Picnic Event Brightens Rainy Farm Bureau Day
A Farmers Bureau picnic at Knoxville on June 12 overcame wet roads and postponement fears. Volunteers prepared grounds, set up seats and an orchestra, and hosted a full program for about 400 cars and 2000 people. Highlights included graduations, speeches by Mrs. Sadie Batten and Murl McDonald, a Farm Bureau orchestra, children’s games, and races with prizes funded jointly by the County Fair Association and Farm Bureau.
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Farm Bureau
Knoxville
Journal
C. M. Gilson
C. O. Emerson
C. E. Atkinson
P. Tusseling
Farm Bureau Orchestra
T. W. Pocock
Sadie Batten
Leona Whitlatch
Myron Welch
Louise Yates
W. A. Longnecker
Cotter’s
W. A. Hollowell
Marion County Farm Bureau
O. E. Atkinson
Vera Lukin
George Simpson
John Gilson
Velta Roberts
Irene Bellamy
Dorothy Snow
Sarah Richardson
Pella
State Farm Bureau Executive Board
Marion County
Murl McDonald
Extension Service
Iowa
Harrison le Grand
Knoxville Township
Franklin Township
J. R. Crozier
A. A. Martin
Frank Craig
Perry Wells
Verona Overton
Geraldine Wright
Lois Flanagan
May Ardrene
Helen Ward
J.R. Crozier
Franklin
Knoxville Va
Knoxville -Fo Wiasip
Swine Feed: Soybeans Less Efficient Than Tankage
Iowa State College animal husbandry department found soybeans used as swine feed yield about 75 percent of the value of tankage. A recent test showed pigs fed ground soybeans and corn gained less and required more soybeans per 100 pounds gain than pigs fed corn and tankage.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Government Will Train Boys Free in Omaha
At a June conference in Omaha more than sixty educators clergy and welfare leaders urged support for Citizens Military Training Camps. They framed peace as a sacred mission and argued a citizen army serves national safety without creating professional soldiers. Parents should consider enrollment for youths 17 to 24.
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Omaha
Nebr
America
Congress
United States
Pella to get a new hospital in historic Keables house
A group of Pella physicians purchased Dr. W. F. Crew’s residence for 6225 dollars to transform it into a hospital. Doctors J J Sybenga G Aschenbrunner and C I Fox will lead the venture which preserves a long public spirit and honors Dr. B F Keables whose former home becomes a place to care for the sick in Pella.
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Pella
W. F. Crew
Grinnell
J. J. Sybenga
G. Aschenbrenner
C. I. Fox
Crew
the Chronicle
B.‘F. Keables
Keables
The
Chronicle
Central College
Scarrf
Stoddard
Knoxville litigation probes paying contract delay
In Knoxville Monday a bid to restrain the city council from interfering with the O Rourke Engineering Co. paving contract was heard. J M Amos and Urban Hill filed for an injunction. Stipp of Des Moines and Johnson & Teter represented petitioners. Judge Applegate took the case under advisement with a decision expected next week.
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Stipp
O’rourke
Applegate
O'Rourke
Knoxville Express
New Dental Office Over Ideal Pharmacy
Dr. James V. Lankelma opens a new dental office above Ideal Pharmacy. He has practiced with his brother and Dr. Mitten in Pella for years and now pursues his own practice, inviting friends to visit.
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James V. Lankelma
Lankelma
Mitten
Pella
Coal Bids Open for Pella School District
Sealed bids for supplying lump coal to the Pella School District must be received by the secretary by July 2, 1923. The School Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the School Board. 2481 D, G, GOSSELINK, Sec’y.
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Pella
Gosselink
Sec'y
Young Oskaloosa Girl Kidnapped
Police seek ten year old Genevieve Lynn after she disappeared on the way to a summer Bible school. Her grandfather W S Fulton and aunt Adrienne Fulton face kidnapping charges and are sought as authorities track the pair toward Ohio amid a custody dispute involving Miss Lynn and the Fulton family.
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Genevieve Lynn
Russell Lynn
Seventh Avenue
Summer Bible School
Webster Grade School
W. S. Fulton
Lynn Home
L. M. Baron
Adrienne Fulton
Wright
Monmouth
Peoria
Miss Fulton
Chicago
Fulton
Mr. Lynn
Fultons
Belle Center
Logan County
Ohio
Lynn
Little Genevieve
Trades Day Made Big By Pella Merchants
Pella merchants promote the First Big Trades Day with wide store inducements and a Chronicle backed prize claim system. Shoppers fill in a yellow claim form at each store noting details to determine prize winners, including oldest purchaser and largest total purchases, with results announced next week.
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Pella
the Chronicle
Chronicle
Hendrixson Opens Shoe Repair Shop at Van Rees Store
J N Hendrixson, expert work man, has installed a shoe repair shop in the Van Rees Shoe Store and invites the patronage of the public. Best material used and satisfaction guaranteed. 25 21 J N Hendrixson.
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J. N. Hendrixson
van Rees
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