San Francisco visit details from a Pella traveler
The piece documents a journey from Santa Cruz to Palo Alto and San Francisco, meeting friends like Fred Morgan and Frances Ketman, visiting Stanford and Hoover connections, touring campus landmarks, and reflecting on Stanford’s history, the church centerpiece, mosaic works, and the Bay Area’s educational prestige and climate.
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California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Santa Cruz
P. E
Alice Rables
Pella
Morgans
Palo Alto
Fred Morgan
Frances Ketman
Old Central
Mr. Young
Leland Stanford University
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Fred
Rocky Mountains
Mr. Stanford
Europe
San Francisco Parks Fascinate Visitor with Golden Gate Exhibits
The writer praises Golden Gate Park for its side by side street cars aiding crowds and features like fish exhibits a snake pool and water animals. Seals play in tanks while a large hall displays California wildlife and antelopes. Eighteen hundred evergreen varieties, a children’s playground and a five cent ride highlight the city’s accessibility and steady growth.
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Golden Gate Park
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Musical Recital at Mrs. S. F. Cole Home
At Mrs. S. F. Cole's residence twenty five music pupils performed before about seventy five relatives and friends. The program ranged from simple pieces like Alice Waltz to Rachmaninoff Prelude in C sharp Minor. Mrs. Cole's training and patient teaching shone through in the students’ disciplined touch and rhythm. The writer expects more from other pupils in future recitals.
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S. F. Cole
Rachmaninoff
Two Pella Ladies Entertain Friends
A large number of friends visited the home of Mrs. Vander Ploeg on Wednesday August 27 as she and Mrs. Huyser hosted. Henry Cox and wife provided violin music. A delicious lunch completed the pleasant afternoon with out of town guests from Mesa Arizona Omaha Newton Iowa Knoxville and more. Nearby Hopkinton land owner Isaac Littlefield tills 80 acres with tile work underway needing three more carloads.
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Jane
Leland
California
Fred
Stanford
Christ
Oakland
Berkley
Hearst
Leland Stanford
Baptist Seminary
Berkeley
Hearst Hospital
United States
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Market Street
Vander Ploeg
Huyser
Henry Cox
Warner van Spanckeren
Mesa
Ariz
Omaha
Clarence Brunner
Newton
Iowa
Holland
Will Vander Ploeg
Knoxville
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Isaac Littlefield
New tiling project to restore virgin soil in fall
A restoration plan will total 105000 linear feet or over twenty miles of tile. The freshly restored area will be broken up this fall for the first time and planted to corn next spring.
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Christ
Mary
Mossaic
Greece
Venice
Palo Alto
Sistine Chapel
Rome
Roselli
de Vinci
Moses
God
Solomon
Temple
Garden
Nden
Earth
Heaven
Fred
Henry
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High Ave. West
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Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Standard Oil
Broadway
Franklin
John Hoeksema
Pella Motor Co
F. Nouze & Co
Harvey
H. L. Renaud
Malm St
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Coffey & Coker
Reasnor
Towa
Diana
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