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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1936

Page

2

Van's Motor Service Offers Rebuilt Washers and Motors

Ed Van Gorp advertises rebuilt washers wringer rolls and electric motors along with general machine work. A Public Health Service note discusses neglected Trachoma in southern mountains and its blindness risk. Science magazine cites Michigan University findings on stutterers improving when crawling. Galapagos wildlife is noted as endangered while efforts to preserve life continue.

Van's Motor Service van Gorp U. S. Public Health Service Michigan University Galapagos Islands Darwin

Wanted: Farm Experienced Man for Steady Job

A job notice seeks a man with farm experience for ongoing work. Advertises good weekly pay and requires a car. Applicants are instructed to write or sign their name and mail to Box 164, Dept. 3577, Quincy, Th.

Peter Groenendyk Bussey Iowa Dept Quincy

Age Years Lived on Farm Name Address Number Of

A brief notice lists an individual's age years lived on a farm and their name and address, noting the associated number.

Market News Summary January 17 1936 Hog and Cattle Prices

Weather threatened market as heavy seasonal run appeared for all classes with feeder hogs and semi fat cattle in fair quality. Plain cattle sold steady despite storm and buyers stayed under roof. Top price reached 140 dollars for freed horses. various livestock prices listed including sows fat cows and calves.

Condensed News Roundup from State and Nation

A roundup of brief items: death of George Strazsa at a reputed old age. three children drowns on thin ice in Indianapolis. F Brandon Smith sued for alienation of affections in Charlotte. Austin Palmer admits sending life threat letters to President Roosevelt. Ethiopian front details from Addis Ababa. J Arthur Parker to be installed as Humboldt Woodmen lodge clerk. Gloria Vanderbilt custody ruling in New York. Des Moines raids on night clubs for illegal liquor. Christian Saltzmann estate valued at 75000 with multiple heirs.

J. Arthur Parker Woodmen Lodge Humboldt Parker Humboldt County

Dark Angel at Princess shows Sunday debut in Oskaloosa

The Princess theatre in Oskaloosa screens The Dark Angel for a four day run starting Sunday January 26. Merle Oberon Fredric March and Herbert Marshall star in this adaptation from Guy Bolton and Lilian Hellman with Mordaunt Shair as producer and tells the tale of Kitty Vane and two men Alan Trent and Gerald Shann set in rural England through war and its aftermath leading to a hopeful ending.

Princess Theatre Oskaloosa Goldwyn Irie Mareh Merle Oberon Herbert Marshall Guy Bolton Lillian Hellmar Chilken Mordaunt Sh Green Bay Tree England Kitty Vane Alan Trent Fredric March Gerald Shann Nerbert Marshall Kitty Alan Gerald Samuel Goldwyn

Des Moines mayor to seek GOP congressional nomination

Mayor Dwight N. Lewis of Des Moines announced on Saturday his bid for the Republican nomination to Congress in the sixth district. Iowa Farm Bureau president Charles E. Hearst said he will not seek re election at the state convention in Washington. A range of regional news followed including crime, rail, and legal developments across Iowa.

Dwight N. Lewis Des Moines Charles E. Hearst Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Washington, D. C

Bremer County Courthouse Bond Drive Gains Signatures

Petitioners gathered about 2,100 signatures Saturday night urging a special election on a 76000 bond issue to replace a PWA grant for a new Bremer county courthouse. The piece notes support from organized agriculture for broader soil conservation goals and critiques of current political moods and exchanges.

PWA Bremer County Soil AAA

Witty observations on marriage and vanity from a bygone era

A collection of pithy aphorisms on wives, husbands, mothers, and social pretensions. It lampoons domestic life, memory, truthfulness, ambition, and the vanity of “primitive” superiority, framing human foibles with sharp, ironic humor.

Notice of Sheriff s Sale Real Estate in Marion County Iowa

The State of Iowa Marion County 88 J E Wells Plaintiff vs John Wagner Ida A Wagner et al Defendants. By Special Execution in favor of J E Wells for 9160 73 I Levyed on January 7 1936 on the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 21 Township 75 North Range 21 West 5th P M Will sell to the highest bidder February 10 1936 at 2 PM at the south door of the Court House Knoxville Marion County Iowa for the deeds and sale proceeds under the order of the Marion County District Court

J. E. Wells John Wagner Ida A. Wagner Marion County Iowa Court House Knoxville

Notice to plat and record homestead in ten days

A sheriff's notice warns that if the real estate including a home stead is not platted and recorded within ten days after service, the property will be marked out, platted and recorded per law. Dated January 8, 1936. P. J. Grandman, Sheriff, Marion County Iowa. Deputy: Howard L. Kading.

P. J. Grandman Marion County Iowa Howard L. Kading

Sunday visits and local gatherings in small towns

The report lists numerous residents visiting friends and family across several nearby towns. Names include Taintor Moana McFarlin Pauline Dimit J. B. Wehrle Roy Miller Leo nard Leyden N. P. Versteegh Mahaska hospital shows appendicitis recovery, Cedar visitor Ray Cranston and Des Moines trip by Ivyl Grant. The text reads like a social column with multiple brief confirmations of visits and illness.

Moana McFarlin Pauline Dimit New Sharon Weltimer Tell Wehrle J. B. Wehrle Roy Miller Clyde Ludwick H. L. Downey Ray Mitchell Scarsboro N. P. Versteegh Kenneth Wim Herman Vander Pol Mahaska Hospital Ray Cranston Cedar Our City G. B. Craver Harry Stanley Oscar Ellwood Oskaloosa Paton Chas. Garner Slavotd Sheesly Charley Fleming Clifford Baker Donna Roe Albion Lorimer Newton C. L. Lorimer Ivyl Grant Des Moines

Local social notes and a Cedar Rapids tax report

The item lists neighbors and visitors including Mrs A B Rouw bedridden then improving, Roy Miller N P Ver Steegh and P Ver Steegh at a Knoxville sale, and several Sunday visits among the Klinker Winner Northcutt Roten Ludwick and Mankes households. A state board reduced the Effron Servera Co property assessment in Cedar Rapids by 10000 for 1935 36.

A. B. Rouw Roy Miller N. P. Ver Steegh P. Ver Steegh Knoxville John Klinker Kenneth Winner Earl Northcutt Ollie ‘McDowell Voyian Northcutt New Sharon Anna Northcutt Charlie Roten Rev Mrs. Platts Margaret Mankes Ray Ludwick State Board of Assessment and Review Effron- Servera Co Cedar Rapids

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