Horses Shine Under Lights Delight Local Crowd
Crowd cheers at a late 19th century exhibition featuring ponies, trick horses, and a mule display. Marilyn Ver Ploeg and sister Arlyn perform refined mounted routines while Volney Diltz rides Sunkist as Steve Garner explains showing procedures. A mule act by Wayne Schmall ends the program, with Edgetown stable horses and local riders closing the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volney Dillz
Des Moines
Sunkist
Marilyn Ver Ploeg
Pella
Mickey
Marilyn
Arlyn Ver Ploeg
Paul presents twin horses and local horse show stars
Onlookers saw Paul’s twin boys Mike and Ike, three years old, perform trained horse tricks including pawing, bowing, and one even walking on knees and hind legs. Local riders William A. Bognards and Walter Van Derland displayed stock horses with pace changes. Wayne Jagon closed with horse film reels as a perfect night winded down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Mike
Ike
William A. Bognards
Pella
Walter van Derland
Otley
Mr. van Dorland
Dr. Paul
Mr. Hogaards
Sixty-Five Men Answered Call of Draft Board
Marion county men listed for induction into Army service by the local draft board. From Knoxville, Pella, Pleasantville and other towns, 65 men named with multiple surnames and initials. The Kn xville Journal notes the complete roster including Tracey Ver Ste Herman Slykhuis Melvin Helm ick and many others from Bussey Knoxville Pella Pleasantville Otley Hamilton Harvey Columbia Melcher Pershing Monroe Tracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local Registration Board
Knoxville
Pella
Pleasantville
Bussey
Laconn
Otley
Hamilton
Harvey
Columbia
Melcher
Pershing
Tracy
Monroe
Tracey Ver
Ste Herman Slykhuis
Melvin Helmick
Joseph L. Kendall
George C. Dale W. Anderson
Cecil
George Smith
John Parson
Joe Armstrong
Thomas N. McNeish
Henry M
McMillen
Raymond Kharr
J.raymond ‘White
J. D. Harsin
Wm. Jennings
Leonard Nichols
Dick Richard Brooks
Morrisson
Frank Johnson
Joseph Power
Archie “Springer
Marion Kennedy
Vernon Rickabaugh
Norvil Wilson
Guy Anderson
Raymond I. Laird
Robert Hoksema
Gerrit Schill
Francis Schippers
Kenneth
Galen
Freel
Charles C. Evans
Dean Hodgson
Lloyd Hardin
Lucent
Lloyd Deeringer
Rick Hulleman
Otto J. Green
Edward M. Beaver
Elmer Coleman
Clarence L. Harvey
Marion Eddleman
Riland Lindley
Edgar Moses, Jr
Frederick J. Williams
Dick B. Davis
Owen Louis Six
Paul E. Baux
Howard van Baale
John Calvert
Knoxville Journal
Fire Prevention Week Emphasizes Home Fire Safety
President Roosevelt proclaims Fire Prevention Week from October 4 to 11 urging all to cut fire hazards. Iowa State College expert Harold Beatty cautions 80 percent of farm fires are avoidable with proper practices, stressing chimney and flue checks, safe furnace firing, gradual coal loading, and secure stovepipes to prevent sparks and fuel waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Harold Beatty
Iowa State College Extension
Iowa
Beatty
Hawkeye
Rubber shortage hinders war production and transport
The message warns that tire wear accelerates with speed, noting tires last half as long at 55 mph as at 35 mph. It urges readers to vow to conserve rubber until victory, linking speed to economic disruption and sustained maximum wartime production.
Prices for farm products fall while dairy poultry rise
Average prices received for grains and meat animals dipped in September from August, while dairy and poultry products rose materially. The general index of prices received stood at 176 percent of the 1910-14 base, down two points from August. Prices paid for living and production costs rose to 159 to 161 percent, widening the expense gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pri
Kiln Drying of Lumber Adopted Near Norfolk in 1879
The article notes the first use of kiln drying of lumber in the United States near Norfolk Virginia in 1879. This marked an early technological shift in wood processing establishing a method that improved seasoning and quality of timber for various industries. The unnamed source highlights a historical milestone reflecting industrial advancement.
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Orfolk
Virgi
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Leiter
H.R. van der Linden
Chamber of Commerce
Bow
Oceraki
Towa
Dr. Prank
Pant
Volenes Diltz
Sunkist Goll
Knehl
Steve Garner
Oskalowsk
Keyrrtown
Tanl
Garner
Hit
Wayne Schmall
Creston
Mr. Schmall
Bud Garner
J. L. Witt
Oskalodst
Edgetown Stables
Sunkist Gold
Possum
Volney Diltz
E. H. Harley
Harley & Son
Oskaloosa
Mr. Harley
Waterloo
Harley
C. T. van Lint
G. H. Tynseling
Rhode Island
Uyers
Lasschuit’s Grocery
South Main Street
New England Granite Co
Bert Vande Kieft
Mer
South Main St
Herman Nollen
Albert Helfer
Marshalltown
C. T. van Line
van Line
Polla
Lake Praii
C. T
Jim
van Hemert
Democratic
Orage and
Black 66
Phillips 66
Anay
Hlin
Hampshire
J. A. Stovall
New Sharon
Towa Oskaloosa
Tel
Paardekooper
Western
Uo Pauli Tselc
Budy
John F. Dykstra
Laerore CL
Acoots Farm
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