Home Talent Play by Pella Women Club
The Women's Federated Club presents A Bachelor's Honeymoon a Musical Comedy on October 9 and 10 at the high school auditorium. Directed by Harry McIver of New York, the show features Carl Byers Earl Black Dr O H Wormhoudt Miss Ethel Guthrie and Miss Gertrude Klein with a large chorus from local college and town. The program includes The Dawn of Democracy a patriotic spectacle and costume displays of peasant dress from Allied nations. Reserve seats via advertisers or window boards.
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Pella
Harry McIver
New York
Carl Byers
Earl Black
O. H. Wormho
School Notes A Busy Year For Pella High
Prof C W Wassam praised the high school during a Monday address while book delays ease. A new football outfit is planned and music teacher Miss Flinn from Des Moines is hired. A county teachers meeting is set for Oct 4 with Cedar Falls educators and Mae Goldizen. A modern movements class starts Oct 11 with 20 teachers enrolled for twenty weeks under Pret Walters.
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Kreuger
Charles City
Flinn
Des Moines
Pella
H. L. Hells
R. J. Cable
Macy Campbell
State Teachers College At
Cedar Falls
Mae Goldizen
State Teachers College
Walters
Federal Life Insurance Co. praised for prompt settlement
A Pella Iowa note dated September 30 1919 thanks Federal Life Insurance Co of Chicago for prompt and fair settlement of a claim. Signed by Roy Albert Van Skike the message endorses the company and its accident and health department.
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Pella
Iowa
Federal Life Insurance Co. Accident and Health Dept
Chicago
Ill
Federal Life Ins. Co. of
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Deliberates Fair Deficit
A Monday Chamber of Commerce session reviewed the fair’s finances reporting a deficit of several hundred dollars. They discussed drastic changes for the next year while noting the fair is run by a separate board. A proposed new ice plant was dismissed by some as unprofitable though others urged considering sanitary health benefits.
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Chamber of Commerce
Salvi the Harp Wonder at Central College
College notes report visits by Hull residents and faculty to chapel events at First Reformed Church and Central College. Mentions Salvi the harpist with praise from Chicago Tribune critics, Harp details, student performances, and chapel speeches by Prof De Cook and Rev Heknuts.
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Central College
Prof. van Beek
Loyde Hillyer
Harold Veenstra
Ottumwa
Ada van Zante
Sarah van Buren
Chapel
Prof
de Cook
Lucile Cochrane
Carl Byers
First Reformed Church
Chicago Tribune
Saivi
Salvi
Hoffman
Ware
Roe
Verna Hendricks
Ray
Heknuts
Who Will Win The Trophy For Best Iowa Corn Acre
A county contest invites farmers to enter any five acre field by November 1. County agents arrange measurement by two disinterested judges and corn weight after harvest. The winner earns a silver trophy cup with yearly engraving and a new winner each year.
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Iowa
Farm Bureau
Gold Star Post 89 Meeting Discusses Loyalty and By Laws
Gold Star Post No 89 held a well attended meeting to review its constitution and by laws. The group discussed loyalty issues of men in the community and directed the committee to report October 7 to adopt the rules and organize committees seeking to energize membership among local veterans and students.
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Gold Star Post No
American Legion
D.C. van Zante
Congress
Boys of
Pella
Accident at Fair Grounds Ends Rider Hurt in Horse Race
Gradus Van Zante, thrown when crowded by horses after a horse was shod, was picked up unconscious. Doctors feared internal injuries but later reports indicate a broken collar bone and heavy bruising. he is recovering and improving.
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Gradus van Zante
Mr. van Zante
Next Reunion Planned for Pella Veterans of 38th Infantry
The 38th Infantry veterans held a reunion in Oskaloosa last week and chose Pella for the next gathering in fall 1921. About ninety members attended the Oskaloosa event and visited the graves of General Rice and Major Lacey at the cemetery. the association reelected its president.
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38D Tows Infantry
Oskaloosa
Pella
General Rice
Lacey
Tep
Ninty
Oskeloosa
Hoffman to discuss League of Nations at Friday talk
President M. J. Hoffman of Central College will speak on the League of Nations and the peace treaty with Germany at the High School Auditorium Friday evening October 3. The address, previously given at the Chamber of Commerce banquet, is open to all without charge.
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M. J. Hoffman
Central College
League of Nations
Germany
Hoffman
Chamber of Commerce
Federated Club Meets opens fall season with suffrage speaker
The Woman's Federated Club began its fall meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Mrs James Devitt of Oskaloosa spoke as president of the State Suffrage Association before heading to Boone for a Jubilee celebrating suffrage victory.
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Woman's Federated Club
Chamber of Commerce
James Devitt
Oskaloosa
State Suffrage Association
Omaha Riot Sparks Deadly Mob Violence In City
An Omaha mob overran the county jail on a Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring many as a Black man named Brown was seized after an alleged attack on a white woman. A mayor was hanged from a telephone pole, then rescued, and troops restored order. The blaze damaged the new courthouse, with thousands of dollars in property lost and hundreds of prisoners endangered. Authorities and neighboring forts sent aid as uncertainty lingered over motives and scope.
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Omaha
Washington
Chicago
Brown
Are
Preaching and Singing at First Christian Reformed and Baptist Churches
First Christian Reformed notes a Grundy Center college student Masselink will preach before noon and afternoon with Rev G Hoeksema of Grand Rapids having declined a recent pastorate call. Baptist Church schedules services at 10 45 a m and 1 30 p m with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and B Y P U at 6 80 p m. A large 28 voice chorus will sing evangelistic songs with pipe organ and piano. Carl Byers to sing Face to Face and Luoile Cochrane to perform a piano solo. Service begins at eight o'clock with a cordial invitation to worship.
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First Christian Reformed
Grundy Center College
Masselink
G. Hoeksema
Grand Rapids, Mich
Baptist Church
Carl Byers
Herbert
Luoile Cochrane
People Visit at Pella Fair
A Pella Chronicle piece reflects on the fair from a small-town view. It notes staff shortages limited Thursday coverage, explains fair dynamics shifting from pure agricultural exhibits to vaudeville and entertainment, and praises weather and night shows while criticizing limited food displays and scarce animal exhibits at times.
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G. G. Kamerick
T. H. Kaldenberg
Pella
Central Football Prospect Notes Strong Turnout for Fall Practice
The article reports that Central is preparing for football this fall with former coach McWilliams now in business at Pella securing training. Fifteen to twenty players have practiced, with some veterans and others new to the game gaining experience. Vanderval and Terlouw return as "C" men and several others bring high school play. Details on the first game are not definite, but a celebration is planned after the initial contest.
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Pella
Barna
Central
McWilliams
Vanderval
Terlouw
Pella High School boys organize a HIV club
Pella High School students form a HIV club led by Prof B M Hinton. On Thursday September 25 the group elected Nicholas Gosslink as president Arthur Sela as vice president and George Ulrich as secretary. They are enthusiastic about best goals in the county.
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Pella High School
B. M. Hinton
Nicholas Gosslink
Arthur Sela
George Ulrich
Obituaries of Van Spren Koen and Vander Pol near Monroe
Mrs. Koen Van Spren died at the Home for the Aged in Pella September 27 1919 at age 98. Funeral services were held September 29, interment Oakwood cemetery. John Vander Pol died September 30 1919 near Monroe Iowa age 50. Funeral services were held October 2 at the home and Tool's Chapel, interment Oakwood cemetery Pella.
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Vander Pol
John Vander Pol
Marion County
Iowa
Monroe
Dora C. Boot
Christopher
Helen
Verda Veda
Wilda
Christ
Tool's Chapel
Tool’s Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Polla
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The
State University
Federal
Roy Albert van Skike
Chamber OF Commerce Meeting
College
Flist Church
Hoeven
de Bruin
Hull
Gold Star Post
League OF Nations Meeting
Federated Club Meets
Chronicle
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