Mailing Department Keeps Pella's Rolscreen Flowing
The Mailing Department handles a broad mail program including about 300 daily regular mails, six house topics totaling 90,000 pieces, 32,005 inquiries, 29,088 pieces for a national dealer campaign, 40,000 Christmas sales mailings, and dealer communications. A postage meter prints date and "Rolscreen Company" in red. last year a total of 8,742.17 dollars in postage was used. Two staff, Mrs. Louise Bruce and a second worker, manage mailings and inquiries despite a 4:40 last pickup time at Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orsan
Rolscreen’ Company
Pella
Louise Bruce
Th Relsereen
Union
South America
Central America
China
Japan
Mexico
Europe
South Africa
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Fast Rheumatic Pain Relief
An OCR fragment touts a lemon juice based remedy for rheumatic pain and promotes Ru-Ex Compound sold by a drug store. It claims relief within 48 hours or overnight with two tablespoons twice daily and offers a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex
Iorte
Northwest factory notes on Pella casements and staff changes
Nuetra specified Pella casements with Van Evra Bailey as associate architect. At least 67 casements will be used in Portland projects, including a large apartment building led by architect Don Stewart. Other orders include 9 Pella Ros screens and 9 Pella Venetian blinds to Ossining New York. Several local staff moves and injuries are noted along with remodeling at Bill Koopman’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reva Buitenwerf
Martha de Joode
Isabel Thomas
Prairie City
Henrietta Ver Meer
Viola Root
Hattie Gezel
Zelma Rysdam
Des Moines
Clarence Wilkins
Morrison
Ilinois
Tiny
Lynn Ellen
Rosscreen Company
St. Louis
Holland
Ouresentative
Eiks
E. B. McComb
Indianapolis
Crees
Olympia
Washington
St. Margaret's Hospital
Shep Stewart
Montgomery
Alabama
First State Bank
Brownsville
Texas
Mobile & ‘Ohio Freight Company
Mobile
Leland
Springfield
Illinois
Savery
Younkers
Iowa
Jack Bootsma
Jan de Graaff
Portland
Oregon
Architvet
Nuetra
United States
van Evra Bailey
Lee Allen
Don Stewart
Stewart
Pella
Northwest
Frank Peterson
Mount Vernon
New York
Ossining
Peterson
Ben du Pree
Casement Department
Iowa Safety Dept Works With Teachers On Safety Education
The Iowa Department of Public Safety plans involve over 5,000 Iowa school teachers this month surveying public safety teaching efforts in local schools. Check sheets cover major topics of a model program with 84 safety phases, focusing on attitudes, habits, and skills for safer routes, home safety, street crossing, skating, biking, fire prevention, hunting dangers, camping, and swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Chidren
Department of Public Safety
Educational division promotes school safety check sheets
Paul Mill, director of the educational division, notes the safety check sheets will help teachers analyze and improve school safety programs. The sheets aim to identify gaps and assist teachers guiding students in statewide eighth grade testing initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment of Public Safety
Paul ¥. Mill
Floods in East Recall Passage of Dutch Pioneers
Eastern Pennsylvania floods along the Susquehanna and Juniata cause damage in Columbia Harrisonburg Johnstown and Pittsburgh. The piece recalls Dutch immigrants driven by hardship in 1847 traveling by canal boats toward Hollidaysburg and the Allegheny region, citing Van der Zee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Junita
Columbia
Harrisonburg
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
St. Louis
Pella
Vander Zee
Juniata
Hollidaysburg
Allegheny Mountains
Down the Slope to Pittsburgh in a Canal Route
A fragment describes a complex ascent and descent plan by stationary locomotives, inclined planes, and a tunnel near the mountain top. The movement progresses from a mountain area to Johnstown then along the Conemaugh Valley by canal to Pittsburgh, about forty miles plus over a hundred miles downstream. Potty and the Hollanders are noted in last week’s contest questions based on this paragraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Conemaugh Valley
Pittsburgh
Potty
Hollanders
Average Old Age Pension Checks Rise in Marion County
The Marion county data show 20.43 dollar pension checks averaging 26.13 per recipient with 457 recipients in January and February. Statewide figures indicate 64,124 people received aid in February, with total Iowa old age assistance payments reaching 1 096 85 dollars for February and 1 071 820 dollars for November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Iowa
Knoxville Journal
Paving Plans For Highway 14 In Marion County 1940
Knoxville boosters reveal Highway No 44 north of Knoxville to be paved for four and a half miles at the northern edge of town. The project follows paved sections on Highway 14 near Jasper and Lucas counties with more paving expected to reach Marion county line this spring. The Des Moines river bridge and road straightening precede hard surface work. J H Johnson, longtime road advocate, credited for securing the improvement. The national farm mortgage debt is about 7 billion, a 20 year low from 11 billion in the early 1920s, driven by foreclosures and distress transfers and rising repayments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Johnson
Knoxville
Marion County
Jasper County
Lucas County
Allotme
Marshalltown
Des Moines
J. H. Johnson
Knoxville Express
United States
Lobster Can Lay Up To 75000 Cents In One Season
A female lobster may produce as many as 75000 cents in a single spawning season, a figure that highlights the species reproductive capacity and potential population dynamics.
Record Pig Crop of 1939 Reaches Peak
The 1939 pig crop, estimated at 84.3 million pigs, stands as the largest on record, marking a historic peak in livestock production.
Chinch bugs pose bigger threat to lewl crops in 1940
A forecast notes chinch bugs will likely be a more serious pest than grasshoppers for Lewl crops in 1940, signaling heightened concern for farmers and potential shifts in crop protection strategies.
Also Mentioned on This Page
VNI
Wit Bps
van den Berg Electric and Paint Co
Car . Gee AE
Carpenter’s Drug Store
Joe Stientjes
Pella High School
Burlington
Newton
Maxine Vande Veer
Evelyn Ty
Freda Hoekeema
Marjorie van Wyk
Clara Roorda
Marjorie Vander Ploeg
Betty de Prenger
Sara Rote Vander Linden
Ruth van Donselaar
Arvena Huyser
Rosetta de Bruin
Juliana Flietstra
Allan Brummel
Robert Vroom
Cora Mae Vander Linden
Gene Wormhoudt
Melvin van Veen
Gihin
Nellie Ryken
Mahaska Hospital
Bert Ver Steeg
Verlan Swank
Bill Koopman
Bill
Sonny
Marion van Baale
Lincoln
Phillips
Phill
Henry
IGA
Henry's
Carol
Miami
Kraft
Bisquick
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