Pella News From Sept 15 1905 Evening Chronicle
In Garden Square John T White of United Mine Workers spoke on labor aims to Pella residents in an unusually attentive gathering. Gerrit Goodhart praised for lawn beauty. Henry J Van Vliet reported Chilly the Clipper winning at Lincoln Nebraska. Charley Porter visited Newton fair to glean ideas for Pella Fair. Henry Welle’s auto spooked Sully horses causing a buggy wreck. mother uninjured, man bruised. Louis De Vries began as hand engraver at Smith’s Jewelry Oskaloosa. Pella baseball lost 15 to 2 to Dowden Potato Digger Company workers from Prairie City. Cavanaugh’s Central team to open at CUI field with 18 new suits. forecast win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. White
United Mine Workers of America
Oskaloosa
Pella
Garden Square
Gerrit Goodhart
Henry J. van Vliet
The
Chronicle
Chilly the Clipper
Lincoln
Charley Porter
Lake Prairie District Fair Board
Jasper County
Newton
Henry Welle
Lyle Smith
Sully
Welle
Smith
Louis’ de Vries
Diggers
Pella Area Pages Recall Wartime Events and Local News
A 1940s style town page lists the 15th reunion of the 33rd Town Volunteer Infantry with 84 attendees, local talk of small armies, a gasoline fire incident, farm sales, road and railroad notes, and civic actions. It highlights postwar plans including bank openings, tulip bulb shipments, scrip retirement, and Central College enrollments alongside farm gatherings, livestock and football results. Local residents, businesses, and institutions like Marion County Bank, Central College, and the Pella Chamber reflect community activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ppa Kuy- Per
Harry B. Six- Smith
J. G. Boat
Cc. C. Dowell
Pella
Marion County State Bank
Len Winter
Central College
Tiny Wilkins
Pella High
Central
Grinnell
Knoxville
Colfax
Newton
New Sharon
Autumn colors and kitchen nostalgia from Pella
Autumn observations brighten Main Street and the mill-park in Pella as maples fire with color and petunias still bloom. A hubs of conversation recalls a Dutch brown bread recipe and shares a simple pecan cookies method from a 1923 McCall's idea column.
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Main Street
Pella
Jack Frost
Edith Kuiper
Gertrude Willemsen
Gertrude
What's Under My Hat Hat Lecture at Woman's Federated Club
Mrs Lloyd White of Kansas City lectured at the Woman's Federated Club meeting on September 20 presenting her popular hat talks title What s Under My Hat. The speaker has given her hat talks more than many years and is noted for lively demonstrations connected to millinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Federated Club
Lloyd White
Kansas City
Arrows and Fire on a Quiet Quiver Lesson
A brief item describes rattling arrows needing silence by stuffing quivers with leaves to muffle sound. It also notes a tip to keep a fishing hole unfrozen by floating a coffee can with glowing charcoal to generate heat.
Also Mentioned on This Page
33Rd Town Volunteer Infantry
F. N. Byram
Hasp Breuklander
Arie Toom
John Rietveld
Star Auto Company
Fred Lankelma
Otley
Hameston
Milo
Prairie City
Humeston
Gary Vogelaar
Arie Bogaards
New
Arie Waardhuizen
Cordova
Philip Olivier
W. H. Fowler
Meyer Langerak
Milo Renaud
Farmers Union
Memorial Hall
Monroe
Lester Welle
Fuller Brush Co
Chicago
Rosscreen Co
Defense Council
Pearl Harbor
Pool Park
Clay Barnett
Mensch
Mineart
Walton
de Wild
Bonwell
Lowe
Bob Menning
George Lankelma
Germany
Charles de Wild
Virgil Bloodsworth
Pacific
Harold Wortman
Cristine
Ainsworth
Iowa
Elna Grimjes
Thunder Creek
John C
Hiemstra
Pellans
Rich
Colum
Fran
Thriff Loan CO
North Market Street
Oskaloosa, Lowe
R Martin Naaktgeborenanager
Gehl
van Zee
Peoria
Peoria Stockyards
Philco
Visa
NEMA
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Vogelaar’s Hardware
Jerry & Melvin Vander Schel
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