Absence Notice and Local Rental Listing
Empire city notice states absence from town due to daughter's illness in Des Moines and house to rent. Affected parties include Paul Boertje M Kramer and Dr Melvin Vander Hoek. Vander Hoek, seriously ill at Mahaska hospital Oskaloosa, has been moved to grandparents Mr and Mrs W K Vander Hoek. He is improving but very weak.
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Des Moines
Paul Boertje
Melvin Vander Hoek
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
W. K. Vander Hoek
Local Canning Plant Secures Government Meat Contract
After delays and a long effort, the Old Grimes Canning Company won a contract to process federal slaughtered cattle at the Pella plant. Local leaders and the Chamber of Commerce lobbied Des Moines officials, overcame a wage dispute and a ruling against relief-work contracts, and now prep work is underway with operations to start in about a week to ten days. Interested workers should apply to Mr. Sels immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Grimes Canning Company
Pella
Archie Dunbar
Sels
Chamber of Commerc
Chamber
John Heerema
Mir
Die den Adel
Geo. Lankelma
Hugo Kuyper
Des Moines
C. H. Wormhoudt
Dick den Adel
Fultz
Lankelma
Marion County
Washington
Mr. Sels
Dunbar
New Hunting Licenses On Sale For This Year
The Town Fish and Game Commission announces new hunting licenses available to all County Recorders, depositaries and deputy wardens. The resident license costs $2.00 with $1.50 set aside for public shooting grounds and game areas through 1939. Non residents face a $15 fee. junior licenses are $1.00 for those under sixteen. Squirrel season opens September 1 and rabbit season follows.
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Town Fish and Game Commission
Hunters' Enthusiasm Remains as Drought Spares Rabbits
The report notes hunters show remarkable enthusiasm as rabbit and squirrel stocks reportedly remain unaffected by the drought, indicating hunting prospects stay strong despite arid conditions.
Drakesville Man Dies by Own Action in Home
Jennings, 44, a World War II veteran and Drakesville resident, shot himself at 5:30 Sunday morning. The suicide was confirmed by Sheriff Ross Graham and Coroner Charles Curl. a note reading Dont blame Opal was left. Surviving him are his widow, a two year old daughter, and his sister Mrs Gladys Boyd. Funeral services were held at Wagler Funeral Home Bloomfield with burial in Drakesville Cemetery.
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Jennings
Drakesville
Ross Graham
Charles C. Curl
Opal
Gladys Boyd
Rawleigh Products
Wagler
Bloomfield
Boyd
Thomas Jennings
Bloomfield Democrat
Pella Markets Rates for Farm Products Listed
Local market prices show corn wheat oats cream and live poultry trading in Pella. Quotations include hogs at Chicago and Pel sales with price ranges from 50 to 800 dollars per hundred or per dozen in various grades.
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Chicago
Pel
Strayed heifers near Pella and lost grip on East Washington
LOST two white face yearling heifers four miles west of Pella with a mark on the right ear reported by G. W. Den Hartog. LOST a grip containing clothes on East Washington Street. Reward offered for return to the Chronicle office.
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Pella
G. W. den Hartog
East Washington Street
Chronicle
Local Classifieds Offer Poultry Buying and Home Services
Advertisements list buyers paying top prices for poultry and farm weighing services. Also offers painting, decorating, corn shelling, stove and furnace parts, and rental listings. Numerous used car bargains from local dealers, real estate for sale near Pella, vegetable stand, and insurance rate promotions. multiple small notices mention contact names and street addresses in Pella Iowa.
New Teachers of High School Welcomed in Pella
The Chronicle features two new teachers Miss Dorothy Anderson and Miss Marie Schoenbohm. Anderson, a 1934 Iowa State Teachers College graduate, has commercial education experience in Toledo High School and banking stenography in Long Beach. Schoenbohm, a 1933 MS graduate in Foods and Nutrition from Iowa State, taught in Otho Township last year and belongs to Kappa Delta Pi. The piece notes the welcoming tone of the community and praises Pella’s charm and hospitality.
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the Chronicle
Mr Anderson
Miss Schoenbohm
Bella
Miss Miner
Spencer
Iowa
Dorothy Anderson
Anderson
Iowa State Teachers College
Toledo
Long Beach
California
Latham
Pella
Marie Schoenbohm
Schoenbohm
Home Economs
Iowa State Hers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa State College
Ames
Otho
Kappa Delta Pi
Keett
Largest Garden City overall seen at Model store
Passersby were treated to a remarkable sight on the east side of the square as the largest overall imaginable, the Garden City variety from the Pella Overall factory, appeared in front of the Model store. At 47 inches long and 84 inches wide, the garment stretched nearly ten feet, with 18 yards of material used. An inside tag marked size three to indicate contract sizes. The Pella factory is praised for its material and workmanship, a reputational pillar nationwide. J. G. Klein, factory manager, says production is high and orders flow in, with a large workforce and steady sales at Hillsboro a few years ago noted as a compliment to the brand.
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Garden City
Pella Overall
Pella
Hillsboro
J. G. Klein
Brooklyn Child Injured In Fall From Stock Truck
George Munroe seven year old son of Mrs Ava Munroe of Brooklyn fell from a stock truck while riding with his mother and brother Ellsworth eleven. The accident occurred near Friends cemetery as the truck passed. He suffered a severe head bruise and was treated by a local doctor after being found by W T Wood of Waterloo. The sheriff took the family to Brooklyn.
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George
Ava Munroe
Brooklyn
Ellsworth
Poweshiek County
Munroes
New Sharon
Everything for School at Mahaska Co Schools Book Shop
Advertises school supplies including Eversharp pencils Be 10c 26c up, fountain pens 17c 26c and $1.00 up, lead pencils six for 5c. Also offers typewriters from 9.95 to 60.00 and promotes “The Book Shop.”
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Mahaska Co
Eversharp
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M. Kramer, M. D
Chambray
Pella Theatre
Leslie Howard
Bette Davis
Amos and
Andy
FBI
Wallace Beery
Tubs
Ann Harding
Virgie Winters
Benteco
Kellogg’s
Cheese “A
Camay
Oxydol
Sargent
Wynberg’s
John Wynberg
Champion Pig Club
Davey and Son Creston
DeButts
Melbourne
Marshall County Group
Sargent and Company
Main St
State Board of Assessment
Herring Friday
Pella Markets
John Langstraat
Columbus Street
C. W. Clement
Otley
G. van WY
Dick Diekema
Ri Waldi Radio Shop
Rouw
West First Street
D. Sjaardema
Liberty Street
Inquire Chronicle
Inquire Chronicle Office
Minnie Simonse
Jersey
G. A. van Zee
Fee
Dodge
van Houweling Auto Co
Cornice Vanden Baard
Kuyper & Son of
Albert Lea
Minn
E. H. Timmer
Main Street
North Main Street
White Way Auto CO
Gamble Store
Fashion Shop
N. Main
Suppy
H. P. van Gorp
Van’s Motor Service
van Gorp
Neal Schuring
J. He Shinn Ha’ ‘Chery
B. J. Brom Hatchery
John Gys Vanorp
Hocksema Bros
Fred Lautenbach
Verle Ver Dught
Miss Anderson
Miss Schoenbohn
Model Clothing
Swohae Thease
Rite Way
Wheaties
Happy Hour
Jack Sprat
Green Beans
Vancy North Beach
Rinso
John den Hartog
Tiger
Uthorized AG Gamble Stores
South Side Square
Joe Stientjes
Ford Service
Ford Parts
Star Auto Co
Southwest Corner Square
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