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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1943
Page
4
An OCR fragment reports a family ice cream celebration for Dave and Chester Bradhart with a birthday surprise. It also notes notices from the United Air Corps stating appearance in Kansas City Missouri on Wednesday January 6.
An OCR saturated text chronicles family, military, and community notes across multiple places. It mentions Myron Selle, Betty Potter, Ray Van Tro, and Lanice Bruce among others, with references to church events, travels, and condolences. Local notices and memorials mix with weather and address fragments from Seattle to Philadelphia and beyond.
Readable church notices list activities at First Reformed and Second Church of Christ including prayers and preaching times. Vander Place hosts 1:00 am service with Sunday school and broadcast plans noted for the lake region congregation.
A scanned event page lists sermons and services at KSO Des Moines and several churches including First and Second Reformed, Mary’s, and a Baptist congregation. It notes morning worship, evening services, missionary talks on Africa, and a sermon series The Christian Attitude Toward War. Speakers include Rev TLS Roninix and Rev Deh Hart.
A jumble of sale and wanted notices listing property, livestock, tools, and household items for sale or trade. Names such as Fred Lankelia Louis Vicy Roekel Henry Tae Leighton Della Jaan and John Pe Penning appear with scattered phone references and locations near Pella and Monroe. Several items include stoves lawn mowers heaters and furniture with brief conditions and contact prompts.
A scrambled OCR fragment lists names and places such as Manro, Wil Van Maren, Hell Kuiken, Pleasantville, Vander Linden, and Sam Poortingra with dates in February. The text appears as scattered directives and locations with no clear narrative or event.
Markets section lists price quotations and products for poultry dealers on the site including leghorn spring chickens and white bells springs. The fragment suggests midweek trading notes and vendor references with limited legible details.
Fragmentary notice lists contact for rent a room or modern engine and mentions scrap collection per capita in a county Scrap Harvest drive. References to lawfully certified seed and county director or Jove sbinean at Iowa State College Ames.
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