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Pella Chronicle in Pella, Iowa

11 Mar 1920

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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1920

Page

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Iowa News Items of Interest Summarized for Easy Readers

A sweep of Iowa reports covers Decorah births in February, a Fairfield land purchase for homes, Tipton hog barn fire, Grinnell interchurch convention, Cedar Township auto ownership, Mt. Ayr fruit meeting, Cerro Gordo road bids near 1 million, Stuart hatchery, Mahaska farm sale, Webster County land rush, Ringgold county soil improvements, Polk county seed corn show, Winnebago cattle tuberculosis drive, home demonstration agents expanding, breeding pen selection, oat lime and clover trials, O'Brien county paving bids, seed corn tests in Clay county, sow farrowing feeding, Benton wool market, and farm bureau township organization growth with spraying and pruning advances.

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Decorah Fairfield Building Company Fairfield William S. Uhler Tipton Grinnell Interchurch Convention Poweshiek County Cedar Township Black Hawk County H. Steimel Mt. Ayr Kochen Iowa State College Board of Supervisors Cerro Gordo County John H. Jorgenson Stuart Jorgenson William A. Johnson Mahaska County Raymond L. van Metre Bryan A. Smith Liberty Township Webster County Mt. Vernon Asa T. Webster Solomon Webster Black Hawk Terwilliger Hancock County Polk County Polk County Corn and Small Grain Association Farm Bureau Winnebago County Rake Scarville Vinji Leland Forest City Neal 8. Knowles Iowa Ringgold County O'Brien Woodbury Sac Allamakee Clay County Towa State College Benton County Chicago Tve Ames Rocky Mountain
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World paper money explodes after 1914 war rise

New York report shows world paper currency sevenfold since 1914 while gold reserves climb less than 50 percent. By 1920 thirty principal nations held about $51 billion in notes versus $7 billion in 1914, with Bolshevik Russia adding $34 billion in unbacked issues. Inflation fuels higher prices and cost of living globally.

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New York Russia Statistical Department National City Bank of New York National City Bank Germany Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Turkey France Great Britain Italy United States
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Zulu dress practice highlighted in cost of living note

In New York a report from the Interchurch World Movement of North America describes Zulu women solving the high cost of living by wearing the same dress for life. It notes a daughter receives a dress only at marriage and labels $16 as a significant wedding expense.

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New York Interchurch World Movement of North America
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A Sweet Voice at the Missionary Meeting

A father comforts his daughter Florence at a missionary meeting noting her desire to sing. He insists her voice carries true music, citing the family’s daily sounds of care and cheer as meaningful harmony against her self doubt.

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Florence Budde Mary
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Pella Markets and Produce and Foot Comfort Note

Pella Markets lists stock and grain corrections by Van der Zyl Bros and the Pella Produce Co with prices for steers butcher stock wheat and produce items including eyes hens roosters springs ducks geese and hides. An Allen's Foot Antiseptic powder advertisement promotes relief for foot discomfort and long wear.

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Vander Zyl Bros Pella Produce Co
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Vander Linden’s Bazar Promotes Cleaning Supplies

A playful notice from Vander Linden’s Bazar urges readers that house cleaning time is here and highlights Chamois Skins Brushes Paints and Varnishes as essentials for the task.

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Vander Linden BAZAR
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Iowa News Pella Markets Allen 343 Pella Tire Service Co M. C. van Gorp and Arie Klyn Jr Props Firat Street Riom OAK Grove Nursery A. Verploegh & Son G. West Pella, Iowa and Monroe Sts Oskaloosa Oppenheimers
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