Marion County Dairy Cattle Show Increase Report
Marion Lucas Cow Tester Samuel W Kelso notes rising dairy yields at the Marion County show. Herds led by A M Blom Holsteins and Tommy Bane Guernseys post high averages around 420 lbs, with several herds approaching 400 lbs. Others like Walter Irving Holsteins and Guy Galvin Guernseys also post strong numbers, while Clyde Core records 41.1 lb butterfat from October testing.
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Tommy Bane
A. M. Blom
Alva Goff
Burns Byyam
Burns
Lyons County
R. W. Livingston
Walter
W. L. Sheppard
Irving
Norris
Geo. Dyer
A. W. Evans
Blom
Bane
Samuel W. Kelso
Marion-Lucas
Seed disease questions for Iowa corn growers
Iowa State College Seed Laboratory at Ames offers answers on seed diseases and frost damage. Farmers report annual losses from diseased seed and replanting, with impacts varying by germination and acreage as noted by local agent Brown.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Mae 'Pares Eyrers
Wal ‘Brown
Seed Testing Advice for Safe Planting
Practical guidance urges selecting early dried seed with less than 2 percent dead kernels, testing germination and disease levels after heavy September and October frosts. Recommend choosing 100 ears, removing 6 kernels from each, and sending total kernels to a laboratory for testing, with county agent providing service details.
Strange schemes lure locals into fake advertising traps
A long, colorful reflection on nationwide fake schemes, focusing on local scams in Pella. The piece questions why merchants and professionals fall for strangers selling advertising on calendars, cookbooks, or time cards, and notes these schemes end in losses with claims that advertising is ineffective. The closing joke about bad dining recalls risky choices in a humorous way.
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Pella
Coal Prices Dropped for Local Deliveries
Local coal dealers announce lower prices with Kirkville coal at 18 cents per bushel and Cox Riggens and Otley at 15 cents. Bishop coal 14 cents. Prompt delivery and a 5 percent cash discount offered. Roy Kersbergen reachable at Red 319.
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Kirkville
Cox, Riggens and Otley
Bishop
Roy Kersbergen
FOR SALE OR TRADE ITEMS AND USED CARS
FOR SALE OR TRADE New fancy quilts inquire at Chronicle. FOR SALE Kitchen cabinet Quaker Maid practically new. Phone Blue 189. USED CARS FOR SALE 1980 Dodge Sedan 1982 Chevrolet Victoria run 7000 miles 1939 G M C 2 ton Truck 1929 Whippet 4 Coupe A B VAN HOUWELING AUTO COMPANY.
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Chronicle Ce
A. B. van Houweling Auto Company
Hoeksema Bros Garag Repair Advertised
New reduced prices for oat culling range from 2 percent to 8 percent per bushel. Contact Forrest Ver Ploeg by phone Red 191 for radiator repair and related services at Hoeksema Bros. Garag.
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Hoeksema Bros. Garag
Phone Red
Forrest Ver Ploeg
Pella
Iowa
Red
Campbell Again Taken Into Custody
Leo Campbell, who broke jail months ago, was taken into custody Sunday night by Officers Conrey and Neumann amid alleged intoxication. He’d been sentenced to three months and a $300 fine for a liquor charge, served three days, then reoffended. He’ll finish the sentence and a jail breaking sentence may be added.
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Leo Campbell
Conrey and
Neumann
Campbell
Man Near Death From Gun Wound in Iowa Town
Cecil Potts of New Virginia remains in critical condition after a gun wound on November 18 that required amputation of his right leg. Confined to the M. E. hospital in Des Moines, he has shown a recent improvement though he had hovered between life and death for several days.
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Cecil Potts
New Virginia
Potts
M. E
Des Moines
Death of Local Resident Noted in Pleasantville
The Pleasantville News reports the death of a local resident, noting that Cecil is a nephew of Lloyd Gardner and lives northeast of town.
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Cecil
Lloyd Gardner
Pleasantville News
Oven Care and Stain Removal Tips From the Oven to Stockings
Cleaning guidance advises scrubbing a hot oven with a long handled brush and hot soda water plus soap. A tablespoon of borax added to wash colored stockings helps remove stains caused by shoes.
How To Wash Oil Paintings And Cook Ham Instructions
Step by step guidance to wash oil paintings using pure white soap and lukewarm water, applying small areas at a time and drying promptly. Then a separate recipe advises soaking ham overnight or several hours, cooking slowly for at least four hours, skin, brown sugar, cloves, water in the pan, and baking until browned. Farmers Union Butter priced at 19 cents per pound.
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Jorget
Marion County
Dren
Pella, Iowa
Brassiers
Gerrit Engbers
Odds and Ends
Exchange
Sowa
Han le
BABY
Snew
Springs
Farmers Union Marketing Association
Brom’s
Pellatowa
Chicago
de Cook
Steve van Roekel
Penn-Central
Enone
John Bosveld
van Toorn
East Third Street
Nancy Boat
South Street
Rome
Agnes Mathes
Jersey
Marie Wittenberg
VAN
Luke Vander Linden
Central
Abr. P. Bogaards
Knoxville-Pella Road
Pellaphone
Gary Tt Vogolaar
Swift Cream
Grandia Bldg
South Side Square
I. J. Beerends
Farmers Union
HGG
J. H. Shinn Hatcheries
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