Pella City Council Proceedings March 19 1940
City council met in regular session March 19 1940 with most members present. Minutes approved. A resolution ordered the transfer of funds from Dragging to Fire Department to be returned and another resolution to return money from Electric Light to Swinie Pool was introduced and deferred. Aldermen discussed coal electri to amesnt at plant and action was deferred pending study of report.
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City of
Pella
Falix
van Dusseldorp and Weyers
Fire Department
Electric Light Fund
Swinnie Pool
Amesnt & E
Standard Oil Sponsors Farm Broadcasts Nationwide
Standard Oil backs a series of noon time radio broadcasts for farmers in the Central West. Veteran farm news commentator Everett Mitchell will share seasonal agricultural tips and rural news on these programs airing across eight stations from Denver to Detroit. The broadcasts begin Saturday, March 11th, with details for farmers to tune in.
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Central West
Everett Mitchell
Standard Oil Company
Denver
Detroit
Tod Hoents
The
Hute
Program for Achievement Day March 28
The Women's Home Project Achievement Day program on March 28 at Memorial Hall is released by Mrs. Ira Ward, Co. Home Project Chairman. It includes 10:00 Summit on Knoxville and Lake Prohibits, 10:20 Community Singing, welcome by C. M. Gilson, introduction of home demonstration agent, summary of year's work, recognition of 100 percent to all seeders and district cooperators, and demonstrations by county nurse and judges with speakers from Washington Sayre and Tall.
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Walter Brown
County
Liberty Exinns
Washington
Mond Sayre
Beck
Clay
Annmur
Red Rock
Holland
Marian Edwards
Masons Hear Lectures In Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Masons plan a series of three lectures by invited speakers. The first, March, discusses a topic in Masonic practice. The second features Dr. C E from Davenport speaking April 24. The final lecture covers a modern tragedy. Members and residents within driving distance are invited.
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Palmer
Cedar
Tri-Luminar News
Council Lodge
Grin
Leto
Dr. C. Ee
Davenport
Grand Lodge
Mageres
Special Meeting Sought by County Superintendents and Board Members
County Superintendent Jack Tracy of Knoxville seeks all county school board members and superintendents to gather March 26 at his office in Knoxville. The March 23 meeting aims to craft arguments for a legislative program to ease tax burdens on property and support broader action in Des Moines on April 2.
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Jessie Parker
State Department of Public Instruction
Des Moines
Jack Tracy
Knoxville
Tracy
Legacy Gumbo and Meats Bake From Sunny Southland
Dishes combine gumbo basics with a meat roll and green pea sauce using chicken and bones, boiled long then simmered, served over rice. A meat roll with gravy like tomato catsup and green pea sauce yields ten servings. accompanying scones and orange marmalade appear in the same kitchen docket.
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Southland
Catfish Ib Salmon Ib Ocean Perch Fille r
Market notes list generic fish items with abbreviations and incomplete names. No clear event or entities beyond fish types. Placeholder listing reflects cataloging or pricing shorthand from a periodicalbrief.
How to Make Marmalade Sandwich Scones
Combine egg and milk with sifted dry ingredients to form a soft dough. Roll to 1/3 inch thick, cut into diamonds, place marmalade on half, top with remaining diamonds, brush with milk, sugar, and bake at 450F for 12 to 15 minutes yields ten scones.
The Hard Way Thieves Target High School Office
Fragmentary report notes thieves broke into a high school office causing a safe to be wrecked and an unlocked area found, with unclear details about perpetrators or motives.
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John Mae
Worth county farmers ship carload tobacco in February
Olaf and Hamlin Holton of Worth county raise large tobacco crops shipped in carload lots each February. Evel Max Nurst of Fairfield was the first to marry in 1940 in the county and is also the first to be sued for divorce that year. The divorce filing by Mabel Oliver Hurst alleges Mr Hurst was under legal age.
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Olaf
Hamlin Holton
Worth County
Toreco
Evel Max Nurst
Fairfield
Mabel Oliver Hurst
Hurst
Want Ads Sprouts Paint Cleaner Claims Safe Use
An advertiser touts Want Ads Sprouts Paint Cleaner as magical in effect and safe for hands and paint, noting it contains no lye or alkali. Kuyper Builders Material Company is listed in connection.
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Kuyper Builders Material Company
To Rent One or Two Rooms for Elderly Persons
Classified notice lists rooms for rent for elderly individuals at 1100 N Main by Dr M Kramer. Also small ads include Clover seed for sale at 9.00 per bushel by C W Vroom and red clover seed 8.25 per bushel by Wm Van Hal Jr. A lost green and gold Schaefer fountain pen offers a reward at the Chronicle office. A cribbage note mentions a royal flush and a 29 hand with Kenneth Watson Reinbeck barber example.
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M. Kramer
Main
Schaefer
Chronicle
Wm. van Hal, Jr
Kenneth Watson
Reinbeck “Barber
Hot Stuff for Cold Days in a Home Kitchen Note
A vintage cooking fragment extols warming foods and beverages for chilly weather. It highlights hot coffee, soup, casseroles, scones, biscuits, hot potato salad, hot dressings, stews, and hot desserts. A partial chicken mazolu recipe with okra, onion, parsley, bay leaf, tomatoes, and rice follows, though text trails off.
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Stuw
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