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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
4
The accounting and bookkeeping departments are unusually quiet as staff take vacations. Mentions of Mr Potter, Louise Bruce, Henrietta Vanden, Pred Allen, and others hint at summer absences. Several order details and domestic notes appear amid casual chatter.
A social gathering at the home on Tuesday afternoon featured Mrs Con Ver Bloor and several neighbors. The event included visitors from local families, with mentions of illnesses and hospital activity, plus a note about a peanut butter and honey spread enjoyed at the picnic table.
There is a new instrument filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Iowa Marion County purporting to be the last will and testament of Arie Van Waardhuis deceased. The court will hear its validity at Knoxville Town on July 1 at 10:00 am. You must file objections before the hearing.
A patient describes a chaotic dental office scene with two people ahead in line, a nurse reassuring that the doctor is working, a light turned on, and the patient waiting with magazines while contemplating the wait as the dentist begins treatment.
Market notes list various poultry and livestock names with scattered price hints and locations such as Plymouth Rocks ducks and Corn set oats. Names include Bode, Spears, Leckorn, Cox, Whit, White, and Plymouth. The fragmentary text mentions Chicago and Pella but lacks clear figures or full context.
Classified style snippets request reliable party to drive to Salt Lake City and advertise farm animals for sale including an Hereford bull and Chester White sow. Also notices for hay chopp ing services and general sale inquiries with contact details and location in Pella and Oakland California.
A bold local notice urges purchases of war stamps and bonds at Penney's to fund the war effort, claiming ten cent stamps will cover costs for five cart ridges and emphasizing the need for broad participation in the campaign.
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