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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1926
Page
4
In regular session April 6 1926 Mayor Fultz presiding Councilmen present A J Ten Hagen license granted after bond approval Superintendent of water and sewers submits annual report which is approved and filed
The ad proclaims a $22.50 price for all wool suiting fabrics categorized as 300 kinds. It emphasizes real value and tailored service to order by M. Vander Linden.
The Superintendent of Light and Power filed his annual report with some approval. The City Treasurer reported March finances showing a balance of 28538.34, approved. The City Clerk's annual receipts and expenditures and fund balances were presented and approved. The Mayor's office reported quarterly and annual fines and license receipts, approved. An ordinance designating certain streets as through streets and regulating traffic was read again. Bills recommended by the Finance Committee were approved and warrants issued from General Fund for Salaries Labor Surveying Printing Rent and dumping ground.
The council elected W. A. Van Vark chief of the Pella Fire Department for the ensuing year. A vacancy in Alderman-at-large was filled by Edward Van Zante for the unexpired term after D. D. Dieleman ceased residency. The clerk was directed to buy 400 feet of fire hose and cross head pin for engine at the light plant. The council adjourned to April 138, 1926.
Iowa rules restrict aspirin sales to pharmacists or under licensed supervision. The Pharmacy Examiners cite the U S Pharmacopoeia and Iowa Code sections 2580 2578 2579 2582 to classify aspirin as a drug and require licensing to dispense. The notice warns of toxicity and urges public health caution with nonqualified vendors.
Mr and Mrs Albert van Houweling thank neighbors and friends for help after losing their home to fire. Corn for sale 3500 bushels food quality. John Nossaman Tracy Iowa.
A statewide corn yield test shows a 17.63 bushel per acre difference between samples grown under identical conditions. District 11 in Iowa accepts entries with a $3 fee and 4 pounds of high germination seed. In 1925 the top yield in district 11 was 65.43 bushels per acre. Entries close May 1, and details are from Joe L. Robinson in Ames.
A. T. Van Houweling thanks neighbors and friends for saving property from March 27 fire north of Otley. He credits Marion County Mutual Insurance Association for insistence on insurance and prompt loss payment and recommends the association to Marion County farmers.
Lewin Arthur J of the Fifield vicinity died at his home on Tuesday evening April 6, aged 65 years, 6 months and 6 days. Funeral services and burial are scheduled for this afternoon.
A short editorial plea discusses Iowa laws on blind children born into blindness. It argues for census funding or state Board of Education appointment to care and educate such infants in hospitals homes and kindergartens. It urges mothers to report affected babies to secure early hospital care before deformities develop.
Afton Iowa woman Mrs John Alden founder of Sunshire blind babies homes and kindergarten districts requests reporting of all school age blind children to compile a census. States pay 1 50 daily for each child sent to designated kindergartens before transfer to State School of State Classes for the Blind for higher education. Delays risk deterioration into a backward blind child.
An advertisement offers 300 kinds of all wool fabrics with staple patterns and tailored styles, priced at 22.50 per suit. The copy emphasizes broad selection and uniform price for suits.
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