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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1936
Page
8
Diverse ad column featuring used car models from 1924 to 1936 with brands Chevrolet Ford Packard Durant Willys etc plus tire sales gas electric repair services Van Gorp Van Houweling Hoeksema. Health remedy Adlerika claim from Van der Linden's Drug Store included.
Local ads promote B J Brom’s poultry expeller with a money back guarantee, welding shop offers low rates and service on all metals, and Neal Schuring Produce promotes Purina hog feeding figures highlighting potential profits from corn and tankage and Purina combos. The dense ad page urges readers to compare prices and profits in farming supplies and services.
Calfax Sales Company reports Friday September 18 1936 market activity with limited farmer attendance and steady prices for quality cattle while poorer quality consignments lag. Hogs hold steady with top at 9.90 per cwt gilt 9.70 and feeders 8 per head. Lambs and ewes varied and fat cows 5.00 cwt steers 6.05 heifers 6.85. A $20000 auditorium gymnasium was dedicated at Hespers public school funded by a $9000 federal grant. Government forces abandoned northern cities San Sebastian and Bilbao to Fascist rebels.
Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck star together in His Brother's Wife at the Princess in Oskaloosa. The film opens Sunday September 27 and runs for three days.
Marion County Board meeting records show the August and September sessions with full attendance. Proceedings list approvals, bills, and notices of assignments, exemptions, and notices to remove a fence, plus a long roll of WPA and other suppliers and salaries. The minutes include resolutions on road project funding and right of way, adjournments, and named individuals receiving notices or exemptions.
A sequence of local visits and calls across New Sharon, Pella, Newton, and nearby towns highlights social life. Guests include Mrs. Gertrude Dahm with her mother, Mrs. Will Lowry, Mrs. Earl Longaker with Mrs. Paul Wehrle, and Joan Rouw visiting at home. Reverend Hebron preached his last sermon of the year, with plans for next year’s conference possibly sending him to Tainter and Lacey.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Rouw spent the day and evening visiting relatives including Mr and Mrs Walter Steenhoek and Mr and Mrs Andrew Steenhoek and families, and Gerrit Steenhoek and Leighton. Jeff Shaw visited their son Dale Shaw. The TL G T Club met at Mrs Jack Tinstedn's home Thursday with a good turnout and an enjoyable time.
Legal notice of a sheriff sale of real estate in Marion County in favor of Ro W. McVay L against O L Stroud and Mary K Stroud for 4042.08. Property includes described lands in Town of Marion and Township 75 North 19 West with multiple NW and SE quarter sections. Sale to highest bidder on October 12, 1936 at 2 PM at the south door of the Court House in Knoxville.
Union county officers seek the person who shot and killed a 2-year-old bull owned by H. R. Scott, dairyman of Creston. Less than two hours after seeing the bull near the barn, the owner found it dead in a ravine. The notice warns of marking out and recording the homestead if not complied with within ten days after service. Sheriff VJ Grandma signs the notice dated August 25, 1926.
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