Farmers Shipping Association Reports Strong Weekly Load Totals
The Farmers Shipping Association moved 17 loads from Pella last week and 16 loads this week. A Friday meeting, addressed by Martin Sar of Essex, Iowa, drew solid attendance as plans for a stock company to continue the association’s work progress, despite widespread illness.
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The
Farmers Shipping Association
Pella
Shipping Association
Martin Sar
Essex
Iowa
Marion County Corn Growers Enter Acre Contest Challenge
No Marion County entrant yet in the State Farmers Acre Corn Contest run by the Iowa and Small Grain Growers Association and County Farm Bureaus. The 1919 state winner was LeRoy A. Haines of Scott County with 111.62 bushels per acre. The contest promotes better cultivation and normal field methods, open to any grower over nineteen with an eligible acre in his regular corn field. Local growers urged to participate and show Marion County’s potential with information from County Agent Wan Vander Waa.
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Marion County
Iowa and Small Grain Growers Association
County Farm Bureaus
Leroy A. Haines
Scott County
R. A. Pearson
Iowa State College
Marion
Pella Markets Reported Prices for Livestock and Produce
Market notes from Pella and Van der Zyl Bros show butcher stock eight to twelve dollars, serine hogs twelve fifty to fourteen seventy five, corn one to one forty per bushel, wheat one seventy five to two twenty, oats seventy eight per bushel, eggs forty five cents, hens twenty four cents, ducks eighteen, geese fourteen, cream two cents, hides around twenty cents. Overall, price ranges reflect regional commodity trading.
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Vander Zyl Bros
Pella Produce Co
Perilous to Underpay Teachers Warns of Damaged Morale
General Leonard Wood cautions that underpaid and dissatisfied instructors in colleges and schools threaten American life. He says unhappy teachers form the next definition of Americanism, noting veterans returning from service struggle to maintain dignity in a field with wages lower than other labor.
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Leonard Wood
County Board Claims and Proceedings December 1919
Fortieth through fifty second days detail claims allowed and rejected for county spending, including road work, provisions to poor, payrolls, supplies, and tax refunds. Board awarded lumber and piling contract to Standard Bridge Co. and adjourned to December 10 for road matters.
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Shadle & Sons
M. P McCullough
W. H. Allen
Wm. Wynn
Roy Carpenter
International Oil Co
Russell Freeman
Joe de Hoos
Ye T. Ridlen
W. Martin
Pion Institution and Industries
F. Pease Company
M. Rinehrat
de Butane Trustee
B. . & Q. Railway
H. Y . Smce
R. & P. Railway
Goft S ‘Ca
Albert Smith
Charles Elliott
Walter Caulkins
J. H. Bridges
M. D. Smith
Boone Blank Book Co
Eugene Delti
Donald A.n Harold Clements
Cc. H. Williams
A. Kool
Wm. Verros
S. H. Weyers
Chambiias & Rowley
CG. E. Booth
Bade Tesmand
M. Sohnson
LeMars Printing Co
Wm. J. Klein
Emory Markett
W. M. McGibbon
Boone County
J. C. Crawford
Orphan’s Home
E. J. Fasssen
Pella City
Standard Bridge Co
Omaha
Nebraska
A. W. Woodle
Dragging Road
C. W. Huyser
Standard Oil Co
Jacob Smith
Ed Woolsey
Grant Shipman
Allen Anderson
John Watkins
M. Collough
C. Watecare
C. Leavengood
Justice
T. T. Taft Attornery
Germa Manufacturing Co
L. Percival Co
W. Maxson
Mabel Zugg
G. J. Stewart & Co
Casey & Weaver Bros
W. L. Dickerson
Warren County
Mother Neill
W. Finsky
Pete Burt
John Thomas
A. B. Brobst
H. Garretson
Archie Little
John Helwegh
S. E. Crankhite
Jeff Firton
A. J. Morris
J. B. Wear & Son
Sligo Iron Store Co
Knox Coal Co
Dr. Betterton
Tom Betterton
Mary Crouch
Wells Grocery Co
O. J. Betterton
Dunlap Drug Co
Latimer Hurst & Mieslang
Underhilt & Keller
E. C. Wilson
Seth Way & Co
Wanes
Jas. A. Hartley
Gopher
Gerald Besth
Seem
Arold Bowers
G. W. Kingery
Tilma
Don Prilaux
Miller de
Hughes
Ll. L. Blair
Guaitnas
College Notes And Piano Recitals At Old Central
Minutes record a settlement with J P Riddle and items for bridge and road work. A new practice piano was placed on Old Central's second floor as the music department grows. Piano recitals featured Grace Van Ryswyk Harriet Frush Clarice Smith Mabel Van Donselaar Fern Smith and Gertrude Varenkamp. Fern Smith Loyde Hillyer hosted twenty four guests at Sunnyside with games and a two course luncheon. Irene Haan and Professor Woodford performed solos at chapel. Head Ball advances under coach Heimstra. Mrs. Lauterbach left. parade Friday. Feb 24 piano recital chapel hall March 2 recital at chapel hall by Mr Sadler at 7:30. Woodford and Sadler dined with Professor Liggett. U V A’s active. Parade notice. Printer's quip about truth in the paper.
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Old Central
Grace van Ryswyk
Harriet Frush
Clarice Smith
Mabel van Donselaar
Fern Smith
Gertrude Varenkamp
Loyde Hillyer
Sunnyside
Irene Haan
Professor Woodford
Chapel
Heimstra
Lauterbach
Chapel Hall
Sadler
This Little Woman Weighed Ninety Pounds Before Tanlac
Mrs. B J Straw of Des Moines Iowa reports weight gain from ninety to one hundred fifteen pounds after using Tanlac. She suffered influenza kidney and stomach issues plus nerve troubles and fatigue before recovery. Seven bottles restored strength ability to work and hair care, praised Tanlac as life saving. Sold in Pella Pleasantville Swan Bussey and Knoxville by local pharmacies.
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B. J. Straw
Crocker St. Des Moines
Iowa
Taniac
Tanlac
Pella
Ideal Pharmacy
Pleasantville
Pleasantville Drug Co
Swan
John ®. Howell
Bussey
Fred L. Mick
Knoxville
H. A. Osborn
Proof of Will Notice in Marion County Iowa
Public notice announces a will filed in the District Court of Iowa Marion County for L. Sipkema deceased. Hearing set for May term 1920 on May 4 at the court in Knoxville. Interested parties may be heard. Clerk Harold Clements posted February 4 1920.
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District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Sipkema
Harold Clements
District Court
Knoxville
Chicago visitor held as bank robber in New York
Police arrest a Chicago visitor glittering with diamonds in Manhattan as a fugitive bank robber. He claims to own a first class saloon in the happy past, which clarifies the case.
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New York
Chicago
Valentines Day Lines From Vander Linden's Bazaar
A compact Valentine assortment for February 14 featuring varied cards and sentiments. Prices range from ic to 3 dollars, highlighting a varied line at Vander Linden's Bazaar.
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Pricea
Vander Linden
BAZAR
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Poultry Extension Department
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Gerrit Sneller Jr
Agricultural College
Ames
Perry Renaud
Burroughs
Jacob Brom
Liberty
North Broadway
G. B. Ver Steeg
Andrew VerPloegh
G. B. Clarke
Eastman Kodak
Kodak
Chronicle Office
F. D. Pierce
Bridgeport
Ala
Oskaloosa
Care Chronicle
Broadway
East Front
Noah
Pella Markets
the County Board
H. Allen
Allen
A. Sent
G. Wr Fortner
J. P. Riddle
Jas. P. Riddle
C. E. Cronkhite
College
Henry Ford
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Fordson
Star Auto Company
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