Council Meeting Notes and Local Services Highlight
The regular council session on Tuesday December 3 approved minutes and discussed fire department communications to be addressed next meeting. The city clerk and treasurer were instructed to pursue sundry claims and report next week. The electric light franchise second reading occurred and bond payment of 500 dollars was settled and destroyed. Also a building violations matter in fire limits was advanced for strict enforcement. Ten Hagen Bros plumbers improved Main Street connections with no leaks. Miss Lapham hosted a party honoring Miss Beyer from Osage Iowa with eighteen guests and a mock wedding among the games.
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Veity Hall
Vander Zyl
Ten Hagen
Eisteddfod honors at Albia Thanksgiving festival
The annual Eisteddfod festival held in Albia on Thanksgiving drew contestants from Welsh and English speaking communities. Prof R Deane Shure led his Central University class to win first prize of 12500 dollars for piano duet, with high praise from adjudicator Prof Tenerydd Roberts. Mrs Besse Scholte Gaass and Miss Carrie Cox of Pella won first in piano duet, and Mrs Dr Frahm of Pella took the first declamation prize.
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Albia
R. Deane Shure
Central University
R. Tenerydd Roberts
Chicago
Besse Scholte Gaass
Carrie Cox
Pella
Dr. Frahm, Lalso
College Trustees to Meet on Curriculum Expansion
Des Moines trustees, aided by F. D. Jackson Lafe Young Jr. and Simon Casady, plan a December 10 meeting at C. Hunn’s office to enlarge the college curriculum. Local leaders met at the Chamberlain with the Greater Des Moines committee to chart a development plan, amid pressure as the Pella Baptist college remains the denominational school. The minority on the board favors modernization to sustain the Des Moines institution.
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Des Moines College
C. Hunn
F. D. Jackson
Lafe Young, Jr
Simon Casady
Greater Des Moines
Chamberlain
Baptist College
Pella
Des Moines
Nuptials Tie Sturneman and Akins at Otley Home
Simon Sturneman and Clara Akins of Otley wed at home with G Van Vliet J P officiating. Sturneman works for Marks and Van der Ploeg. Sturneman’s mother is Judson Akins’s daughter from near Otley. Also Wed evening Ira R Kempkes and Lula Josephine Vinje united at the bride’s Nevada home. 65 guests attend with Kempkes family from Pella Valley Junction and nearby.
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Simon Sturneman
Clara Akins
Otley
G. van Vliet
Ira R. Kempkes
Treas
O. R. T. Northwest Division
Lula Josephine Vinje
Nevada
Windhorst H. Windhorst Dies in North Pella Service
Windhorst H Windhorst born 1820 in Hanover Netherlands came to the United States and died November 28 at 10 oclock He lived in West Pella then North Pella He had no relatives in this country and was poor His funeral was held at the 2nd Reformed church Saturday and he was buried in Oakland cemetery Rev Van Berge officiating.
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H. Windhorst
Hanover
Netherlands
West Pella
L. de .Boer
North Pella
2Nd Reformed Church
Oakland
van Berge
Thanksgiving Week Happenings Fill Pella News
Local notes recount Irene Liffler’s trip to Bonaparte and Mary Clark’s Thanksgiving in Pella. High School contest Dec 17 promises a strong program with admission. Numerous visits, travel between Des Moines Newton Oskaloosa and Ottumwa, wedding of Simon Steirneman and Clara Atkins, and a large Thanksgiving gathering for Mrs Wormhoudt’s family.
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Irene Liffler
Bonaparte
Mary
Clark
Otley
Pella
Charlie
Frank Clark
Knoxville
H. D. Wormhoudt
Newton
Des Moines
Nollens
Ada M. French
South Dakota
John Ulrich
Sulley
F. de Young
Syphema
Dykstra
Drake
Ames
Chicago
P. D. Gaass
Bertha Tysseling
Rachel van Domselaar
Rose Hill
Wm. Tysseling
Arta Vander Linden
Ottumwa
John Vander Linden
Vander Goor
Case Breuklander
Oskaloosa
Oelwein
Richard Sybenga
People's Trust Co
G. Waechter
North
Ruth Berger
Joyce Lapham
F. A. Kingsburry
Osage
Dr. Bos
Kalamazoo
Mich
R. R. Beard
Omaha
Mr. Beard
Adam Hasselman
Montana
Ruth Gist
Cedar Falls
Chas, Houck
Iowa Central
Monmouth
Ill
Murry
Tom Cox
Bert
Tennis Kempkes
Ira
Simon Vander Zyl
Mr. Clark
Phenix Insurance Co
Booklyn
N. Y
AC. Harquist
L. Stegeman
Washington Street
the Chronicle
Henry Carson
Govert van Arkle
John van Niellenhuizen
Tony Kuyper
Ed. Wormhoudt
Kahoka
Isaac Wormhoudt
Eddyville
Dump Wormhoudt
John Gaass
A. Koyper
John Lankelma
Fresh Buckwheat Flour and Related Goods On Offer
Fresh buckwheat flour praised as pure and tasty with buckwheat flavor. SelfRising pancake and buckwheat flour available in 2 lb and 6 lb sizes. Also listing graham flour rye meal corn meal Swan's Down cake flour and other staples like beans, Postum, peanut butter and various flour brands.
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Graham
Falcon
Pillsbury’s Best
Sovereign
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Sully
Betheny
J.N
Lankelma
U. N
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D. van der Ploeg
W. M. Livingston
Monroe
Geo. Casebeer
F. H. Webster
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I. B. Hendershott
Lura Gamble
Lura
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Clara Atkins
Iowa
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Scott
Elwyn Place
People’s Trust Co
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H. Reitveld
S. J. Jelsma
Continental Fire Insurance Company
J. H. Stor
Adms
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Tenbrook
Baptist Ladies Aid
Marion CO
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