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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1929

Page

8

Halloween Socials Highlight Pella Community Life

Marion County Farmers Union locals hosted a Halloween masquerade at the ion hall with prizes for best dressed couples and individuals. Virginia Ann Fowler’s Halloween party featured skull place cards and witches cauldrons, while Mahaska hospital nurses surprised Miss Letta Van Maanen with a dinner party. Other gatherings included club meetings, pre nuptial events for Lulu Krusemark and Walter De Witt, and a Junior high school masquerade with many costumes.

Marion County Farmers’ Union Ion Hall Hallowe'en County Board Doctor Aschenbrenner James Edmand Liebrock Tracy Iowa Virginia Ann Fowler W. H. Fowler Virginia Ann Mahaska Hospital Letta_ Van Maanen North Ninth Street Oskaloosa Blanche Culbertson June Norris Anna Jessie Dythoff Mabel Horn Bess Cunningham Nevah Hutchison Letta van Maanen Walter Ward Winifred Targgart William McMorran North A Lulu Krusemark Walter de Witt Alumni Association Owen Jones Avenue East Marshalltown Alta Quaintance Miss Quaintance Stockton Haliday Canary Cottage Misses Quaintance Anna Dryhoff Ruth Macy Dorothy Fitzsimmons Elizabeth Cadogan Flora Smith

Stung by Rising Dollar Value Turns Sour for Friend

Mary recalls a friend who saved his first dollar and spent it amid galling inflation. Ella asks what happened. Mary explains the duration of his streak of bad luck and his anger that a dollar no longer holds full value.

Mary Ella

Poor Fellow Appel Golf Absurdity Goads Town

In a brisk exchange Alden notes concern for Bob Grimm in aging. Appel quips that the trouble is trivial yet fateful he has taken to golf, prompting laughter and disbelief about a once stern figure embracing sport.

Appel Bob Grimm Alden

First Number of Colle Artist Course on Nov 4

The first event of the Colle Artist Course will be held in the chapel hall on Monday evening November 4 at 7 30. Suzanne Kenyon soprano in costume recital will sing in English. Single admission is seventy five cents season tickets for three numbers two dollars. Reserve your seats.

Colle Chapel Hall Suzanne Kenyon Lyric Soperano Miss Kenyon

Writing cabinets offered to schools in Chronicle issue

Forty six women appeared to accuse Hugo Schwartz of Moscow of illegally divorcing them and a sales pitch for writing cabinets appears in the Chronicle. Seats at the Two Van Shoe Store and a concert are mentioned as part of the local notes for a past event.

Latyer the Chronicle Hugo Schwartz Moscow

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