenBerg
P. H. VanGorp
H. D. VanZante
Chicago
Leffler Electric Co
Jacob de Geus
John Gosselink
George Vernon Jr
Y. T. van Niewaal
G. G. Thomassen
Leffler Electric Company
Umbenhauer
Rough on Rats ends the pests
An old style advertisement from Jersey City promoting a nationwide extermination product. The copy touts unbeatable action against rats and mice with options priced at 25c or 16c, claiming government use and wide availability in drug and country stores. It includes a free comic pictures offer and a note to refuse substitutes.
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U. S. Gov't Too
Drug & Country
HE. S. Wells
Jersey City
N. J
Origins of modern games from ancient Greek and Roman roots
The history traces tennis to Greek and Roman ball games, notes the fifteenth century French introduction of the racket and English adoption, and mentions cricket's uncertain origins as club ball. It covers London bowling alleys, Henry VIII's Whitehall alley, Pall Mall’s name origin, and croquet roots, with golf linked to Elizabethan bandy. Football’s 14th century craze led to a law banning it to protect archery.
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France
England
London
Henry VIII
Whitehall
Pall Mall
Elizabeth
Prince Henry
James I
London Mail
Curious Taxes of Holland in Old Days
The London Mail notes Holland’s odd taxation past with 1666 passenger duties and 1791 persistence. A 1674 boot and shoe levy required maker stamps on upper leather and taxed by size, favoring small feet. Marriages, deaths, and funerals bore varying charges, and burial outside one’s district doubled the executor’s duties.
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Holland
London Mail
Do you know Robert Bruce won his way by watching a spider persevere
A Baltimore American quip evokes perseverance and ingenuity with the line Great Scott spoken in admiration. The remark credits Robert Bruce for a method inspired by a spider’s persistence, highlighting a proverb like persistence wins.
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Robert Bruce
Scott
Baltimore
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Floyd R. Gambell
West Side Square
H. H. Geelhoed
M. J. DeZwarte
Kilbourne
N. VanVliet
G. S. VanZed
Miss Marie
Evans
George Sterrenberg
H. van Ginkel
Otley
H. P. Scholto
W. W. Whitmer
H. D. Wormhoudt
John Welle
Newton
Blommers Mill
G. V. Orr
B. G. Cohrt
Little Son
Pella National Bank
Puritan
Henry Roovart
Ethel
Jake DeGeus
Christina Werner
Clarence Pickerel
W. Borgman
Eddyville
Pete van Niewaal
al Clark
Canning Factory
Harold Clements
District Court
Chroncle
Lake Prairie Township
John VerPloegh
Mississippi
Abe
Satsuma
Howell
John Heereman
J. E. Cornelus & CO
Pella, Iowa
ST. Nicholas
Vander Ploeg’s Bakery
Origins OF Games
J. B. Vriezelaar
Town
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