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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
2
Miss Cornelia LeCoca returns home from Lynden Wask and Pacific coast, says city housing prices are falling in the west. Local people visit Des Moines Eddyville Monroe Prairie City and Oskaloosa as lectures and church events continue. Mutual calls, business trips, and college ties fill week with community notices and minor travels.
Freshmen and Sophomores held a Thursday banquet in Central dormitory parlor and hall. Guests arrived by 7:30 with escorts guiding each girl to the dining room. A maroon and gold decor lit the tables as waiters served creamed chicken and apple salad. Dean Pietenpol gave blessings, speeches followed by Miss Steemr and Miss Doornward. The evening closed with games in the Society halls and an animated lecture titled Scratch Your Head and Think by Miss Van Hummerick.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Miss Pavlovskaya a nurse and interpreter attached to the American Red Cross after the Russian army collapsed in the Caucasus. The garbled text references a decayed leather covered Bible and five years of war.
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