Pella Rol Screens Highlight Local and National Orders
Verne West and family journeyed from Muskegon to Pella while Illness kept Martha De Joode home. Henrietta Ver Meer won a shorthand contest and eyes toward Des Moines. Pella Casements for Vernon in Ottumwa were ordered, Royal typewriters introduced, and RoIscreens seen in Chicago and Cincinnati. A sales visit by 16 eastern reps and multiple new blinds orders across West Union Pittsburgh San Diego Austin Omaha mark a strong week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Holton
Des Moines
Vernon
Ottumwa
Chicago
St. Williams Church
Cincinnati
Qurz
Hong Kong
China
Davie Bong
United States
West Union T
West Union
Nows
Carnegie Miners Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Penn
Naval Air Station
San Diego
Hillarten
Austin
Texas
Chill Savings Institute
Omaha
Office visitors note Rol screen and dictaphone interest
Visitors found the automatic typewriter and Rol screen notable while Bankers Life lags behind. The office recently added a dictaphone and the building offered complete office equipment. Bert Ver Steeg returned after an appendectomy. Gerrit Van Rees, Nelie Ryken, and Minnie Janse remained absent due to injuries and illness. Wilma Van Dort spent Saturday. Pete Vander Kolk was called home Saturday morning because of a home fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers Life
Bert Ver Steeg
Gerrit van Rees
Nelie Ryken
Minnie Janse
Miss Ryken
Miss Janse
Wilma van Dort
Des Moines
Pete Vander Kolk
Stamp Plan Delayed in Marion and Nearby Counties
Washington delayed word on establishing a food stamp program for Marion and ten southern Iowa counties. Ralph Kittinger reports funds shortage and apportionment need as the reason. A survey will assess relief recipients and merchant willingness to cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Washington
Ralph Kittinger
Des Moines
Town Wholesale Grocers Association
Kittinger
Iowa
Lucas
Monroe
Mahaska
Appanoose
Wayne
Clarke
Decatur
Union
Taylor
Knoxville Journal
Soybean Seed Condition Poor Across Iowa in 1939
Dr. R. H. Porter of Iowa State College says germination rates for 257 soybean samples from all state regions average 88 percent with 18 percent normal sprouts and 6 percent hard seed. Some tests dip to 38 percent, and overall viability runs 10 to 12 percent below normal across northern, north central, south central and southern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
R. H. Porter
Iowa State College Seed Laboratory
Porter
North Central
South Central
Fragmented OCR Summary Request
The input appears as garbled text with no coherent names places dates or events to summarize into a readable newspaper card. No extractable facts beyond general garble are present to form a valid T and S pair.
History of Pella and the Hollander quotes puzzle
Series VII presents quotations from two books and requires matching each line to its source. The puzzle lists names such as Robert Beard A E D Bousquet Lincoln Scholte Hospers and passages about Pella North America and Orange House. Participants select the corresponding source numbers from a provided list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Beard
A. E. D. Bousquet
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Peter Scholte
Henry Hospers
Dominie Scholte van Scholte
Pella Gazette
van Ranke
van Raaming
Dragoons
May Day Musings and Town Pride From Pella Chronicle
The Town Crier urges May Day fun with May baskets and friendly pranks while promoting happiness and community. “women folks” praised though men are said to be less important. Pearl Van Gorp’s trouble draws sympathy as the Town Crier airs out its own suit and plans for early readiness.
Soils District Set Up in Marion County News
Temporary supervisors and officials met in Des Moines to set up a Marion County soils district charter. Plans include electing permanent supervisors and promoting erosion control and definite crop rotations with trained guidance, mapping farms, and establishing rotations for landowners through the Farm Bureau Office in Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Gass
Clyde Gardner
F. W. Beckman
The
Knoxville Journal
Don Rinner
Marion County
4-H
Des Moines
Secretary of Agriculture
Marion County Soils District
Marion
AAA
Farm Bureau
Post Office
Knoxville
Soil Valuation Short Course Planned at Iowa State
The 1940 Soil Management and Land Valuation Short Course will be held at Iowa State College May 7 and 8. W H Pierre announces a two day program featuring farm water supply soil organic matter management farm buildings and soybeans in Iowa farming. An appraisal inspection trip to nearby farms on day one and a summary discussion of appraisals follow. External speakers include Bruce Russell Farmers National Company Omaha T M Robinson United States Geological Survey and C L Stewart professor of land economics at the University of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
W. H. Pierre
Iowa
Ames
Bruce Russell
Farmers National Company
Omaha
T. M. Robinson
United States Geological Survey
C. L. Stewart
Theniversity of Illinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
Verne West
Mia. Wert
Harold Dwight
Pella
Muskegon
Michigan
Myron Nelle
le Mars
Martha de Joode
Jack Bootsma
Jack
Shuaters
Younkers
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Zelma Rysdam
John Weyerse
Des Moine
Rolsereen Company
Henrietta Ver Meer
Newton
Sheeas
Royal
Stenographic Department
Henrietta Vanden Oever
Lucile Paltzer
Tulip Time Organization
Anlo
Neilie
V. Historical Museum
Prof
Historical Society
D. van Sittert
B. Wormhoudt
Robt
C. Lautenbach
C. Buerkens
Richard Tysseling An Arkel
Elbert van Maanen
J. J. Sybenga
C._H. Wormhoudt
C. W. van Vork
Wm. Wing
Central College Board
P. H. Kuyper
H. P. van Gorp
Arie ‘Schilder
B. F. Vander Linden
L. F. Bousquet
Boldi Honus
Exper
Sana Intenanea
Bold ‘Memorial Libra
Seto
Veacher
Toatltuts
Anime Ae
City Special Corporation
Rae
Bovine
Deling
Mainten
Coit
Homent
Uae
He Enco Oy
Fie
Bany
Ste
Fatersat
Ry Road
Bonde
Hiewing
Bewai
Rouge Inna
Fresidente
Isialg
den Adel
Leonard Hoksbergen
Bert Hagens
Bell
Dominic
North America
House of Orange
Delft
America
Dr. Frank
Paris
Detroit
Bob
Mother
Dora
May Jay
Pearl van Gorp
Fia
General Electric
GENERAL &@ ELECTRIC
Wormhoudt & Son
Own Lane Cedar Hope Chest
Deanna Durbin
Universal Pictures
Ibeo
Walter
Titan
Lees
Corné
Bey
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