Local social and travel notes from the Chronicle
Local residents attend boxing events visit relatives and travel for hospital days and family gatherings. Individuals named include Vander Wilt Slob Welle Hoksbergen and Korn with multiple trips to Des Moines Chicago and Algona reflecting community ties and ongoing recovery at a Des Moines hospital.
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H. G. Vander Wilt
Pella
Dick Vander Wilt
Chicago
Lewis Vander
Algona
Nancy Ruth Renaud
Helene Slob
Cole
John Schuring
Peter W. Kelderman
Tennis
Central tops Upper Iowa in exhibition at Fayette
Central college baseball defeats Upper Iowa in Fayette in a strong exhibition. Barney Neifert hurls well while Thorp Schnack and Niefert drive hits. Schnack homer in the seventh seals the win as Central, hampered by weather, looks to future dates with Knoxville Veterans Hospital and Kirksville Osteopaths on May 16 and 25.
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Central College
Upper Iowa
Fayette
Iowa
Barney Neifert
Thorp
Schnack
Niefert
Giles
Peacocks
Knoxville Veterans Hospital
Kirksville Osteopaths
Gentral
State road program battle divides 44th Assembly
In the 44th General Assembly highway frictions emerge as Governor Turner aligns with former road opponents. The long dispute centers on financing and paving of primary roads, with vetoes and amendments shaping whether $100 million bonds will drive improvements and how funds may be allocated between urban and rural networks.
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44Th General Assembly
Turner
House
Senate
Toohnson
Dickenson
Johnson
Marion
Secretary of State
General Assembly
Highways Committee
Arete
Friends of Good Roads
Electric Sparks Weekly Ad Shows Radio Deals And Jokes
A fragmented newspaper item notes radios from Atwater Kent and Frigidaire with prices and batteries, plus a comic anecdote about a newlywed couple and a porter. The page blends sales pitches with humorous bits and a time schedule of interviews and calls.
Iowa road plan faces backward step after eighteen years
The excerpt notes that past attempts to advance road development were defeated and warns that adopting Governor Turner’s plan could mark Iowa’s first backward highway move in eighteen years, implying renewed debate and potential reversals ahead.
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Iowa
Turner
Towa
Citizens gaze at Army planes over Pella Wednesday
Eyes of Pella residents watched six Army planes from the twentieth pursuit group pass over en route to Dayton Ohio to defend midwestern industrial centers against a mythical invasion. They refueled at Chanute field Illinois and continued, part of a nationwide mobilization drill directed by Brig. General Foulis.
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Pella
Dayton
Chanute Field
Illinois
Omaha
Des Moiines
Uncle Sam
Pacific Coast
Benjamin Foulis
West
Seventh
Dallas
Kansas City
St. Paul
Chicago
Detroit
Maine
Virginia
New York City
Strand Theatre in New Hands
The Strand theatre has changed ownership as E P Hosack sold the fixtures to Oscar Benson of Blakesburg Iowa. Benson and his wife now reside at 219 Franklin Street, while Hosack, who came from southern Iowa three years ago, plans to stay in the city for a time. The Chronicle wishes the new owner success and asks the public to support the community cinema.
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Strand Theater
E. P. Hosack
Oscar Benson
Blakesburg
Benson
Franklin Street
Hosack
Iowa
Strand
the Chronicle
Feeding For Milk In Holsteins And Jerseys
Low producing cows tend to be overfed and fat while high producers stay underfed and thin. Give good roughage enough to maintain weight. grain is varied by milk output. Holsteins need 0.4 lb grain per extra pound of milk, Jerseys 0.6 lb.
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Jerseys
Feeding Rules and Forest Resources From State Notes
Roughage like early-cut alfalfa supports higher production while straw and damaged hay may not cover maintenance. Dairymen should adjust grain by cow condition with thin cows getting more, fat cows less, and young cows receiving growth grain. PEO Wheat growers lose millions by failing to clean and treat seed for smut. Connecticut has 17 state forests totaling 56,363 acres across 8 counties.
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Connecticut
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White Way Auto Co
Woodrow Washing Machine Co
C. H. Korn
Davenport
H. O. Wormhoudt
Ada
Guernsey
Grandman Dairy
Central
Glenn C. Haynes
Town Good Roads Association
Puritan Drug Co
Lowe Bros. Paints and Varnishes
Brenlin
Puritan Drug CO. Cre
John Heerema
Pella, Iowa
van den Berg Electric Co
Vol
Westinghouse Electric
Westinghouse
Holland
Toestel
Atwater Kent Radio
Atwater Compact
Timos
Frigidaire
Case
Everything Electrical
Ohio
Strand Theatre
New Hands
New Valencia
Oysters
Fancy Cove
Calliope
Drostes Cocoa
Thompson
Telephone
Olu
Rexall Store
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