Pella Notes Reports Local Visits and Events
Local notes list visits by Miss Louise Gangs in Spokane and many Des Moines and Des Moines area trips. Mentions candidates, church attendees at Des Moines, and various family visits. Notable items: election urging Sheriff candidate C. A. Porter, and multiple farm and business movements across Pella, Prairie City, and Grinnell. Also references to Denison University enrollment and university addresses in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Gangs
Spokane
Wash
B. H. Langerak
Des Moines
F. F. Carpenter
John Heerema
Capital City
Clarence VanVark
Roy F. McIntire
Oskaloosa
Y. DeJong
Leighton
Pella
C. A. Porter
Marion Co
George VanderZyl
Prairie City
G. VanderPol
Denison University of Ohio
H. D. Wormhoudt
H. P. VanGorp
Madison
Wis
Garden City Feeder Co
H. F. Bousquet
Marshalltown
Farmers Endorse President Wilson at National Congress
The Farmers National Congress at Indianapolis in its thirty sixth annual session on Oct 17 telegraphed hearty congratulations to President Wilson. The group commends his foreign policy and constructive legislation aiding farmers, pledges loyal support, and thanks him for prosperity and neutrality during tumultuous times. Resolutions from Omaha and Decatur convey gratitude for federal action benefiting agriculture and praise the administration’s efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Farmers’ National Congress of the
United States
Indianapolis
Farmers of America
Carl Vrooman
Congress
Omaha
Farmers’ National Congress
Phig
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of Witness
Decatur
Band Reports and Duck Migration Study Prompted
Instructions request immediate reporting of aluminum leg bands found on wild ducks to the Bureau of Biological Survey in Washington. The bands carry a number and a request to notify the survey with date place and circumstances of capture. Data will aid longevity and migration research, particularly on ducks cured of a Salt Lake Lake sickness and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Biological Survey
Bureau of Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Great Salt Lake
Utah
E L Brown Named President of Minneapolis and St Louis
Ed ward L Brown, born 1864 in Iowa, rises through the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific system to become president of the Minneapolis and St. Louis. His early career began as a messenger boy in 1875 at Pella, with later roles including telegraph operator, station agent, and train dispatcher. He held joint agent positions with several lines, and by 1896 he served as master of transportation with senior posts in St. Paul and West Superior Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul VanGorp
C. A. Ayres
George Kimmel
Chas. Porter
Lacomb
Ore
C. D. Wood
Little Son
PeMa
Bousquet
Des Moines
Alpine
Texas
Pella
Central College
R. R Sadler
A.P. DeReus
J. F. Mowe
F. N. Byram
Pacific Baptist of 21St Inst
M. W. Haynes
McMinnville
David Starr Jordan
Leland Standford Junior University
University of Chicago
Woman’s Peace Party
Harper Memorial Library
Lake Superior
Duluth
Minn
Montana Central
Great Northern
St. Paul
Seattle
Tacoma
Wash
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver
Colo
Western Pacific
San Francisco
Cal
Brown
Newman Erb
Edward L. Brown
Minneapolis
Witty snippets and jokes from a humor section
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips from Irish and American characters. Tonic talk about atheism and agnosticism turns playful as a sexton jokes about rheumatism. A slow boy, a canary and a mud turtle provide light comic bits with Irish banter and city tales.
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Ocal News
Lena VanderLinden
John Meekma
Plainview
Ben Blommers
New Sharon
Mrs. C. LeCocq
The
Ever-Ready Auto Co
Paige
Arie DeVries
G. J. VanRoekel
Henry Roorda
Harvey
M.M. Kenyon
Linby
T. J. Reese
Iowa Baptist Convention
Colorado
St. Louis Exposition
Office OF
Georgia Chalfontain
Farmers
National Congress
Grateful For Peace
Illinois
Chronicle
E. L. Brown
America
House OF Kuppenheimer
Meltons
Wormhoudt’s
Ues Ieee
Vander Linden
Simpkins
Wusser
An Irshman
Johnny
Pat
Ireland
New York
Sur
Peerless Watch
Chigago
Jesse A
Nene
Vander
Linden
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