News Article October 1904

PEILE

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/22/2006 at 15:37:14

October 1904

R.M. Peile marketed the first new corn of the season the last of the week and received 40 cents per bushel for his product. The corn was perfectly sound and the small lot that was husked showed a yield of 60 bushels per acre.

If Rock Rapids businessmen and citizens wish to keep abreast of the times, they should lose no time in following the example of Sibley, Sheldon and a number of other neighboring cities and organize a commercial club or businessmen's association.

The Reporter is in receipt of a lengthy communication entitled "Here are a Few Reasons Why a Man Can Not Profess Christianity and Socialism." But as the author neglected to sign his name, the same will not be published under any circumstances. Further, the Reporter does not believe that discussions of this kind are of value to the public and we do not desire to start a controversy which would probably be carried on for weeks and weeks and entail a great amount of work for the paper.

Permission from Jodie Hoogendoorn, Editor, Lyon County Reporter