Local items and business notices from Pella area
Community notes cover brick ice cream at Royal Candy Co and tank heater promotions at Vogelaar's Hardware, plus visits from Ed Egan and Mrs J J Bousquet, car purchases from A B Van Houweling and Overland Whippet, regional visitors from Perry Iowa, and farm equipment displays. Building progress at the college, lecture tickets sold for 1.50, and local health and aging facility visits. A visiting inspector from Des Moines reviewed the Ladies of the G. A. R., and a patient discusses prosthetic options after leg amputation with cancer concerns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogelaar
Hardware and Implement
Ed Egan
Burlington
J. J. Bousquet
Agnes Bousquet
Kuyper’s Korner and Town Notes from Pella
A column of local humor and editorial bits from Pella touching on lumber quality, a joke at a judge’s expense, new farm buildings by Nick Mepplink, Lob Van Vark’s foundation and masons, and town outlooks. It laments wasteful patterns, muses on income living, and hints at regional commerce with out-of-town buying and machinery ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick ‘Mepplink
Lob van Vark
Goodwin
Charley
Ed Hoeksma
Accidently Shot by Loaded Gun While Working
Local young man Lester Langerak carried a loaded .38 revolver for self defense. While removing his coat from a load of coal the hammer release caused the cartridge to explode. The bullet pierced the left lung near the back, two inches from the spine, but reports say he is recovering and doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subenga
For Sale Glass Door and French Door with Bronze Hardware
For sale a glass or French door with light oak finish, large bronze hardware, size 88 by 60 inches. Can be cut to fit any size, cheap if taken now. Call Chronicle office. Also for sale pulleys and shafting at Chronicle office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle Office
Obituary notices from November 1926 cascade in Sully and Des Moines
Funeral services marked the passing of several local residents. Infant child of Mr and Mrs Boring from Des Moines. Mrs Frank Brand near Sully aged about 52 after a paralysis stroke. Mrs John Vander Werf of Sully aged 70 plus. Miss Mary De Haan, aged 59 in the Home for the Aged. Jerome Palmer, 83, died in Orlando, Florida. Services were held at homes and churches with Oakwood Cemetery and Sully Cemetery interments. Palmer honored by Knights Templars and G A R. multiple survivors listed for each obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boring
Des Moines
K. Verheul
West Third Street
Mr. Bruins
Frank Brand
Sully
Paul
John Vander Werf
Wesselink
Oakwood
Peter de Haan
Corsica
S. D
Palmer
Jerome Palmer
Carris
Bonnie Loch
Kuhl Ave
Orlando
Florida
S. F. Cole
Pella
Lakeland
Fla
W. E. Palmer
Chicago
R. T. Carris
W. H. Palmer
Rutland
28Th Iowa Infantry
Knights Templars
Golden West
Card of Thanks and note on public figures
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for aid during illness and death of Mrs. J Vander Werf. Brief obituary mentions L C Harris suicide in Chicago after a prominent Grinnell College legacy and legal career in Duluth. Harold Rozenberg visits family in Pella before relocating to Clarksville Iowa near Waterlooo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Vander Werf
Barbara de Haas
John Vander Werf
L. C. Harris
Chicago
Grinnell College
Robert G. Cousins
Cordell
Dick Yates
Ilinois
The
State University
Northwest
Towne, Harris & Moor
Duluth
Harold Rozenberg
Rock Island
Hollandale
Minn
Pella List
Clarksville
Iowa
Waterlod
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Royal Candy Co
Eugene Egan
Grinnell
J. J. Bousaut
Andrew Hogeland
A. B. van Houweling Auto Company
Isaac LeCocq
Perry
Andrew van Drimmelen
Farmer's Co-operative Exchange
the College
le Laval
Melotte
Stephen Vanderzyl
Home For the Aged
Prairie City
Gerrit Vander Hart
William Vos
Wm. van. Baren
Monroe
Melvin Brannon
Helena
Montana
J. J. Sybenga
L. F. Bousquet
John Deere
Woodrow
J. S. Blagg
Department of the Ladies of the
W.A. Butt
Kuyper
S Korner
Spreek
Binder
Model
Atwater
Kent
RADIO
Geo.ver Steeg
Puritan Drug Store
Radio Speat
Lester Langerak
Anna Vander Hart
First St
Chronicle
Essex
Pella Motor CO
Willys-Knight
A. B.vavnn Houweling Auto CO
E. A. Roorda
Lincoln Street
Square
P. VanderWerff
Vogelaar’s Hardware and Implement
van Gorp Tire Co
Independence St
J. W. DeBrayn
Washington St
Goemaat Bros
Vander Werf
Fred Thompson and
Silver King
Louise Fazenda
Felix the
Rudolph Valentino
Shiek
Oxfords
High Ave
West Oskaloosa
LES
Buick
Geatest
Pella, Iowa
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