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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1924
Page
3
An Iowa fact notes the state hosts the world’s second largest goldfish farm. The claim highlights Iowa’s role in ornamental fish production and suggests notable agricultural diversity within the state’s economy.
The Pella Boy Scouts report nearly losing their scout master Mr Brunia who agreed to stay only if every boy passes at least one test before the next meeting. Assistant Vander Meulen had heard there would be no meeting but the group gathered. The next meeting will be Investure Night as Mr Brunia reevaluates leadership.
Detroit dispatch notes the Ford Motor Company produced 1,111,111 motors at its Highland Park plant between June 8 and December 7. Motor No 7,777,777 left the line for Los Angeles on June 8 and motor No 8,888,888 was shipped to Chicago on December 7. A. H. Cummings and family visited the capital on Wednesday. January Clearance Sale of Winter goods at Gambell's.
A Lincoln car sped 155.7 miles from police headquarters in South Bend to the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis in 165 minutes, averaging nearly a mile per minute. The vehicle, commandeered by Police Chief Laurence J. Lane, was used to secure the governor's signature on urgent extradition papers.
Contractors once planned to haul soil by mule carts but abandoned the costly eight-year effort. They switched to hydraulic washing using twelve water streams from three pumps to crumble the hill into the sea. A historic monastery collapsed with the final fall, and sixty new blocks will open in the business district once the work finishes.
A mid century collage notes the decline of lightning rods after a 1905 report, then cites bee travel to harvest nectar and produce honey, detailing hive radius, distance per drop, and gallon-per-pound ratios. It also mentions shellac as floor finish, and long lived fish such as pike, eel, carp.
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