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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1918
Page
7
Total figures shown include 272 082.84 2409.26 2278.47 with overall sum 428 264.67. Bank cashier Anna Van Spanckeren swears the report true to the best knowledge before notary J. B. Roovaar t on November 18.
The Federal Way presents its health and accident protection with listed claim examples including Dr. Wm. Crew and Leonard Rus among others, urging readers to insure for health and accident needs. District Manager EB Hollebrands of Pella Iowa promotes a complete disability policy for farmers.
Mrs. Simon Stelrneman Otley Iowa thanks friends for floral tribute and expressions of sympathy on her husband’s death.
The J. Kulla company in New York faces a choice between paying 25000 to the Red Cross or shutting down for violating U S food administration rules after findings of excessive flour profit margins and imbalanced sales. Charles Howson of Dewitt Indiana must pay 1000 to the Red Cross for flour sales without substitutes. England and France impose meatless days with restricted slaughterhouse hours and cap slaughter at two thirds of March 1918 levels as part of wartime rationing.
A Food Administration notice lists committee members for Pella and publishes wholesale and retail prices for several commodities for the week of November 20, 1918. It includes ration guidance on sugar, canning provisions, and penalties for hoarding, plus monthly allowances.
A misprinted New York A sheet of 100 stamps showing an aircraft inverted sold for 20000 to Col. H H R Green of Texas. The buyer said he would keep part for his collection and distribute the rest to friends. Philatelists predict high future value if only one such sheet exists outside government ownership.
A letter from Paris to a U S food administration attaché cites harsh wartime limits on bread and staples. No white bread in Paris and scarce cream butter sugar and desserts. bread described as sour and crumbly and linked to illnesses. The writer condemns hotel breakfasts with rye-like bread and chicory coffee.
France has lost 2,600,000 cattle since the war began. After accounting for 1,000,000 killed or moved in the ten northern departments, a remaining 1,600,000 head are gone. Survivors also weigh far less, with prewar cattle yielding 770 to 800 pounds of meat, now only 550 to 570 pounds.
In Washington at the old land office building now housing Provost Crowder and staff a unique messenger appears daily. A gentleman of the old Southern school, he wears a black silk hat and a silver badge on his left lapel. He is listed as a messenger on the payroll and is noted as the only one in Washington to wear such a hat.
Salem Mass article notes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s House of Seven Gables reborn as a soup kitchen serving soup at 12 cents a quart. The former great home now serves as headquarters for Liberty soup kitchens, with wash boilers and a bustle of activity at the front.
Mrs Adele Wightman of St Louis announces that six of her sons are in service. Three brothers serve in the flying service, while the other three have enlisted in the infantry. The family’s wartime sacrifice reflects a nation uniting behind the colors.
A historic ad notes holiday season gifting across Dry Goods Ladies Ready-to-Wear Men’s Clothing and Carpets. Petticoats Waists Bathrobes Camisoles Kimonas and Chemise ranges feature colorful fabrics and varied prices. Shoes, hats, gloves, suits or overcoats suggested as practical gifts. Rugs and floor coverings highlighted with warns on shortages and price bumps.
The article lists standard flag handling rules for parades windows and buildings, detailing precedence display positions relative to other flags the proper angle and staff placement, handling of flags during salutes and funerals and the proper disposal of worn flags. It notes restrictions on placing symbols above the flag and exceptions such as the cross pennant on Sundays and wartime all night flying under patriotism. It emphasizes public familiarity with these etiquette norms.
FOR SALE Poland China boars good growthy spring boars sired by A Grandmaster and Kool Big Bob all stock immune weight 160 to 240 lbs G G Klyn Cordova Towa 45 47 FOR SALE Sawed fire wood Tele phone 86 on 28 FOR SALE My seven room house Yok 190KB00 feet No 1108 east and street four blocks northeat square A Hoogeni uke Pella Ia
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