Local News Bits and Store Notices in Pella Area
Local notes report purchases and ads from Byers selling Good Batteries and Van Zante Bros promoting Dexter Electric Washers. Readers hear about travel delays in Tacoma to Pella, a father's death, college fund contributions, new staff at Van Niewaal, an auto accident east of town, and a rummage sale at Holland Meat Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Olivier
Tacoma
Wash
Pella
H. J. Rhynsburger
Iowa City
Ed Liter
P. H. .Kuyper
Kuyper
Des Moines
Elizabeth Ver Heul
Ottumwa
Modern Utility Plant Emphasizes Small Details
Edison visits a vast electric plant and notes a boiler room memo showing the exact combustible left in ashes. The anecdote highlights daily ash-chemical analysis as a crucial, though small, detail enabling efficient coal use and minimal public impact for a city’s power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Edison Company
Edison
Fly Salts Accord Reported for Iowa Farmers
State entomologist C. J. Drake reports under Fly-Salts accord that these salts are claimed to deter flies from stock. State chemist analysis finds they are mainly common salt with small additions of sulfur and lime. E. L. Redfern cautions about bogus insecticides sold to protect seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GC. J. Drake
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Des Moines
Iowa
C. J. Drake
E. L. Redfern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Byers
Johnston All Steel
van Zante Bros
J. M. Cox
California
Rev. R. Bolt of
Sully
Johnson
John J. van Dyke
van Ness Hat Shop
S. W
Square
F. A. Gilbert
New Ulm, Minn
Harold Sack
Central College
Mrs
Lee Jarman
Mabel Hoekstra
van Niewaal
A. B. Rouw
Eddyville
W. S. van Hemert
Burlington
Jacob de Haan
Corona
Calif
Mr. de Haan
Frank Cox
H. G. de Wit
G. B. Ver Steeg
Arie Kuyper
Orange City Journal
Holland Meat Market
Jack Pence
Fairfield
Jack
A. T. Rouwenhorst
Prairie City
A. Waechter
L. Andeweg
Oskaloosa
Arthur Williams
Thomassen
Thomassen’s Grocery
Chi-Namel Store
Frien
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
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