GIVING AWAY CITY STREETS
City council discussed street and alley development in Pella Iowa with Engineer Ira J. Stoddard urging new entrances and openings while noting past vacated rights of way. He warned of funding gaps as saloon tax faded and real estate values fluctuated, stressing donations by adjacent property owners and city costs for platting and grading.
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Wormhoudt
Ira J. Stoddard
Pella
Iowa
Main Street
Franklin Street
Sharon Street
Huber Street
Oskaloosa Street
East Second Street
Monroe Street
North Pella
South Pella
East First Street
South Street
City Council Discusses Feeder Co Lease Terms
The council debated leasing an alley to the Feeder Co for up to 99 years at 1600 dollars with voiding if Garden City Feeder Co ceases operation. An amendment to strip 1500 dollars was approved 3 to 2. No progress on land trade with Mr Toom at Howell as council adjourned after routine business.
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Feeder Co
Garden City Feeder Co
Toom
Howell
Baseball Tournament Tuesday at Central College field
Pella hosts a four game baseball tournament on September 9 at Central College field with visiting teams from Bussey Prairie City and New Sharon. Prairie City has the only season win over Pella so far, and a strong crowd is expected for both morning and afternoon games. Kuyper Music House offers a $2 prize for hitting a sign in the ball field.
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Pella
Central College
Bussey
Prairie City
New Sharon
Beleve
Kuyper Music House
Small Fire Suppresses in Coal Shed Blaze
Fire alarm rang at five o clock Thursday from Fred Calhouns on south Main street. Fire started in a coal shed stacked with old papers, threatening the adjacent bedroom. A bucket brigade and the chemical engine kept the blaze contained to the shed until firefighters arrived and quickly extinguished it.
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Fred Calhoun
South Main Street
Van Houten to Washington to head hospital education work
Captain L H Van Houten, long in charge of Ft Des Moines hospital educational work, will transfer this week to the Surgeon General's office in Washington to oversee hospital education nationwide. The 1908 Central College class produced three captains including Van Houten. two others, Baitsell and Carris, are discharged. Mrs Van Houten accompanied him on a Pella visit and will go to Washington.
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L. H. van Houten
Ft. Des Moines
Pella
van Houten
Surgeon General
Washington
Central College
G. A. Baitsell
Yale University
Vernon W. Carris
Springville
Iowa
W. H. TerLouw
Minneapolis
Baitsell
Carris
van‘ Houten
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Mra. van Houten
Chronicle
Cotton Hall
Central
Pershing grows from coal boom to proud new town
Describes the rapid emergence of Pershing, the coal town near East Knoxville township, built by the Greater Mammoth Vein Coal Company. It notes new residents moving in as housing spreads, a railroad spur to the camp, and the town’s rise coinciding with a recent lot sale. Mentions Garden City Feeder Co. in nearby Pella and local councilmen resisting alley relocation for expansion.
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Marion County
France
Germany
England
Belgium
Pershing
Zion Church
Greater Mammoth Vein Coal Company
East Knoxville
Tracy
Alto
Dally Rogers Place
Zion Cemetery
Change in Jewelry Business at Vander Meulen Co
The Vander Meulen Co sold its stock of jewelry to J. B. Wilson this week and will pursue other lines. The move expands Mr Wilson's jewelry store in Pella and stabilizes the clock and jewelry trade locally. Speichermann, the jeweler at Vander Meulen, sold his residence and plans to move to California after recently relocating from Boyden Iowa.
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Vander Meulen Co
J. 8. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Pella
Speichermann
van der Meulen
California
Boyden
Iowa
Tax Notice On Tax Books In Pella In September
J. R. Dyer county treasurer announces tax books will be in Pella at Farmers National Bank on September 16 and Pella National Bank on September 17 and Security State Bank on September 18. Located at three banks across the week.
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Pella
Farmers National Bank
Coal company plans 105 houses in town growth bid
The article notes 130 lots sold last week at an average 175 dollars with prices ranging 150 to 225. It mentions a coal company plans 105 residences on a tile block pattern, 6 rooms each, stucco exteriors and wallboard interiors, as the town expands toward a sizable village.
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Old Zion
Pershing
Knoxville Journal
Ben Grant Resigns as Pella Express Agent
Ben Grant resigns after fifteen years as ex-press agent in Pella and moves to the freight office of the C R I P railroad. He cites irregular evening train arrivals and seeks regular hours suited to a middle aged man. The new express agent is Mr Specht, recently recommended. Transfer occurred the first of this week.
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B. Grant
Pella
Ben
Specht
M C A Boys Frolic on Skunk River Trip
A group of M C A boys from Rev J E Wards group enjoyed a day trip north of town on the Skunk river. They fished played games canoed and roasted wenries while enduring bugs. Knoxville and Pella youths joined totaling sixteen. Names of Pella boys include Francis Dykstra Hollis Waechter Leroy Veenstra Mansford VerSteeg Logan Hendricks Marion VandeKamp Rolfus Sack Gerrit Wormhoudt Gerrit VandeKamp Harry Pearson Anthony Tusseling and Roland Klein.
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J. E. Ward
Skunk
Knoxville
Pella
Francis Dykstra
Hollis Waechter
Leroy Veenstra
Mans
Last Exchange Next Saturday at Holland Market
The final Ladies Exchange will be held this Saturday afternoon and evening at the Holland Meat Market. Miss Hollis Byrum and Miss Hattie VanderMeulen lead, and all ladies with last names starting V through Z are asked to bring a donation. Earmer donations from the summer may be brought as this last chance.
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Holland
Miss Hollis Byram Resigns Webster School Post
Miss Hollis Byram resigns as an efficient Webster school teacher. Miss Frances Sayles of Rockwell City is elected by the school board to fill the vacancy created by Byram's resignation.
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Hollis Byram
Webster
Frances Sayles
Rockwell City
Miss Byram
Farm for Sale Near Prairie City Iowa 239 Acres
A splendid 239 acre farm four miles from Prairie City Iowa is for sale. Inquire at Mrs BL Chandler Prairie City Iowa for details.
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Prairie City
Iowa
BL. Chandler
Old Central Opens Next Week at Central College
Central College prepares for a new term with registrations on the 8th and 9th. Prof. Liggitt returns to lead Chemistry and Biology, Mrs. Liggett takes over Voice, VanBeek to Greek, DeFeyter to Latin, and DeCook and Reeverts teach English and Mathematics. The campus improvements include leveled dirt and upcoming gymnasium construction.
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Central College
Liggitt
Liggett
Hoffman
VanBeek
Miss DeFeyter
Harry DeCook
Clara Reeverts
Marshal Walls to Leave Pella After Two Years
Marshal Walls resigns as Pella city marshal after two years of service and plans to move with his family to a farming venture in Washington. The Walls recently visited Alexandria Nebraska to join a brother discharged from the Navy and his father, aiming to settle on land in the western state. He is described as a capable public official and will be missed.
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Art Walls
Pella
Low Cost of Doing It Yourself Letter on Corn Prices
To the Editor a town housekeeper bought 65 ears of sweet corn at one cent each and, after canning into 18 pint jars, faced a cost far below canned equivalents. The piece asks who profits from the higher prices of canned corn, naming Echo as the source of the question.
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Echo
Church Notes And Local News Highlights
Baptist Church schedules preaching at 10 45 a m and 8 p m Sunday School at 9 30 a m B Y P U 7 p m Junior B Y P U 2 30 p m First Christian Reformed Professor P VanBeek of Central College will preach both forenoon and afternoon M E Church Rev N D Gordon of Indianola will preach at the morning service The Ideal Pharmacy buys a new Ford delivery truck An all day ticket to the Baseball Tournament costs 1 25 See the opening meet at 10 a m Tuesday
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Baptist Church
First Christian Reformed
P. VanBeek
Central College
M. E. Church
N. D. Gordon
Indianola
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M. C. A. Boys Frolic
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