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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1941
Page
8
Classified items show several rental offers and requests. Unfurnished heat included units, two room apartments, uptown office or living space, and a pre January first housing need near Otley Iowa. Names include William Vos Bee P Boertje Jake Dickens and Dick Jaydens with Green and 174 contact numbers.
Musings of the Town Crier extend season greetings to Mayor Frush, telephones, local businesses, and residents. Names praised include Marion De Zwarte, Hill Black, Rol Screen Co, Central College, Sunnyside, Inez Osborne, Rey Van den Berg, and local families. The note thanks volunteers, shopkeepers, and students for 1941 service and looks to future citizenship.
A fragmented masthead style item notes a local town diary of waxwork and travel hints. It mentions Ted We Lee Haville Ta Otat Bahyiow Kreavile Corks and Valen Hull Vieaannt Greve Rwan in a garbled sequence. The readable bits imply a regional column with names and places, inviting further clarification.
Taxing district totals and line items show gas line assessment figures across multiple towns and districts. The document lists miles total valuations, per cent tax rates, and consolidated district totals including Clay Towns and Vane Hehe areas.
In Marion County the board of facts fixes the length and valuation of a railroad within multiple townships and districts. The county auditor is ordered to spread the assessed values on the tax rolls for the year, listing each township and taxing district with totals for Pleasant Grove, Franklin, Dock, Perry, and other areas as directed.
A Board of Education assessment fixes mileage for various taxing districts within Marion County. The document lists Express Companies, rail lines, and township mileage totals for Pleasant Grove, Tracy, Red Rock, Perry, Folk, Amsterdam, and related districts. Multiple figures appear for miles and totals, with references to auditors and the Express Company.
Property in Marion County Iowa Lot 4 Block 3 Dunreath sold for unpaid taxes to Alpha Brown certificate assigned to the holder of purchase rights. Redemption must occur within ninety days from complete service of this notice to avoid tax deed by the treasurer. Heirs of M Myers and other claimants warned.
An early draft recollects a very small child nicknamed "weurety-eat" in a troubled family. The fragment hints at fear and alienation, with the child’s curiosity and need to learn stifled by parents who failed to understand his process of growing up. The draft notes his initial interest in a line and a life shaped by misunderstanding.
A patriotic appeal urges citizens to buy defense bonds via banks post offices and savings associations to fund planes ships and guns. The Iowa State University History quote and a local Sunnyside Beauty Shop closing note follow, noting business gains and new friends formed during the year.
A fragmentary tale describes a child taught by a dog and sister about safety and kindness toward dogs. The child notices dangers in canine behavior, balancing curiosity with caution, and shows affection for a friendly dog while encountering a less friendly one.
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