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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
5
A letter from a Pella missionary describes an all day trek from dawn to Goddess of Mercy Bridge near Nankang Pass. Seventeen travelers plus a chaperone walk down mountain steps in scorching sun with coolies carrying bedding and baggage. The writer recounts knee pain and pride in walking rather than riding.
The Smith Shipley store on the square in Oskaloosa was robbed last Sunday. Thieves stole high glass silk bolts, several valuable suits, gloves and silk hose, leaving few other items behind. They forced a lock, pried a window, opened cash drawers, loaded goods into the alley, and dropped silk bolts in the street. The haul, worth hundreds, included best articles, with a lookout noted.
Rumors claim Fatty Arbuckle’s Hollywood arrival was a staged demonstration with hired supporters. Friends of the comedian deny the claim as he faces bail on a charge related to Virginia Rappe’s death. Reporters, photographers and fans marked his arrival with mixed reactions at the Hollywood hotel and station.
The adult women's class of the First Reformed Sunday School will host an Exchange on Saturday afternoon October 8 at the Holland Meat Market.
The American Legion team from Pella dropped a 13 inning contest at Melcher in a tournament with Leon Centerville and Melcher. Pella led 3 to 0 after seven, then allowed a late rally. final score after 13 innings tied 3 to 8. Centerville beat Melcher 1 to 0 in ten. Leon beat Centerville 7 to 4. Season ends for the Legion squad their first year with strong finances and $100 contributed to the Legion building fund.
Miss Winifred Lavin of Grand Rapids and Expectin a Visitor attend a marriage at a lattice altar with palms. The bride wears satin and Chantilly lace with orange blossoms, carries ophelia roses. The groom begins a new life with a call to the Rochester Reformed church in Accord New York.
William Howard Taft, former President, took the judicial oath as chief justice at the fall term opening. Senior Associate Justice Joseph McKenna added the constitutional oath after Taft’s July 11 appointment to succeed the late Chief Justice White. The court then went to the White House to pay respects to the President in the blue room.
The 1921 drug garden at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, an acre west of the Iowa River, was ruined by high water. Despite careful cultivation from February in a hothouse and cold frame, the crop of about forty medicinal plant species was lost just before harvest. Dean Wilber J. Testers plans to renew the project next season.
A home wedding in Holland Michigan celebrated the marriage of Leonard Braam of Pella to Harriet Emily Steketee of Holland before 95 guests. Rev James M Martin officiated with Rev John B Steketee assisting. the ceremony used a Reform church rite and featured flower ideas, music, and a rose petal procession led by the flower girl Mary Jane Vaupell.
The Holland Meat Market changed hands Tuesday as Gerrit Hugens sold to William Van Wely. Van Wely, with Arie Schilder, had owned the market before about a year ago. Schilder will be employed, and the new owners are expected to maintain the large Pella business.
Last week on September 29 the city observed the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Jake J. Van Gorp. Their brothers and wives organized a surprise party with Wm. Van Gorp Sr. and daughter Hattie, Frane Van Gorp, Gerrit Van Gorp, and Marine Van Gorp in attendance. The gathering featured reminiscence of past years and refreshments as well wishers offered congratulations.
The state board of control reports a marked rise in attendance at the insane asylums at Mt Pleasant Clarinda Cherokee and Independence after semi annual inspections. The Knoxville inebriate asylum was abandoned and some addicts are sent there. Soldiers disabled by shell shock and exposure are among the confined cases.
Engineers at Iowa State College engineering experiment station test coal versus oil as home heating fuels. Oil offers cleaner operation and easier storage but costs more, with burners marketed widely causing consumer confusion. The study will publish an unbiased cost comparison under equal conditions for both fuels.
A Sunday school rally and acquainted meeting at the Baptist church featured a pigeons game between two men’s classes, the Van Zantes and Cochrane. Van Zante's team bagged 132 birds to 69 for the opposition, followed by a large banquet with music, talks, and light humor including Case Van Synpost’s appearance on the witness stand about not attending Sunday school.
The Tuesday meeting showed fines and licenses totaling 111.20 for the quarter and a net balance of 5,287.65 after bills of 4,586.58. Overdrawn funds include dragging, sanitation, and library. Officials weighed methods to manage heavy rain runoff on Main Street near Independence and Oskaloosa Street, delaying decisions until paving completes. A drain under the railroad track was proposed for Os kal oo sa, with a committee empowered to act. The Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co bond for the new water tank and tower was approved, with foundation pillars to begin and ship date in a few weeks.
The streets of Harvey fill with quiet workers, trackmen and bridge builders from the Wabash railway company piling supports in the Des Moines river at Durham’s Ferry. The piles will support a temporary bridge while a new steel structure replaces the old wooden span.
The Park Commission is laying a line of water pipe inside the garden square fifty feet from the curb. It will supply water to any part of the park using fifty foot hose, spanning the entire area.
Burglars entered the Verrips Storage Battery Co sales room Monday night by forcing the back door and opening the office safe. They took thirty five or forty dollars from the safe but did not extract all the money. No arrests have been made, and the proprietors suspect the thief.
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