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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
3
The column reports fine health and ongoing farming activity with corn cutting and silo filling. It records numerous visits among residents in Pella, Oskaloosa, Knoxville, and Des Moines, plus a dramatic accident involving Coral Fuller who escaped serious injury when her Ford rammed into a barn embankment. the car’s windshield was shattered and she suffered bruises.
W H Milleson visits Pella this week. Various residents including Mrs. Van Wyk, Peter Van Ryswyk, Gerrit Steenhoek family and W O Veldhuizen travel between Pella Leighton and Prairie City. A Dick Steenhoek family reunion with ninety relatives precedes his call to active duty on the fifteenth for Des Moines.
Monroe Dewey Hetherington is located at Ogelthorpe Georgia in the officers' medical camp and says he likes his location. The senior class held a wieenie roast at Red Rock last Thursday evening with invites. Miss Nettie Kilgore of Newton visited Mrs Eva Mc Cracken and stayed with Frank Chipps' family. Mr and Mrs W H Hetherington traveled to Omaha to see their son Will in the national army on the way to Fort Riley Kansas. John Palmer is nursing an injured eye from Tuesday.
Local notes report Mrs C E Randall visiting in Eddyville, and families moving between properties on North Second Street. A Vanderzyl cattle barn is under construction west of Grays Creek schoolhouse. Grinnell farmer John Lamond has a son who recently began farming. twenty one pigs in the litter. Mrs Wm Brunin visited Monroe to bid farewell before a brother’s service. Frank and Isaac LeCocq of Star Auto Co visited sister Mrs D Van Loon near Bridgeport. Roy Vanderlinden, a Pella pharmacist, traveled with Miss Pearl Whitman to Pella. Gid Van Loon of Milters Creek hosted birthday dinner for Gid. D Van Loon and T C Van Loon families attended. A local view notes Dorris praising Gid's corn. Christian Reformed church gave Rev Van de Keist a farewell surprise after two years with Eddyville and Tracy charges. About 75 attended as they honored the minister with a keepsake. speeches followed and ice cream, cake, coffee served. P A Sandberg driving west of the river bridge was in a collision with a car from near Oskaloosa. Sandberg uninjured.
Mrs. Virginia Garnette and her daughter Ruby rushed to Des Moines Friday for the grave illness of Mr. T. G. Wheeler, a 90-year-old uncle of Mrs. Garnett. A. A. Stentz’s death drew Lee Stentz and Prosper Smith to Knoxville. Ralph Stentz remained in Los Angeles. Lloyd Shilling, drawn to Camp Dodge with others, lies in a hospital with appendicitis awaiting surgery. Fils brother Charles visited him Monday.
Charles Andrews travels to Des Moines to verify conditions. Don Amos, a Lincoln fruit company manager and former Knoxville resident, is reported in poor health. Mrs. Bousquet and child depart for Butte with sister and relatives joining en route. Kenneth Vanderwilt remains hospitalized in Des Moines under specialist care after an eye injury. Three Andersonville men, Albert Lee, Russell McDonald and Waverly Taylor, receive ten-year reformatories terms for burglary. Knoxville navy men Wallace Cline and Thomas Crouch return from Atlantic convoy duty for a visit.
Marion Stanley Rufford Pethereum Frank Frantz and J D Slonaker left for Iowa Falls to undertake carpentry work. M B Meeker of Toledo visited Mary Whitehead then Perry Iowa to see Ed Meeker. Mae Durbin departed for Ohio to visit relatives and planned Des Moines and Washington trips. Mrs J W Birkles returned from Kansas home near Fort Scott. Ellis family from Seattle visiting Mary Ellis relatives since nine years ago. Veterans plan Gettysburg trip with departure to Chicago by special train. Incident at John Wilson home left Pascal Effin with a broken leg and injured wrist after falling from canvass noted as used in a tree house. He is recovering and wrote to his teacher.
Harold Sheridan, soon to be drafted, sold his interest in the Fowler & Sheridan grocery to R. M. Fowler. Sheridan’s departure is noted as a loss to New Sharon’s business community. B. E. Evans, longtime Eclipse Lumber manager, will replace Sheridan in the store.
Consul Frank W. Mahin reports from Amsterdam that the Dutch Army will test wooden soles due to leather price rises. Five thousand pairs will be made, two thousand ready, with extra soles for wear. Soaking the soles increases flexibility. If feasible, the program may expand.
The draft law presses able bodied men 21 to 31 to serve, but no government plan yet supports wives and children of the drafted. Advocates say promptly enacted war insurance with dependents’ benefits would end exemptions on that ground and sustain morale at home and abroad, stressing the nation’s duty to protect families of servicemen. The war insurance bill aims to insure lives, provide compensation for losses, and prevent poverty for dependents during front-line service.
An advertised opportunity promises profit by working from home with no risk. It claims hundreds already earn money and offers to be their own boss, requiring only name, address, and one reference.
A speaker urges gratitude through law that honors every service member and extends aid to their families. The message emphasizes national duty, shared burden, and the need to support households at home while soldiers defend the nation, underscoring the responsibility to care for loved ones until return.
Officials promise comprehensive support for service members and their families, ensuring coverage of hardships endured in defense of the nation. Generous, noble actions are urged to compensate for sacrifices. The pledge reflects a commitment to health, welfare, and financial security for veterans and dependents.
Mrs. C. A. Barnes of Charleston Illinois writes that she has a high opinion of Chamberlain's Tablets for biliousness and as a laxative. She praises them as mild and pleasant to use and notes a brother who has used them with satisfactory results.
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