Contests and Oratory Winners at College Event
The women's oratorical contest was held Tuesday in the college chapel with six speakers. Angeline Van Dur en won first for The White Man's Burden, Marie Schalekamp was second for Unjust Justice, and other topics included Prohibition, The Crime Wave, The Ship of Democracy, and weighed in the balances. Judges included Mrs. Gaass and Mr. Baron.
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College Chapel
Nina Gosseling
Mildred Straks
Belle Boggard
United States
Marie Schalekamp
Chicago
Scotland
Wales
Mina Scotten
Angeline van Duren
America
Phillipines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Dairymen Embrace Milking Machines In Iowa Study
Reports from a recent Iowa cow testers meeting show dairymen have shifted to milking machines. Each association used an average of over eleven machines, with most electric powered and others by gas engines, costing about three cents per hour. Hand stripping remains common for cows.
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Iowa
Bussey Roads Progress Toward All Weather Surfaces
Bussey Commercial club initiates surfacing of east road with mine shale. By week’s end four and a half miles will be surfaced, with over a thousand yards per mile. Southward roads to Mahaska Monroe line also under work while other neighborhoods plan similar donations.
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Bussey
Mahhaska
Monroe County
Christmas Color and Pineapple Flavor in Holiday Tables
The piece extols Christmas color in decorations and food, highlighting red green and gold hues from spruce to pineapple. It suggests pineapple as versatile in cocktails, garnishes, desserts, and even a candlestick salad, noting bromelin aids digestion across meals.
Merle Crowell to Head National Editorial Association Meet
Merle Crowell editor of The American Magazine will deliver the chief address at the National Editorial Association convention. The long journey from rural Maine to national leadership illustrates his axiom that country life breeds power and courage. Born 1888 in North Newport he rose from humble beginnings to a leading magazine editor via journalism after lumber work and a pivotal piece for the New York Sun.
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Merle Crowell
National Editorial Association
Crowell
America
Newport
Maine
Irving Bachellor
Frank Prilay
Bangor
Colby College
Maine Woods
New York Sun
American Magazine
Poultry Culling Saves $40,000 in Marion County
Ten years into Marion County Farm Bureau efforts, poultry culling and better husbandry cut 410,000 culled birds from county flocks in 1927, saving about $40,000 in feed costs. Improved housing ventilation and disease control reduced infections and freed space for productive birds.
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Marion County
Marion County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Leader memorized symphonic numbers
Rosario Bourdon conducts the Stromberg Carlson orchestra weekly on WJZ and Blue Chain stations. A longtime Victor contributor, Bourdon has recorded over a thousand symphonic and operatic numbers and can direct them from memory without prior study. The orchestra members also show remarkable memory skills.
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Rosario Bourdon
Stromberg-Carlson
WJZ
Blue Chain
Victor Talking Machine Company
Bourdon
Stromberg Carlson Orchestra
Stromberg Carlson Musicians Render their Programs with Precision
The Stromberg Carlson musicians memorize scores quickly, watch the conductor, and express the conductor's interpretation. They follow the score precisely yet anticipate several bars ahead to shape the music as Bourdon intended, yielding a rendition distinct from others.
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Stromberg-Carlson
Mr. Bourdon
Stromberg-Carlson Orchestra
Knoxville Minister Goes to Colorado
Rev. Geo. C. Crockett and S. L. Walker attended a Des Moines Presbytery meeting. Crockett will move this week to Trinidad Colo. to serve as pastor. His ill daughter Dorothy remains bedridden for a year, with doctors hopeful for recovery. Local friends wish them well.
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Geo. C. Crockett
S. L. Walker
Des Moines
Passenger Bus Schedule Links Prairie City to Nearby Cities
Four round trips daily with connections at Monroe for Knoxville. Special round trip rates between all stations. Pella to Des Moines departures at 8 40 a m 12 40 p m 4 55 p m 8 40 p m. Des Moines to Pella departures 7 45 a m 11 45 a m 4 15 p m 7 00 p m. Time Des Moines to Pella one hour fifty minutes. Pella to Oskaloosa departures 5 00 a m 1 35 p m 6 05 p m and p m. Oskaloosa to Pella 8 00 a m 12 00 p m 4 15 p m 8 00 p m. Time Oskaloosa to Pella forty minutes. All buses except late evenings connect at Monroe with Knoxville line. Buses run through Oskaloosa to Ottumwa.
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Prairie City
Monroe
Pella
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Rock Island Train Schedule for Howell Iowa Rail Line
Wabash Time Table Howell Iowa lists eastbound and westbound passenger numbers with Des Moines Ottumwa Keokuk and Eldon routes. Local freights 832 and 881 carry passengers. shipments must be at the station by 5 pm the day before. The Limited does not stop at Howell. Harvey times shown. Local freights 70 and 71 carry passengers on alternate days around 11:00 am and 1:80 pm.
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Des Moines
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Eldon
Howell
Harvey
Banquet seals soph and frosh pact in lively toast
A school banquet brings together sophomores and freshmen for a jovial evening. Victors and vanquished mingle over good eats and a well received program. Toastmaster Eggine guides the night, highlighting camaraderie and school spirit.
France marvels at America's folly banquet tale in France
Freshmen and Sophomores at a banquet celebrate their campus rivalry as the Sophomores towed Freshmen across Ver Meer's pond last September. The event includes musical performances, toastmasters, and a discussion of Henry Eggink and Miss Korver among others. A New York dispatch notes Farm and Fireside editor Paul Martin’s critique of U.S. agriculture and European reaction to it.
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Ver Meer’s Pond
George Martin
Farm and Fireside
France
Storm Center
New York
Belgium
Switzerland
United States
Hoeksemb Wierda and Chrisman Praised After Song
After the singing of C. U. I. the two classes separated with lighter hearts and a re established friend to snip. Central Ray notes the trio were exceptionally good and praised by the group.
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Hoeksemb
Wierda
Chrisman
Local Names Recorded Near Pella Area
December 21 Leen Schakel south of Pella and December 21 T G Gosselink northeast of Pella. January 25 Govert Kamerick southwest of Pella.
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Leen Schakel
Pella
T. G. Gosselink
Govert Kamerick
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Rex Fuel Co
Cricket Coal Co
Northwestern Coal Co
Marion CO
Colorado
County News Service
Rock Island Train Service
Eggine
America’s Folly
Dean Pietenpol
Miss Bailey
Dean
Henry Eggink
Melvin Sikkink
Martina Korver
Rient Poppen
Orchestra
Eggink
Miss Korver
Wesselink
HelenMaup
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Southwest Corner Square
Coe
Toytown
Oppenheimer-Alsop CO
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