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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
2
Thanksgiving and praise to our God we would raise for all the rich gifts of His love We would hallow His name and publish His fame and praise Him as those do above Mount Pleasant Iowa Nov 26th 1908 text reflects a devotional verse praising divine blessings and gratitude in a late 19th to early 20th century Midwestern setting
The local notes record social visits including Miss Jennie Dykstra and Miss Maye Veenstra in Pella and Leighton. Rev. Wm. Duiker accepts Leighton church call. National Horticulture Congress comes to Council Bluffs December 14 to 16, aligned with Omaha shows, promoting fruit and vegetable education, prizes, and demonstrations with a new auditorium as home.
Council Bluffs hosts a national horticulture show featuring flowers vines fruits and garden produce from many states. The exhibit includes Iowa Grown items Idaho California and others with large chrysanthemums and small potatoes. The piece emphasizes farmer progress and home garden improvements amid modern city life.
At the National Corn Exposition in Omaha December 9 19 the top exhibitor with sixty ears receives a Port Huron Husker Shredder valued at 925 dollars. It is the era s costliest premium among the $54000 premium list. The machine is a latest farm gear that husks and shreds, handling fifteen to twenty acres daily.
The editorial notes that the Port Huron Engine and Threshing company has spent $80,000 to eliminate the dangerous element of a remarkable machine. J Wilkes Jones, Corn Exposition general manager, asserts this premium will attract many special exhibits and serve as a magnet for visitors.
The report lists prizes from No 46 to No 49 on various preserves jams jellies and related canned fruits. Winners include Dora Lee Lizzie Vander Linden Antonie Braam and Sarah Kuyper with multiple firsts and seconds across plum currant cranberry and other fruits with many entries from Mrs S G Vander Zyl Mrs J H Van Vliet and Mrs A H Clark.
Pickles and preserves entries list winners in various categories such as spiced apples and cherries. For rent the west store room of H Brand's building on Franklin Street with a cellar and elevator. inquire through Jacob Brand, trustee, or Brand Bros., Pella, Iowa.
Public health notice promotes glasses for vision and headache relief. It claims cataracts and optic nerve diseases can be cured by a new method. Examinations are free and former patients are urged to call. Mentions Chas Broadway Rouss’s death and million dollar injury tale to stress urgency.
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