300 Acres of Sweet Corn Drive Canners to Pella
Committees from Pella and local farmers push to plant 800 acres of sweet corn to support a hundred thousand dollar cannery. With time short, signers must cover the remaining acreage, while a long list of farmers is provided including G. Van Ande, H. J. Brom, A. Buwalda, J. Gosse link, A. Goemaat, and many more. The aim is to exceed the target and secure a robust canning season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Pella Canning Company
Abe Ver Ploeg
G. van Ande
P. Vanden Baard
H. J. Brom
Arie Bensink
J. C. de Bruin
L. T. Beerends
Dirk de Bruin
Pella Markets Stock and Grain Prices Document
Market report from Pella Markets showing cattle ranges Steers 12.00 to 15.00 per cwt butcher stock 6.00 to 13.00 per cwt and grain prices listed per bushel with variations from 0 to 92.10 per bu and other commodities such as ducks and cream noted with small figures. The item reflects typical midwestern commodity pricing by Van der Zyl Bros and local dealers including phone reference 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Notable Peace Conference Reports Highlight Leaders
An analysis of Peace Conference personnel rates Woodrow Wilson as the most dignified man the best orator and the most electrical member Lloyd George is praised as the all round athlete Clemenceau earns the label the hardest while the piece notes a distinction for being the most Pondsian and compares Balfour with Mee in an unresolved listing of impressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Beng
Balfour
Oskaloosa High Plans Red Letter Week
Delwin DeHaan displays his B W R suit in town last week. A new romance forms as John Rillahan and Mallie Van Skike start dating. Connie Ver Ploeg organises an orchestra and worries he may overwork. Henry Grundman attends school on time with exams near. Walter Butts shows senior wit. Cleo Society program Monday features special music. Twenty one students graduate this year: Sarah McAlister Gladys Buerkens Freda Carpenter Frances Vander Linden Grayce Pannekoek Henrietta Plette Nellie Popma Marie Roorda Dora Roorda Mallie Van Skike Margaret Veenstra Junella Van Zee Harold Klein Walter Butts John Rillehan Fred Dykstra Harry Neyenesch Leroy Kimmel Will DeBruya J B Van Hemert Melvin Van Houwelingen.
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Sarah McAlister
Gladys Buerkens
Freda Carpenter
Frances Vander Linden
Grayce Pannekoek
Henrietta Plette
Nellie Popma
Marie Roorda
Dora Roorda
Mallie van Skike
Margaret Veenstra
Junella van Zee
Harold Klein
Walter Butts
John Rillehan
Fred Dykstra
Harry Neyenesch
Leroy Kimmel
Will DeBruya
J. B. van Hemert
Melvin van Houwelingen
Never Family of Nevers Inspires Strong Characters
A father tells Johnny a tale of the Nevers, a clan of virtuous people who never drink, never swear, never lie, never be unkind, and never be discouraged. He uses the story to urge his son to seek strength through upright conduct and faith, ending with a moral about choosing the Nevers as friends of God. The excerpt concludes with an advertisement for Mother Gray's Sweet Powders and the address in Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Never-bie
Papa
Jack
Samson
N Street
Nevers
God
Take Your Choice Price Of Our Fine Paints
A garbled OCR fragment references pricing for paints and mentions a Tulter System. Details are unclear and nonspecific. No clear people organizations places or dates are identifiable from readable text.
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John Kaldenberg Clothing CO
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Kelly Sales System
Minneapolis
John B. Stetson
Fighteen
W. BE. Land
Dan Vander Linden
F. W. Mathes
Wm. Messmaker
Wm. Monster
A. Nelson
Peter Olivier
Jacob Vander Pol
G. J. Roekel
E. R. Roorda
T. P. van Rossum
John D. Rus
Henry Roorda
George Ryke
P. J. van Steenwyk
Lou Vander Stree
Abraham Verploegh
Ed de Vries
A. W. Veenschoten
Wm. Visser
G. B. Versteeg
Wm. van Vark
Ben Vogelaar
de Vries
Otto Vermeer
A. van Veen
Wm. Vroegh
Henry Verheul
Mrs. H. DeWild
H. G. Vander Wilt
Pella Markets
Vander Zyl Bros
Criterion Crcdentra
Ten O'clock Scholar
Delwin DeHaan
Oskaloosa
Delwin
John Rillahan
John
Connie Ver Ploeg
Connie
Henry Grundman
Cleo Society
Alamo Theatre
Tarzan of the Apes
Enid Markey
New York
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