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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
2
Last Saturday ten cars decorated with flags and banners paraded the streets announcing the New Sharon Fair week. The Sharonites, described as progressive planners, are ready to push events beyond their city limits and make things happen. A future visit by Pella is hinted with plans to send hustlers to demand attention.
Lola Eddy and daughter visited Laura James last week. G A Rankin returned from Illinois. Dora Beaver sold her farm to Wiley Beaver. T T McMillan visits Burling ton for a week with daughter L A Whaley. Ora Heywood family went to Bussey. Miss Wilson of Bussey will teach the McMillan school this winter at 55 dollars a month. Florence Laren and Blanche expect home from Oklahoma trip. Roy King from near Knoxville visited sister Gilbert Harsin. Birth announced for Ep Rooda family a son on Sept 14. Laura James spent Wednesday in Knoxville. Sims of Bussey visited son south of town. Anna Klein of Pella visiting her sisters H Van Den Noordt and Andrew Uster markt. Verna and Viola Moody visited Faye Barnes Sunday.
Board of Supervisors member Allen Anderson received a pleasant call in town Saturday. His extensive county affairs experience has pleased the board, suggesting a probable second term. N Van Lissel and family visited in Pella Sunday with N Van Lissel’s father. Meyer Langerak, Deputy County Clerk, was in town Wednesday morning. Goldie, Lois, Herman and Zella Maddy spent Sunday in Knoxville. McLaughlin was in Knoxville on business Saturday. Mrs. Winnie Evans and Miss Edith Johnson of Avery and Albia visited Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. E. S. Watts. Both young ladies are teachers. Mrs. Peter Conners and daughters Mae and Loretta of Bussey spent Sunday at Philip Bishop’s home.
Rainy week notes include Mr. Robert Adair turning seventy six with a surprise of ninety two cards. The Old Settlers meeting in Oak Grove is mentioned as well as local visits by Totin Van Maanen and others. Cement walks are being laid by Heemstra with Charles Van Maanen and Dingeman De Prenger assisting.
Let every voter in this vicinity come out on election day and vote for Nora White. C C Cove and family were Sunday visitors at the J C McGraws home near Knoxville. J M Hart and wife were called to Monroe Saturday to see. Peter Gregory who is seriously ill, Mrs J T Weat of Pleasantville is spending the week with her nice Mrs M E Hart. W M Karr has the lumber hauled for a new barn on the Pilmer farm. G W Carpenter was calling on Cordova friends last Sunday. Raymond Hart was an over Sunday visitor with home folks. Miss Etta Moore returned Friday morning to her home in Minnesota. Some of the young Nimrods from Red Rock killed two wolves one day last week.
Otley notes include Mrs Charles Fiske visiting from Pella, Gerrit De Bruyn staying with R Boetselaar, Sophia Hoogenakker visiting friends, and H V Frazer arriving from Nebraska for an extended visit. High School plans, church events, and local chatter fill a compact report alongside a prairie fire, a county fair crowd record, and a Colfax fire incident.
Colfax reports Dr R G Anspach suffered a slip Saturday while pursuing a root in Des Moines. Eyewitness William Era, age 44, described the commotion as the scene unfolded, noting the fraught moment and nearby onlookers.
Mrs A B Pos visits sister near Pella. Abraham Bogaards weds Anna Van Heukalom of Peoria. They plan to live on his father s Sandridge farm. Maggie Vos Eddyville and B Vos Prairie City visit Ves family. Seventy youths bid farewell to John Terlouw as he heads to Holland Michigan College. Mrs H Awtry visits Will Tica home. J Visscher listed as sick. Sandridge changes as W Van der Hart stops river water haulers. Hoxbergen digs a 40 ft well. Jobin Terlouw departs for Michigan Monday morning.
Thos Willadson of Irwin Iowa describes months of suffering from headaches nervousness and dizziness. After consulting Dr Weber who offered special glasses he received relief and calls it a discovery and revelation. Willadson urges others to seek help.
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