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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1947

Page

4

Classified ad for ambulance service and sale

Free ambulance service to members within 20 miles. Phone 48 in Pella Iowa. Ella Co-Operative Run for sale.

Pella Iowa Ella Co-Operative

Local farm goods and equipment listed for sale in Pella area

A long list of farm offerings includes milk delivery services and ready to use feeds, slaughtering services, cedar posts, insulation, hybrid seed corn, purebred cattle, hog feeders, peat litter, poultry chicks, tractors and engines, hardware items, and household goods. These notices name sellers and contact numbers around Pella Iowa with many items for sale or rent and service options.

Miller Elyn Cocker Plant Thomas Bloodsworth N. Main John Vande Noord Ben Hoeksema Pella Iowa Johns-Manville Matt Hoeksema Leslie Bogaard Ike Henry & Son Leighton Dick W. Gosselink Willis M. Vande Voort Highway 163 New Chester White Fallhoars Dick Veldhuizen Lynnville Otley Dhuizen Vogelants Vogelant Elgin Steel Gibson Deep Freeze Perfection Myers Vogelaar Sweeney John Vanden Board Towa Briggs & Stratton Square Ray van Gorp Clarence M. van Zee

The Key to Better Hearing Invention for War Time Auditory Aid

Reader notice describes a compact hearing device praised as quiet and powerful, promising a home demonstration by Rochester Hearing Aid Co. Also lists assorted local classifieds for sale and rental items including costumes, gas bottles, farm equipment, livestock, space heaters, appliances, real estate, and pasture land.

Rochester Hearing Aid Co First Ave Rochester Minnesota

WANTED: Help wanted ads span various local services

A collage of classified notices from a Pella area paper lists numerous WANTED ads and notices. Jobs range from waitresses and kitchen help to housework and telephone operators, plus a furnace cleaning offer and farm labor calls. It also includes a municipal financial report for Pella, Iowa, outlining revenues, expenditures, and indebtedness for the year ending March 31, 1947.

Lipperter Central Park Cafe Fowler Telephone Co Carr Pella Towa Iowa Fire Comfort Station

Odd Team of Man and Beast Tows Farm Tasks

Frankie Walters of Nora Springs trained an unlikely pair a bull and a mare to help harvest corn thresh beans and chop wood. The bull proved quicker and cooler than a horse, enabling practical field work with limited stock.

Frankie Walters Nora Springs

Fishing License Sales Hit Record High in 1946

U S fishing license revenue reached nearly 16 million dollars in 1946 with over 11.0 million licenses sold, up from 8.25 million in 1945. California led in receipts at 1.5 million from 760,000 licenses, while Michigan topped in licenses sold at 1.9 million for 950 thousand dollars. Iowa ranked 12th in licenses and 16th in revenue with 325,000 licenses and 280 thousand dollars.

United States California Michigan Towa Ranke

Tips on Planting and Caring for Strawberries

Agronomist Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College advises clean cultivation for eight years to avoid white grubs. Buy from reliable suppliers and minimize soil disturbance when transplanting. Control strawberry leaf roller and slug with 60 percent DDT wettable powder or 10 percent DDT dust, then use 1 percent rotenone dust or 6 pounds of 5 percent rotenone per 100 gallons as a spray after berries form. Household washing powder acts as a good wetting agent. Rotenone is not poisonous to humans and leaves no harmful residue on fruit.

McCormick Deering Garret J. Dieleman Jo Ann Vane Voort de Kail Thybrid Mart Hoekseman My Waal Robert_ Wallace Bart van de Voort Dr. Weyers Pella Gus Aalders Peter Bogaard Ynga John Deere Buerkens Vandermeulen Hoeksema Co Iowa Ford Raymond Newendorp Merle Kallemyn Philco Boat Furniture CO Y. T. van Niewaalze Marion van Dusseldorp Harold Gunderson Iowa ‘State College Gunderson Junior University of Towa

Soldiers in Japan and Korea See More Movies

Soldiers serving in Japan and Korea watch more films than at home under the Army Special Services division. At least four Hollywood titles are shown weekly, often before New York releases, and GIs attend live stage shows including USO performances and soldier productions.

Japan Korea Army Special Services Division Hollywood New York USO

Ink Removal From Feed Sacks And Child Guidance

Rural women seek ink free feed sacks for everyday textiles and learn five methods from USDA textile authorities to remove black printing. A separate note from the University of Iowa discusses positive discipline, urging constructive steps over threats to teach children better behavior.

Marion County Jeanne Bryant County Extension Home United States Department of Agriculture

Careless Words Misread by Children in Early Reading

A study notes parents shape a child’s word understanding, showing many read letters and words incorrectly. It highlights how everyday phrases like except can be misinterpreted, affecting reading comprehension and expectations.

Cards of Thanks and Hunting Remark in Wyoming

Card of thanks from Mrs. Carroll Vander Wilt Sully Iowa expresses gratitude for cards letters visits during hospitalization and after returning home. Mrs. Delos Wittenburg also thanks relatives friends neighbors for kindness and visits. Bert Braskett of Riverton Wyoming enters his 44th straight season hunting big game in the Wind River mountains hoping for ten more years.

Carroll Vander Bert Braskett Riverton Wyoming Wind River Mountains

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