Local notes from Pella and surrounding towns
Community brief detailing visits, travel, and daily life in Pella Iowa and nearby areas. Neighbors called on relatives and attended events in Des Moines Chicago and Newton as residents pursued work, study, and family milestones. Also a brief editorial note on General Johnson and industrial codes.
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Curtis Weaver
Maxine
Spirit Lake
Bert Jansz
Leighton
Frances van Rees
Des Moines
Homestead Publishing Company
Nellie van Oostrum
General Johnson
Lew Deal expectations meet mixed signals from officials
The piece notes disappointment among observers that department heads show little aggressive action, with notable exception when the President leads the initiative. It mocks a clash between reform rhetoric and bureaucratic inertia, implying humor about domestic roles and dough as a pun on progress.
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Lew
Activities of City Churches Schedule Weekly Sermons
City churches publish their weekly worship hours sermons and services. Sunday schools meet at various times with morning services at 10 45 and evening services at 7 30. Special sermons include Christus Belijden Voor an Menschen and A Crown. Dr H J Pietenpol and Prof Geo Mennenga expected to speak. CHURCH OF THE OPEN BIBLE holds services Tuesday and Saturday evenings and Sunday morning and evening programs.
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Christus Belijden Voor
P. U
Geo, Mennenga’y
Church OF the Open Bible
Pork Barrel plan lets Uncle Sam aid hog farmers
The $55,000,000 program buys hogs in major marketing centers with set base prices Chicago tied to 40 cent adjustments elsewhere. Farmers may sell hogs through usual channels and receive a $4 bonus on sows, plus a per hundredweight bonus on smaller pigs. The scheme promises quick relief by year end, aiming to limit middlemen gains and ensure payments reach farmers directly.
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Sam
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Hog program to raise funds with processing tax in Oct
The piece describes postwar hog buyings to curb overproduction and feed the unemployed, turning 250 million pounds of pork into relief aid through packing houses under government contracts. It notes past price declines since 1929 and outlines the planned system to balance supply, with a humorous interview closing the excerpt.
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Uncle Sam
Apartments for Rent West of Juare Chronicle Ad
Apartment rentals located one block west of Juare. Inquire with D. Sjaardema. Phone Blue 878. Chronicle want ads bring results.
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Juare
D. Sjaardema
Giants favored to win pennant amid close Cubs race
Inquiring Reporter surveys five readers on the National League pennant chase. Giants hold a large lead with 19 games left to Cubs 15, and most respondents expect the Giants to prevail. Some doubt remains, with a few predicting a Cubs rally in the six game series.
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Giants
Cubs
John Braafhar
Yankees
Pete Bloem
Jean Kuyper
Cub
Pirates
Helpful hints for preserving cut flowers and painting
Cut flowers last longer with damp oiled paper tightly wrapped at night. Outside painting should be done only in dry weather.
Reader shares cheap salt dye method for cotton fabrics
A reader describes coloring cotton clothes with a half package of salt per half gallon of water. The solution is boiled and fabric is placed in the boiling mixture for 10 to 15 minutes. The piece advises building rundown heels before wear becomes severe and notes cash advances would limit wars.
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Leonard den Adel
Wright
Pela
Arie Vander Linden
Vrariety
A. Vander Linden
Ed Plette
Harold Klein
Richboro
Enn
William S. van Hemert
Dirk de Haas
van Hemert
Washington
Ed Cook
Dorothy
Louise Vander Linden
Ottumwa
E. S. Dunkin
Pelli
Klazina Heeren
Pella
J. M. Cook
Ben Blommers
F. Neifert
Dwayne
Harold Neifert
Curtis Murphy
Central
Dexter
Fred Lautenbach
Richard
Reservey
Pals
Martin Brom
Oskaloosa
Christine Brom
John Ver Ploegh
Wiggins
Parental A. ‘Ver Ploeghome
Frank Gifford
Chas
Bishop of
Newton
John Heerema
Mrs
Connie Smorenberg
Mt. Pleasant, Ay
D. den Adel
New Fall
Donald Heerems
Des Moines College of Pharmacy
Dora Vander Linden
J. A. Vander Linden
van Engen
Firth
Nebr
Monroe
Tesla
Jack
Jill
Eiveewar
Jack Sprat
Harvest Inn
Com
John den Hartog
R Sayure
Swani Research
A.D.S
American Druptists Syndicate
New York
Fimer
de Schristelijke
Christus Gemeente
H. J. Pietenpol
Juirer
Mr. Bottletop
L. A. Winter I
Mid-West
John
Wynberg
East Side Square
Probak
Gillette Kazon
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