Prize money offered for best acre of corn in Iowa event
The Des Moines Capital posts a 515 cash prize pool for Iowa youths in a three class corn contest. State wide awards total 200 to top, 165 to district winners, and 150 to county leaders with 100 for town winners. Secondary prizes of 50 30 and 20 follow in each class. Districts and counties award 15 to each winner, with entry blanks via Chronicle or Prof. E C Bishop Ames Iowa. Entries close June 1 1912. The Star Auto Co lists buyers for 1912 including Kuyper Van Houweling boot DeBruin DeKock Bogard Muller Van Beynam Grandia.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chronicle Office
E. C. Bishop
Ames
Jowsa
Library report for April data items unavailable
April library report lists issued books periodicals circulated and data open to issue. It notes largest and smallest categories, books repaired, receipts fines overdue and average daily circulation. It records percent of adult fiction new readers registered charges to non residents and is signed by Julia Van Zante, Librarian.
Our Partnership in Town Business
A Pella community perspective on local commerce stressing shared prosperity and mutual interdependence. It argues that neighbors’ success raises prices for goods labor and housing, while buying from outside hurts local livelihoods and weakens community prosperity.
The Ripple of Local Spending in Pella
A discussion on how buying goods locally instead of outside the city keeps money in the community. It argues that even if a portion leaves, most of the purchase supports home labor, rent, taxes, and local services, eventually circulating to benefit workers, landlords, banks, and builders.
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Pella
Des Moines
Richards seeks Republican nomination for county board seat
Bert Richards announces candidacy for the Republican nomination to the board of supervisors for the term starting January 1913, pending the outcome of the June primary.
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the Chronicle
Board of Supervisors
Bert Richards
Otley Happenings Continues With Local Gatherings and Visits
The Otley column lists relatives and friends visiting residents, including Mrs H Van Ginkle at her daughter’s home, J B Vriezelaar hosting a birthday surprise for his wife, and guests from Pella. It notes health updates for Emma Kaldenberg Nellie Ruisaard and Gertrude Van Houweling, plus upcoming Otley school program May 24 and various local absences and returns.
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J. B. Vriezelaar
R. DeReus
Pella
Vriezelaar
Henriett van Polen
W. Klein
A. van Houweling
Miases
Jennie
Minnie van Peurgem
Otley
Nellie Ruisaard
Gertrude van Houweling
Stock Health For Special Diseases Remedies Discussed
A report outlines special remedies for diseases and notes that the most effective options are being prioritized for stock health. The piece highlights medical strategies and potential treatments.
Comic Animal Quips Spark Tiny Showdown
A playful exchange among animals features the Elephant, Giraffe, Kangaroo, and Octopus trading jabbed lines about aches and vaccination. The elephant complains of a sore nose, the giraffe boasts a neck ache, the kangaroo dismisses the issue, and the octopus mocks vaccinations with eight injections.
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Pehaw
They fix pipes in a prison scene with humor
A terse dialogue shows a sergeant calling in a doctor for a prisoner while a lieutenant questions the need. The sergeant jokes that the prisoner has pipe dreams, prompting the lieutenant to suggest sending for a plumber.
Stockson Bonds Leads Flotation Amid Liquidity Crush
Mr Stockson Bonds praises Noah as a financier noting he floated a stock company during a period of forced involuntary liquidation, contrasting with others. Dustin Stax asks how so and Stockson elaborates on the stroke of raising capital when peers faced cash squeezes.
Choice of Dress Becomes Lesson in Debating Taste
Mrs. Compton selects a dress for Mrs. Darnley’s luncheon with her husband Henry weighing four outfits. After careful judgment, he finally backs the fawn-collared gown as the better choice, while he jokes on his own cautious advice.
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Mrs. Compton
Mr. Compton
Frantic Wood Jinx At Barber Shop
Thompson panics over a supposed bout of neuralgia then rapes the chair footstool and wood counter to ward off misfortune. He sprints to the cigar counter claiming the “touch wood” superstition after declaring he had no neuralgia. The scene unfolds as barbers and patrons watch in disbelief.
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Thompson
Barbers Judge Material of Shop Furnishings
A barber shop floor conversation notes leatherette stool seat and a wooden cigar counter frame. Thompson and fellow barbers continue shaving as the discussion unfolds about material choices and shop fittings.
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Thompson
Monarchs Defy Tradition Four Niches Remain Empty
Canterbury Cathedral displays statues of English kings and queens in a long line of niches with only four vacant. An old belief warns that England’s throne ends when niches fill. Victoria refused a statue, and future monarchs may ignore superstition to fill the remaining spaces.
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Canterbury
England
Victoria
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Ocal News OF the Week
Star Auto Co
P. H. Kuyper
A. C. van Houweling
A. T. van Houweling
A. T. Boot
J. C. DeBruin
S. DeKock
Ira Bogard
C. Muller
B. van Beynam
Ant. Grandia
Julia van Zante
H. van Ginkle
Emma Josephine Kaldenberg
G. H. Wormhoudt
Nye
J. Woods
New York
N.Y
Ladie’s
Oxfords
Martha Washington
N. Ver Steeg
the Weather Report
John H. Ver Steeg
Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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