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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
3
Colorful overview of spring hat styles highlights wider brims across categories from sports and leisure to town hats. Describes 2% to 2 1/2 inch brims as standard, country styles up to 24 2% and 3 inches, and notes pre shaped blocks, new shapes, and color and edge variations. Mentions snapbrims, Homburgs, crown shaping, and diverse daytime to formal wear applications.
A collection of brief descriptions and praise for children's and classic novels. It includes Happy Christmas by Daphne Du Maurier, Along the Rift Tow Path by Enid Meadowcroft, Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight, The Fort in the Jungle by P. G. Wren, The Year of Jubilo by Ruth Sawyer, Polly Kent Rides West by Robert McCullough, Drovers East by Pitt L. Fitzgerald, The Secret of the Marshbanks by Kathleen Norris, and more. Each blurb highlights themes, settings, and character appeal for readers.
Kenneth Roberts novel Oliver Wiswell portrays loyalists amid revolutionary conflict. Sudden Takes Charge follows Western outlaw Sudden in a gunfight climax. Diplomtically Speaking by Lloyd Griscom surveys a diplomat’s adventures and anecdotes. Road to Endor traces Samuel Harris as Puritan adventurer amid 17th century upheaval.
Two mothers discuss how to foster a child's music love. Sharply, the advice favors everyday exposure and encouragement over formal prowess. Frequent, enjoyable music at home helps children respond by singing and participating.
Two common homeowner annoyances are warped and sticking doors. Methods include nailing and adjusting the door to the jamb, swelling from moisture, planing bulges, and painting top and bottom edges to seal pores. Drying and heating after paint helps prevent future sticking.
The text advises parents to expose children to a wide range of music from Bach to Stravinsky and Rhapsody in Blue to Wagner, warning against narrowing options downward. It suggests consulting libraries, record catalogues, and child care books for guidance.
Dr. R H Porter head of the Seed Laboratory at Iowa State College warns many oats stored in wet conditions and heated in bins show zero or very low viability. Farmers should test seed oats immediately and may need to use poor germinating lots for feeding. Barley hybrid corn red clover show good germination, sweet clover and soybeans lag, Timothy also weak. The laboratory is caught up and can test samples quickly.
Dormant sprays which are ordinarily applied in March to control scale insects on fruit trees are not recommended this season. Orchard managers should consider alternative integrated pest management steps and monitor tree health before applying any treatments.
Extension horticulturist S. W. Kilgecombe of Iowa State College warns against using Time sulfur dormant sprays on trees weakened by freezing. He advises delaying pruning this season to assess uninjured bloom and avoid further damage, suggesting pruning only after new growth reveals injured wood.
Edgecombe horticul turial advises pruning grapes but not raspberries, applying the same pruning restrictions to small fruits except grapes. The guidance notes that trees would be further damaged by improper pruning.
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