Russell Yarton who recently purchased the American Service Co. building and equipment on West Street, will continue the business at the Iola Ice and Coal Co., Inc. He is also taking orders for fireplace and stove wood, oak, hickory or hackberry. He will continue to rent cold storage lockers.
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Monarch Cement Co., along with other cement companies in the area, has signed a contract with the Ruan Transport Corp. to deliver cement. The move promises to bring a new business to Humboldt. Monarch will deliver cement by truck to customers who want it shipped that way but will continue to ship by rail when desired, Walter Wulf, president, said today.
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Allen County had fewer farms in 1959 than in 1954 but they were larger in size and represented a substantially larger investment. This is revealed in the preliminary report of the 1959 agricultural census which was taken last fall. It lists 1,283 farms with a total land area of 302,690 acres. The average size farm is 235.9 acres and the average value is $22,919. Similar figures for 1954 were 1,499 farms, averaging 202.9 acres in size with an average value of $14,181.
