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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1922
Page
3
Quotations published by the Farmers Co operative Exchange in Pella Iowa list current prices for agricultural goods and commodity categories. The report reflects market activity and price levels for regional farmers and traders in early commerce. It notes exchange rates and unit designations used in the market bulletin.
The passage notes that fish lack ears yet can sense sounds. It is likely they perceive vibrations created by sound in water through a sensitive nerve along the sides of their bodies.
An elephant takes up the collection in some Hindu temples. It walks around with a basket extended from its trunk collecting offerings from worshippers.
A broad Iowa collection reports A Pladden suing for 175 dollars, cotton crops near Wilton Junction, Toledo Telephone expanding cable, and a fatally poisoned farmer Alfred Sass from Ida Grove. It notes a 60 year old Glenwood man injured by a buzz saw, a Clarion crash killing Albert Largon, a hospital brain surgery in Mason City, and the Sioux City stockyards celebrating 35 years and ranking sixth in volume. Also covered are Lenox and Coe colleges merger, Keokuk curfew for motorists, a large Ku Klux Klan initiation near Ankeny, Des Moines livestock pavilion opening, a big auto collision near Clarinda, and other local items including a Des Moines lawsuit, egg storage woes, and peculiar local tales.
The lesson extols Jesus as the world’s supreme teacher on salvation and ethics. It outlines groups on love, the Golden Rule, and mercy, with applications to daily life, business, family, church, and society. Quotes from Amos Wells and Frank Graves underscore Jesus as ideal educator.
The region reports multiple fire losses and accidents across Iowa towns. Notable incidents include two Oelwein barn fires totaling $16,900, a $8,000 Henderson cafe blaze from a gasoline coffee urn, and a bonfire death in Sioux City. Reports also list weddings, suicides, births, and various business losses, with epidemic fears noted in several counties.
A Troop 48 group of eighteen Knoxville scouts formed a bucket brigade at Robert Patterson’s Indianapolis home to battle a fire. Building a human ladder, they hoisted burning shingles from the roof until flames were extinguished before firefighters arrived. The report also highlights several small acts of kindness by local scouts in Knoxville.
Weather data are sent by wireless to English agricultural fair grounds where they are exhibited on a large chart with a forecaster explaining how deductions of local interest can be drawn.
Patrols at Camp Scholte and Baptist camp played Capture the Flag with no winner. The Flying Eagles crushed Fox patrol 24 to 14 in a five aside football contest. Kuyper led scoring with two touchdowns and two extra points, Tysseling two, Van Doorninck one, De Winter one.
A Davenport Iowa woman named Mrs Alice Van Arnam recounts using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription during midlife. She swears it eased pain and hot flashes, aided recovery after her last child, and left her healthier than before. She invites readers to seek free medical advice or trial tablets from the physician at Buffalo New York.
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