Local News Notes From Pella Area Busy Weekend Visits
A miscellany of visits including Dick VanZante in town, Mrs. Callingwood singing at the College ext, and many relatives traveling between Pella, Oskaloosa, Prairie City, and Alexis Ill. News covers births, travels of Mrs. Will Van Gorkum, Mrs. Cynthia Clutter’s arrival, and teachers attending a study center in Oskaloosa. Also noted are local ads for coats, oil meal, Cole's heaters, and a steering incident near Wat Dykstra.
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Sorgum
L. Popma
Dick VanZante
Maines
Pella
Songs of Dixie
Callingwood
Tucker
Ady
F. N. Byram
Hollis
Oskaloosa
Connie Breuklander
Sengees
Prairie City
Will van Gorkum
G. O. Davis
Alexis
Ill
Cynthia Clutter
Indianola
Wormhoudt’s
Adv
C. F. Aschenbrenner
California
Eldora Benitema
Des Moines
Donald Fowler
East Orange
N. Y
Gambell
H. J. VanderWaal Jr
Orange City
Leona VanderLinden Addresses Mission Work in China
Miss Leona VanderLinden, a Pella Iowa native, spoke to a large audience at the American Reformed church on Sunday evening about her missionary work in China. The Sioux County Herald notes the event amid village notices and local ads.
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American Reformed Church
Leona VanderLinden
Miss VanderLinden
Pella
Iowa
China
Sioux Co. Herald
Rough on Rats ad promises outdoor rodent kill
An old advertisement promises extermination of rats and mice with outsized claims and low prices. It notes 25c or 16c sizes and urges readers to refuse substitutes. A free comic picture is offered from R. S. Wells in Jersey City, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater Gazette
U. S. Gov't Too
Drug & Country
R.— .B. S. Wells
Jersey City
N. J
Death notices from Pella and Monroe area 1916
Mortuary notices report John DeBruin of Pella died at home near Monroe on October 8 1916 from anaemia age unspecified. Survived by wife and nine children. Funeral at home and Prairie City Reformed church. Interment Prairie City. Peter VanderBeek of Pella died October 7 1916 age 75 years 20 days after three months illness of dropsy. Born in the Netherlands he came to America in 1885. Survived by wife four sons and four daughters. Funeral at home and First Christian Reformed church. Interment Oakwood cemetery. Family thanks friends and neighbors for aid. Bulletin acknowledges local church support and business sponsors in Pella.
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John DeBruin
Pella
Monroe
Reformed Church
Prairie City
Peter VanderBeek
Mr. VanderBeek
Netherlands
America
Arnold A. T., Govert
A. P
Gradus VanderWaal
Otley
Peter Kleinendorst
Grinnell
J. P. Vande Geest
J. H. Shinn
Knoxville
Oregon
First Christian Reformed Church
Rev. C. de Leeuw
Oakwood Cemetery
New Electric Church Bulletins to Promote Faith Across Iowa
Wealthy Christian sponsors form The Non-Sectarian Society for the Encouragement of Christian Faith and fund large steel church bulletins. Leonard Fowler Bulletin Co of Des Moines to place one hundred 10 by 30 foot signs in Iowa towns with 6000 candlepower lighting and a church entrance image inviting attendance. The displays rotate after a year to Ruth imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Encouragement of
Frank Leslie’s
Leonard Fowler Bulletin Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Pella
Ruth
Prairie City visitors call on Braathart home
Mrs. P. D. Wagaman and Mrs. W. E. Kingdon of Prairie City visited the Braatharts at their residence during the latter part of last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. D. Wagaman
W. E. Kingdon
Prairie City
John Braathart
Mason City awards contract for new high school building
The contract for a new 250000 dollar high school building at Mason City has been let. Farmers near Perry have graveled over four miles of road as part of a gravel carnival they hosted there.
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Mason City
Perry
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Appeals to Women
In Dubuque and Oelwein Iowa women share experiences with Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The ad cites five years of use for daily tasks and claims relief through the change of life. It touts the medicine as non secret, a glyceric root extract, to support the liver and system while recommending Pierce's Pellets as a gentle laxative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa
Dr. Pierce
Julia Mygzs
Walnut St
Oelwein
Pierce
Iowa and nearby towns see farm yields and losses across reports
A Mahaska county grower reports 100 bushels per acre with past sale values at 1.25 per bushel. Fire near Cooper town wrecks $25,000 in property. nearly all buildings destroyed. A new university building houses the automotive testing plant for the engineering college. Attorney L M Barret killed in a crash with a fast train near Missouri Valley. companion seriously injured. Cos College in Cedar Rapids raises over $37,000 for a patriotism department, aiming for $50,000. Lieutenant Carl Beatty, Iowa native, reported killed in Verdun. Iowa State College received 600 teaching requests from school boards. 120 graduates placed in teaching. Des Moines elder Benjamin Cornell Reynold dies at 97. Infantile paralysis cases rise on Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Medical staff chief oversees response from Washington.
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Mahaska County
Coopertown
Buxton
Iowa
Oskaloosa
The
State University
Engineering College
L. M. Barret
Ben Comstock
Missouri Valley
Department of Patriotism
Cos College
Cedar Rapids
Carl Beatty
Verdun
Beatty
Avoca
Iowa State College
Benjamin Cornell Reynold
Des Moines
Crow Indian Reservation
Montana
Pryor Mission Field
Indian Office
Washington
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J. P. Klein
Roswell
N. M
Miss Magaret
Cole
Fred VanderZyl
Wat Dykstra
Fred
Dykstra
Eddyville Tribune
H. D. Wormhoudt
Will VanZee
Edison
Vander Linden
Pella Produce Co
Athena
Y. T. van
Niewaal
Toledo
Overland
Star Automobile Company
Ss. W. Corner Square
Willys-Overland Company
Ohio
U.S. A
DeBruin
VanderBeek
P. VanderBeek
VanderZyn Bros
Security Bank
Bulletin Company
Cole Manufacturing CO
Not Inc
Chronicle
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