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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
1
Survey results show soil conservation practices boosting crop output and livestock gains for hundreds of farmers. About 289 farm owners report influence on neighbors adopting contouring and conservation methods, with 250 noting savings from plow and seed programs.
A vintage style guide discusses prudent pruning and tree care. It warns against excessive trimming and explains methods to prevent splitting wounds using grafts and careful cut techniques. It covers pruning rules, effects on growth, and maintenance of evergreen leaders.
Town notes from Basin Wyoming columns urge civic spirit for Tulip Time. Citizens are asked to scrub streets, tidy yards, and prepare outfits and photos. May Day events and letter campaigns aim to boost morale, with praise for Central College campus beauty and Dr. Lubbers.
Nis Metcalf, a local farmer in Knoxville, credits penicillin and his doctor at Des Moines hospital for his recovery after severe illness. He recalls severe illness starting December and weeks of high fever and streptococcal infection, and says he has regained ability to walk and is awaiting discharge with his wife.
A whimsical fragment describes a frog and a bird with playful, cryptic observations. A conservationist speaks of timing and odd habits, noting delays in treatment and a clock faced ritual.
Morning of April 22 remembered Mes Bosna while April 24 marked the 73 year old death of Mrs H Hermina Brouwer. Multiple visitors from Peoria Kellogg Des Moines Monroe and Oskaloosa called on residents as the Home noted many social calls and a late obituary. The Hudson River tides reach Albany 150 miles inland.
Rock Island Lines announces a forward program using radioactivity principles, radar, and high frequency radio for train communication. Ernest A. Dahl is appointed electronic engineer to lead practical high frequency radio studies, with radar safety applications also explored for yard and operating crew communications. Dahl comes from Western Electric and has military communications experience.
A fragmented poem traces seasons from mid February to June, noting meadowlarks in March, the cardinal and oak leaves, and creeping signs of spring. It mentions Crocus and hepatica, spring beauties, trilliums, violets, and the crowning growth of maples and corn, ending with a line on wool yielding nearly 100 miles of thread.
Regular feeding should be number one in the seasonal lawn program and reseeding bare spots with good seed helps create a lawn to admire. The notice recommends using VIGORO by Swift & Company as a complete plant food supplying essential soil elements for lawns flowers shrubs and trees.
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