Farmers Shipping ties join Otley to Pella coop
Farmers around Otley plan to join the Pella cooperative shipping association, joining the local Otley and Howell car needs with a larger combined effort. The Farmers Shipping Association reports 50 loads awaiting cars, with cars ordered from Pella Otley and Howell, as they use a warehouse at an old canning factory for operations.
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the Shipping Association
Otley
Cooperative Shipping Association
Pella
C. Dieleman
Farmer’s Shipping Association
Pella Otley
Howell
Simon Steenhoek Sale At Pella Creek District
Simon Steenhoek and Art Verrips recently bought the Dieleman Grage in Pella and held a sale on December 26. Animals sold varied from horses at $153 to $180 and chickens at $11.75 per dozen. Aberdeen Angus cattle brought less than expected. Numerous bidders and follow-up sale dates listed through January 15 with buyers from Monroe, Otley, Pella, Sully, and Prairie City.
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Simon Steenhoek
Art Verrips
Dieleman
Pella
Young Sons
Mr. Steenhoek
Aberdeen Angus
J. W. van Gorn
Wito Rietveld
Pella Markets Stock and Grain Report
PELLA MARKETS Stock and Grain note corrected by Van der Zyl Bros. Phone 64. Steers 8.00 to 12.00 per cwt. Butcher stock 6.00 to 9.00 per cwt. Hogs 12.00 to 13.25 per cwt. Corn 1.00 to 1.20 per bu. Wheat 1.75 to 2.15 per bushel. Oats 72 cts per bushel. PRODUCE corrected by Pella Produce Co. Phone 60. Eggs 5? cts. Hens 19 cts. Old roosters 10 cts. Springs 19 cts. Ducks 18 cts. Geese 14 cts. Creant 62 cts.
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Vander Zyl Bros
Pella Produce Co
How She Carried The News
A child in a parlor presents a birthday gift joke to her father, confessing she has dropped his present. The scene centers on a father napping, the door, and a china mug with gold flowers as the punchline. The anecdote captures gentle country humor from the Farmer's Advocate.
News from C M Moore and Memories for Pella
The column reports C M Moore resigning his Elma position and visiting Olympia. He hints at writing a Washington memoir and offers memories of Pella with 1868 and 1870 Devil's New Year’s rhymes. He mentions garden crops, a hotel on his lot, romance, and potential photo facsimiles for readers.
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C. M. Moore
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Elma
Wash
Olympia
Washington
Pella
Moore
Panama Canal
Case
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Ralph Grundman to teach at Ames Agricultural College
Ralph Grundman left Tuesday for Ames to spend the winter months as an instructor at the Agricultural College.
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Ralph Grundman
Ames
The
Agricultural College
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G. B. Ver Steeg
Farmer's Shipping Association
G Co. van Maaren
GC. van Maaren and Co
Farrow
van Masten
van Maaren
Monroe
Suprise Party
Wm. den Hartog
Simon Steenhoek Sale
R. H. Elwood
Sully
G. H. Gosselink
Leighton
C. Kiemendorst Jr
Vander Wiel
Henry Mathes
S. Vander Wiel
K. P. de Jong
E. Visser
John Breen
J. G. Vander Pol
Pella Markets
Chean
A. T. Boot
G. B Clarke
F. A. Greeve
9Th St. Oskaloosa
Poland
Lee Bros, R. 1
Rose Hill
Iowa
H. Ver Ploeg
Harry Valkenburg
McIntyre
Samson
Gary T. Vogelaar
China
Nore
G. B. Ver Steeg Ctioneer
Cook & Son, Clerks
Wm. Grooters
Sheldon, Iowa
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