Local News from Pella area this week
A flurry of visits and events fills the week in Marion County with Van Cleive, Wisse, Jelsma, and Vandermeulen among locals traveling to Peoria Prairie City and Des Moines. Socials, box suppers, fairs, and band activities anchor community life as candidates drum up support and county delegates meet at Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Knoxville
Jae van Viiet
Wormhoudt
C Porter
Geo Thomassen
J de Cook
D W Wilkes
J] van Maren
H Bootsma
J P Klein
D Ver Dught
LG Ballengee
Jake Plender
N F Johnson
Would Be a Good Thing for Marion County
The county board last week imposed a license of $100 for peddlers in Sioux county. The fee will force many small vendors to quit. Mr. R. De Young of Middleberg was the first to pay the $100 into the treasury, a move the paper says offers protection to home merchants. Sioux County Herald.
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J. N. Young
Knoxville
Marion County
George Hull
New Sharon
T. B. Kitching
Swull
Vella
Sioux County
R. de Young
Middleberg
Cheap Rate to the Southeast by Chicago Great Western
The Chicago Great Western rail line offers very low fares on September 20, October 4 and October 18 to Texas Oklahoma Indian Territory and New Mexico. Tickets available through any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago IL.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian ‘Terriory
New Mexico
Great Western
J.P. Elmer
Chicago
Ilm
Dressmaking by Mrs H Welch First Class Work Guaranteed
Mrs H Welch offers dressmaking and alteration services including plain and children’s clothing. Located at 21 20.Reliable, quality work advertised by a local seamstress with a focus on precision and customer satisfaction.
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H. Welch
Iowa city paper adds comic supplement regular feature
The leader announced a colored comic supplement will become a regular feature. This Iowa city paper is the only one to undertake the scheme. The initial shipment was lost, and replacements were substituted for subsequent issues.
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Peice
Iowa
When Will I Stop Ad At Sybenga Booth Contest
The Pella fair hosts a guessing contest by Sybenga with a clock stopping time to be guessed. Each person gets one free guess at the moment the clock stops. prizes include two sacks of 3-B flour for the closest guess plus second and third prizes. The display features fine bakery goods baked with the 3-B flour and highlights its quality versus ordinary brands.
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Sybenga
Pella Fair
One Fare Plus 50 for Round Trip to St Paul or Minneapolis
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers a special round trip fare on September 28 20 and 30. Tickets are sold under the same terms to J P Elmer G P A Chicago Ill or any Great Western Agent.
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St. Paul
Minneapois
Chicago Great Western Railway
J. P. Elmer
Chicago, Ill
Great Western
Rebate Checks Offer to Lure Shoppers to Store
Advertisers promise rebate checks to customers to encourage shopping, stressing low prices and savings. The pitch emphasizes that the store values customer business and pledges rebates as an incentive for purchases.
Fragmentary ad copy with stray terms and brand mentions
A garbled advertisement fragment references bread in a confusing way with scattered brand-like terms such as SHALOF MINNESOTA and Cole's. It mentions hay, clover, and dairy cows, plus a phone number and unclear company names like Simon TM and Haan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead Simon
Haan
Bargains on farm gear and supplies by H Van Maren
Bargains list buggies wagon plows potato plows stalk after feed cookers feed mills old mills hog and stock fencing barbed wire hardware nails coal gasoline tiling at 3734 per foot. Also stock standard Stock Food featured. Call 800 H Van Maren. 27 30.
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H. Van-Maren
Industrious person sought as permanent representative
Wanted advertisement seeks an industrious man or woman to represent a large manufacturing company in the county and nearby territory. The position offers a $20 weekly salary plus expenses, paid weekly from the home office, with expense money advanced. Experience not essential. Enclose self addressed envelope to General Manager, Como Block, Chicago. 26 33.
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Big
Como Block
Chicago
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van Cleive
Peoria
John Wisse
J. Jelsma
Prairie City
H. van Maren
Dr. Spates
F.,.d. Stubenrauch
Capitol City
Vander Zyl
Vander Zy
Andrew Vandermeulen
George Irwin
McCormack
Mrs. P. If. van Gorp
Orange City
Wil! Bauman
New American House
Eddyville
W. van de Kamp
Sip ‘Wiesten
Ottumwa
M. M. McCorkle
Pete Welle
Sully
Daisy
Sarah Welle
Jas, Doedyns
Newton
Minnesota
Cole’s
George Stout
Des Moines
Hawkeye Lithographing Company
Will “Vandermeulen
John Lautenbach
Mr. V
Mr. L
St. Louis
Jas. Jansma
Caroline Clemens
Frank Stubenrauch
South Dakota Prairies
Dakota
Dan de Vries
Marshalltown
de Vries
al. Morris
Mr. Morris
Mrs. Kimmel
West
Mr. Schubring
al, van Houweling
Bernie van Spanckeren
Ed. Cook
Gertrude van Houweling
Margaret Vander Ploeg
Bertha Nollen
Kate Veenstra
Alice Kingsley
The
Fair Association
Ralph Keene
Ezra Temple
Western Union Telegraph Company
Rock Island
Muscatine
Huffmire
Lautenbach
van der Linden
Shalof
Cole's
Pella Steam Laundry
P. S
M. Vander Linden
Sol
Pella Opera House
GUY Hickman CO
Ar Haig
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