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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1927
Page
5
Local page recounts Thanksgiving plans and Red Cross fund drives in Pella. Edible surplus crops and orchard notes mix with visits from Tom and Mrs Constantine and Des Moines trips. American Legion reports a 102 member base and December 12 meeting, plus Christmas tree sale profits for park lighting.
We thank all who kindly assisted us during the illness of our husband and father Adrianus Jonas Ver Steegh and at his death Mrs A Ver Steegh and the children express gratitude for the sympathy shown.
We wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their aid at the time of our bereavement in the loss of our husband and father. The floral offering from the Bethel Aid Society is deeply appreciated along with all expressions of respect for our loved one.
The text promotes pineapple as a versatile aid to digestion during Thanksgiving. It details menu elements from cocktails to desserts and offers pineapple-based preparations for soups, main courses, salads, and sherbet, with concrete recipes for pineapple cocktails, stuffing, sweet potatoes, salads, mince meat, and sherbet. Pineapple appears as a flavorful, appetite-stimulating, and digestively beneficial ingredient throughout the suggested courses.
The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs asks all ministers statewide to center Sunday sermons on "The American Home of Today" on November 27. The movement represents about 40,000 women with Mrs. Eugene Cutler as department chair and Mrs. G. G. Gaass, Pella Club president, urging every club member to attend a church service next Sunday morning.
Federated Club members urge buying Christmas seals to fund playground equipment in West Market Square and county efforts against infectious diseases. Fifty cents of each dollar supports local projects with the rest aiding county health work. Seal sale begins Friday November 26.
The data show Iowa cattle feeders supplied 49 percent of Chicago receipts in 1923, 47.99 percent in 1914, and 413.6 percent in 1925. For 1926, after grading, at least 41.7 percent of choice and prime steers, 47.3 percent of good grade steers, and 47.9 percent of medium steers originated in Iowa feed lots.
Des Moines reports Iowa, while Texas leads in total cattle production, markets more fat cattle annually than any other state. Iowa feeders last year supplied 45.8 percent of Chicago beef steer receipts, totaling 746,249 head, with Chicago receiving the major portion of Iowa cattle and many marketed at other points.
Durham special correspondent reports Lizzie Swank and her parents visiting relatives in Prairie City. Van Steenis and Toom families traveled to Rousseau, while Mick Riggins bought a new Packard after a Des Moines trip. Attica hosted a basketball doubleheader with Harvey, drawing a large crowd as Attica won both games. John Adair attended a Farmer's Union convention in Des Moines. Anne Toll and family were summoned to Oskaloosa for daughter Mary Ray Rankin's appendicitis operation at Mercy hospital. Arie Toll family visited Osceola to see Mrs Rankin.
Cordova residents record Monday to Saturday activity with visits to Knoxville and Colfax, hog and coal shipments, telegraph line work, and a string of community events. Notables include Henry Roff’s illness, Madge Hart’s Violet Ray treatment, and appearances by the Hart, Daily, Karr, and Merryman families at local shows and meetings.
Cordova residents greet neighbors with visits and dinners as Joe Johnson of Knoxville ships poultry to Pella and vaccination trips are reported. Audubon County farm mothers attend food and meal prep classes noting improved breakfast appeal and iron and lime intake. Los Angeles police use periscope like devices to trap speeders in tunnel patrols, enabling concealed speed checks and pursuits.
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