Special Election on Walter H Fowler Telephone Franchise Pella Iowa
Official notice for a September 24 1925 special election in Pella Iowa to decide granting Walter H Fowler and assigns a 25 year right to erect operate and maintain a city telephone system. Polling places listed City Hall Main Street City Office Broadway American Legion Building Auto Service Company Oskaloosa Street polls 8 am to 7 pm. Ballot explains yes or no voting and ordinance details including service obligations rates four free stations and street occupancy rules. Attest A C Kuyper City Clerk.
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Pella
Iowa
Walter H. Fowler
Main Street
American Legion
Broadway
Auto Service Company
Oskaloosa Street
Fort
State of
Public Utility Commission
Big Crowds at Zendingsfeest Missionary Festival
The annual Reformed churches festival drew large crowds at Mrs. Nora Scholte's grove in Pella Tuesday. Sessions ran all day with extensive attendance, aided by good weather and visitors from distant areas. Speakers included Rev. A Pieters of Japan, Rev. Henry Poppen of China, and George Gosselink from a mission school in Arabia, plus H Sluyter on American Indians. A First Reformed women’s society refreshment stand aided the missionary fund, with about $900 in collections.
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Reformed Churches
Pella
Nora Scholte
A. Pieters
Japan
Henry Poppen
China
George Gosselink
Arabia
H. Sluyter
Harry Burton Arrested for Deserting Family
Officers from Pella apprehended Harry Burton in Newton on Friday. Burton, a former foundry moulder, is charged with failure to support his wife and nine children living in Pella while he worked in Newton for over a year. After a hearing before Justice Van der Syde he was jailed in Pella. A bond offer of 50 dollars per month for a year was refused, and the case was sent to the grand jury.
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Pella
Newton
Harry Burton
Burton
Pelt
van der Syde
Knoxville
Wanted by the Farmess Exchange for two bookkeepers
The notice seeks two bookkeepers to fill the positions announced by J. Boot. Applicants must be 36 years old in 1928 and respond by the specified deadline.
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Farmess
J. Boot
Pella Children Entered in State Fair Contest
A number of Pella babies under three years old have entered the state fair health contest this week. Experts will examine the children to provide parents with valuable information about their condition. Readiness and effort by families shown through named entrants includes Ed Cook and Paul Lauterbach families among others.
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Pella
Ed Cook
Paul Auterbach
C. J. Laverenbach
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A. C. Kuyper
Zendingsfeest
van Niewaal’s
Keokuk County
George Akerman
Sigourney
Remington
Ad” Topperwein
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
Marion County Fair Grounds
Avery,Cleland & Co
Winchester
Knoxville, Iowa
Paris
Burgundy
Jone
Oskaloosa, Iowa
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