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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
10
A direct ad idea urges readers to advertise their coffee in the paper to attract Mrs Jones who buys at Smiths. It warns against rushing across streets and stresses a sane forceful ad to catch her eye, aiming to boost sales and revenue from her weekly purchase.
In 1847 about nine hundred Hollanders landed in Baltimore and traveled to Marion county Iowa by rail canal steamer and on foot. By 1870 a second Dutch colony formed at Orange City Sioux county now rivaling Pella. A State Historical Society volume on Iowa Dutch life is being prepared with Tacop Van der Ze leading material gathering and study at Town University and Oxford Rhodes Strwiar.
Tomatoes are arriving and the Pella Canning and Pickle Co. seeks women and girls for remunerative work. Apply by calling Wiveur Mossman in Mer. Be a booster for the city’s interests.
A 120 acre Holland Colony farm and an astonishing disappearance are linked by a bungled sale within 30 days. The note reveals Rev. A J Lander, once aiding Clinton ministers, suffered a nervous breakdown before vanishing. his body later found in Lake Michigan near Chicago. The piece cites Baptist connections and a Guardian mood, with local grief and calls for justice.
Sally Gerrit Kingma and Martin Klyn traveled to South Dakota last week. Mrs O Carpenter visited her mother Mrs Howell in Grinnell recently. The Misses Mary and Mintie Forsythe are both ill with bowel trouble. Mintie is an invalid and Mary fell ill Saturday. Mrs Beard of Pella is here to help care for them. Mr and Mrs Jarnagin visit the Maines family this week. Mrs K Debruyn in Oskaloosa visiting sister Mrs Anderson. Mrs A C Beat ill but improving. Dr Keabies of Pella was called.
Mrs T Wisgerhof is ill with bowel trouble. Jay Aquino spent a few days at O3 Kaloola last week. A council session is planned for Saturday to discuss Mintie Forsyth with Dr Smith.
A decision declares a man who keeps a Sunday saloon open unfit for U S citizenship. The court asks if habitual lawbreaking by a citizen can still allow citizenship. The note questions fairness and removal of citizenship for lawbreakers. Also an ad mentions seed corn at the Pella Fair and a cigar offer by Migs of cigars in Eddville Iowa.
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