Gold Watches Awarded in Local Contest Curb
Nellie Neels won the city contest and Mrs Oscar Holdsworth led out-of-town votes for the other gold watch. The displays were in the north window of the Chronicle office last week and drew strong interest. Voting closed at 6 p m with counts announced later, and special prizes include two mandolins for this week. Ballots must arrive by 6 p m Saturday to be counted.
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Lie Neels
Oscar’ Holds- Nell
Chronicle
Nellie Neels
Oscar Holdsworth
Thanksgiving hours at Pella Post Office observed
Post Office hours change for Thanksgiving with general delivery and money order windows open 7 4 m to 10 a m and 2 p m to 3 p m. Rural carriers will not deliver.
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Pella
Pella Boller Mills Halted by Boiler Leak
A boiler leak stopped the Pella Boller mills on Tuesday. A boiler maker from C E McDaniel boiler works of Ottumwa arrived yesterday afternoon to perform the needed repairs.
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Pella Boller Mills
Ottumwa
Bible Day Observance At Baptist Church
The evening service at the Baptist church last Sunday highlighted the primary and intermediate Sunday school departments in a Bible Day observance. An offering was taken to fund Bible printing and distribution abroad, with songs and recitations by the children drawing interest.
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the Baptist Church
How to Fatten a Turkey from Manchester Press
A satirical piece on fattening a Thanksgiving turkey via extreme methods. It mocks rapid feeding with a quart of Scott’s Emulsion and nose-wringing while noting some turkeys are prone to melancholy. It also jokingly lists odd stuffing and a grim dental workout from old turkey necks.
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Manchester
Scott
Slyter family visits Hedrick and church set
Rev D O Slyter and wife with baby visited Hedrick yesterday for several days with Baptist church members where Slyter serves as pastor. Belle Matah and T Silverthorge from Oskaloosa spent Sunday at J G Vander Pol home. Margaret Thomassen returned home after a week with relatives. Klein and Mrs Wilnengel and baby Elizabeth went yesterday to Ver Steeg home.
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D O, Slyter
Hedrick
The
Baptist Church
Slyter
Belle Matah
T. Silverthorge
Oskaloosa
J. G. Vander Pol
Margaret Thomassen
Jjp. Klein
Mrs. Wiinekgel
Elizabeth
Thanks for the gold watch from the Chronicle prize
A contest winner expresses gratitude to Sadler Bros. Co and friends for the gold watch and subscriptions that helped secure the award. The winner pledges to support the Chronicle contest's success and extend appreciation to all contributors.
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Sadler Bros. & Co
Chronicle
Guitars Offered to Top Votegetters in Pella Contest
A prize program awards two $25 guitars to the ladies with the most votes in next week’s contest spanning November 29 to December 4 1909. One guitar goes to the city’s top votegetter and another to the district winner outside Pella. Votes count toward the guitars and also toward a piano prize, encouraging contestants to rally support.
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Pella
Special Course Opens at Central College This November
Central College offers a Special Course in arithmetic grammar geography spelling penmanship and other objects starting Monday November 29. The winter term emphasizes thorough work in common branches with a focus on review and broader subjects.
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Central College
Central ‘College
Fragmented OCR Note On Contest and Offer Test
A garbled OCR fragment discusses tests and offers involving a guitar and beauty. The readable text mentions contestants and obtaining something, but details and context are unclear. The item appears as a damaged passage with limited coherent information.
Contestant standings row lists participants names
The column lists workers by rank in a contest with names such as Mary Helen van der Linden Lucy Roelofsen Joselinda van den Berg Katie Van-Rees Verna Rysdam Jennie Dykstra Tetia Dyketra Geraldine Aschenbrenner Maggie Goemaat Lyda Popma Carrie Gezel Bessie Veenschoten Marie Smorenburg Gertie Groenewoud Bess Hesselink Johanna Van Ommen with a noted position marker -153.390 5 and a forecast of weekly position changes
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Mary Helen van der Linden
Lucy Roelofsen
Joselinda van den Berg
Katie Van-Rees
Verna Rysdam
Jennie Dykstra
Tetia Dyketra
Geraldine Aschenbrenner
Maggie Goemaat
Lyda Popma
Carrie Gezel
Bessie Veenschoten
Marie Smorenburg
Gertie Groenewoud Bess Hesselink
Johanna van Ommen
Overland Run Sets Mild Record Then Faces Speeding
George L. Riess drove a new Overland runabout 700 miles from Toledo to New York in under 40 hours with a Toledo to Cleveland record 127 miles in 4 hours 20 minutes. Despite bitter cold and poor roads, the trip included stops at Cleveland Westfield Canandaigua Utica Albany and a New York arrival before Riess was arrested for speeding. The Star Auto Co sells Overland in the region. no new diphtheria cases were reported and local notes mention Loyd Warner’s improving health ahead of an appendectomy in Des Moines.
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Overland
Toledo
New York
George L. Riess
Cleveland
Westfield
Canandaigua
Utica
Albany
Riess
Star Auto Co
Glass sale at Keables cuts prices in Pella
The advertisement touts the largest stack of glass ever seen in Pella with prices claimed to be the lowest ever sold, inviting shoppers to inspect the array and seize deals at Keables.
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Pella
Y M C A NOTES AND STUDENT DISCUSSIONS
The Y M C A basketball team explains their defeat to the High School squad as players joke about blame and hot wires from headquarters. The issue of marriage and divorce is teased in the law class. Bible study, astronomy talk, and an upcoming concert and debate program are announced along with a Sunday gospel meeting.
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Watson van der Ploeg
Bert Baron
Beard
Joe Faassen
Joe
W. G. Vander Ploeg
N. J. Gesman
Mr. Beard
J. E. Beard
Hunters Barred From My Farm Premises Notice
A local notice bans any hunting on a farm property with dogs or firearms. The message warns legal action if trespass occurs. Also mentions a piano contest offering fine guitars to participating ladies based on votes next week. Travel and family news surround Thanksgiving plans and business trips to Chicago and Grand Haven for recruitment and bakery equipment.
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Abraham Synhorst
Hand of Death Claims Mrs Van Haatten at 88
Mrs. Jan Van Haatten aged 88 years ten months and one day died at her daughter’s home in North Pella on Sunday November 1 1909 from bronchitis and old age. Born in the Netherlands January 26 1821 she funeralized Tuesday at 11 o clock at First Christian Reformed Church with Rev Van der Ark officiating and interment in Van Domselaar Cemetery.
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Jan van Haatten
Andrew Vander Wal
North Pella
Netherlands
First Christian Reformed Church
van der Ark
van Domselaar
Mariius Van Messbergen Dies in Pella at 28
Mariius Van Messbergen born in the Netherlands February 3 1881 died at his home in west Pella Monday November 32 1909 His funeral was held at the First True Reformed church Wednesday at 11 oclock conducted by Rev Vander Ark Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery He leaves a wife father mother brothers sisters and many friends mourning a devoted husband son brother and friend.
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Mariius van Messbergen
Netherlands
West Pella
Pella Plumbing and Heating Company Incorporation Notice
Notice details incorporation of Pella Plumbing and Heating Company under Iowa law. Principal business in Pella, Marion County, with 100 shares at 100 dollars each and capital stock of 10,000 dollars. Term twenty years, board of two to seven directors, annual meeting in January, stockholders voting one vote per share.
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Pella Plumbing and Heating Company
State of
Iowa
Pella
Marion County
A. N. Kuyper
Pres
Huco W. Kuvrrr
Secr
Lamp Offer Promises Low Prices for Winter
E C Varenkamp departs for New ton this evening to spend Thanksgiving with his children at that place. Will you need a lamp this winter. If so, come and see our stock and prices. The lowest hanging lamp is priced at 1.75 dollars.
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E. C. Varenkamp
Newton
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