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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1911
Page
5
A devotional tribute praising sunshine rain dew and harvest, thanking God for heat and shade joy and sorrow growth and yield. The verse praises God as source of hope fear storm peace and blessing, noting human labor and divine quickening.
Leighton etchings Lena and Wm Tysseling and Anna Meppelink dined at the B Van Maanen home Sunday. R P Bogue began the winter term at Center. B Van Maanen bought C A Coryell farm of 220 acres at 150 per acre. Gerrit Van Zante attends Central College. Mira Tosia De Reva was found unsound by the commissioner at Oskaloosa and sent to Mt Pleasant hospital. Willing Workers met at G Van Zee. annual bazaar planned for Thanksgiving Day with food and crafts. Mrs F Sjaardema and Mrs H Mep pelink on sick list.
Local notes from Sand Ridge recount social visits among residents from Des Moines to Pella, including Mrs. W Boyt, the Eysink and Kool families, and Misses Vos Ter Louw Swank Eysink. Community updates mention new auto road drags improving roads and routine gatherings at homes and singing school events.
Gerrit Ipple aged 84 died at his home three miles south of Galesburg last Thursday morning. Funeral services were conducted from the home Saturday at 10 a.m. by Rev. Meyer. W C De Bruyn busy with chicken trade. Martin Terpstra visited sister Mrs Dicks in Sully. Quarterly meetings at M E church last Sunday. Lyle Mick and Frank De Bruyn visited Newton. Rev Van Berge of the Reformed church will preach every other Sunday evening in English.
Greely utterances note fine winter weather as Jim Taylor and Ed Barnes public sale drew a good crowd Tuesday. Richard Tompson delivered chickens to Pete Burggraaf in Os kaloosa on Wednesday. Burggraaf was an Oskaloosa caller Thursday. Mr and Mrs John Moody were business callers in Pella Thursday. Chas Voss hauled hay to Os kaloosa Thursday. Jno Van Maanen and Chas Voss visited Oskaloosa on Friday and Saturday respectively. Mr and Mrs John Johnson and family visited the Binns family Sunday. Mrs Moody and daughters Rebecca and Nellie visited Mrs Stella Oswandel Sunday.
A playful verse notes how stars strive to shine brightest to warm the world and help cats sing outdoors at night noting the glow and cheer the celestial lights provide to nocturnal feline performers
Two French officers each flew near Rambouillet and sent wireless messages to the Eiffel Tower about 30 miles away. The report praises the feat as a strategic advantage with potential wartime implications and imagines Napoleon’s fate if he had such speed and reach.
Census data show beef cattle numbers fell 6.8 percent in the last decade, the largest drop among livestock while population rose 21 percent. Beef production lags as range herds shrink and veal expands, prompting debate on imports and corn belt breeding for higher quality cattle. Editorials outline industry adjustments and future market implications amid broader political remarks.
A light column surveys football fever, oddities in commerce and education, and social quips. It mentions Tripoli, a Chinaman on a Brown University team, and a Chicago murder confession alongside jokes about persimmon beer and rural appeal.
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