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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
1
The county board reviews primary election results with Democratic Republican and Socialist tallies. The session includes claims, highway matters, and adjournment notes from May 3 4 and 30 1920 with payrolls, contracts, and official bond approvals.
Notice is given that a purported last will and testament of Gerrit Vander Linden, deceased, is on file in the Clerk of the District Court office in Marion County Iowa. The will is set to be heard during the October term on October 5, 1920, at which all interested parties may appear. Clerk Harold Clements, Knoxville Iowa. Dates Sept 7 1920 and Sept 9 16 23 1920.
Ten true friends you have, who five in a row on each side of you go where you go. They help you to bed when sleepy, ensure you are fed when hungry, wake your dolly, dress her, and push her carriage. They buckle your skate straps and haul out your skein. In summer they are white and in winter red, these ten tiny fellows serve you with ease and ask nothing but to please. Now, with ten willing servants.
College notes report a lively social Friday in the Dorm parlor featuring a faculty stunt. Prof Woodford violin lessons at Old Central. Miss Watson expression teaching midweek. The Ladies Glee Club formed with Connie Duiker president, Mrs Liggett director. A college band of fourteen pieces rehearses Thursdays. Football squad uses Cotton Hall as dressing room. Connie De Bruin caused a watermelon joke. Liszt and Verdi pieces performed at chapel. Ben Heemstra and wife visit. students still register. music students register with Mr Sadler. Mr J Heemstra offered Orange City Classical Academy principal post but remains at Central Nine rahs. Sadler handles Chicago Opera seat sales for Des Moines Oct 22–23. Singers include Freda Hemple and Ruffo.
Soldiers in convalescent wards join with Junior Red Cross children to craft toys for distribution at home and abroad. The worn veterans found purpose and joy making ducks roosters monkeys camels lions and other figures sent largely to Europe for children who never had a toy. A humorous door-card anecdote follows about a house left bare with a thief’s note.
An elderly country couple entered a town cinema to watch a cowboy film. The wife tugs her husband’s arm and warns him not to sit too close, fearing the dust kicked up by the horses will ruin her clothes.
Mr and Mrs William Hudlu and son Billy visited Sunday with friends at Ottumwa. Born a daughter to Mr and Mrs N Van Maanen on Sept 18. Mr and Mrs Fred Brake left Sunday for Prairie City to visit relatives for a week. Mrs William Hudlu and her son leave Monday for a week with her mother at Oskaloosa. The Willing Workers met at Miss Nell De Prenger’s home Wednesday afternoon.
Commissioner Roper reports the first district collected over 100000 in fines from Prohibition violators in the first month, at a cost of about 97000. He argues enforcement aims at law supremacy, not profit, and notes deficits may occur in other districts. The public will be informed if that happens.
A new program invites ex soldiers to instruct girls in wrapping spiral lace hose. Applicants form in line as officers take lead at Shenandoah World, marking a unique military to civilian skills transition event.
East West timetable shows trains No. 470 472 and 47 with local freight 82 and 81. Freight for shipment on locals must be at the station by 6:00 p m the evening before. Both local freights carry passengers. Wabash line referenced. Times listed 7 42 a m to 5 59 p m.
Mr James H Allen long suffered rheumatism and claims a self made prescription dissolves uric acid deposits and banishes symptoms. He says physicians aided trials and that the remedy has worked for many. druggists are appointed agents with refund on the first two bottles if no benefit shown.
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