Local News and Social Minutes From Pella Chronicle
Local notices report Byers selling batteries cheap and a Holland letter spelling sad news of John Wynberg's mother passing at 78. Hat shop specials, property purchases, lodge meetings, road reads, and multiple town updates follow including hospital surgeries, train mechanics, and a vivid junior senior picnic account with detailed scenery and supper scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wynberg
Holland
Mr. Wynberg
John Ter Louw
Sully
Pella
Chronicle
van Ness
A. P. de Reus
Elizabeth Sadler
Huntington
W. Va
H. E. de Reus
Des Moines
Guthrie lawyers praise Judge Vander Ploeg retirement
Guthrie County Bar members adopted resolutions praising W G Vander Ploeg judge of Iowa fifth district who retires January 1 after four years on the bench. Attorneys Sayles Milligan Knox served on the resolutions committee. His last term will begin December 7 in Marion county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie County Bar Association
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Fifth Judicial District of
Iowa
E. R. Sayles
W. D. Milligan
Carl P. Knox
van der Ploeg
Marion County
Gas Service Advocated for Pella by Central States Electric
A Central States Electric Co proposal extols gas as adaptable and economical. It cites industrial heating up over 2000 percent in ten years and total gas use more than doubling, arguing gas is cheaper, cleaner, and easier to install than electricity or fuels. The letter champions gas service for Pella residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Central States Electric Co
The Junior Freshmen Picnic Ride of Central
A vivid account describes a noisy clattering transport ferrying Juniors with livestock to picnic grounds. The scene shows laborers stopping work, roadside weeds trembling, and Central’s best offerings packed aboard a coal and piglet laden vehicle, presenting hosts and guests as royal figures.
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Central
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Byers
van Ness Hat Shop
Bess van. Veen
Bert Baron
Elizabeth Graham
Vogelaar’s
Gilbert Boot
Mercy Hospital
Harvey
Louis van Roekel
A. R. Ruiter
Rock Island Railroad
Kansas City
E. F. Black
Ed van Gorp
Martin Paardekooper
California
Tiong Beach
Gerrit” Buyert
Wm. Bruinekool
Mr. Buyert
Bruinekool
Mary Todd
Laura Thomas
Andrew Pothoven
Pothoven
Henry Boyert
Chronicle Office
Harvey Lump Coal
Harley Baker
J. H. Reuvers
Monroe
Knights of Pythias
John Deere
Dan Dieleman
Floris
Dan
John de Prenger
Leighton
Henry van Roekel
George Ramsey
Woodrow
Vogelaar
Hardware and Implement
J. H. de Wit
H. C. Payne
Regina
Sask
Vicinity
Edward Payne
Georgetown
Delaware
P. A. Edmand
Chicago
J. J. Sybenga
Dr. Edmand
Tion
Gemi
Louis. LeCocqq
Captain Kidd
Oak and Elm
Sharon
Ruth
Vander Ploeg’s Bakery
Claude R. Porter
U. S
Will
The
Amer. Legion Hall
Democratic Committee
Guthrie County
Vander Ploeg
Selz
F. W. van Rheenen
Pella, Iowa
van Niewaal
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