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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
7
This week the Y M G A notes cover marriage topics including who may marry who may not void and voidable marriages and breach of promises of marriage. The Bible class led by Mr Beard was well attended and the gospel according to St Matthew is studied. Dr Frahm spoke on Bridling the Tongue and concerns about vulgar remarks by street corner youths from respected families.
A literary program is being arranged and will be given within a week or two. The notice indicates preparations are underway and invites readers to anticipate the event in the near future.
The Baptist church outlines a morning theme on three social laws of Jesus and will hold an evening Bible day observance with a Sunday school concert performed by the Sunday school members.
Robert Lincoln reported a cow killed by lightning during Sunday's storm. Mrs. Bert Lucas fell seriously ill Sunday but is now improving. Paul and George Renaud are visiting relatives. W E Howard C W Wildman returned from South Dakota Saturday night and purchased a fine improved 320 acre farm there.
The item reports plans for a new house and barn with about one hundred acres to be cultivated, and a March relocation. Miss Mattie Bouma returns to Kildaff home after care duties, while Mrs Bouma remains unable to work. Fred Renaud is tearing down the old blue front livery barn, a longtime unsafe sight in town. Charles Northcut, now a freight conductor in Arkansas, plans to return to Lynnville and join Harlan Macy’s venture by early March. Geo. Taylor injured a foot with a rusty nail and faces ongoing trouble. A De Koening sells forty acres to Mart Riley for an undisclosed price. G W Swan buys the old barn site and plans to erect a new barn on his newly acquired property.
Notice is given there is on file in the clerk of the District Court of Iowa Marion County a will purported to be the last will of Wm Van Mid dendorp deceased. It is set for hearing in the November term 1909 on December 15 1909 at which time interested persons may be heard. Clerk B Kersbergen Knoxville Iowa Nov 15 1909.
President Taft issued a Thanksgiving proclamation naming Thursday November 25 as the holiday. Reports from Iowa describe a poignant string of accidents and local incidents across several towns. A ten year old boy Archie Brown died after a switch engine incident in Centerville while others were injured in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines.
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