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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
4
The school board announced August 30 as the start date to avoid college commencement conflicts and June heat. The plan includes two weeks Christmas vacation, a spring break, and a May 27 closing, with kindergarten openings for five-year-olds and compulsory ages seven to sixteen unless labor is essential. Teacher assignments list Webster, Lincoln, Junior High, and High School staff led by Principal R. C. Amidon and Superintendent F. M. Frush.
Notice states Woodrow Washing Machine Company is incorporated under Iowa law with principal office in Pella Marion County. It will manufacture and sell washing machines and related products, may buy real estate, erect plants, and lease equipment. Authorized capital stock is 500000 dollars. Directors listed include G T Vogelaar O B Woodrow H J Vanden Berg Ben Bruggen and P H Van Gorp. Incorporators named as A P Kuyper and others. Dated July 28 1926 in Pella Iowa.
Dayton Ohio August 10 Frigidaire slashes prices on all models by 20 to 90 dollars as demand and production rise E G Biechler president says anticipated costs will fall with higher output He cites over 200000 units sold and a 20 million factory expansion to raise output to 600000 annually next year.
I have moved my office into my own building on the north side of the square on the ground floor at the southeast entrance. This notice is addressed by J. J. Sybenga M D indicating the relocation for patients and associates.
Glen Van Duyn former Pella resident and Worthy Patron of Knoxville presided as visiting team conferred degrees. Pella officers enjoyed the work, about a dozen visitors from Oskaloosa attended, refreshments followed, but rain threatened departure.
Miss May Thomassen, a clerk at the Van Niewaal store, is on vacation visiting relatives and friends in several places.
A column listing practical advice for vacationing at home and home maintenance. It promotes reading, roof repairs using Mule-Hide, seed purchases at De Jongs, extra crib room for corn, sheetrock for quick room creation, and a lumberman’s anecdote about language learned in a saw mill. It ends with a caution about gas leaks and safety.
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