Lightning strikes barn. Pella area farm losses noted
The De Haan barn in southwest Pella was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, destroying about 45 tons of Timothy hay, tools, and farm machinery. Loss estimated around $2000 with $100 insurance. Fire alarm delays cited. neighbors and firefighters saved nearby grain, hay, and 1500 bushels of corn. Simon De Haan and Mrs. D De Haan praise neighbors and fire department for preventing total ruin.
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de Haan
Central
Fowler
John Blom
Black Nearing Return Home After Hip Dislocation
Des Moines reports from the Methodist hospital indicate Mr. Black, who dislocated his hip in last week’s football game between Pella and Drake, is progressing well and in satisfactory condition. Doctors see no reason he cannot return home within a week to ten days.
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Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Black
Pella
Drake
Among the Sick Ed Cook Improves Gradually
Ed Cook is gaining strength and will soon be out of danger. Mrs Gerrit Klein underwent surgery for cancer on the right side of her nose. Dr Carpenter performed the operation and the patient is getting along nicely. Henry Bensink, with typhoid fever, has passed the crisis and is much better. Miss Grace Swartz is quite sick with grippe. Master Terri Phelps, suffering from necrosis of the bone in the right leg, is much better this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit Klein
Carpenter
Henry Bensink
Grace Swartz
Terri Phelp
Merchants to Close Early Beginning October 18
Notice states that starting October 18 merchants Klyn & De Winter John Ulrich Plette & Vander Linden will close their places of business at 6:30 p m except Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klyn & de Winter
John Ulrich
Plette & Vander
Linden
Prairie Fair Association Notice For Payment By November First
All persons with bills against Prairie Fair Association must present them to the proper committees and obtain approval before November first. Secretary Joan Euen urges merchants to notice on other page. They offer prizes and presents for friends in the Chron.
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p-Lake
Prairie Fair
Joan
Euen
Revival at Baptist church draws baptized members and interest
The Baptist church revival in Pella saw four new baptisms and one lettered recipient on Wednesday. Participants included Miss Nola Kain and students Dwight Dominy and Gerrit Visser, plus Lowell Shaw baptized by his father Rev S P Shaw. Evangelist Stucker ends his engagement tonight and departs for Fond du Lac Wisconsin to begin new meetings. The farewell offering, mainly from the church, neared $200, reflecting strong local support despite limited overall church participation.
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Baptist Church
Nola Kain
Dwight Dominy
Cascade
Gerrit Visser
Harvey
Lowell Shaw
S. P. Shaw
LeGrand
Evangelist Stucker
Fond du Lac
Wis
Stucker
Pella
Vanderzee trades jewelry store for Ottumwa farm
A. Vanderzee completed a deal last Friday trading his jewelry store for a farm six miles west of Ottumwa. Ownership transfers next March. Frank Epperson of Eddyville will run the business after that date. Vanderzee plans rest after leaving the store but will remain in the Garden City area.
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A. Vanderzee
Ottumwa
Frank Epperson
Eddyville
Mr. Vanderzee
Garden City
County Seat Name List Includes Bricker Coffman Caffrey
A roster of individuals appears at the county seat listing Roy C Bricker Grace Coffman Ralph Caffrey Bertha Dunham Co C Lentzenberg Blanche E Moore Edward Sommar Elizabeth Ripperger Clyde M Kirkwood Eva A Scott. The fragment outlines a namesake event or record associated with local officials or residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy C. Bricker
Grace Coffman
Ralph Caffrey
Bertha Dunham
C. Lentzenberg
Blanche E Moore
Edward Sommar
Elizabeth Ripperger
Clyde M. Kirkwood
Eva A Scott
Doctor Buys 50 Acre Irrigated Colorado Farm
Dr. Mitten returned Saturday evening from a two weeks land hunting trip in Colorado. He bought a 50 acre irrigated farm and says irrigated farms look good to him.
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Mitten
Colorado
Walter DeWit leaves school for Cole's Seed Store
High School notes report Walter DeWit has left school to take a job at Cole's Seed Store. Written tests dominated the week for those absent on Thursday at the Pella Fair. Visitors from a college spurred music period progress, with Miss Cox guiding mastery of difficult pieces. The PHS class of 69 shows six of fourteen pursuing college. Cold weather delayed furnaces, but they are now working in the high school. Mr Lewis, Y M C A lecture speaker, addressed the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter DeWit
Cole’s
Pella
Cox
H. S
Lewis
Y. M
Y.W. C. A. Lecture Cource
Miss Vander Linden Goes to China for Mission Work
Last Sunday at Second Reformed Church a farewell service honored Miss Vander Linden as she journeyed to Amoy China to work with the Amoy Mission of the Reformed Church. She sails from San Francisco on the S S Korea on November 20 and arrives Hong Kong November 19. Charles Dykstra and three sisters accompanied her to Des Moines while Rev A B DeHaan and Mrs DeHaan depart for San Francisco after a missionary conference.
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Second Reformed Church
Jennie Kuyper
Japan
Pella
China
Amoy
The
Reformed Church
Vander Linden
A. B. de Haan
North China
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Miss Lawrence
Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church
W. T. Scudder
India
Miss Vander Linden
Pel la
Kingdom of Christ
Aminary
San Francisco
S. S. Korea
Hong Kong
Charles Dykstra
Des Moines
A. B. DeHaan
S J. Paul
Union Meeting At First Reformed Church
A union meeting of the First Second and Third Reform ed churches is set for next Sunday night at the First Reformed church. Addresses will be given by Revs. Van der Werf Van Kersen and Bauma with W. W. De Bruin also speaking.
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First Reformed Church
van der Werf van Kersen
Bauma
W. W. de Bruin
De Bruin Resumes Mission Work With Indians
Wm W De Bruin returned this week to dispose of his household goods and plans to move next Tuesday to begin work among the Indians. He says he likes the work and is glad to go to his field of labor.
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Wm. W. de Bruin
Mills of Justice: Drunken ruse ends in city jail
Officer Buckingham responded to the Schubring hotel where Mrs Williams of Chicago and her husband checked in. The wife, a reported dope fiend, sought opiates but was refused by pharmacists. After obtaining liquor, she railed into a frenzy requiring hospitalization. They left town Sunday, headed for Knoxville, while Ed De Geest paid $1485 for overindulgence aboard a vessel.
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Buckingham
Schubring Hotel
Knoxville
Ed de Geest
Dirk Brom Sells Out to Malmberg and Van Rees
Dirk Brom sold his wagon and blacksmith shop to Charles Malmberg and Lawrence Van Rees. The venture is named the Malmberg Van Rees shop, with possession taken Thursday. Malmberg is an experienced smith from Show Bros. shop. Van Rees runs a meat market. The shops are adjacent. Mrs. Van Rees plans to focus on meat. Brom plans to pursue other projects and is A. T. Brom’s brother.
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Dirk Brom
Charles Malmberg
Lawrence van Rees
Malmberg
Notice to Parents on School Attendance Enforcement
The board of education informs parents that children ages seven to fourteen must attend school for at least twenty four consecutive weeks each year. Nov 1 marks the deadline to start and continue the required time for those not yet enrolled. The city marshal is truancy officer and will enforce the law. citizens should report out of school children to the undersigned or marshal Buckingham.
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Schol
Pella
Marshall
Buckingham
Board of Education
F. M. Frosx
Old People's Service Sunday Oct 17 at 10:45 AM
Epworth League hosts an Old People’s service inviting all ages to a hour of addresses testimony and hymn singing honoring elderly fathers and mothers who helped make public worship possible. Committee invites attendance and participation.
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Old People's
Epworth League
Martha Ver Huet
Mary Eysink
Gzo
E, Monkman
Piano contest candidate selection urged for gar event
Now is the time to nominate candidates for the gar piano contest. Citizens are invited to submit potential contenders and support their chosen entrant in the competition aiming to award a piano prize.
Hand of Death: Lucas Vander Linden Passes at 77
Lucas Vander Linden died at his daughter Mrs Den Adel home Sunday morning after a siege of asthma at age 77. Funeral services held at First Reformed church with Rev Vander Werf. burial in Oakwood cemetery. Born in the Netherlands in 1832 he came to America in 1849 and married Grada Boland in 1853. eleven children survived.
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Lucas Vander Linden
den Adel
First Reformed Church
Vander Werf
Oakwood
Netherlands
America
Grada Boland
Orange City
Vander Linden
Death by Diphtheria Claims Local Child in West Pella
Clyde Dillion, 10, son of Mr and Mrs Chas Dillion of West Pella, died at his home early today after contracting diphtheria on Saturday. A physician treated him but the illness proved fatal. The family is quarantined and will remain so through the incubation period.
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Clyde Dillion
Chas. Dillion
West Pella
Robbed on Train Passes Umbrella Fixer to Misery
An umbrella fixer from Oskaloosa aged about 40 was robbed on an Iowa Central freight near Hedrick. Two tramps beat him, took 345 dollars, tools, coat and shoes, then threw him from the moving box car. He broke his ankle, spent the night exposed, found by section crews, treated in Hedrick, then moved to the county home for care.
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Sigourney
Iowa Central
Oskaloosa
Town Central
Hedrick
Grimes
Bargain subscription offer for Des Moines Evening Tribune
The paper announces a bargain rate of $2.00 for subscriptions through January 1, 1911, with a regular price of $3.00 for 12 months. It touts national and state telegraph news, market reports, editorials, magazines, and wholesome ads. Includes gifts for piano contestants.
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Des Moines Evening Tribune
Evening Tribune
Destruction of Glass at Van Niewaal Store
A local store front suffered a large plate glass break last Sunday night. Police consider the act a low down trick and seek the culprit, urging the public to assist in identifying the offender. The writer condemns the deed and calls for harsh treatment for the miscreant.
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Y. T. van Niewaal
Ft Madison
Reward for information on damaging Van Niewaal store glass
The above reward offers $100 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the party or parties responsible for damaging and defacing the glass front of Y. T. Van Niewaal's store. N J. Gesman, Mayor.
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Y. T. van Niewaal
N J. Gesman
Train Wreck at Greene Iowa Kills One and Injures Several
A fast Rock Island coach southbound No 22 wrecked in Greene Iowa yards early Friday morning. One man killed and several injured as the engine derailed and demolished, crew thrown from cab and fireman badly hurt. Mail cars derailed. clerks escaped. coaches and sleepers stayed upright. Wreck likely caused by a loose crossing plank breaking the switch.
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Rock Island
Greene
Iowa
Regrets of the jury in Thornton assault trial
The noon jury found S. S. Sherman editor of the Thornton Enterprise guilty of assault and battery for the case involving 15 year old Anna Parish. The panel regretted they could not return a more serious verdict and the foreman signed the note after thirty hours deliberation.
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S. S. Sherman
Thornton Enterprise
Anna Parish
S. W. Walslis
District Court docket items and jury notices
In district court since last issue, six cases listed including Heddinger larceny plea not guilty. Robuck vs Gullion verdict for defendant on dog damage. Mulky vs Ardery damage motion for specifics sustained. Jones divorce dismissed with costs. Johnson divorce defendant has Oct 4 to answer. Wilson attachment divorce continued. Special venue drawn for jury service Oct 14. Pella cases against Dean, Visser, van Gorkum set for late week. Jury out yesterday in Daubenapeck vs Davis horse sale case.
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District Court
Bert McCoy
Wm. Heddinger
H. E. Robuck
Gullion
Flora I. Mulky
Mary Ardery
Rosa M. Jones
John Arthur Jones
Beatrice Johnson
Lee Johnson
Emma B. Wilson
E. E. Wilson
Thos. Auten
W. L. Browne
L. C. Hughes
Erna Wilson
Jasper Olney
T. van der Wilt
Merve Williamson
Dan Rutherford
E. A. Hon
T. V. Bebout
J. S. Harding
H. R. Dieleman
Nic van Essen
J. V. Musgrove
A. Conrad
Frank Hugens
LA Hollowell
C. A. Koenig
Chester Shire
J. W. Courtney
Pella
Dean, Visser
van Gorkum
C. B. Daubenapeck
W. B. Davis
Express
Teachers Examination Scheduled for October in County Office
The regular October teachers examination will be held in the county superintendent's office on October 27 28 and 29 beginning at 8 a.m. Nora E Waite County Superintendent. Cut out the ballot on another page and vote for some lady.
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Nora E- Waite
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Fire Department
D. DE Haan
Simon de Haan
Ed. Cook
Leona Vander Linden
Mrs. DE Haan
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