Pella fair week notes from the bustling shops and crowds
Local items describe busy stalls at Vandermeulen Cook and Keables Drug Store with school books, jackets, and hats. Visits by residents to nearby towns, fair attendance, and auction notes mix with restaurant meals, oyster stews, and sightings of farmers and clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eltey
Pella
Kea
Welle of
Sully
Ables
Galy
Ry Kelley
P. A. Renavd
W. W. Kinet
W. D. Forsythe
Newton
Vandermeulen & Ok
Vandermeulen Cook
Golf County
van der Wilt
Re Fair
Jends
Bauman
Keables
Ed. Ives
Lynnville
Cole & Langerak
Jerry Hellinga
Sioux County
D. Widnia
Keables’ Drug
Toon Brom
Knoxville
Vandermeulen & Cook
Gortt
Fouxp
Vandermeulen
D. Beane & Co
Fair Association
Thursday ticket sale sets record at track fair
A report from the Thursday event notes a record ticket sale and a slow day for sports aside from a half mile track event. The piece mentions a standout pony race, a driver thrown from a carriage but unhurt, and interest in midway attractions. It also covers local business ads, a farmer’s interest in an automatic gate, and safety concerns at the grand stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hammond
Attica
Wis
South End Street
West Second Street
Hattie
Magsie
Adamis
Real Estate Nothing but Special Bar gains in this No 40 acres
200 acres twelve miles from Pella with four percent miles from railroad station. Land rolling but not rough with good soil and ample water. No improvements. Price forty two dollars per acre. No 57 eighty acres three miles from Knoxville. Two acres in cultivation. most land is good, rest in pasture with timber. House seven rooms. no barn. Well fenced with water and young orchard. Price fifty five dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Monroe
Hollander
Buena Vista County
Storm Lake
New Station
Milwaukee
Spencer
Towa
C. N. Cole
Cyrenus Cole
Cedar Rapids
Griffin Orchestra set to perform at Opera House October 16
The Griffin Orchestra with first violin bass violin cello Italian harp and flute will present a classical program at the Opera House on October 16. Miss Helen Bick, a humorous reader, is lauded as a top stage performer. Tickets are 25 cents to 50 cents, with reserved seats on sale after October 3, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
Opera House
Pella
Helen Bick
Doctor Wheeler Undergoes Successful Nose Growth Operation
Dr. E G Wheeler, plagued by an unnatural nasal growth, underwent a surgery performed by a Des Moines surgery team last week. The operation was successful and Wheeler reports substantial relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Wheeler
Des Moines Supermary
Wheeler
Diphtheria claims life of local fourteen year old
A fourteen year old child of T Tillma southwest of the city died of diphtheria last Sunday morning and was buried Sunday afternoon. Efforts were made to prevent spread. The grieving parents receive sympathy from friends. Dr G C Farmer of Oskaloosa plans to visit city three afternoons weekly for osteopathic practice. He seeks to rent two furnished rooms near the park during his stays and requests parties desiring rooms to notify John G Thomassen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ribbie
Oskaloosa
Pella
E. Warnes
P. C. Lankelma
Davenport
Seppie van der Ploeg
Chicago
Orange City
S. J. Jelsma
Continental Insurance Company
Art van Peuren
Jelsma
T. ‘Tillma
G. C. Farmer
John G. Thomassen
Bea Opal
Sissies
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Ocal News
Palace
L. Kruidenier
Rolf
Iowa
Jo Tf
Josephine Brand
Es Moines
Vandermeulen “& Ok
H. Rietveld
Monroe T
Tai
Nora Way
Eva Collins
Amyann
Palace Staurant
Air
P. A.naud's
Eleanor Hamilton
Elite Studio
Square Fore
Will Klein
Grin I
Enry Mathes
Vandermeulen & K
Flas. Burnham
Tri-County Press
Bussey
Ley
Gaass
J. Jelsma
Moines
Ter
J. de Jong
Orange
J. J. Thomassen
Damp Wormhoudt
Dr. Overton
F. Matthews
Des Moines
City
A. P. de Reus
D. Vanderpol & Son
Paul Renaud
One Price Clothing House
Fannie van der Wilt
Effie Stubenrauch
Grace Wolf
H. Rhynsburger
Family
D. Boland & Co
D.E. Rillahan
Valley Junction
Just
New York
Rev. Keizer
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pete de Reus
Amy Mann
Poe Keables
John’Kuyper
Pothogén & Vrolijk
Leighton
Etta Beinteman
P. A. Renaud
Simon Meinardi
Rebecca
Flora
Starkenburg
B. H. van Spanckeren
Bernhardt
Lizzie Pos
Olivet
Joff
K. de Jong
Grimes
H. F. Pugt
Methodist Church
Kendrick
Will.l. Allen
F. Townsley
Fair Ground
Columbia
Shamrock
Sophia
Marie Hoogenakker
Gerrit Jansen
New Sharon
C. Bongers
South Pella
T. B. Kitching
Rockwell
Marion
the Victoria Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Weekblad
C. & H. Rietvelds
Jersey
H. Ver Ploegh
Dallas
Mocratic Caucus
T. J. Edmand
C. McCullogh
Isetta
Ver Steeg Bro’s
Tyson
Agency
Gentleman
F. & I. LeCocq
Wormhoudt
Newton, Pella
Kahoka
OUR
New York A
Lederer & Strauss
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Tno
Templeton
Nossger
Pella Automatic Stacker Co
Jasper
J. R., Engstron
Manchester
Kansas
Missouri
Bauman's
E. Berends
Beurkens
M. Thomassen
Gesman Bros. & Grant
H. .Rhynsburger
End Western Railroad
Griffins Orchestra
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