Pella Daily Life Mixes Roads Talk and Local Visits
The story blends comments on Iowa road policies with a string of local social notes. Farmers oppose hard surfaced roads, favoring oiling for year round good roads. Local entries report visits, health travels, and community events including a wienie roast by the World Wide Guild at the Baptist Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Ralph Huisman
Russell Union
Iowa
F. D. Vanden Berg
Oskaloosa
Mell Hammel
Colorado Springs
Hammel
A. N. Vander Linden
T. C. Hart
Knoxville
Dick Synhorst
A. Hoogenakker
Bloomfield
Amos Hedge
F. F. Carpenter
Newton
Co. L. Brown
Des Moines
M. C. Ruissaard
The
Reformed Church
Otley
Sheboygan
Wis
W. Renaud
Grinnell
H. van den Dever
Dunn & Kroh of
World Wide Guild
Baptist Sunday School
Wet weather hits farm work and local visitors
Greely reports more wet weather as farmers endure delays. Mrs. Neil Heemstra travels to Pella to care for her mother. Jno Moody and his wife visit Pella. Van Houweling family from Rock Valley stay with John Van Maanen. Pete Burgraaf hauls hay for Charley Oswandle. Verna Moody and Mrs. John Moody visit Oskaloosa. John Van Maanen buys a new Ford. Howard Aldrich returns with thrashing outfit to help on Van Maanen and Van Gorp fields. J W Binns visits Oskaloosa. Van Maanen and family visit Sully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greely
Neil Heemstra
Pella
Jno
Moody
van Houweling
Rock Valley
John van Maanen
Pete Burgraaf
Charley Oswandle
John Moody
Verna
Oskaloosa
Howard Aldrich
van Maanen
Dick van Gorp
J. W. Binns
Sully
Quintana's Band Chapter in 1915 16 Lectures
The 1915 16 lecture course includes Quintana's Band on October 5 with 12 musicians under a master director. Lou J. Beauchamp, a humorist lecturer, appears November 23 to rouse and critique the community with witty, pointed medicine. The Ladies Orchestra closes December 13, in its ninth year on lyceum and chautauqua stages, noted for its skilled multi instrument performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quintana’s Band
Lou J. Beauchamp
Ike
Lyceum
Chautauqua
Great Lyceum Plans At Pella Lectures
The article promotes the Pella Lyceum course featuring Chancellor Bradford on March 24 as a leading educator and orator. It highlights the Orphean Musical Club's strong male quartet and varied acts. Season tickets cost 2.00, saving 1.60 vs single tickets, and the sale details include payment terms and office location in Pella Iowa with J H Stubenrauch as sole referee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interpretanv
Lyceum
Hills
Bradford
Orphean ‘Musical Club
Orpheans
Pella
Beleves
Gary Vogelaar
Ge Gangs
Iowa
Administrators Sale Of Farm Goods At Public Auction
Public auction of farm at John Rietveld estate includes 57 head cattle 57, 37 horses and cattle, 12 chickens, farm implements, hay, pasture, and household items. Auction October 13 1915 at 10 am near Pella Iowa with cash on small totals and credit terms on larger sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Percy
Dunreath
Pella
Knoxville
John Rietveld
Eureka Ladies Aid
Worth & van Zante Auds
Cook
E. R. Roorda
John Rietveld Sr
First Pella Recital by Leonard Wood Glover
On September 23 under the Ladies Auxiliary, Leonard Wood Glover head of the college Voice Department, gave his first Pella recital. The lyric tenor impressed with careful training and fine musical taste. Selections included Bendemeer’s Stream Morgen from Richard Strauss and an aria from Martha. Accompaniment by Sadler on a baby grand. Miss Hussey contributed two humorous readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Wood Glover
Morgen
Martha
Sadler
Glover
Miss Hussey
Notice of Referee Sale in Iowa Partition Suit
A District Court decree dated May 6 1914 in Marion County Iowa orders a referee to proceed with a sale for partition in the case of Jan van de Brake plaintiff versus Hannes van de Brake et al. The notice directs the undersigned to conduct the sale as part of the partition action, listing parties and legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Jan, van de Brake
Hannes van de Brake
Ain
The Man of Galilee and Saul of Tar sus lectures noted
Dr George R Wendling and his famed lectures are recalled as influential figures in religious and cultural life. The article surveys economic signs of US strength, gold shipments, and international credit talks, then shifts to liquor laws and prohibition in South Carolina. It also debates Ford’s policy offering ex convicts second chances against justice and ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Wendling
Man of
Galilee
Saul of
Tar
Sus
Ford
Automobile Fame
State
Michigan
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A. P. Kuyper
Independence St
Pella, Iowa
Ottumwa
French War Department
France
Kuyper
America
England
New York
Europe
South Carolina
Old South
Ise Amas
Puritan Drug Co
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