Mine Train Wreck Near Rock Island Hospitalized
A derailment near Eveland switch sent three miners’ coaches into a ditch, sparing most lives and injuring few. An engine from train 38 struck the carriages, with one worker suffering broken bones and internal injuries. Alec Boag attempted suicide in Rock Island after mental decline, injuring himself with a knife and awaiting care at Anthony’s hospital.
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Rock Inland
Monros
Fisher
Rock Island
International Live Stock Exposition urged for young breeders
Dean Davenport of the Illinois College of Agriculture champions the International Live Stock Exposition as essential for boys and young men. He argues veterans and exhibitors will clash, but the main beneficiaries are those aged sixteen to twenty five who can learn breeding constants and apply gradual improvements to their herds each year through careful study and ongoing judging programs at the Chronicle office.
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Dean Davenport
Illinois College of Agriculture
International
Ita
Theas
Chronicle
Colfax
Pergons
Telephone Directory Push Promises Wide Rural Reach
A rural Iowa notice promotes a forthcoming telephone directory press date December 4 and urges residents to subscribe to gain instant countywide and statewide connections. The letter from W H Fowler stresses service, business trust, and calls for decision, while a local piano contest offers 500 votes per dollar and 400 votes per renewal.
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Iowa
W. H. Fowler
Disappearances and crimes in Ottumwa and environs
Ottumwa youth Harold Sturge vanishes after a melancholy spell then four separate reports detail an assault case in a rail yard near Knoxville, a breast cancer operation in St Louis, a Des Moines suicide, a Winterset court trial, a severe murder case at Anamosa, a wagon accident in Knoxville, and a Colfax car fire tied to a gambling ring with minor fines and damage costs.
Death of Will De Bie’s Baby in Des Moines
Eight month old baby boy of Mr and Mrs Will De Bie died suddenly in Des Moines on Monday evening. Funeral procession passed through Pella on its way to New Sharon for interment yesterday. The family received notice by phone and letter. Nearby, about twenty five Baptist church and college youths joined John Firth’s revival at Hureka schoolhouse for singing and exercises, including a bob sled ride on the old sleigh road.
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G. Hertzog and
Hertzog
Chas
Kersey
Froggatt & Roberts
Waechter
Knoxville Journal
Pella
Des Moines
Will de Bie
A. de Bie
Anid
New Sharon
Baptist Church and College
Durham
Ir. John Firth
Hureka
Local Editor H. K. Pitman Appointed at Chronicle
Sadler Bros announce the appointment of H. K. Pitman as local editor of the Chronicle. Pitman brings about eighteen years of newspaper experience in city and rural settings and is praised for his editorial ability. Citizens pledge support to make the Chronicle the leading Marion county paper.
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H. K. Pitman
Chronicle
Pitman
Eal
Dr Ketman Lectures on America Indebtedness to Holland
Chicago scholar Dr T L Ketman delivered a lecture at the auditor about America's indebtedness to Holland. The talk drew a large audience and left listeners with a clearer view of Holland and related topics. Mrs L Diley and infant left Tuesday for Garden Grove to attend Miss Garrlsa-Vada Snowden’s wedding that evening.
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T. L. Ketman
Chicago
America
Holland
Ketman
Mra
L. Diley
Baby
Grove
Garrlsa-Vada Snowden
Mr. Molontoal
Cae He Fallon
Des Moines Capital Offers Holiday Bargain Week
The Des Moines Capital announces a December bargain period from the 21st to the 28th offering a full year’s subscription for 1907 at 82 dollars with old subscribers paying arrears by January 1st and 1907 dues. New and old subscribers can mail a letter or pay the postmaster, publisher, or newsdealer to receive the offer. The paper bills itself as a live, first to report Associated Press news with strong market coverage and two-color printing.
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Des Moines
Young
Iowa
Nome
Associated Press
News of
the World
Important Business Change in Pella This Week
John Ver Steeg and M. Van Helden, longtime local bakers, have purchased A. Boslofsen’s stock and fixtures to form a full bakery establishment. The new firm will operate continuously for thirty two years and the Chronicle welcomes their retirement outlook. Possession is set for tomorrow.
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Pella
John Ver Steeg
Ver Steeg Bros
M. van Helden
John van der Ploeg
A. Boslofsen
the Chronicle
Messrs. Ver Steeg
van Helden
Thema
Local Church Schedules Shared by Multiple Denominations
Baptist and Methodist congregations publish Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. with worship at 10:45 a.m. and evening services at 7:30 p.m. B Y P U activities, language considerations, and language notes appear for Holland and English services. Sermon topics include The Prodigal Son and A Notable Death. Pure and Impure Religion and The Simplicity of the Way of Salvation.
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Meg. A. LeGrand
Methodist Church
Geo. E. Monkman
Epworth
van der Werf
Wm. J. van Kernen
Election Notice for Linke Prairie District Agriculture Society
The annual election for five directors of the Linke Prairie District Agriculture Society will be held at City Hall Pella Iowa on Thursday December 13 1908 between 10 oclock in the forenoon and 12 oclock noon. The slate includes two from the country and three from the city for a three year term.
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Linke Prairie
District Agriculura
Pella
Iowa
Remarkable Will Gifts From Pleasantville Man
Anderson Martin of Pleasantville died at 79 leaving a will that bequeaths about 90,000 to charities and institutions nationwide. It includes 2,000 to six needy Pleasantville women, 5,000 to Children’s Home Society of Des Moines, 3,000 to Des Moines Methodist Hospital, 5,000 to Tuskegee Institute, 2,000 to a New York Bowery Mission, 2,500 to Knoxville Woman’s Relief Corps, and stipends of 10,000 to his two sisters, with several conditional legacies requiring local matching sums. Martin, a bachelor with a simple life, owned large acreage around Pleasantville and was a first cousin of Buffalo Bill.
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Marion County
Anderson Martin
Pleasantville
Martin
Myers
Walker
Knoxville
Hom
Phville
Davenport
William Cody
Buffalo Bill
New Books Fund Raised by Pella Ladies Sale
Pella women hosted a homemade candy sale in the post office lobby last Saturday to aid the city library fund. The effort netted eighteen dollars to purchase new reading material, and the library reports strong patronage with 131 visitors and 108 items checked out recently. The library hours now include Tuesday and Saturday from 3 to 6 and 7 to 8:30 p.m.
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Pella
Mibrary
Carolyn van 71
Baptist church bazaar to raise funds this weekend
The ladies of the Baptist church announce their annual bazaar to be held at the De Bruyn building on the sixth, seventh, and eighth. A variety of pretty and fancy articles will be available as Christmas gifts, including homemade candies and other specialties. Proceeds aid church work.
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The
Baptist ‘Church
de Bruyn
Whita
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Grain and Feed
Serereee
Setene Mhine
Harold Sturge
Milwaukee Railway
Gus Johnson
James Hell
Albia News
T. J. Pack
St. Louis
W. J. McMullin
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Savery
McMullin
Drake University
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John H. Swift
Christian Church
Winterset
United States
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Swift
W. J. Cornell
Bahker
William
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Jones County Board of Insanity
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Insane Commission
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