Pella Chronicle notes social and civic bustle
The column covers changes in local ads, marriages in Oskaloosa, travels of Mr and Mrs T B Kitching, and various residents visiting the city. It highlights a large 403 pound Canadian squash at the world’s fair, plans for Thanksgiving, hospital news, a six footed boy, and civic issues including tree trimming and a dangerous street hole on South Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Verploeg
J. J. Wilson
Wilson
Barnum & Bailey Circus
George Elliott
Buffalo
New York
H. D. Wormhoudt
Elliott
California
West
H. Wormhoudt
Kahoska
Eddyville
Wormhoudt ads drive cloak purchases and governor claims
The Chronicle highlights Wormhoudt ads as influential, noting a Des Moines woman bought a seal skin jacket after reading their cloak advertisements and a Colfax shopper purchased a near seal jacket. It cites W L Douglas claiming advertising boosted his governor election and extols advertising as essential for merchants.
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Wormhoudt
The
Chronicle
Lowa
Des Moines
Colfax
Pella and Marion oppose amendment on elections
The biennial election amendment carried by about twenty four thousand votes in general but failed to win support. Voters questioned loss of local election rights and noted elections would still occur each fall. The Chronicle had opposed the amendment before the vote, and locals feel such changes should stay with the people not outside grabbers.
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the Chronicle
Pella
Marion County
Stoddards Survey Accepted After Dispute Over Frontage
Stoddard was hired to survey a lot for the Cook Line project to determine frontage in feet and inches. The survey was accepted by new owners, but Mr Stoddard warned it would not be official until the county surveyor verified it. The county surveyor found a one inch difference from Stoddards figures, yet the company still accepted the Stoddard survey as correct.
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Andrew Vandermeulen
Billis Johnson
Highland Park College
Des Moines
Pella
Chronicle
Crawford County
de Cook
Ra. Stoddard
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Keables
Mrs
T. B. Kitching
Kansas City
Missouri
Arie Soetens
Miss Kurtz
Oskaloosa
South Main Street
Dorothy Wormhoudt
Henrietta Hospers
Artie Hospers
C. Hospers
North Pella
Fay Laukelma
Mercy Hospital
F.H. Green
Green
James’ Jelsma
N Jia Prajge
Baptist Church
D. C. Smith
Methodist Church
I. J. Stoddard
Isaic LeCocq
Plainfield
New Jersey
Baptist Record
Taraksgmvy
Alfred Benjamnn
Makers
Wormhead's Clothing House
J.D. Grass
Cassimere
W. L. Douglas
Massachusetts
Douglas
Stoddard
the Abc of the Laundry Business
Pella Steam Laundry
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