Iowa State Fair Week Draws Crowds and Lindbergh Visit
Des Moines attendance set a record at the Iowa State Fair with 70 363 visitors in one day as aviator Charles A Lindbergh toured the grounds. The Chronicle crew details exhibits from the Agricultural Hall including beekeeping, dairy products, and a woodrow washing machine display, noting lively scenes and humorous moments around a feminized administration building and a race track remark about a gray mare.
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Chronicle Force
Des Moines
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Fair Grounds
Woodrow
Woodrow Washing Machine Company
Pella
Iowa
Marion County
Farm - Bureau
Pleasantville
State Agricultural College
Bittenbender
Knoxville
Mitchellville
Beacon
Dawson
Sousa
Thearber Shop
van Lindenburg
Hairy Nation
Monroe County
The Book Shop Serves County Rural Schools
The store states it supplies all school and college needs for all rural schools in Marion County and beyond, emphasizing a broad inventory and reliable service for educational institutions.
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Marion County
Pella Visitors and Travelers Report From Howell Station
Mrs James Rumbaugh Ottumwa and James Sterling Monroe spent days at Robert Rumbaugh home. Miss Mary Rumbaugh accompanied them home to Ottumwa. Mrs S DeRendall Whittier California, visiting relatives in Pella, will go to Knox City Missouri to visit her brother. Ed OConnor Bussey Iowa left Howell for home after visiting his sister Mrs Phil Bishop. Mr W M Allen Jefferson City Missouri stopped at Howell to visit relatives in Pella where Mrs Allen and children have been visiting.
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C. T. van Lint
Moulton
Iowa
Harold Fiske
Cincinnati
Pella
Irvin Tanner
Pleasantville
Dena
Elizabeth van Veen
Beatrice
Ruth Woods
Iva Tanner
Joe van Gilden
Albia
Charley
Ted van Veen
Martin Schakel
Tone van Veen
John Sales
Ottumwa
Amsterdam
James Rumbaugh
James Sterling
Monroe
Robert Rumbaugh
Mary Rumbaugh
S. DeRendall
Whittier
California
Howell
Knox City
Ed O'Connor
Bussey
Phil Bishop
W. M. Allen
Jefferson City
Vote to Close Out Oskaloosa Factory
Turner Manufacturing stockholders vote to empower directors to dispose of the business. If not sold as a going concern, liquidation. Fire Aug 1 nearly wiped the plant. rebuilding costs estimated at 25 000 to 30 000 dollars. There are 75 000 dollars in stock outstanding and quick assets of 15 000 dollars. Dividend prospects unclear.
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Turner Manufacturing Company
Chamber of Commerce
Sugar cane yields rise with hardier Louisiana varieties
The Bureau of Plant Industry reports preliminary findings that disease resistant sugar cane in Louisiana can greatly boost yields by using hardier varieties. The note compares impacts of different feeds on poultry, linking regular feeding, palatability, and locally produced grains to costs, egg color, and meat quality.
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Bureau of Plant Industry
Louisiana
Pella Markets Report Hogs Oats and Corn Prices
Quotations from Farmore Cooperative Exchange in Pella Iowa show hogs priced from seven forty to nine forty five per cwt oats at four thirty eight per bushel and corn at a quoted level noted in the market report.
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Farmore Co-operative Exchange
Pella
Iowa
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State
Mahaska CO. Books
Amsterdam News
Mazda
Oskaloosa
Turner
Oskaloosa Herald
Radiolas
Aue
RCA
Ideal Pharmacy
Martin Paardekooper
van Ness
Southwest Corner Square
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