Dates of Farm Sales Named in Monroe Pella Area
A list details farm sale dates and sellers across Monroe and Pella including Jake Boat on Feb 2, Jake Van Baalen Feb 6, G Vos Feb 7, and multiple others. Notable combined sale K Wellard with M Hetmstra and A J Ver Ripp on Feb 6 and Mrs Gus Burkhart on Feb 9. Sale locations include Monroe Pella Leighton Taintor and Peoria with dates through Feb 20.
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Jake Boat
Monroe
Jake van Baalen
John Sederal
Leighton
I. Ryswick
Taintor
Herman Bensick
Peoria
Pete Hessing
Pella
Andrew Kool
Mr. Hart
G. van Andel
K. Wellard
M. Hetmstra
A. J
Ver Ripp
G. Vos
Hides and fur buyers seek top prices at Pella Produce Co
Monroe dates listed for H Oldham D Kain H J Van Wyk in ad bulletin. Pella Produce Co offers 16 cents for hides and fur, inviting customers to sell before prices drop. Also Henry Gezel promotes 10 percent discount on Disc and Plow work through February 20, 1917.
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Pella Produce Co. Adv
Henry Gezel
Valley View Social Notes Around the area
Mrs Gerrit De Vries spent Wednesday at the Marine Boat home. Delia Holmes and Lizzie Breen visited Peter Breen home on Tuesday and Wednesday. Nick Minnega and family from near Galesburg visited Will Minnega Tuesday. Mrs John Brummel and Dora spent days with friends at Pella last week. Vander Wal Tukker and families plus Peter Breen joined Gerrit Marinus home visit Thursday. Albert De Joode and baby stayed with sister Don Poortinga family. Albert Van Gorp returned home near Knoxville after a week at Arie Breen home. Gerrit Aalbers and baby visited Sam Poortinga Sunday. Trina De Koning returned home near Newton after a week at Arie Breen home. Will Minnega improving after illness. Peter Breen spent Monday at Otley C Tupper home. Delia Holmes returned home Saturday after two weeks with Arie Breen.
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Gerrit de Vries
Marine Boat Home
Delia Holmes
Lizzie Breen
Peter Breen
John Brummel
Dora
Pella
John Vander Wal
John Tukker
Gerrit Marinus
Albert de Joode
Baby
Don Poortinga
Arie Breen
iPella Markets Stock and Grain Report
Corrected market notes list price ranges for stock and grain by Van der Zyl Bros and Pella Produce Co. Prices include eggs, butter, and poultry: candled eggs, packing stock butter, old hens, spring chickens at 16 cents, old roosters, ducks full feathered at 8 to 10 cents per pound, with ranges $6.00 to $10.00 and $10.50 to $11.00 per cwt.
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Vander Zyl Bros
Pella Produce Co
Extravagance and the value of spending wisely
A reflective piece arguing extravagance is relative and not inherently wicked. It likens luxury to natural excess such as sunheat and rain, notes that time wasted matters more than money, and suggests balance between wealth and the real joys of life.
Ambitious Men Do Any Work but Their Own
A Louisville Courier Journal quotation notes that men are ambitious and willing to do anyone else’s work but their own, illustrating a sharp view of workplace diligence and self-interest. The exchange highlights workplace dynamics and individual responsibility.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Train timetable and signals at Howell Station
The notice lists eastbound and westbound passenger numbers, local freight numbers, and scheduled times. It states shipments for locals must be at the station by 5:00 p m the evening before and that local freights carry passengers. Howell Station is four miles south of Pella with signal stops for Nos 2 and 3. all trains run daily including Sundays.
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Howell Station
Pella
Aerial Mission to Destroy German Munitions Plant
Joe Goodall recalls a wartime mission in Belgium where he flew for Britain to strike a concealed German munition site. He describes low altitude bombing, grenades against a charging rider, a pursuing auto, and a rapid aerial chase that left him wounded before reaching British lines.
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Joe Goodall
Belgium
School of
United States
Flying Corps
England
Manders
Aeroplane Corps
Nighttime Newsroom Banter Sparks Quick Wits
A string of humorous quips and wordplay unfolds with a paper seller confident amid cold night. A stenography applicant proves spelling skills by naming essential. An Irish reader jokes Dickens could work all week for four dollars, but insists on keeping Dickens.
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Porter
Dickens
Home needs and wants in budget and character
A Home and School column argues that families must distinguish needs from wants to avoid a life of self indulgence. It warns against choosing automobiles over plumbing or neglecting education and religious reading, urging careful budgeting and shared responsibility in households.
Rough on Rats Ends Rats Bugs Die Outdoors
An ad for an extermination product marketed as unbeatable against rats and mice. Claims extensive use worldwide and government endorsement. Mentions economy sizes 2 and 15 cents, distributed by drug and country stores with a free comic picture on offer. Lists Wells Jersey City New Jersey address.
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U. S
Pleasant Chamberlain's Tablets Promote Easy Constipation Relief
Advertisement extols Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation as pleasant to take with natural feel. Claims pleasant effects and easy relief. Mentions sale by F. D. Stubenrauch.
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F. D. Stubenrauch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gus Burkharst
A. J. Roorda
H. Oldham
D. Kain
H. J.,van Wyk
Sully
McIntire Livery Barn
Dwight Beman
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Galesburg and
Monroe Road
Ladies Aid of Tool’s Chapel
Worth & van Zante
Frank Chips
J.C. Boot
Baker & Baer
Valley View
Nick Minnega
Galesburg
Will Minnega
Albert van Gorp
Knoxville
Gerrit Aalbers
Sam Poortinga Home
C. Tupper
Otley
Ipella Markets
Rock Island Train Service
Wabash Train Service
GenTaun Gompan
Castoria
Loyal Rooters
Schmelzer Arms Co
K. C. Mo
P. A. Edmund
Wormhoudt’s
DR. Aschenbrennner
Hue
Geelhoed
T. G. Fultz
Main Street
W. H. Vander Ploeg
Farmers
Mer
Bank
Physicians and Surgeons Office
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
H. O. Wormhoudt
Citizens National Bank
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