Drowning at Lake GenevaInvestigated by Judge Lyon 1913 Report
A 1913 inquiry by Elkhorn County Judge Jay F. Lyon examines the drowning of four Pella young women at Lake Geneva on August 28. The report details rough seas, a swamped rowboat, failed swimming ability, and rescue efforts at Williams Bay near the YWCA camp. The camp’s safety measures and staff are praised, with recommendations for additional precautions.
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Pella
Lake Geneva
Jay F. Lyon
Elkhorn
Wis
Y. W. Camp
Lucile Powell
Judge Lyon
Lucy King
Cornelia DeGeus
Della King
Gertrude Gezel
Williams Bay
Stewart's Prohibition Speech At Reform Church
Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago delivered a prohibition address at the First Re formed church Thursday evening last week. He challenged saloon arguments on personal liberty and argued against pandering to appetites, condemning the liquor traffic for debauching morals and taxing the community for paupers.
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Stewart
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
First Reformed Church
Library Report for August 1918 Record Totals
Library report for August 1918 shows 1143 books issued and 26 days open. Average daily circulation 44 with a peak of 119 and low of 11. Adult fiction 38 percent, Holland books 149, periodicals 56, new readers registered, and 84 books repaired. Fines on overdue books 4.18 and non resident charges 35. Sara Gosselink assistant librarian.
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sAverage
Holland
Pal
Bowling Alleys for Sale in Keokuk Iowa
Two Brunswick bowling alleys in perfect condition priced at 450 dollars cash. Includes complete equipment of balls pins gooze boards and more. Cost new nine hundred dollars. Keokuk Iowa area contact for sale details.
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Brunswick
Keokuk
Towa
Death notices from Linden and Knoxville Journal
Rev George Niemeyer, classical missionary, died Sept 4 in Linden Washington after a brief illness. Formerly of Pella and Central College, he served churches in Chicago and elsewhere. body sent to Kalamazoo for burial. Mrs Hannah Miers, Knoxville native, died Sept 2 at Soldiers Home Marshalltown after months of illness. remains returned to Knoxville for funeral. sister of Mrs W P Fowler of Pella.
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Kalamazo
Mich
Miers
Knoxville Journal
Hannah Miers
Knoxville
Marshalltown
Council Meeting Approves Choral Club Use Of City Hall
The council meets in regular session with the mayor and all councilmen present. Prof Groet's Male Choral Club gains permission to use city hall as a practice room. Finances report balances and warrants. water mains plan costing $7167. license remission for dry cleaners. sewer bond and warrants interest payments proposed. two delegates named to League of Iowa Municipalities. dog ordinance returns to committee. bills audited at $1715.98 for warrants.
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Finance Committee
Liberty
North Main
West Washington
Columbus, Peace, University
East First
East Third
Wilson
Butt
League of Iowa Municipalities
Marshalltown
Buddings Phenoms Of The Game
A clipped poem depicts violent antics by youths as a cautionary note about sports enthusiasm. The verses recount crude acts by children against family members with a grim punchline about future prowess in tackling.
Masquerader Serial to Run in The Evening Tribune
The Masquerader, hailed by many as a top novel, will appear in serial form in The Evening Tribune starting September 6. The paper offers mail subscriptions through January 1, 1914, for fifty cents, with the tale concluding before that date. Subscribe at the Chronicle office.
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Maay
Evening Tribune
Chronicle
Barbers Defeat Bankers In Hot City Baseball Tilt
In a sunbaked clash at 3:30 last Thursday the Barbers overwhelmed the Bankers 22 to 10. Van der Ploeg started for the Bankers but lasted one inning, DeReus pitched well for the Barbers until an ankle sprain. DeWitt and Van Rees saw action as the Bankers rallied with eight runs in the fifth. The game raises funds for new uniforms next spring and drew a solid crowd with room for more support.
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Ball Park
Barbers
Bankers
van der Ploeg
van Houweling
Capt
van Spanckeren
Tunis Klien Woh
Harry DeReus
DeReus
Capt. Brand
DeWitt
van Rees
Edmond
Equal Suffrage Meeting in Pella This Friday Evening
The Iowa Equal Suffrage Association touring by automobile will speak in Pella Friday at eight. Des Moines’ Flora Dunlap is one of the speakers and papers note strong interest in other cities. Citizens are urged to attend and give the speakers a respectful hearing.
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Iowa
Miraculous Rabbit Chase Saves Family in Wagonette
A Denver paper relays a Carr Colorado telegram about Harry Harper of Oskaloosa Iowa who chased a jack rabbit at midnight while his wife and two children rode in a car. The rabbit wedged in the steering gear, Harper halted the car, removed flesh and fur, then found the vehicle on the edge of a dry creek, narrowly averting disaster.
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Denver
Col
Carr
Colorado
Oskaloosa
Harry Harper
Iowa
Harper
Oskaloosa Herald
City Without Flies: Cleveland’s Sanitation Triumph Led by Dr Dawson
Cleveland earned a place in sanitation history by eradicating the fly menace through Dr. Jean Dawson and her biology class at the Cleveland Normal School. Initiated in 1911, the campaign used traps, education, and community effort to reduce flies at garbage sites, with schools, citizens, and lectures backing the effort.
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Cleveland
Dawson
Jean Dawson
Cleveland Normal School
Dr. Dawson
City Board of Health
Zendings Feest Draws Crowds in Pella Mission Day
Knoxville Express correspondent describes the Zendings Feest held by First Second and Third Reformed churches in Pella. Men and women travel long distances to hear missionary talks under campus trees, with meals donated and proceeds funding missions. The piece contrasts thriving Holland heritage with local entertainment declines, noting a $1000 single-day mission contribution and enduring faith in religious freedom.
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Knoxville
Pella
Buffalo Bill
Barnum & Bailey
United States
Holland
God
Taxpayers notice for county tax book access in three towns
County Treasurer will visit Pella at three locations to meet taxpayers with the county tax books. He will be at Pella National Bank on Sept. 16, Security Bank on Sept. 17, and National Bank on Sept. 18. Wilson, Treasurer.
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Pella
Pella National Bank
Security Bank
National Bank
Weed. Wilson
Treas
Public School Opening Notice and Attendance Law
The public schools will open Monday September 15 at 9:00 a.m. except the high school which opens at 1:30 p.m. The law requires all children between ages 7 and 16 to attend. F. M. Frush, Superintendent.
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F. M. Frush
Methodist Pastor Moves From Pella To Sperry
Rev. C E Pettit leaves the M church in Pella after a year to take the Sperry appointment, with Rev J A Monkman named new Pella pastor. OsKaloosa district appointments list includes many ministers with supply duties and assignments across towns such as Attica Barnes City Brooklyn Bussey Cedar Deep River Delta Eddyville Ewart Fremont Grinnell Harvey Hedrick Kellogg Kilduff Knoxville Knoxville circuit Lacey Linnville Malcomb Martinsburg Montezuma New Sharon Newton Oskaloosa Pella Reasoner Rose Hill Sigourney Sonora Sully Tainter Tracy Webster What Cheer and other communities.
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E. Pettit
Pella
Sperry
Oskaloosa
J. A. Monkman
C. L. Stafford
Iowa
Attica
W. J. Hamilton
Barnes City
A. N. Courtney
Beacon
Supply
Brooklyn
F. C. Edwards
Bussey
C. W. Cochrane
Cedar
George K. Petors
Deep River
T. C. Kennedy
Delta
A. A. Heath
Eddyville
J. H. Koch
Ewart
C. C. Harris
Fremont
Grinnell
J. M. Brown
Harvey
George Filmer
Hedrick
A. B. Hightshoe
Kellogg
C. L. Bubottom
Kilduff
W J. Fowler
Knoxville
William Odell
Lacey
Spyker
Linnville
A. B. Johnson
Malcomb
W. A Smith
Martinsburg
Montezuma
George Clark
New Sharon
W. S. Gardner
Newton
W. H. Perdew
J. M. McClelland
Reasoner
C. E. Fitzsimmons
Rose Hill
H. C. Millice
Sigourney
L. H. Lanning
Sonora
O. E. McBride
Sully
Tainter
Guernsey
R. T. Richards
Thornburg
George Osborne
Tracy
L.A. Moore
Webster
R. V. Pike
What Cheer
L. A. Rohrbaugh
Harvest Moon and September Moonrise Times Described
A newspaper note explains the September full moon called the Harvest Moon, its near autumnal timing, and how moonrise shifts mildly over Sept 15 to Sept 18. It notes a total lunar eclipse occurring Sept 15 but unseen here, plus how the angle of the moon’s path affects visibility and timing, especially at higher latitudes.
Knoxville to Remodel Water Works
Knoxville voters approve a $70,000 bond to extend the city water works seven miles to the Des Moines river. Of 1,014 votes cast, 583 supported the issue and 395 opposed, with 428 women voting and 261 in favor. The system currently draws from Whitebreast Creek.
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Knoxville
Des Monee
Whiteibreast Creek
KILLED WHEN AUTO SKIDS NEAR DES MOINES
Sherman Hedrick a 42 year old farmer and stock buyer was instantly killed when the auto he rode in with four others skidded down a culvert embankment near Knoxville Iowa. Hedrick’s neck was broken and his chest crushed. none were thrown from their seats. George McClain Lloyd L Bybee Clyde Hunt Israel Vernon were in the car.
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Knoxville
Sherman Hedrick
Des Moines
Hedrick
George McClain
Lloyd L. Bybee
Clyde Hunt
Israel Vernon
Wilson and Bryan praised as united in policy
National column reports Secretary Bryan’s strong support for President Wilson. Bryan lauds Wilson’s singular purpose, tariff view for consumers, and emergency bill. Illinois Senator Lewis defends income tax, questions New York’s wealthy exemption, and argues for tax fairness and national burden sharing.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
York
Woodrow Wilson
House
Senate
J. Ham Lewis
Illinois
Root
New York
Lewis
Wall Street
Waldorf-Astoria
Mediterranean
Caribbean
Mexico
Lake Prairie District Fair Draws Big Crowd on Wednesday
The Lake Prairie District fair started Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon drew about 4200 attendees, the largest daily total in years. Exhibits were generally similar to prior years, with cattle quality better and corn and grain poorer than usual. prize winners and total attendance not yet reported.
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Lake Prairie District
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Sara Gosselink
Han “Sant
Council
Bobby Jackson
Willie
Dr. Warren
Equal Suffrage Meeting
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