FOR SALE AND AUCTION NOTICES FROM Pella AREA
A mixed page of classified notices including farm listings 85 to 300 acres near Pella and Prairie City with prices per acre, farm buildings and utilities noted. Household goods and furniture for sale, fence posts and rock materials, tools, appliances, and vehicles. Also farm auctions at Baxter Iowa and sales in Monroe, Sully, and Oskaloosa with contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloodsworth
Arie Kammer Farms
Pella
Prairie City
Harry Worth
Monroe
American Radiator Co
Chicago
J. H. De'Vries
Broadway
J.C. Penney
Mark
Bert Vande Kieft
West First Street
d_ Carol Vor
Boat Furniture Co
Blue Ribbon Buttermilk, Bakker & Rus
James Engle Lon
Lowa Maw
Coe Farm
Singer
Wille Carr
Wormhoudt
Brom
Harry White
High Ave. W
Oskaloosa
Towa
Cards of Thanks Recipients Thank Friends After Hospital Stay
A series of thanks from local residents expresses gratitude for cards letters visits flowers and calls during hospital stays and after an accident. Names include Gerrit Brouwer Dolores McConoghey Bert Kersbergen Gerrit B Klyn Arne Van Zante and the Third Reformed Church Men's Bible Class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska Hospital
Gerrit Brouwer
Dolores McConoghey
Bert Kersbergen
Gerrit B. Klyn
Arne van Zante
Third Reformed Church
Modern Mother Goose and Her Male Swing Dancing Friends
A Northwood Anchor item blends a humorous verse about a sax and fiddle scene with dancing partners and a drummer joining in. The piece shifts to a note on vegetables, urging proper harvest maturity and careful panier handling for best palatability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Goose
Diddle
Northwood Anchor
Pelia Co operative Electric seeks franchise in Marion County
Notice from the Iowa State Commerce Commission lists Pelia Co operative Electric Association of Pella seeking a franchise to erect and maintain electric transmission lines over lands highways and streams in Marion County. Hearing set September 10 1946 at 10:00 am in Des Moines. Objections must be filed in triplicate at least five days prior. objector represented by authorized agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Pelia Co-operative Electric Association
Pella
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Pion
Gulf
Said
Jone
Township Seventysix
Des Moines
Sealed bids on bonds for Liberty School District
Sealed bids will be received for 2750.00 dollars of bonds in denominations: five bonds 600.00 each, one bond 260.00. Proceeds fund construction of a schoolhouse in Summit Township Marion County Iowa known as Liberty School District. Bids open 8:30 p.m. September 9, 1946 at Liberty Corner School House Summit Township. The right to reject any bids reserved. Francis G. Poortinga president Liberty School Dist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Township
Marion County
Iowa
Liberty
Henry Kool
Otley
Liberty Corner
Francis G. Poortinga
Liberty School Dist
Notice of shop closure and reopening date
Our shop will be closed from Friday August 90 through Saturday September to open again Monday September Richland Rueo Vander Veen service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Rueo
Vander Veen
Annual Bazaar at Otley School House Friday Evening
The Otley Bible Hour Society of the Christian Reformed Church will hold their annual bazaar at the Otley School House on Friday evening September 6 at clock. Everyone welcome. Mr and Mrs Arthur De Raad welcomed a baby boy Aug 27. he has one little brother. Mrs De Raad was formerly Alta Marie Beyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otley
Arthur de Raad
Mrs. de Raad
Alta Marie Beyer
Buxton’s Rise and Fall, Iowa’s Ghost Town Chronicle
Buxton in northern Monroe County grew as a major coal town in the early 1900s with about five thousand largely Black residents and several churches. The mines, owned by companies, declined after World War I due to competition, transport cuts, and strikes, leaving Buxton nearly abandoned and turned to corn fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buxton
Monroe County
Mississippi River
Northwestern Railway
Belle Plaine
Iowa
J. A. Swisher
Y.M.C.A
Booker T. Washington
Coal Company
Kentucky
Health Department Facts on Rabies Awareness
Rabies is a disease spread by certain animals, most often dogs, and can occur any time of year. It progresses to the brain after the virus travels via the nervous system. bites from a mad dog require immediate preventive serum, as no cure exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Pasteur
Rabies guidance after dog bite from health officer advice
The article advises immediate doctor or health department contact if a dog bites a person. Do not kill the dog. keep it under observation to determine rabies. If rabies is possible, inoculation may be advised. treat promptly to prevent illness. TB coverage next discusses affects on youth, by Marion County Tuberculosis Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
When Will People Rule Again In This Land Poem
A poem by E. O. Osborn from Knoxville Iowa laments bureaucratic overreach and questions the legitimacy of a government sustained by citizen duties. It calls for true freedom to labor, build, and govern, criticizing rulers who depend on the governed for power.
Owl Traps Headless Chickens Mystery Solved
A. J. Ashbacher of Waukon found a large owl with its head stuck in wire netting by a window, explaining the morning chicken killings. The bird had entered through a gap between the wire and the sill and ended up trapped inside the coop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Ashbacher
Waukon
Aeroplane call sparks old street gaze in Northwood
In a nostalgic column, the Northwood Anchor recalls thirty years ago when a televised airship or plane sighting caused residents to rush outdoors at the sound of a shouted aeroplane cry, capturing a communal moment of shared curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chords& Discords
Northwood Anchor
Exortable Spanish lemon output projections discussed
The report estimates Spanish lemon production at about half ion boxes annually, outlining uncertain growth potential and factors affecting yield. It notes the challenging market conditions and variable export demand influencing yearly totals and pricing.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warner van de Voort
Hattie Ver Meer
Polla
Wm. de Bruyn
Phone Black
James Engle
Newton
Chas
J. Johnson
Tracy
Rutgers
Philip Vaughn
Penney Co
Baxter
C. J. Butler
Chevrolet
Sully
de Joode Insurance A
van Ace Stey Sk
Vany
Ravius Russell
Seversl
Udell L
Hendricks
Columbus Street
Cora Van _Houweling
Murray Sytsma
S. Kooyman
J. Buerkens
Johnson
East 2Nd Street
Floyd Needham
G. Steenhoek
Leighton
Russell
Ike N. Colyn
Route 3
Tow
Pella- Knoxville
Chronicle Office
Jake Aalbers
Rev
L. J. Borst
Mathes
Chronicle of
Enquire Chronicle Office
Farmers Co.op
John Leydens
Black
Connie Vanden Baird
Lewis Kool
Madison M. Mull
New Sharon
van Gorp Hatchery
Dick Leydens
George Ver Steeg
Marion Ven Gorn
Seni Et Sn At
Si Itaire Furm Apartmse
Main ‘Street
Red
Jacob Visser
Lown
Jwanted
Boehm Clarits
Kuyper
Music House
Second Street
Shum’s
Shell
South Pella
XPERT
B. J. Brom
Federal Discount Corp
Rmore
Martin Naaktgeboren
Emer
Ogres
Zetex Pricen
Berane
de Jong
Lautenbach & Ver Dught
Alfalfa
Montana
Nebraska
Timothy Rye
Zotox
Farmers Co
Grapefr Apte
Dill
Libby
Instant Borden’s
SKLES
Town State Commerce Commission
Carl W. Reed
B. M. Richardson
David B. Long
Geo. L. McCaughan
Co-operative Dairy Breeders Association
Guernseys
Jerseys
Bion Hunt
Knoxville
Pleasantville
Gerrit Dieleman
E. O. Osborn
Knoxville, Ia
George Ramsey
OWL
Pella’s Friendly Bank
Pella National Bank
F.d.11.c
Funk
Bakker
Rus
Calif
California
Washington Bartlett
Colorado Cobblers
Idaho Russetts
H and G Whiting, Pound
Amer. Cheese
Arm &Hammer
Sal
Egar
Pal
Fleischman’s
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