WILL FINISH PAVEMENT ON PELLA HIGHWAY
The Oskaloosa Herald reports weather delays pause paving on the Pella road. American Paving Corporation concentrates on the west end and aims to complete the detour concrete before winter. White Way crew joins to finish the first stretch then resume eastward work toward Christmas.
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Oskaloosa Herald
Pella
American Paving Corporation
West End
White Way
Pella Highway
Oskaloosa
Der Freischutz Electrifies Pella Audience at College Chapel
Philomathean Literary Society of the College presented George Francis Sadler in his Music Monologue Der Freischutz with pupil Jean Kuyper providing opera music and character impersonations. The Woodford String Quartette interludes accompanied the performance. The large audience filled the chapel and praised the show as among the best in Pella recently.
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Philomathean Literary Society
George Francis Sadler
Sadler
Jean Kuyper
Woodford
Acta
Pella
Mr. Sadler
Proof of Will Notice in Marion County Iowa 1926 hearing
Notice is hereby given that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Iowa in Marion County a will purported to be the last testament of Jan Cornelis Roose deceased. The hearing is set for the December term 1926 on December 7 at the court in Knoxville where interested persons may be heard. Walter Kester Clerk of District Court Knoxville Ia Nov 13 1926.
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District Court of Iowa
Marion County
Iowa
Jan Cornelis Roose
Pella Chronicle Predicts Waterworks Light System and Streets
Chronicle foretells 1906 improvements for Pella including a Des Moines river connected waterworks system, enhanced electric lighting, and paved business streets. Also notes local incidents: Henry De Wit killed in a nearby auto crash, a barn fire near Blommers Mill with three horses perishing, E. Shaw dies at 81, Miss Marie Lautenbach’s fifth grade surprise party, birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Gorp, Del Hendricks and Rich Lautenbach return from Texas for a land proposition, G. H. Wormhoudt trades Porter building for a Rose Hill farm valued at $18,000, and Harry Keables in Chicago arranging a gasoline lighting system for his drug store and becoming lighting agent.
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the Chronicle
Pella
Des Moines
Henry de Wit
Blommers Mill
E. Shaw
Marie Lautenbach
Lincoln School
Peter van Gorp
del Hendricks
Rich Lautenbach
Texas
G. H. Wormhoudt
Porter Building
Rose Hill
Harry Keables
Chicago
Vinol Claim Sparks Quick Weight Gain Pitch
An advertisement touts Vinol iron and cod liver extract as boosting energy and appetite, claiming an 8 pound gain in the first week and noting benefits for “nervous, run-down” adults and children. The pitch highlights 25 years of use and pleasant taste, from Ideal Pharmacy.
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R. H. Bailey
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Walter Kester
Knoxville
Oppenheimer-Alsop CO
M. Vander Linden
Choice
Chevrolet
Landau
S. Handler & Son
Aave & D ST
Oskaloosa, Iowa
New York
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