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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1939
Page
10
A varied classified notice listing services and goods: trucking of livestock grain and coal. spouting repair. vehicle and auto parts ads. poultry worming and delousing services. poultry culling and worm expeller. hatchery supplies. insurance reminders. farm loans. Names and phone numbers included for Van Dyke, Brom, Kersbergen, Cook, and others. May include promotional pricing and contact details.
Fifield and surrounding families report illnesses and recoveries while sharing social visits. Residents note several sick lists, college and family updates, and funeral attendance for Mrs Roe Duewha of Knoxville.
The film is a Warner Bros. production based on the Broadway hit Brother Rat staged for eighteen months with three road companies. It stars Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane and includes a notable Virginia Military Institute backdrop with 700 cadets. A feathered gown designed by Adrian is featured, using scarce bird of paradise plumes.
A terse catalog of prewar autos with down payment terms and condition notes. Listings include 1937 Ford Coupe and Tudor Touring Thrifty Six ty reconditioned models, 1936 Ford and Plymouth Tudors, 1929 Chevrolet and Ford Coach, plus several 1947 to 1946 models. Multiline inventory from A. B. Van Houweling Auto with vehicle types and down payments.
Northwest Corner Square dealer offers used tires in most sizes and tire repairs. They advertise magneto service and battery recharging with the slogan attention auto owners. The listing mentions classic cars including a 1982 Chevrolet and a 1926 Ford along with various 1928 and 1929 Durant and Chevrolet models.
Daugher Carel attended Gerrit Vander Waal’s farm sale near Colfax as the Vander Waal family plans to move to Pella this week. Weekends brought visitors Duke Mel and Jam es Knoxville to Wm Verwers home and Neal Keuning with Harold to the 8 H Keuning house.
The eighth grade industrial arts class is starting metal projects using fin cans to craft ash trays dishes and bowls. Some students have finished first projects and now choose their own projects such as wrist coin purses from soft leather or caning old chairs. Many pieces completed before Christmas were given to parents siblings and friends as gifts.
Harry Linn of the Iowa Horse and Mule Association spoke to agricultural students on horse care and management on December 22. He addressed the summer outbreak of sleeping sickness that claimed many horses and cautioned against unsafe remedies like ear bleeding inspired by rumors about mosquitoes biting horses in the ears.
On December 10 the SCIC met in Des Moines with Lincoln High President M Hosiy presiding. Chariton Osceola and Colfax, current Southern Town members, applied for admittance. acceptance depended on release from the Southern Town Conference. Colfax had requested entry earlier. Osceola and Chariton would join the conference this spring.
The conference adds three new schools forming nine member cities Osceola Colfax Chariton Knoxville Indianola Winterset Lincoln Des Moines Valley and Pella. Non conference games do not count toward standings as the expansion reshapes the league.
The Clerk of the District Court of Marion County Iowa announces a will on file purporting to be Jacob Patho ceased. The court will hear objections at 10 00 A M on January 23 1939 in Knoxville Town to prove the will validity. Objections must be on file by the specified date. Don J. Remy Clerk of District Court J Rex Weddle Deputy
Advertisement from Vander Linden's Drag Store promotes Adla Tablets as relief for stomach pains and indigestion caused by acidity. Claims 3 weeks supply costs $1.25 with money back offer.
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