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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1936
Page
3
Market listings show producer quotes for cream and other goods with varying prices noted. The readable text lists several price points and product mentions alongside garbled OCR fragments, reflecting a brief market update column.
Public expressions of gratitude from Mrs. Join Kory Inge Gesman and others for support during illness and after deaths. Notices announce a new trucking partnership, request for a refined housekeeper, and numerous local sales and advertisements for farm equipment, feed, paint, and household items in Pella area. Multiple names and locations referenced include John De Vos, Gerrit Horsber, Dick Vander Le, Charles Dykhuis, Logan Vander Leest, Thomas Bloodsworth, Wm. Van Dyke, Dan Dingeman, Peter Keunine, and Mrs. John W. Rietveld.
Notices invite Tulip Time visitors to leave names and rates for rooms at Van Houweline's sarayce and Women’s Federated Club, with Dutch costume rental and tailoring options. Also includes ads for evergreen plants, used cars, and repair services from Van Houweling Auto Co and Van Zante hardware in Oska loosa and Pella IA.
An old classified style notice offers poultry culling and worming services. It promotes worm powder and scorm tablets for sale and lists contact numbers for John Gus and B. J. Brom Hatchery. Prices are stated per 100 birds and include worming and delousing services.
A feature on Tee Duncan who trains dogs to perform on screen, including Rin Tin Tin, detailing his “no food rewards” approach, constant praise, and use of toys. He explains adapting training for sound cinema and notes lessons learned from early canine stars and future screen work with Jackie Cooper and Joseph Call.
Rural schools in Mahaska County will not host the annual spelling contest sponsored by the Des Moines Register. After years of sparse rural participation the group decided last year to discontinue county contests for the rural schools due to low participation.
The county contest representation is challenged as the Tribune notes parts of the plan lack definite details for a contest held by the county's smaller schools. The piece questions fairness and calls for clearer guidance.
In Marion County Iowa Sheriff DP J Grandman warns Nettie McCrillis et al that a special execution directs sale of land described as Section 27 and surrounding parcels to satisfy a judgment for Mrs Be Sheddan. Sale set for May at 2 PM at Knoxville courthouse with ten day right to plat and record homestead. further bids invited for cemetery care at Porter Grove.
Rules urge children to walk left facing traffic and look left then right before crossing. They warn against street games, roller skating, chasing balls, hitching rides, and riding bicycles on highways for sport. The report notes guardsmen rescued a wounded Negro farmer accused of assault amid a threatened mob at Madison county jail in Georgia.
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