Local notes from Pella and surrounding areas during wartime
A collection of brief items from Pella and nearby towns recount visits by A K Verrips and wife to Des Moines, ship voyage news for Rube Brand, and various motor and family journeys. Mentions of military families include Kenneth Byram’s El Paso return, Ernest Clarke’s army appointment, and A T van Houweling’s gall bladder surgery. Also notes deaths and naval news involving Robert Plympton, plus local civic roles and relocations.
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Kenneth Byram
Pella
el Paso
Texas
Kenneth
Central College
Why Pork Is Important For Public Markets And Farms
Pork finds a ready market as packers place it in attractive palatable forms with good keeping qualities. Nearly 50 percent of meat product value comes from hogs, and the U S leads in meat production. Three-fourths of world pork trade originates here, a share boosted by wartime demand. Farmers should boost hog production to feed both domestic and foreign markets.
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United States
What Each U. S. Soldier Costs Uncle Sam A Year
Each American soldier costs the United States government $2,040 per year. More than 1,300,000 are in France. Based on $2,040 per soldier, the total would be $2,652,000,000. The breakdown includes sustenance, equipment, service gear, pay for officers and men, housing in cantonments, and transportation to France.
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United States
France
Girls and war work in the end have a future mate test
A Times Republican discussion questions if girls are doing enough in war work and nursing. Two observers note mothers and women hindered girls from student nurse roles while awaiting returning soldiers. The piece asks women to consider sacrifice, Red Cross service, and how war develops true womanhood to match valorous men.
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Red Cross
Rock Island Train Service Schedules and Freight Notice
Rail timetable details list eastbound and westbound passenger numbers and a local freight, noting freight must be at the station by 5:00 p m. It also contains a testimonial about Chamberlain's Tablets, with early 20th century ad copy for biliousness and stomach trouble.
For Rent Furnished Room 719 Broadway
Classified ad item noting a furnished room for rent at 719 Broadway listed by Mrs. H. F. Lenecker. Also a sale or rent notice for a 140 acre farm located 85 miles south and west of Pella with inquiries through this office at 37-40.
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Broadway
H. F. Lenecker
Pella
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A. K. Verrips and
Des Moines
Rube Brand
Rube_will
Sen‘aick
Ellsworth Richardson
Sibley
Stook
Mbe
Arie” van, Polen
John Bruinekool
Otley
Carl van Steenbergen
Newton
K. van Steenbergen
John Steinkamp
W. C. Halleck
Kewanee, ‘Ii
Louisa Richardson
Ernest
Camp Taylor
Camp Bowie
Chris Vanden Berg
Baby
A. P. Ide Reus
Adel
Marinus de Reus
Albert Wanders
Tracy
Fairmount
Archie Hoke
Pella Motor Co
California
F. D. Vanden Berg
Oskaloosa
Dan Hoogenakker
Chas. Porter
Prairie City
A. J. Grey
John Vander Zyl
Leighton
Dave Dykstra
Mitchellville
H. F. Fisk
de Winter
Ottumwa
A. P. Owens
P. J. Welle
Helené
C. Koolman
H. P. van Gorp
F. ¥. Carpenter
Ed van Gorp
Miss Pearl Calhoun
Colorado Points
Robert Plympton
Ed Plympton
E. H. Scarff
A. T. van Houweling
Marshal Arthur Walls
J. H. Reuvers
Knights of Pythias Order
Dallay
Guthrie, Polk, Jasper
Marion
Robert Scholte
Camp Dodge
Bob
U. S
Sam
Total
Lee
Wagner’s Quality Store
Society
Wormhoudt
Kempkes
Rock Island Train Service
Chamberlain
Chronicle Office
West Fifth Street
Winton
Aanother Cook
College
East Second Street
Jacob de Haan
First Reformed Church
Finder
G. G. Thomasaon
W. Woods
Des Moisés
Pep Moines
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