First Kitchen Soldier Enlists A Home Pantry Pact
Mrs Florence Taft Haton leads as the first Kitchen Soldier under Good Housekeeping and US Food Administration wartime drive. She pledges to waste no food, conserve staples, and enlist her family to help supply soldiers with essentials, adopting thrifty, practical kitchen measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Housekeeping
United States Food Administration
Florence Taft Haton
France
Mrs. Eaton
Home Service
Dye Your Wardrobe With Dy-O-La Dye Today
Review old garments and refresh your wardrobe using Dy-O-La Dye. This modern home dye guarantees fast durable color without mixups, offering sixteen colors plus a printed directions chart. Buy from a druggist or storekeeper or order by mail with ten cents for color and chart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dy-O-La- Dyh Company
Sixth Ave
Des Moines
Stubenrauch
Pella
Not the Best Way to Be Up with the Lark
An odd quip from the Boston Transcript notes that one method to rise early is to stay awake with the lark through the night, signaling a playful take on morning routines and habit.
Red Cross Donations in Summit Township
Peter H. Van Gorp representing the Pella Chapter in Summit Township secured several donations from individuals including Maurice P. Van Hemert, Mrs. Elmer Heffelfinger, Mrs. Henry Van Roekel, Miss Mary Johnson, Lewis Tuinstra, Jacob Tuinstra, Fred Rigoulot, Mrs. Cynthia Rigoulot, Willis Sheeler, Mrs. Linnie Sheeler, Miss Lena Sheeler, Ira Honnold, Mrs. Jessie Honnold, Miss Ermanell Honnold, Harry Helmstra, Jacob Klein, Peter Koening, Miss Minnie Van Rocke, Miss Gertrude Van Rocke, and Miss Katie Rigoulot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter H. van Gorp
Pella
Summit Township
Maurice P. van Hemert
Elmer Heffelfinger
Henry van Roekel
Mary Johnson
Lewis Tuinstra
Jacob Tuinstra
Fred Rigoulot
Cynthia Rigoulot
Willis Sheeler
Linnie Sheela
Lena Sheeler
Ira Honnold
Jessie Honnold
Ermanell Honnold
Harry Helmstra Jacob Klein
Peter Koening
Minnie van Rocke
Gertrude van Rocke
Katie Rigoulot
Imagination as a social tool and its limits
The Detroit Journal contends imagination aids common discourse, useful in explaining evening plans to a spouse. It warns excessive imagination risks social censure or absurd excess, while too little leads to honesty that strains relationships.
Pella Markets Stock and Grain Trade Report
Pella Markets records corrected by Van derZyl Bros Cattle show price ranges minus six to eleven dollars per hundredweight and twelve to fifteen point seven five per cwt minus. One bit equals two cents and three cents per bit noted for produce corrections by Pella Produce Co Eggs and packing stock butter listed. Old hens and old roosters feeding stocks, spring poultry and ducks fully feathered noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VanderZyl Bros
Pella Produce Co
Gap in the Wall Secures Summer Job for Charlie Hutchins
Charlie Hutchins wins a summer post with Farmer Belden after fixing a wall gap to protect corn from cows. Bob Grimes, who claimed the job, is shown as a rival but ultimately loses when Belden chooses Charlie for his honesty and reliability. Charlie accepts twelve dollars a month and starts work the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Farmer Belden
Bob Grimes
Bob
Charle Hutchins
Belden
Hutch
Charlies
Old Belden
Hoe
Mr. Belden
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
When your child cries at night and tosses restlessly you feel worried. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children claim to break up colds in 24 hours relieve feverishness constipation teething disorders and destroy worms. Used by mothers for 30 years. All druggists 25c. Sample free. A. S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Great Are the Changes in Knoxville During War Era
Civilian attitudes shift from Billy Sunday era collecting about 3000 dollars from town and county to modern fund drives at the opera house. Knoxville residents now subscribe for large benevolent gifts and bonds to support soldiers and war munitions. Despite hardship, the community finances are described as resilient as the nation moves toward war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sunday
Opera
Knoxville City
Knoxville
Dxpr
Best Use for Skim Milk in Human Food
Skim milk should be used for human food first and foremost to maximize nutrition. Using it directly for drinking or cooking yields the most protein and energy, with cottage cheese or prepared buttermilk as efficient by-products. Surplus skim milk can feed hogs, but less meat value is gained than producing cheese or consuming milk directly.
Mamma's Liberty Bond Decision Echoes Through City
A colored woman empties her savings at a Liberty Loan desk while the clerk notes years of hard thrift. She explains she planned to bury herself but chose to buy a Liberty Bond to help bury a Kassah, illustrating a vow to invest in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Dat Kassah
Rock Island and Wadash train service at Howell Station
Train service between Rock Island and Wadash runs at Howell Station four miles south of Pella. Passengers report limited schedules amid regional rail adjustments. officials cite maintenance work and timetable changes affecting service highs and lows. Local commuters expect updated timetables next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Pella
A Prayer for Kindness and Courage
A reflective poem urging a kinder blinder gentler approach to others. It asks for cheerfulness bravery and meekness in daily life, to serve others better and to act without complaint, even as one faces death. The verses seek steadiness, neighborly kindness, and selflessness.
Will of Louise Renaud Filed for Probate in Marion County
Notice is given that the Marion County Iowa Clerk holds a writ ten instrument purporting to be the last will of Louise Renaud, deceased, which will be heard in the February 1918 term on February 6 at the District Court in Knoxville. Harold Clements, Clerk. Jan 3-10-17.
Notice of Will Filing in Marion County Court
An instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Jan A Vander Wilt, deceased, is on file in the Clerk of the District Court of Marion County Iowa. The will is set for hearing in the February term 1918 on February 5th. Interested parties may be heard. Knoxville Iowa December 22 1917 January 3 10 1918.
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District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Jan. A. Vander Wilt
Harold Clements
Knoxville
The Steady Subscriber Adoration in a Newspaper Note
A lighthearted verse extols the loyal reader who pays in advance each year. It praises the steady subscriber for funding the journal, avoiding declines, and bringing joy to the office despite other pressures.
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Constance Talmadge
D. W. Griffith
RED Cross
Detroit Journal
Dad
Jacob Jaffee
Bull Durham Tobacco
Durham
Pella Markets
Rock Island Train Service
Commons
Louise Renaud
Ektolm
Apistemmunstniss Wery
Gree Fates
Sonealana
Los Per
Chucaadrites
Frank A. Kane
Patent Attorney
Loan & Trust Bidg
Washington, D
Ragegegeseseses
Jesse A
Brockton
Musa
Chichester S Files
AMOND
Brown Herd
Engy Goller
Brown Herd CO
Murray St
New York City
Dali
Sela Oy
Anni
Chronicle Office
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