Farmers organize in Richland and Prairie City areas
Farmers from Richland Township met to form a Farm Bureau group in Peoria, with reports of a Black Oak Township meeting in Leighton. Upcoming sale dates list numerous buyers in Jan and Feb across Pella Sully Monroe Prairie City and other towns. Prairie City organizers plan a farmers elevator and shipping association with Martin Sar aiding, while six Pottawattamie townships form Farm Bureau units. County-wide soybean planting cited with high success and a plan to fund corn belt cleanup from corn borers. Shipping issues persist, with about forty hogs carloads awaiting transport. conditions hoped to improve.
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Richland Township
Peoria
Farm Bureau
Black Oak Township
Leighton
Prairie City
Farmers’ Elevator and Shipping Association
Martin Sar
Essex
Agricultural Department
Town State College
Sar
Essex Farmers’ Elevator Co
Monroe
Killduff
Sully
The merchant as a public spirited town hustler
A civic essay argues the modern country merchant must be proactive and fair. A successful trader hunts customers with well stocked shelves and regular newspaper ads, while treating all clients honestly and supporting community progress. Pella’s merchants exemplify this ethos.
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Pella
Pella Markets and Passenger Timetables Report
Market prices for steers and butcher stock listed with per cwt and per bit values. Includes eggs hens ducks geese cream hides and oats pricing. Eastbound and westbound passenger and freight details noted with station deadlines and local freight passenger rules.
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Vander Zyl Bros
Pella Produce Co
Community notes from Leighton and nearby towns
Local residents travel for funerals and visits while family and friends host gatherings. Rev John Ossewaarde returns from Michigan after attending his brother Rev James Ossewaarde’s funeral. Several residents undergo medical procedures, illnesses, or recoveries, including tonsil removal, La Grippe, and postoperative stays. New baby born to Mr and Mrs Fred Den Berger on Thursday January 15, with visits among families in Oskaloosa Eddyville and Des Moines areas.
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John Ossewaarde
Michigan
James Ossewaarde
de Jong
Oskaloosa
Henry
Miss Bertha
Prairie City
P. M. Henry
Lewis van Roeckel
Pella
Herman Vander Linden
la Grippe
James Rempe
Many Children Are Sickly Powders Banner
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children claim to break up colds in 24 hours and relieve feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorders move and regulate bowels and destroy worms. Pleasant to take and used by mothers for over 30 years. All druggists. Sample free address Mother Gray Co Le Roy NY.
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Mother Gray
Mothee Gray Co. le Roy
Dinah’s Dentist Dilemma Sparks Perkful Retort
Dinah suffers a long toothache and finally visits a dentist who boasts painless service. On the moment of examination she screams. The dentist asks why the noise, and Dinah replies that he may be painless but she isn’t.
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Dinah
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Jacob Rook
C. Tice
John Bultenwerf
Henry Rempe
Jan van Neebros
Cordova
J. Nikkel
Kilduff
Gerrit Sneller Jr
D. D. Dieleman
Otley
G. Gosselink, Jr
Anne P. de Cook
J. H. Allison
Pottawat
Tamie County
County
J. F. Sparks
F. E. Barker
Montgomery-co
Barker
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Congress
Farmers Shipping Association
Osm
Bilte
Adele
The
Association of Railway Executions
Broadway
Pella Markets
Rock Island Train Service
Howell
Saket
Dered
Weoennan
Castoria
T. Plette
Stewart
Steward
Stewarts
O B
Buffalo
Ever-Ready Auto Co
Iowa
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