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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
4
Classified notice lists used cars for sale at White Way Auto Co and Van Houweling Auto Co. Ad highlights affordable prices and credit options for buyers. Includes generic references to used cars and dealer names without full details.
A crowded page lists numerous for sale items and farm offerings across towns including Pella Monroe and Oskaloosa. Includes livestock such as Purebred Berkshire sows and calves, dairy stock, and town lot machinery, with contact names like Dick W. Gosselink and Walter Koopman. Also features home goods, appliances, and building materials offered by local sellers.
Fragmented notices list found items including money and a brown suit with pin stripes and offer rewards. Also included are lost items like keys and a wall clock. Numerous rental ads mention farms and rooms near Pella with contact numbers and landlords.
Classified notice seeking typing and mimeograph work including post cards yearbooks reports programs illustrating work addressing and copy tasks. Mentions Harriet Kay Blu East First Paso IL Geo Hane and Exelon. Multiple incomplete entries request managers and professional helpers with contact details and phone numbers.
A jumble of classified items offers rebuilt Wickers beds, fuel and feed services, monument orders, insurance against theft, expert poultry culling, fall plowing, and farm supply contacts. Names include Bram Hatchery, Lou van Roekel, Nea Vanhoweline correction mentions Pelle, Reiter & Tribune.
In Marion County Iowa the district court notices the time and place for a hearing on Cornelia Harvey administratrix of the estate of Wynne Clement to appraise and sell real estate in Pella to pay debts. The order fixes December fifth 1944 at nine in the morning at Enosville Court House. Objections must be filed by that date. Dick C. Van Zante is attorney for the administratrix. Convalescent servicemen use aluminum from planes shot down abroad in the ashtray making handicraft taught by Red Cross workers.
Sailor chaplain delivered an address at a city club, praising wartime faith and community support. The talk highlighted morale, youth interest in the war effort, mentions of attendees including Bal Raines and Tunis Kermpkes, and Cedar Rapids ties with Allan Steaf and Pulte’s birthday celebration.
The Fortichtly literary oriety and local Masonic Lodge held a Thursday evening meeting with strong attendance. Past Masters were honored and a foot of work was noted, including a Third Degree at Galeshore attended by a carload from Pella. next Monday evening is anticipated.
A report notes the Grane Chapter of Obs Mie meeting at Tharp day esenan with Com Doh in Oor Thi and the far monthly teetine. A weekly De Mart A Mendlinge event is mentioned, with plans for the upcoming gathering and related activities.
A Pella Chronicle item laments Halloween temptations and warns of youth pranks and property damage. The piece cites Des Moines incidents where windows were broken and high school celebrations led to destruction, urging communities to provide safe outlets for Halloween festivities.
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