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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
4
A dense jumble of tiny ads lists vehicles for sale including 1929 Plymouth and a 10 Chev Town Sedan, farm equipment, churns, hay forks, pumps, and a DeLage sedan with patio heater. Rentals, employment offers for detasseling, and a few legal public notices appear alongside shop services and grain balancer pitches.
Notation of dissolution for the partnership of Plette and Vander Linden. Linden to collect all debts and assets. Plette denies further obligations. Duplicate signatures from Pella Iowa dated June 10s. Also a shop reopening update from Vera Secret and a bond holder notice from Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation with bond numbers and interest coupon reference.
Cards of thanks express gratitude to friends relatives and organizations for support while in hospital. Mrs Wm Van Sant Mrs Van Damselaar family M Blanch Vander Linden and the Rolscreen Factory are named for kindness and tokens of appreciation received during six years of care.
Fragmented OCR text from a military news page discusses a service member who was badly wounded, noting weight issues from work and dental problems, a penchant for hunting submarines in winter, and long duty hours. The excerpt is garbled and lacks clear names, dates, or locations.
Fragmented handwritten notes from servicemen in North Africa to a girlfriend and others. Mentions shipments of canned goods for Vand ty era and various military units, camp addresses, and new postings. Also includes a brief agricultural forecast noting better yields for apples peaches and pears while corn and crop prospects are mixed.
A wartime verse by Pvt. Clifford Van Ekeren addresses Mr. Striker and other workers. It praises soldiers overseas, urges workers to support production for the war effort, and warns that delays or low wages could keep a buddy from returning from Africa or the front.
Prof Woods, head of the mathematics department at Town University, urges young men aiming for officers to maximize their arm service prospects through intensive training in mathematics physics and chemistry before enlistment. He cites reports from former students now in service and warns that lack of training wastes time.
The note thanks relatives friends and neighbors for cards letters and flowers and visits from Rev Lawrence J Borst during illness at Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa. Economists at Town State College forecast a steady hog market for weeks with daily price variations but no major shifts expected.
Local produce dealers provide Wednesday morning quotations for cream eggs hogs wheat corn and oats. Listings note markets at Chicazo and Pella with prices seen but legibility limited.
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