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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1948
Page
4
A Future Magazine appraisal of the American press notes its local US reach yet large ad content, high fairness, and broad space given to opposing views. The piece contrasts US and British papers, praising objectivity, multiple viewpoints, and the habit of reporting all sides in a controversy.
National Newspaper Week presents a quarterly financial statement for the Schoolhouse Fund of School District Pella Township Lake Prairie County Marion. The report certifies accuracy of the quarter ending in 19AR with balances and receipts and warrants drawn totaling 4,640.67 and ending balance 6,861.07, plus a listed end balance 25,920.79 and assorted small items totaling 214 4.69 60.00 51.55 1.02 10.00 78.96 22.40 16.68.
A long column of lighthearted notes from the Town Crier mentions a recent visit with John Vanden Ban, his Dutch spoons and travel tales in Holland, and plans to display a foreign collection. It notes bargain Saturdays at Pella merchants, memories of Central College football, a parking jab about an Atomic Bomb corner, and upcoming circus events with clowns praised.
A carload of Hereford steers was purchased from De Berard Ranch in Kremmling Colorado for shipment to Marion County for 4-H members. Local travelers included Feagins Hussey Christensen Core Dyer McClure Brown Rogers and others. Auction set for Nov 1 at Heatherlin farm in Pleasantville in connection with Hereford Breeders Field Day. Roy Sharp and Foster Reynolds aided in the purchase. sale sponsored by Marion and Jasper County 4-H clubs and Hereford Breeders. Also seven purebred Hereford cows with calf and a bull bought at Taussig dispersal in Parshall Colorado. Return trip included visits to Wyoming Hereford Ranch and McKelvie Ranch. 4-H members are urged to attend. calves sold at cost. More than 1,600,000 cancer dressings were made by American Cancer Society volunteers in 1947.
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