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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
4
Local classified items advertise paint waterproof coatings and driers with prewar pricing. Listings include Electrolux demos, sewing machine servicing, and home repair services. Businesses mention Monument orders and farm-related classifieds with miscellaneous product offerings and promotions.
Tysseling from Vermont Iowa thanks friends neighbors and relatives who sent cards flowers and gifts while confined in the Keotn hospital and after returning home. Cram thanks City and County officers for helping locate his stolen car on Monday evening.
We move our tin shop from the post office dock to the former Van Sitlert plumbing shop just north of Vogelwirs Hardware. New larger quarters allow improved tin repair and pointing work including lightning rods.
Ed Cott at Iowa State College horticulture explains a simple starter solution for gardens. Dissolve 8 tablespoons of fertilizer in water in a non corrosive container, applying a cupful per plant and a gallon per foot of seed rows. Useful for transplants and subsequent dressings, this method boosts early growth and vigor. Two Iowa incidents report bulls injuring people, one near Cresco injuring Harlan Hovey and another near Albia injuring Mrs. Ralph Guther with horn wounds.
Plant depth guidance from Ed Cott state horticulturist urges following seed depth rules. Seed burial should be five times seed diameter with carrots radishes and tomatoes at about four inches, beets with squad 1 inch, peas beans and corn at 1 to 4 inches. Thinning after sprouting keeps spacing for carrots beets parsnips lettuce.
A brief note from The Countryman in England recounts a dog that eats both stonseber ries and blackberries while a previous cat would eat berries and spit them out. The quirky anecdote shows rural life humor and animal quirks.
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