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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1977
Page
2
Reader shares a humorous catalog of antiquated pest remedies from old homemaking books. It cites snuff for crickets, cucumber peels for roaches, flour and potash mixtures, tea and salt for flies and ants, kerosene on bed legs, pennyroyal oil for mosquitoes, and sulfur burns. The piece ends with a playful call to banish bugs and enjoy summer.
Priscilla Vander Ploeg of Monroe was named to the dean's list at William Penn College for the spring semester. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Vander Ploeg.
Neighbors Marlyn Klimstra and family visited their mother and grandmother Mrs. Mabel Van Roekel at Pella community hospital. Mr. and Mrs. De Spain of Kewanee and Mrs. Lester Van Gorp of Sully also called on Mrs. Van Roekel, indicating a family gathering in Arlington Heights and surrounding areas.
Realty firm Magnussen Realty publicizes its office at 727 Main with contact number 628 3700. Salespersons listed are Barbara Noftiger Mary Embling Lloyd Shanks Ernie Reese and Rita Magnussen.
Multiple Iowa birth notices list Bradley Ray Van Niewaal born May 27 in Albia at Monroe County hospital and Joshua David Brandt born May 31 at Pella Community Hospital. Kelly Jo Hill born May 31 at Pella community hospital. Amy Dawn Held born June 3 at Pella Community Hospital. Names include grandparents and great grandparents.
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