Farm Sale Dates Listed by Town and Date
A list of farm sale dates with vendors and locations around Pella Iowa. Entries include Andrew Kool of Pella February 15 and Robt McIntire of Pella February 17 with others of nearby towns such as Monroe Reasnor Fairmount and livery stock sales through February 24.
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Andrew Kool
Pella
Mr. Hart
Rob’t McIntire
Iowa
G. van Andel
A. J. Roorda
H. Oldham
Monroe
D. Kain
Frank Kroh
J. ‘A. Roorda
Horace Oldham
Reasnor
D. B. Kane
Fairmount
Henry van Wyk
Wm. de Cook
Rock Island Train Schedule Summary at Howell Station
Wabash and Rock Island lines list daily trains with passenger numbers for eastbound and westbound runs. Local freight must be at station by 6:00 p.m. the night before. locals also carry passengers. Howell Station lies four miles south of Pella.
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Wabash
Howell Station
Pella
Thrice-Weekly World Offer in World and Chronicle
An advertisement touts The Thrice-a-Week World at a low price, highlighting its value during wartime. It promotes pairing with The Chronicle for a year, noting World’s $1 annual rate and combined $2.15 offer versus $2.50 separate. Absent specifics on dates or locations.
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Europe
Chronicle
Farm Auction Notice Near Pella and Leighton
A closing out sale notice lists a buyer at Henry Grossman farm location four miles southeast of Pella and five miles northwest of Leighton. The sale will be held at public auction on an unspecified date.
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Pella
Leighton
Henry Grossman
Village Farm Auction Listings Items for Sale
Tuesday February 20 1917 sale of 4 head of horses 4 cows 15 dozen chick ens and yard goods including wagons plows cultivators and household articles. Terms cash under 10 dollars and on larger sums 12 months with notes at 7 percent interest from date of sale or 8 percent if unpaid. Sale begins 12 30 p m A J Roorda owner Worth Van Zante auctioneers Ed E Cook clerk.
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A. J. Roorda
Worth & van Zante
Cook
Pella Markets Stock and Grain Corrections
Van der Zyl Bros. updates show prices from six to ten dollars per cwt corrected to ten fifty to eleven fifty per cwt. A range of eighty five to ninety cents per hundredweight and one forty to one fifty per bushel with forty five to sixty cents per bit. Produce corrected by Pella Produce Ducks full feathered eight and ten cents.
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Vander Zyl Bros
Iowa Legislature Considers Prisoner Industry and Road Bills
A legislative section discusses using Amana prisoners to manufacture binding twine, with a proposed 400000 dollar facility. another bill backs a 300000 dollar appropriation. Bone-dry measures stall in the upper house while county superintendent elections return. A revised bad checks bill gains momentum with bank support. Chiropractors push for a state board, and Holdoegel's road bill aims at economy under highway supervision amid a looming major highway clash.
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Anamoga
Enger
Iowa
Senate
Whitmore
Wapello County
35Th General Assembly
Boards of Supervisors
Cummins
Henigbaum
Scott County
Holdoegel
Calhoun County
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Measure to replace district engineers with county appointees
A proposed reform seeks to appoint engineers at county level while removing district engineers. Approval by the commissioner would set pay from county funds. Supporters claim over 61 votes in the house, while 56 are needed for passage.
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Dres
Nan Higney
Kool's Hog Sale Nets $1204 Despite Cold Weather
A Kool and Son Polly China sow sale near Cordova drew twenty Al grade hogs sold for 40 to 100 dollars each. The sale netted 1204 dollars though turnout was reduced by severe weather and poor roads. Mr Kool calls the event very satisfactory and urges Chronicle advertising.
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A. Kool & Son
Poland
Cordova
Kool
Feverishness remedy for worms advertised by Mother Gray
A vintage advertisement claims a remedy for feverishness, bad stomach, teething disorders, and bowel regulation. Marketed as suitable for all mothers for 28 years, it promises worm relief and urges purchase at druggists or via a free sample offer from Mother Gray Co Leroy N.Y.
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Mother Gray, Co
Leroy. N
For a Bilious Attack Champlain’s Tablets Remedy
A historic health note describes bilious attack symptoms such as severe headache coated tongue loss of appetite constipation and vomiting of partly digested food then bile It advises relief with three Cham berlain’s Tablets and notes sale by F D Stubenrauch.
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Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Make Money From Home Now With Easy Local Work
An advertisement claims easy, pleasant, permanent profit from home based work. It promotes self employment, no risk, and being one’s own boss. It asks for name, address, and one reference to L. Brown at 66 Murray St New York City.
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L. Brown
Murray St
New York
City
Pella Produce Co Ad byline Fragment
Ad fragment from Pella Produce Co advertising copy appears readable among OCR text. No dates, figures, or clear event context present.
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Rock Island Train Service
THE
NEW York World
United States
Pella Markets
Highland Center
Nancy Davis
N. E. Carpenter
Taylor Bldg
Ottumwa, Iowa
Kimball
Pottawattamie
House
Anti-Commission
Pitt
Kool’s
Pella Produce’ Co
Ady
Banda
West
Washington Street
J. H. Veenstra
Maxwell
Robt. McIntire
Pella, Iowa
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