A Spelling Contest In Peak County At Pegne
A spelling contest to pick the best impelier in the county was held at iPegne recently. Helga Mlingson of Story City claims to have one of the oldest residents of the state and has just passed her 100th birthday.
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Story City
Perlington
Sinoia Central
Dubuque
Muscatine
Signal Corps
France
Fred McDougal
United States Signal Corps
Clear Lake
Masonic Grand Lodge
Red ‘Cross
Washington
Citisens
Seymour
Otto Flentje
Eagle Point
Gol Vanvdder
Princeton
George
Crocker
Iowa
Toledo
E. D. Kennedy
Mason City
Towa
James Norman Hall
Colfaz
Flying Corps
National Red Cross Committee
Red Cross
Des Moines
Ames
North Central Division
Frankin Kanibal
Iowa City
Estherville
Commercial Club
Union
National Guard
Arthur Small
Charles City
Charles Smull
Wade
Davenport
A. M. Everts
Carroll
St. Andrew's Hospital
Magic Grove High School
Fort Des Moines
W. K. Bartlett
Dale Lyddon
Harry Lyddon
Clear
Quaker Dale
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim and Reward
The readers are told catarrh is curable through constitutional treatment with Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It is advertised as acting through the blood to mucous surfaces and strengthening the constitution. A $100 reward offers for any case it fails to cure. The ad urges readers to try the product and cites Ry & Co as proprietors.
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Hall
Iowa to Build Major Packer Center in Des Moines
Iowa, the nation’s top pork producer, plans a large packing plant in Des Moines to serve central Iowa. The state leads hog production, with 9,370,000 hogs in 1916, far ahead of Illinois and Nebraska, and the Iowa State Fair swine show draws breeders nationwide, underscoring the industry’s vast scale and optimism.
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Des Moines
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Union
Illinois
Nebraska
Missouri
United States
Johnny's Valentine a Quiet Boy's Young Secret
Johnny Walsh recalls a childhood crush on Julia Reynolds as Valentine’s Day neared. He hides his affection, learns her name from a grocer’s delivery boy, buys a valentine, and accidentally pockets it when the girl approaches. Years later he sends a small bouquet and reflects on the safer memory.
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Johnny Walsh
Johnny
Valentine
Jim
Julia Reynolds
Harrison Street
Harrison
John
Julia
Reynolds
Reynolds House
John Walsh
Julis
Uncertain Love Shapes a Young Man’s Life
A narrator recalls a youth in which a lingering image of a past love haunts him. At twenty two, John meets a young lady at an evening function and they form a rapid rapport, beginning a new connection that interrupts his quiet reminiscence of a childish affection.
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John
Hidden Love Recalled In Old City Courtship
John Walsh and Miss Reynolds, neighbors in the same city and district, rekindle a boyhood romance. He recalls sending a valentine and posy during her illness, and she confirms the flowers. After renewed courtship, he proves his constancy, and she accepts, producing the old yellowed valentine and flower that reveal his long-ago affection.
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John
Miss Reynolds
Love
Julia
John Walsh John
Stormer
Pella Markets Stock and Grain Prices Summary
Market figures corrected by Van der Zyl Broa and Pella Produce Co list cattle 6.00 to 10.00 per cwt hogs 13.50 to 14.75 per cwt corn 1.50 to 1.55 per bu wheat 1.50 to 2.00 per bu oats 0.60 to 0.56 per bu candled eggs 0.26 per dozen packing stock butter 0.27 per lb old hens 0.13 per lb old roosters 0.07 per lb ducks 0.08 to 0.10 per lb
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Pella Produce Co
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