Farmers Shipping Group to Form $50,000 Stock Co in Pella
The Farmers' Cooperative Shipping Association at Pella voted Saturday to incorporate a stock company with $50,000 capital to expand beyond shipping stock. Each member may own one share of stock valued at $100, with option to buy more. An initial subscription list was taken, and more members can join as openings remain. Meetings for members to join and a Friday talk by Martin Sar of Essex are scheduled.
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Pella
Shipping Association
Old Town Hall
Martin Sar
Essex
Iowa
Star
Ass'n
The
Nursery stock cautions and annual Farm Bureau banquet
Professor H E Nichols warns nursey stock is scarce and buyers should use reliable nurseries or agents. He advises against itinerant sellers and notes 36 trees suit the average family. Marion County Farm Bureau holds its annual meeting and banquet February 4 at Knoxville with Grant Chapman and Miss Neale Knowles as speakers. Tickets cost 75 cents and the Christian church ladies host the banquet in the Knoxville church basement. Directors meet at 11 am. banquet and speeches follow. reservations via the County Agent’s office.
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H. E. Nichols
State Agricultural College
Nichols
Marion County Farm Bureau
Knoxville
Grant Chapman
State Farm Bureau Federation
Neale Knowles
Christian Church
Farm Bureau
More Hog Cholera Reported in State Months
More hog cholera appears in November and December to date than in September and August. Dr Studer of the Iowa State College agricultural extension notes a usual rise in August and September and says serum is plentiful but has not explained the current increase yet.
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Stoderer
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Studer
Township Organization Work Progress in Marion County Farm Bureau
Following a December 20 membership drive, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation reports rapid township organization across all 100 county bureaus. About 70 townships daily adopt by-laws and elect a president vice president and secretary. New directors for the year include A M McVay J J Rietveldt H E Whitlatch C M Gilson I T Newton Peter Tynseling Arthur Martis M Roberts Harmon Miner and others.
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Marion
K. Olinger
A. F. Beck
Ringgold County
A. M. McVay
Clay
J. J. Rietveldt
Franklin
H. E. Whitlatch
Indians
C. M. Gilson
East Knoxville
I. T. Newton
West Knoxville
Peter Tynseling
Lake Prairie
Arthur Martis
Liberty
M. Roberts
Perry
Harmon Miner
Pleasant Grove
T. L
Iowa corn crop story arouses Midwest interest and pride
The 1919 Iowa corn crop yield is cited as 417 million bushels, enough to encircle the world with a 40 foot wide path of ears. The farm crops department highlights Iowa's lead over Illinois and notes upcoming schedule updates for readers of the Chronicle.
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Iowa
Farm Crops Department
Iowa State College
Union
Pella Markets and Produce Prices Listing
Pella Markets lists stock and grain values corrected by Van der Zyl Bros. prices range from $8.00 to $12.00 per cwt for butcher stock and hogs at $12.50 to $14.75 per cwt. Corn 1.00 to 1.40 per bushel, wheat 1.75 to 2.20 per bushel, oats 78 cents per bushel. Produce section corrected by Pella Produce Co. calls for phone 60.
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Vander Zyl Bros
Pella Produce Co
Fortune No Bar To Work For Milwaukee Roofer
Frank Dady of Milwaukee, a roofer who has tarred roofs for ten years, inherited $500000 from his father, Robert Dady, a millionaire. He will keep roofing at $5 a day, citing happiness with his present lifestyle and a quarrel with his father ten years ago. The inheritance came as a complete surprise.
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Milwaukee
Frank Dady
Robert Dady
Cady
Potatoes Without Vines Found in Garden Patch
In Kutztown Pennsylvania, Little Jefferson Hoch’s daughter discovered seed potatoes in every hill produced no vines. The seed potatoes transferred vitality to new potatoes beneath the soil, leaving the mother potato with no surface growth while the young potatoes grew strong enough to be used for a meal.
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Kutztown
Pat Little
Jefferson Hoch
Man Tramps Across San Juan Island in Three Weeks
East Orange man K M Cosh walked the entire island of Puerto Rico, taking three weeks. He found small hotels clean and food good despite warnings of poor fare. The trip aided his recovery from promatine poisoning and influenza. He planned to return on the same steamer but chose to stay longer after the voyage helped less than hoped.
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San Juan
P. R
M. K. McCosh
East Orange
N. J
Ex-Kaiser Now Pays Taxes in Amerongen
The former German emperor William Hohenzollern has paid local taxes in Amerongen for the first three months of this year, amounting to 12 000 guilders. This covers local taxation. an income tax will be assessed separately by the government. Foreigners staying three months are liable for taxes like Dutch natives.
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Amerongen
William Hohenzollern
Holland
Hope as an Invincible Power
A quotation discusses hope as a force shaping character and outlook. It contrasts sanguine temperament with a gloomy view, noting some people see the sunny side and rise above misfortune while others anticipate evil and focus on faults. The passage emphasizes mindset over circumstance.
The Power of Hope in Daily Life
Felix Schnucker writes in The Central Ray that a hopeful disposition fuels success and inspires others. Hope steadies amid doubt, lifts spirits, and helps people meet challenges, turning possible into easy as winds of passion rise and shadows flee. Carry hope in all you do.
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Felix Schnucker
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