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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1948
Page
4
Sale dates listed for March 1 and March 20 include Hampshire Clit Sale at Oskaloosa and Mr Van Dyk 1007 Household Goods. Display title directs readers to the Chronicle Tunis 1 Sheet for further details.
A dense, fragmentary classified listing shows numerous for sale notices including cattle Guernsey milk cows, tractors Oliver and Versatile, farm machinery, gravel, coal, appliances, plumbing tools, and a sewing machine. Numerous phone-like contact lines and partial product names appear, reflecting a broad rural commerce ad page.
A cluttered classified page lists vehicles including 1940 Dodges and Plymouths, a 1945 Budge truck with stock and grain body, and a 1940 Chevrolet Hienup. Also ads for seed corn, hay equipment, tractors, harrows, and farm machinery from Kuyper's Music House, Pella Implement Store, and local dealers. Some listings mention cash prices and contact details, with farm real estate and equipment notes near Pella Iowa.
Fragmented classified notices show rental offers and job ads including for rent near 1st of April at various farms and residences. Listings include wants for a young man to learn food retailing and a waitress position, plus elderly care help and a request for a man over 28 to work with a district manager in an agricultural production program. Names and addresses are partially legible with unclear contact details.
Local listings show PUMP AND PLUMBING SERVICE with deep well pumps and Sparks Plumbing Shop, plus wall fashions from WALLPAPER and Imperial Washable Wall and BRIGGS & STRATION PARTS. Also offerings from various shops including MONUMENTS, SINGER furniture, sewing machine service, typing, washing machines, electrical repair, and farm services in Pella Iowa area.
Market your hogs cattle and sheep through the Farmers Co op offering contact via phone numbers 206 and 267 for sales and arrangements.
Stanley Grupp of Riceville narrowly escaped serious injury when a sharp stone tore his groin during rock blasting. He bled heavily until coworkers stopped the flow and rushed him to a Mason City hospital for treatment.
A. M Bailey, 26, of Knoxville died after attempting a risky pass with a loaded dynamite truck. The vehicle struck a bridge wing, sent cement tumbling 46 feet across the creek, then toppled into the creek. Bailey escaped with a bloody nose.
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