Voluminous Dress Sizes Listed in Ad
Classified notice lists 32 dresses available in sizes 12 to 20 and 26 dresses in sizes 14 to 20 plus items in sizes 9 to 20 and 14 to 40. Breaks indicate multiple inventory lines with varied size ranges.
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
8
Classified notice lists 32 dresses available in sizes 12 to 20 and 26 dresses in sizes 14 to 20 plus items in sizes 9 to 20 and 14 to 40. Breaks indicate multiple inventory lines with varied size ranges.
Fragmentary notice shows a Riverside sale offering used tires. Text is garbled but indicates a local bargain event near Algtion and nearby. Potential street listing and vendor not fully legible.
Listings show multiple farms with stock and grain facilities across Mahaska Marion and Jasper counties. Prices range from 1 600 to 1 800 per farm and 60 to 72 per acre. Possession available March 1 1942. Also individual items for sale including Hereford calves a bedroom set a De Laval separator and farm equipment. Contact James Engle 202 Hawke Building Newton Marion Vanden Baard Sandridge and others.
Call Dan at Central Park Cafe 109 or Fox Farm Rod 887. We collect notes judgments and all items of indebtedness. No charges unsuccessful. It tions made anywhere. Jegitim dalma Referencet R. C. Valentine Co Light Company Bldg Marshalltown Ia.
Cattlemen report unprecedented demand for superior bulls and females. Carl Oldsen, Meld representative of the Town Beef Producers' Association, notes that quality stock consistently sells at public auctions, with profitability tied to breeding ability and disposal of surplus rather than price. The piece also briefly mentions Defense Savings Bonds safekeeping and new oats as a feed note.
Iowa State College reports a decade of poultry research on lake disease. Findings show that resistance varies and infested birds spread infection. recommended practices include regular culling of weak or deformed birds, using older hens for breeding, and concentrating on high producers to improve flock health and reduce losses.
A survey by the AAA, presented in The Pella Chronicle, projects farmers will market 8.001 billion pounds of pork under the Food-for-Freedom program. Hog prices are expected to remain above parity through 1942 and into June 1943 due to strong consumer demand and government buying, with guidance on balanced rations, hog care, and breeding practices to maintain healthy production.
Town State College poultry specialists led by C D Lee and A J G Maw announce a program of breeding and culling to eradicate fowl leukosis from local flocks. The disease, once called range paralysis, is categorized into neural ocular visceral and other forms, with regional poultry pathologists detailing multiple types and progression.
Propaganda urging men to enlist and support the armed forces through Defense Stamps and Bonds. Encourages buying daily, with slogans about protecting lives and contributing every dollar and dime to national defense.
The Iowa Health Department promotes a 1942 slogan to counter wartime hysteria with humor. It urges civilians to reconcile with the war, carry on with grim determination, and seek information to prevent rumors and anxiety.
W H Whitfield ex extension poultry specialist at Iowa State College urges farmers to remove dumpy or diseased hens from laying flocks immediately. He warns older birds in with pullets spread diseases and parasites and advises daily flock checks, segregation of young and old birds, and two separate houses for year round confinement.
Secretary Wickard and Iowa State economist Schultz discuss a program to raise corn output and reduce carryover. Proposals include replacing acreage allotments with county plans, promoting practices to boost soil productivity and reduce losses, and using AAA funds to reward farmers adopting proven methods. The plan aims to stabilize prices and improve diets while guarding against overproduction risks.
Town farmers who burn cornstalks and sweet clover every winter are misled by the idea that it is mere trash. Dr A G Norman, soils professor at Town State College, says these residues are vital organic matter for tomorrow's soil. Conserving crop residues builds soil, especially as demand on land rises. burning eases cultivation but wastes nutrients and soil life.
Fragmentary OCR of a children’s prayer piece with misread lines and garbled phrases. Mentions “Now lay me down to sleep” and a plea for protection, then shifts to garbled names and references to a Lloyd-like university marker, concluding with a stray signature-like line.
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