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.
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
4
Free ambulance service to members within 20 miles. Phone 48 in Pella Iowa. Ella Co-Operative Run for sale.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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