Classified ads mixed sale items in Pella area
Classified listings include free ambulance service offer, sale of Gedar posts and corner posts, Holland Honey Cake ordering, insulation options, furniture pieces from Dec 1946, used pianos and sewing machines, wardrobe and home goods, farm equipment, real estate near Oskaloosa, and numerous FOR SALE items such as cars, ranges, washers, and lawn equipment. Names include Thomas Bloodsworth, John Vander Hart, Mrs. Geo Van Gorkom, Jelena Vogelaar, Harry White, and Tunis Blom with local business mentions like Vogelaar’s Hardware Store and Van Roekel Plumbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gedar
Thomas Bloodsworth
Main
Holland Honey Cake
Holland Honey Cake CO
Holland
Michigan
Pella
Iowa
P.O
Jonas Manville
Otley
John Vanden Baard
New
Dick Roberts
Peace St
Geo. van Gorkom
John Vander Hart
Help Wanted Rawleighs business and local jobs in Pella IA
A garbled classifieds page lists numerous help wanted notices and ads in Pella and nearby towns. Items include grocery clerks waitresses general office work upholstering furniture cafe positions and clerical roles plus requests to rent buy or auction services, with several names and addresses such as Mahaska hospital Oskaloosa Central student and Pella Woodcraft. The rough entries reflect a busy midcentury local job market with mixed employers and service ads.
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Rawleigh
City of
Pella
Rawleigh's
Monster's
Jack Sprat
Eaent
Jessie Dylhoff
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Wormhoudt Furniture Store
FOR RENT AT 411 PEACE ST AND 302 EAST FRANKLIN
For rent notices list furnished rooms for employed people. Yella Menninga at 411 Peace St offers a shaded water available area. Mrs A P VanSTomwveling invites inquiries for furnished rooms at 302 East Franklin. timing day and evening described in Chronicle.
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Yella Menninga
Peace St
A. P. van Stomwveling
East
Franklin
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES AND ADS FROM LOCAL TRADE
Mixed classified items list local services and products including Shum's Shell Service car care and flock treatment, earth moving by J B Dahm, Farmers Co op hog cattle and sheep marketing, typing work by Harriet Kuyper, Brom Feed Store manufacture of feeds, Vera's Beauty Shoppe offering cold waves and Revlon products, and Bernice Garnett Vera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shum
Shell
B. J. Brom
Jacob B. Dahm
Farmers Co.op
Pella City approves publication of plat notices and schedule
The City of Pella Iowa resolves to publish notice of filing of plat and schedule for street and alley improvements along West First to West Sixth Streets and West Third Street and East Second to East Third Streets. Objections must be filed within twenty days. Mayor T G Fultz signed July 25 1947. Card of thanks from Helen Van Engelenburg follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Towa
Columbus
West First
West Second Street
West Sixth Street
West Third Street
Washington Street
Lincoln Street
6Th Street
East Second Street
East Third Street
Iowa
Local Notices And Closings In A Busy August Week
Vacation closing announced from Aug 18 to Sep 1 with return on Sep 2 at Richland Auto Go. Marion County Plow Terrace Building Contest prompts bank closures on Aug 14. Avon products rep Charles Cornelius promotes services on Oskaloosa Street. Pella area notices include last will hearings for Gerrit L Blom and Antonie Blom with court dates Aug 26 and Sep 2 in Knoxville Iowa.
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Pella
Marion County
Marion County State Bank
Pella National Bank
Knoxville
Iowa
District Court of Iowa
Gerrit L. Blom
Sai Court
Towe
Jack B. Carpenter
T. W. Morris
Antonie Blom
Car rammed from rear kills driver in ditch fire
A car driven by Raymond Rath of Oelwein was rammed from behind last week and pushed into a ditch. The gasoline tank exploded, burning Rath to death. His wife was thrown clear and escaped with minor injuries.
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Raymond Rath
Oelwein
Mr. Rath
Edison recounts trials behind invention milestones
Edison noted that invention is mostly perspiration with a bit of inspiration. He described ten years and 60,000 experiments to perfect an address storage battery, and eight years and 6,000 experiments on vegetable growth while seeking a suitable filament for his incandescent lamp.
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Edison
In Memoriam A Hasselman Tribute From Edgerton
A. P. Hasselman sends a memorial verse from Edgerton Minnesota for a wife and mother who passed a year ago. The poem laments her fatigue toil and pain and celebrates her entry into Heaven with lines about rest the kingdom and angels guiding her to eternal peace. The verse expresses quiet sorrow and gratitude for a life well lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
A. P. Hasselman
Wm. Wolbrink
Edgerton
Minnesota
Grass cuts beef costs on pasture in Iowa study
Iowa State College experiments in Page county show pastured steers fatten with 5 to 20 bushels less corn and far less protein and hay than dry-lot cattle. An acre of pasture saves about $25 per head, though finish days rise 34 to 70. Experts urge supplemental pastures now and warn against flies and parasites affecting gains.
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G. ’ Gress Rogers
Iowa State College Experiment Farm
Page County
Rex Beresford
M. L. Peterson
Rogers
Unsafe Well Water Plagues Iowa Farms
Iowa farm wells show widespread contamination with three of four wells nationwide unsafe according to USDA surveys. In Washington area farms seven of ten samples failed purity tests while Hancock County rural schools had 17 of 44 unsafe wells. Poor well design and proximity to waste systems are key pollution causes.
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Iowa
Washington
Hancock County
United States Department of Agriculture
Harold Beaty
Iowa State ‘College Agricultural
Surface Seepage in Dug Wells Requires Concrete Barriers
A farmer advisory notes dug or bored wells are prone to surface water seepage through wall linings. Beaty recommends a concrete outer layer for the top 10 to 15 feet and a tight concrete platform. In electrical systems, pump pits can backflow. drain pits and elevate pump units on concrete. The casing should extend into the pit to prevent seepage. bulletin AE-514 offers fuller guidance. Copies are available from Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service. Large bee colonies produce far more honey than the same bees in smaller groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaty
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Ames
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Kuyper
Music House
Avon
Margaret Katz
Red
Federal Discount Corp
Livermore
Martin Naaktgeboren
Singer
Singer Factory
Sali
Vagelant’s Haw, & Impl
Everett Vander Maat
Mattress Building
Stainbrook
North Market
Mahaska
Harry White
Plymouth
Woodrow
Philip Vaughn
Vogelaar’s
Vogelaar’s Hdw. & Impl
Rawleigh Products
Tunis Blom
Route 1
Sully
Bryant
van Roekel Plumbing & Heating
East Side Square
Bill Tautenbach
Cushman
Wormhoudt
ILE
Ari¢ Kammer Ware
Canwell
Wetmore Hammer Mill
Vogelant
Boat Furniture Co
Harry White Farm
Vogelaar
Johnston
Imp
Hoy
C. C. Buerkens
P Auto Co
van Houweling Auto Co
Pella Woodcraft
Franklin St
Binck
Marion van Gorp
Grove
Cedar Falls
Richland
Marion _Van_Gi
Bakker
Henry van
Chronicle O1
Atbaots
Frank N. de Wit
Helen van Engelenburg
Welch’s
Kellogg's
Pillsbury
Floyd
Richland ‘Auto Go
T. Vander Veen
J. E. Cornelius
Oskaloosa Street
Paltzer
Memoriam
Jesus
Mother
D.D.T. and
Pyrethrum
White House
Rus
South Carolina
Freestone
Elberta Peaches
Missouri
Castile
AISIH
Dad’s Root Beer
Kraft Velveeta
Dexter
Meadow
Heinz Or Gerber
Baby Foods
Bliss Coffee
Rath
Grundman
Armour's
Oleo
Windsor Club
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