Pella's Year of Growth and Street Paving Achievements
The article reviews 1920 in Pella noting the Garden City Feeder Company as the town’s largest factory thriving through demand, a strong corn and grain market, and a notable paving contract aimed at brick surfaced streets on a concrete base. It highlights farmers shifting to pure bred stock, two major livestock sales, and optimism for 1921 despite transportation delays and material shortages.
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Central
Pella
Garden’ City
J. C. Blunk
Ottumwa
Washington Street
Main Street
Oskalooga Street
C. & C. T. van Lint
Poland
Wm. van Baale & Son
Iowa
Wilbur Burkhart
J. M. Covey
Lester Butler
Maintaining brood sows cheaply on the farm
Iowa State College guidance recommends keeping brood sows inexpensive with sufficient grain to achieve about one pound daily gain. Limit grain while providing ample roughage from mold-free legume hay such as alfalfa or clover. Use high protein hay to balance a corn-based ration and prevent digestive issues that can endanger litters.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Better Laying Hens Feed and Profit Tips
The article outlines feeding laying hens for health and profit, stressing common sense over rigid rules. It notes that winter egg gain boosts profits, emphasizes young hens and good breeds, and highlights three core feed constituents: minerals, nitrogen, and carbon. It explains feed must support body repair and heat while supplying egg-making materials, with proportions key for economical production.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Proportions for Maximum Egg Yield in Poultry
The article advises proper feed proportions and including green and animal feed to boost egg yield. Free-range fowls find ample greens and grain, aiding laying hens. It stresses giving exercise and fresh air, and shaping winter conditions to resemble spring.
Local weddings span December 1920 in wider Cordova Pella area
The Chronicle reports multiple December 1920 marriages including Bastian Goemaat and Jacoba Plate at Second Christian Reformed Church parsonage, Joe Kool and Grace Diekema near Cordova and Pella, Edna Ver Heul and Henry O. Boring in Des Moines, Peter R. Meyer and Bertha Branderhorst, and Kilyn Grootveld and Andrew D. Klyn in the home of Rev. G. G. Haan.
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Bastian Goemaat
Jacoba Plate
Second Christian Reformed Church
G. G. Haan
Joe Kool
Cordova
Grace’ Diekema
Pella
Justice G. van Vilet
Des Moines
Edna Ver Heul
Henry
Boring
The
Chronicle
Peter R. Meyer
Bertha Branderhorst
First Christian Reformed Church
J. de Haan
Meyer
Meyer & Klyn
Prairie City
Kilyn-Grootveld
Andrew D. Klyn
Cora Grootveld
Klyn
Henry Grootveld
the Chronicle
The Real Test of Prohibition In Public Debate
Samuel G Blythe argues that prohibition must be enforced effectively to prove its value. If enforcement works it should stay, if not it should change. The current half measure harms democracy and fosters crime, demanding two years of strict enforcement to settle the issue, or else crumble further.
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Samuel G. Blythe
Saturday Evening Post
Yonkers Plan Uses Citizens to Enforce Prohibition
The article argues that law enforcement rests with citizens, not officials, and critiques volunteer enforcement as shifting blame. It describes Yonkers New York plan requiring voluntary funding to gather evidence of violations and publicize findings without aiding officials. It concludes real prohibition truth comes from enforcing laws to prove their value or flaw.
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Yonkers
Yonkers Plan
United States
Repeal Debate Promised by People’s Action
A fragment notes a strong push for law repeal with the claim that action rests entirely in the hands of the people. The terse remark signals a political stance favoring direct public involvement in repeal efforts.
This world we live in is mighty hard to beat
A fragmented line from a historic piece reflects the paradox of life with roses and thorns. It hints at the enduring spirit amid hardship, capturing a folksy, period voice and mood. The text foregrounds resilience and the contrast between beauty and struggle.
Many Children Are Sickly Powders for Children Ad
Claiming to break up colds in 24 hours and relieve feverishness teething and stomach troubles the advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. It states the product soothes and regulates bowels destroys worms and is pleasant for children. Used by mothers for over 30 years and sold by All druggists. Sample address given as Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
Fred Addr Mothes Gray
le Roy, N
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Goemaat
Kool-Diekema
A. P
Pellatire Service. CO
Oskaloosa
Evans
County Farm
Roger
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