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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1943
Page
11
Community marketplace listing cars used parts tires and repair shops plus beauty shop services and farm acreage for sale. Names include Vera Sedrel owner of a beauty shop in Pella and Van Houweling Auto Co with a 1988 Chev Master Town Sedan. Acres near Pella Sully and Monroe areas offered for farming.
A scrambled OCR of local ads and notices lists work wanted posts for painting grinding plowing and general labor, plus numerous farm and livestock sales. It mentions Hereford bulls milking equipment, poultry chicks and hatcheries, garden seeds, feed stores, rental housing, and a missing item notice. Names and places include Pella and Leighton Iowa, with multiple phone references and ad-like lines about tractors, tires, and farm services.
Fragmented OCR style town notice mentions church services at the Methodist Church led by Rev Bonnington, Marian cemetery, and a Rapid Miscennes Circel filing at Mr Ralph Wagner’s home. It lists mourners, attendees, and relatives across numerous names, with scattered phrases about a funeral, a fire, and wartime Red Cross support prompting donations.
Fragmented text describes wartime events, battles, and strategic notes. Mentions air bases, fighters, and mineral resources. Includes references to geographies and leaders, with scattered dates and numbers. The readable sections imply ongoing combat, losses, and planning for forthcoming operations.
Classified notice lists WANTED ads from Brom Feed Store for used Simplex brooders and Marion Van Gorp seeking old horses for dog seed, plus a pickup service for old newspapers and magazines via Ted King and contact number 138 with caller name and street number.
An advertisement touts Morrison's Feeds and Feeding, a 1000 page book on livestock nutrition from Cornell, priced at $6.00, available now at the Chronicle office. It also promotes Brom Feed Store offerings including Mineral and Tankage in one bag and two supplements for the price of one, claiming low extra cost and benefits for livestock production.
Service offers tire re pairing electrical work and acetylene welding. Local shop O K Tire and Welding promotes comprehensive auto repair and welding services.
A mixed collection of small notices and ads mentions a reward for information about a shutdown incident near Veenschoten Route 3 Pella, debt collection services offering notes judgments and legitimate claims, a free Udga stomach remedy sample from Vander Linden Drug Store, and Sears Roebuck optical service in Des Moines Iowa with guaranteed work.
A young man received his army induction notice on Wednesday. On Saturday he was home on seven day leave when his wife delivered a six pound baby. The drafte, a good‑natured chap, quipped that the timing was too little and too late. Northwood Anchor
The report lists Community residents including Mr and Mrs Van Mechel at a Remora gathering and Mr and Mrs Van Hen with relatives visiting Matiska hospital. Connie De Hsin returned from hospital. Several families attended meetings and social visits, with multiple mentions of relatives and neighbors in Pella and Oskselaoss areas.
Reports from Monroe area residents include John Herwehe’s airship imprisonment in England, Pvt. Lyle Clevenger in College Training Detachment, Harold VanderWerff at the University of Minnesota for Army Air Force instruction, and induction moves for William Carleton Bump and Gilbert Elwood. Also noted are Pvt. Carlton Burp at Camp Roberts, a March 1 daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Leland Cook, and obituaries for Alfred Kindred and Wilma Wolcott.
Readable schedule shows westbound and eastbound times from Pella with two daily departures listed. Times include 10:27 pm westbound and 10:06 pm eastbound, with a notation of 2 tickets? format unclear.
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