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who has done the Company’s threshing for two years, is now going to move to Douglas county,
Wash.
[Rochester Sentinel, Saturday, March 7, 1903]
KEWANNA
Kewanna Herald.
The Prairie Grove threshing ring made a good record. There were fifteen farmers in the
ring, thirteen days were required to finish the work and 22,800 bushels of grain were threshed.
Clark and Arthur Nelson, over on Mud creek, had 6,900 bushels of oats and Frank Mollencopf
handled the machinery.
[Rochester Sentinel, Saturday, September 9, 1905]
PRAIRIE VIEW FARM [Wayne Township]
After spending a few weeks in honeymoon, the young couple [John J. Kumler and
Almeda Urbin Kumler] came home Feb. 14, 1866, and began housekeeping on what is now the
“Old Homestead”, otherwise known as “Prairie View Farm” one and one-half miles west of Grass
Creek, on the north side of 725S.
The house on the John J. Kumler homestead, Prairie View Farm, is over 100 years old.
The first part of the house is of log and covered with siding. It has three rooms: two down and one
upstairs. Later the middle part was added. Large kitchen, pantry and small bedrooms were located
downstairs. Upstairs was the parlor and small bedrooms. As the children were born, the front six
rooms were added: Three upstairs and three downstairs, making 14 rooms in all with two
stairways. There were 14 children born to John J. and Almeda Kumler, the first in 1866 and the
last in 1891.
[John J. Kumler Family, Earl Heimburger and Lois Kumler Ewen, Fulton Co Folks, Vol.
2, Willard]
PRALLE DAIRY COMPANY [Akron, Indiana]
BORDEN MILK PLANT SOLD TO PRALLE DAIRY COMPANY
Akron, Oct. 27. - Announcement has been made by Harold Pralle, Crete, Illinois, that he
has purchased the local milk plant from the Borden-Wieland company, and plans are now under
way to make the Akron local a Grada A station.
PMA officials from Chicago were present at a meeting of the local producers, held
Wednesday night at he Public Library, and plans were discussed for converting the supply of milk
into grade A product. It was decided that the association should send some inspectors into the
community to look over the premises of the producers and tell them what was needed to meeet
grade A requirements.
These inspectors will be here in a few days and work will be started on this program.
The Chicago Board of Health has already sent an inspector to the local plant and Mr.
Pralle has been informed of a few slight changes needed before the plant will meet grade A
inspection.
Mr. Pralle has announced that the present force will be maintained to operate the plant.
Mr. J.O. Waller, Dyer, who operated the plant for a few weeks, has discontinued and at
present the plant is standing idle. The set-up for delivery of the milk is still as it has been for the
past few weeks, but as soon as there is enough grade A milk in the territory to make plant
operation profitable the milk will be brought here every morning.
[The News-Sentinel, Friday, October 27, 1939]
PRATT & PRATT [Rochester, Indiana]
[Adv} If you are interested in a new car let us give you a demonstration in a new Monroe
car. - - - - We have our third car in two weeks. For a demonstration call on Pratt & Pratt, in rear of
Racket Clothing Store.