FOR SALE AND LOCAL SERVICES LISTING COMPILED
A jumble of classified style notices and ads from a local newspaper page. Items include seed potato varieties and pricing, wallpaper, Pfister seed corn, magazine subscriptions, used car listings for 1950 Mercury and 1947/45 Fords, cement work, poultry services, music shop ads, roofing and siding, livestock market, feed manufacturing, insurance and monuments, expert poultry services, piano tuning, and a fire siren incident at Whitten. The material presents as multiple short notices rather than a single narrative item.
Pella budget hearing set for Webster Grade School plans
The Pella Independent School District Board of Education schedules a budget hearing at 1 30 p m on June 9 1950 in the High School building office of Secretary John J Blommers. Objections to Webster Grade School plans and specifications may be filed. Separate bids will follow for General Construction Plumbing Heating Ventilating and Electric Wiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Independent
Pella
John J. Blommers
Webster
Iowa
John J. ‘Blommers
Smith and Voorhees, Architects
Des Moines
Bids Open for Webster Grade School Construction in Pella
Sealed bids for the Webster Grade School construction in Pella Tow are due by 2 00 p m June 9 1950 to Secretary of the School Board John J Blommers in the High School Building. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time and place. Bids must use the Prepared Form of Proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Pella
Tow
John J. Blommers
Arie H. Bogaard Seeks Marion County Supervisor Native a Democratic candidate
Political notice announcing Arie H. Bogaard as a Democratic candidate for Marion County Supervisor in the 1951 term. Primary election set for June 6, 1950, with a request for voters to support and vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Arie H. Bogaard
Sheriff Jim Van Hemert Seeks Marion County Post
Marion County voters prepare for the June 6 1950 primary with Democrat Jim Van Hemert seeking the sheriff’s office. Local party leaders emphasize steady law enforcement and community safety as key campaign themes.
Notice to Submit Tulip Time Float Bills
The notice requests all bills for labor or material on Tulip Time floats be turned in to Warren Van Sittert before June 1. The instruction includes no other names or locations beyond those stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren van Sittert
Iowa Territory’s Growth Before Statehood
The Territory of Iowa nearly quadrupled in size before statehood. Settlement began after the Black Hawk purchase in 1833, with 10,850 square miles opened in 1838. From 1838 to 1845 the population rose from 22,895 to about 90,000, nine-tenths of whom were settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
River towns flourish in eastern Iowa counties
The passage notes Dubuque and Burlington as the largest towns while Dav enport Bloomington Fort Madison and Keokuk along the Mississippi River also prosper. It explains the term myriad as ten thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Burlington
Davenport
Bloomington
Fort Madison
Keokuk
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Ottumwa
New Yorker
Fox Farm
Chas. Klein
Black
H. van Rheenen
Matt Hovksema
Clarence M. van Zee
John R. van Gorp
Wisconsin
Briggs & Stratton
Ylocksema
de Jong Floral
Wayne
Pella Poultry Service
S. Kooyman
Poland
China
W. D. Hol
Skyline
McCormick-Deering
Gehl
VOS
Sweet Clover Seed
Sully
John R
Singer Sewing Center
Newton
Dick W. Gosselink
Veenstra
Harold Sack
Koyker
Matt Hoeksema
SAT
Victor
Chronicle Office
C. S. van Hemert
Lynnville
Ander Ploeg Bakery
Bakker & Rus
Electrolux
A.V. Smith
Lester E. van Zee
L. C. Smiths
Chronicle
Henry Brouwer
Hampshire
C. K. Hull
Lynnvile
Weeder
Ford
Ferguson Tractor
Chas. van Maanen
Peila Poultry Service
Roberton
Briggs & Stratton Motor
Pfister
John G. Ver
Country Gentleman
The
Pella Chronicle
Dean Sadler
Sally
Bart Pella Auto CO. Oyen
Eveninas
Onyx High
M. W
West Park
Swings
Hill
A. B. Leeper
Lima
Finder
Vander Mkt
Legion Hall
Legion Hal
Maggie Dingeman
Marion van Gorp
Brom
Skeeping School
Mahaska County
Eastern Oil Company
Marion
N. P. Petersen
Camanche
Towa
Pella Block and Tile Co
van Gorp Hatchery
Tano
Kuyper
Music House
J. Clair von
Farmers Co.op
Vera's Beauty Shoppe
Franklin St
Revlow
Velons Cosmetics
VERA
Bernice
VIOLA
van Roekel
Main Street
Pelle
Brom Feed Store
Cook’s Insurance Agency
John
Buwalda
Harriet Kuyper
East First St
Wassau
Barre
Bert Vande Kieft
B. J. Brom
George Ramsey
Whitten
Japalac
Pella Wallpaper & Paint
West Side Square
Hawaii
Vogelaar Brothers
Pontiac
Jiggs, Maggie
Oman Joe Yule Reneriano
Stan Musial
Pri
Arian
Poster Donlevy
Preston MacDonald Carey
Wiliam Boll
Att Dekker
Walter Ange
Coleen Gray
Charles Bickford
Holland Theatre
Board of Eduction
Jim van Hemert
Territory OF
Federal Discount Corp
Livermore
Oskaloosa
Martin Naaktgeboren
Armour
Bacon
Armour’s Star
California
Baker Choc
Heinz Catsup
Mars Family Choice
Swift
Virgil Vander Linden
Ralph Decok
Frank
del Monte
Eatwell
Gaunt Voor
Curtiss Marshmallows
B&m
Charmin
van Camp
Howel’s Root Beer
Coca Cola Strawberry Nesbitt’s Orange
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