Local notes from Pella and nearby towns
Mrs. Tom Ward visits Leighton and several neighbors travel to Eddyville Otley Des Moines Knoxville and Prairie City. Children and families visit relatives, church events progress, and local residents report incidents injuries and social happenings amid city life in Pella and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ward
Leighton
A. B. Synhorst
H.H. Vanden Berg
Eddyville
Henry Carson
Newton
John Carson
Grace DeReus
Otley
Pella
Hattie Harrison
Katie Niermeyer
Fairmount
B. A. Vos
H. Slot
Knoxville
Marinus Braathart
the Brak
Oskaloosa
M. E
Dave Dykstra
Ella Ashton
Peoria
Mabel Ryan
Tainter
Prairie City
Miss Ashton
J. Byers
Premiums Continued From Last Week At Pantry Stores
In No 44 Dora Lee triumphed in sample yeast bread while Mrs John DeCook and Mrs Henriet te Hospers tied for graham bread honors with Mrs Smorenburg contributing. The fragment highlights prize placements among participants in the CLASS H division at Pantry Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Lee
John DeCook
Henriette Hospers
T ° ‘Smorenburg
Giving the Thing Away
A clipped, fragmentary notice hints at a domestic dispute or scandal involving a farmer and his wife. Names and places are largely unreadable, but the piece conveys tension and a tense household moment with implied social consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
National Corn Growers Association Sees Broad Membership Interest
Farmers nationwide join the National Corn Growers' association by sending in a $1 membership to Secretary J. Wilkes Jones in Omaha. The move funds the National Corn Show and grants admission to the Omaha event with each membership ticket. States represented include Colorado Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Nebraska Ohio Oklahoma South Dakota Texas Wisconsin, with several memberships also arriving from England Mexico Canada and other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Corn Growers’ Association
J. Wilkes Jones
Omaha
Colorado
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Nebraska
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Wisconsin
England
Mexico
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brenlin
Langerak’s
Elmer Houck
Walter McNaught
Des Moines
Frank McAllister
Beacon
J. W. Grover
Henry van Arkel
J. W. Beatty
Clara Elliott
Wm. Fagan
Cascade
President Garrison
Minnie Hoogenaker
New Sharon
Melvin van Moouwelingen
H. Ver Hey
G. H. Worm.houdt
H. van Maren
Jesse A. Monkman
M. E. Church
J. B. Vriezelaar
Ottumwa
R. R. Beard
Holy Land
Limbert Valkenburg
Indo
Cal
Willie Ver Ploeg
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Bernard Andrae
Marie van Gorp
Lucile Donai
Fred Vander Zyl
Harvey
J. L. Faber
J. C. Visser
Henry Steinkamp
Tingley
John
John Ten Hagen
S G Vander Zyl
Hattie Kaldenberg
Ant Grandia
P Schakel
A LeGrand
Heniette Hopsers
Lulu Schakel
Cornelia Braam
Antonie Braam
J H van Vliet
The
Chicago Daily Journal
Pella Chronicle
Russia
Naryszkin
Lithuania
Courtland
Pall Mall Gazette
Buerkhens
Bell Clothing House
Faassen & den Adelco
Joining Corn Association
A. D. Ss
Grippe
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