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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1906
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Kuyper celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary last Tuesday with dinner and open house for family and friends. Their children and grandchildren attended and presented tokens including a pair of easy chairs. Mr Kuyper, a school board secretary, was honored by teachers and board. The couple remain hale and hopeful for many more years of service to the community.
A petition seeks a Rousseau bridge between Otley and Knoxville in Polk township. Supervisor Leopold Litke opposes funding due to $910,000 in bridge bonds and a looming $1,000 deficit by January 1. He cites costs to repair Red Rock and Pella bridges and river channel shifts. Luke backs taxpayer decision. asks residents to vote on contributing.
Mrs. E. C. Coad wife of the Harvey News editor suffered a severe accident at the Oskaloosa depot Monday afternoon. She boarded a returning train, realised it would not stop, and jumped from the moving coach. Both bones of her left arm were fractured above the wrist and her left leg broken above the ankle.
Baptist and Methodists list Sunday schools, sermons, and special services. Morning themes include Christ our Righteousness. Evening programs feature offertoire, solos, duets, and an address on a mission fulfilled. Multi-language services note Holland and English language meetings with special children and youth programs. Everyone invited.
Bids for homesteads in Oklahoma must be delivered in person or by mail to the registrar and receiver at the land office between certain dates. The announcement references Rock Island excursion tickets, sale days in December, and contact with agent M. Cox for more information.
Miss Grace McKee daughter of Mr and Mrs 8 McKee of Monroe married Henry B Wormhoudt of Albia in a small family ceremony at the bride’s home Monday November 19 at 10 30 am Rev O Q Kyle of United Presbyterian officiated. After a wedding breakfast the couple left for Albia to begin their life together. Wormhoudt a former Pela boy is the son of Mr and Mrs G H Wormhoudt. A large number of friends send congratulations.
The official canvass of Marion County votes from the last election lists the plurality for each office. Governor Porter D 888. Lieut Governor Denison D 319. Rec. of State Hayward R 228. Congress Hull R unknown. Representative Teter B 44. Auditor Bill 1,132. Treasurer McCoy R 200. Clerk Kersbergen D 412. Sheriff Wilson D 325. Recorder Welsher R 126. Attorney Lyon R 316. Superintendent Smith R 306. Coroner Reiter R 102. Supvr 2yrs Vriezeer R 554. Supvr 3 yrs Hun R 123. Supvr 3 yrs Anderson D 364.
John J Wilson of Polk county Iowa died in Davenport last Saturday November 17 after a long stomach illness. Born May 30 1852 he leaves a wife and nine children. Funeral was held at his Des Moines river home south of Pella and burial in Eureka cemetery. Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen conducted the services.
Mr and Mrs L A Eysink report the death of Mrs Eysink s uncle Rev C Schoemaker at his Muscatine Iowa home on Saturday morning November 17 1906 aged 85. A long serving Baptist minister for 52 years he retired in 1901 due to age and was one of the state s oldest ministers. He visited Pella years ago and is remembered by many. He leaves a wife one son and a host of relatives and friends.
The clerk issued licenses for Carl O. Smith 21 and Tomie L. De Witt 22 Karl Severin 18 and Minerva Kaster 19 Otto Garrison 22 and Edith Holden 18 William E F Konrad 23 and Emma Hoch 23 Floyd Des sery 24 and Stella H Hodge 24 Dell Kinsey 23 and Sylvia Edwinson 22 Charles Bucklew 30 and Belle Henley 27 Orville W Thompson 35 and Blanche Gilson 26.
Charles Thomas, convicted in the Mabel Schofield case, must serve life in prison after the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the lower court. The court rejected defense points, stating the defendant had a fair trial by an impartial jury and the verdict was supported by the evidence.
A Des Moines murder case dating to 1904 culminated in a bitter trial, leading to a conviction and a life sentence for Charles Thomas regarding Mabel Schofield whose body was found October 22 in the Des Moines river. Local notes report a snow event, social notices, and church updates amid community life.
In a personal letter Rev Henry F Pugh former pastor in this city now lives at Riverside Iowa asks to drop his name as a Chronicle subscriber He and his wife cherish memories of Pella and its people and hope to make the town their future home though Mrs Pugh is currently in poor health.
Special arrangements are being made for new students in the Normal and Commercial daily to enter school January 6, 1907. Prof Lapham is aging on dates. No. in Manor, woman canadi writes.
A fragmentary quotation from Hile Reclus' Primitive Folk extols the sheep as an irresistible force driving back a tyrannical wolf and advancing people, including English Scottish and Irish, urged by bold lords and large proprietors.
The text traces early astronomy to Babylonian towers and Egyptian pyramids built for astronomical aims. It notes Job mentions constellations around 2000 BCE with Arcturus Orion and Pleiades. It credits Copernicus Tycho Brahe and Newton with founding modern science.
A chatty Pella area page runs through local notes from Cedar Rapids to Prairie City. Mentions include Master Carl Da Vries with measles, several visits by residents to nearby towns, and business trips by H. H. Sadler Jelsma and others. School events, a masquerade party, and farm real estate transactions are noted alongside illness updates and travel.
The Chicago Great Western railway announces homeseekers tickets at about half fare every Tuesday for the balance of the year to Minnesota North Dakota and Canadian Northwest regions and nearby territories, aimed at encouraging settlement and travel.
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