City Council Reports Routine August Meeting
The city council met on Tuesday with all members present except Alderman Wormhoudt. The water and sewers superintendent presented a healthy monthly report while T Van Dyk faulted sewer and water main costs and alleged discrimination. The treasurer and finance committee showed a balance of 6383.82 and 5858.01 in bills approved. Union street crossing needs grade adjustments. The light plant boiler was found leaking and may require replacement after contact delays due to weekend and holiday.
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Wormhoudt
Schreiner
van Dyk
Union Street
Broadway
First Reformed Church
Fultz
Burlington
Wool growers ship final carload of season
The County Wool Growers Association will ship the last carload of this season Friday and Saturday September 10 and 11 from Knoxville. To date 93 000 pounds have been shipped. An opening bid of 41 to 43 cents a pound was made on the association quarter blood wool but the bid was rejected.
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The
County Wool Growers’ Association
Knoxville
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Services and Revival
Baptist church announces Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 45 and evening worship at 7 30 with a prayer meeting. Rev John Erb of Des Moines will preach morning and evening. Mr Erbie praised as a cordial preacher and an invitation is extended to all to attend and enjoy these services.
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Baptist Church
John Erb
Des ‘Moines
Erbie
Second Reformed Church Morning Worship and Evening Meeting
Morning worship at 9 30 a m with morning sworship 10 45 o clock and an evening meeting at 6 30 p m with worship at 7 30 o clock The choir or quartet will perform and the sermon is titled Prosperity of Christian Reformed Church
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Second Reformed Church
Greater Iowa Week Observance Sets October Observance Dates
The 1920 Greater Iowa Week will run October 3 to 9 under Iowa Chamber of Commerce guidance. Ministers will dedicate October 3 to militant citizenship, schools on October 8 will highlight Iowa day, and Iowa made goods will be showcased with sales and window displays. Prizes for student essays are planned as part of state pride and progress.
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Iowa
Iowa Chamber of Commerce
Auto accident claims life of C G Tice near Wichita Kansas
A telegram from surrounding neighbors reports C G Tice, about 50, and recently living near New Sharon, died in an auto accident in the Wichita area. His wife survived and several male companions were injured. The car’s exact cause remains unknown. Tice was brother to T D Tice of Pella and leaves a wife with no children.
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Pella
C. G. Tice
Wichita
Kan
Mr. Tice
New Sharon
Taintor
Kansas
T. D. Tice
MISS DROZ TO ORIENT FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Special to the Mirror reports the steamer China sailed from San Francisco with more than four million dollars in gold and silver bullion aboard to support American credits in China. Among the passengers is Miss Leila Droz of Monroe bound for a voyage to the Orient, with cabins filled by Americans. The China is renowned across Pacific ports and Hongkong for its long voyage.
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San Francisco
Calif
China
Orient
Misa
Leila
Droz
Monroe
Pacific
Hongkong
Editor Visits Iowa State Fair Highlights State Resources
The Chronicle editor toured the Iowa State Fair on its last day, despite rain, praising Iowa’s resources from agriculture and stock to manufacturing. He noted county booths, women’s health exhibits, Red Cross displays, and a model playground, while glimpsing amusements and grandstand spectacles attracting large crowds.
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The
Chronicle
Iowa
Marion
Mahaska
Jasper
Northwestern
Southern
Jona
State Board of Health
Fair Management
Iowa State Fair Aviators Draw Crowds and Fair Eats
Report from Des Moines describes Al Wilson and Ruth Law performing in the air as crowds fill grand stands on closing Friday. Attendees note affordable meals and fairgoers praise pricing with little profiteering while rain only briefly interrupted Friday plans. A local boy from Garden Grove, Iowa highlights reader enthusiasm, and reflections on the fair's future influence are shared.
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al Wilson
Ruth Law
Garden Grove
Iowa
Des Moines
State Agricultural Society
The
Chronicle
Rock Island
Pella
Rev Ward leaves Pella for Malcom pastorate
Rev J B Ward, pastor of the Pella M E Church for two years, will move to Malcom Town in Powshiek County next year. He led Junior Y M C A activities and aided community projects, earning broad local support. Rev Myron E Hayes to assume Pella pastorate, previously at Lynnville. Also noted is Rev Kendrick, a former Pella pastor, and his wife visiting their son in Oregon to receive a pension.
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J B. Ward
Pella
M. E
Malcom
Powshiek County
Ward
Myron E. Hayes
Lynnville
Hayes
Kendrick
Nce
Oregon
Postponed Event With Kuyper Guests In Pella
A Sunday gathering featuring Henry Kuyper was postponed. The event, slated to be held for the Pella community, will be rescheduled, with details to be announced.
Central College Opens for 1920 1921 Year
Central College and Academy opens for the 1920 1921 college year on Wednesday September 15. The administration welcomes eager students and notes a larger experienced teaching staff, added home economics, modern language courses including Spanish, expanded Bible study, and a new gymnasium funded by local citizens. Registration for local students is set for Monday September 13 with a chapel service scheduled for Wednesday at 9 30 am.
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Central College and Academy
Central
Pella
M. J. Hoffman
Rain shower brings joy to Sadler home
Last Friday evening at Prof. and Mrs. George F. Sadler’s house a gathering of twenty seven neighbors arrived as a surprise shower for twins Ivan and Kathleen Sadler. The visitors unloaded children’s outfits, dishes and toys, shared tea and cakes, awakened the twins in their nightgowns, and left everyone with happiness and gratitude for the thoughtful gift event.
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George F. Sadler
Ivan
Kathleen
Rev. J. Wesselink
Sadler
Many Teachers Begin Work in Pella Area
A large number of Pella area teachers started the new school year on Monday in scattered assignments. Named in the roster are Edna Ver Ploeg at Clinton High School, W. J. Rhynsburger, and Harry De Cook at Sac City High School, Ed Den Adel at Iowa City High, Kenneth Byram at Laverne High School, Estelle Kuyper at Lake Mills, Elizabeth Verheul at Monroe, and Nellie Popma at Monroe.
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Pella
Edna Ver Ploeg
Clinton High School
Harry
de Cook
Sac
City ‘High School
Ed den Adel
Iowa City High School
Kenneth Byram
Laverne
Minn
Estelle’ Kuyper
Lake Mills
Iowa
Elizabeth Verheul
Monroe
Nellie
Popma
Former superintendent visits from Wetumka Okla
W C Farmer of Wetumka Oklahoma and his wife with five children made a brief stop in Pella during a car repair on their auto trip to Keota Iowa from Longmont Colorado. Farmer, an alumnus of Central College, was superintendent of Pella schools 1902 to 1906. They recently mourned the drowning death of their eldest son Francis, nearly 17, in Muskogee Oklahoma.
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Chronicle
W. C. Farmer
Wetumka
Okla
Pella
Keota
Iowa
Farmer
Francis
Muskogee
Claude Riddle Dies Suddenly at 40 in Plattville Wis
Mr and Mrs W Riddle learned Friday September 3 of their son Claude Riddle's sudden death at his Plattville Wisconsin home. He was 40, left a wife and four children, and had grown up in Pella but hadn't lived there for nearly two decades. The parents traveled to attend the funeral in Plattville.
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Riddle
Claude
Plattville
Wis
Pella
W. S. Riddle
Mortuary Notice for Vander Linden and Kling
Vander Linden Gerrit Vander Linden died at his brother A N Vander Linden’s home at 10 45 am Saturday September 4 1920 aged 86 years 28 days He is survived by two sons and a daughter funeral at the Vander Linden home at 1 30 pm Tuesday with Rev J Wesselink interment First Reformed cemetery Kling Henry Kling died at his home twelve miles north of Pella at 5 pm Sunday September 5 1920 aged 73 years 5 months 10 days Cause kidney trouble and complication He never married he is survived by two brothers and three sisters interment in church yard cemetery
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Vander Inden Gerrit Vander Linden
A. N. Vander Linden
Vander Linden
South Dakota
N.G
Murray
Charles
John Vander Meer
J. J. Bousquet
Nellie Post
Pella
J. Wesselink
First Reformed Cemetery
Kling
Henry Kling
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Board OF Aldermen
Istian
Reformed
Greater Iowa
J. E. Ward
Henry
Kuyper
Claude Riddle
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