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Personal Paragraphs Highlights from Ames Area Visits
Local notes list dozens of residents and visitors across Iowa towns. Many individuals traveled for business, family, or events, with Des Moines Boone Nevada Ames and Chicago among common destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Poole
Glenn Anderson
Des Moines
A. W. McCollum
Sibley
J. B. Kooser
Carrie Berger
Vera Mather
Nevada
Mattie Ellis
Lee Henry
Chicago
Violet Pommel
Maxwell
S. Ellis
Montour
Ed Ellis
Olen Knudson
Illinois
Mrs. Norman of
Logan
R. E. Norman
A. F. King
Hartington
Carl Little
Ruth Curtiss
Leone King
Chas. Rae
Boone
H. M. Duckworth
Russ Read
Fred Munn
Frank Danforth
Gus Leecing
Rocky Ford
Colo
Florence Anderson
W. H. Poole
Peck
Pearl Poole
George Horsley
Alva Osborn
Marengo
J. I. Taylor
C. G. Lee
Frank Ingles
Cedar Rapids
Little
Harry Biffle
Arvid Alm
Thomas Donahue
Belleflower
C. Malland
C. Weise
Lakefield
Minnesota
Harry Weise
Mayme Kingkade
Wm. Kingkade
L. J. Skromme
Roland
Ames
Touay
A. J. Wright
Vera Sherk
Karl Hart
Floyd Williams
Milwaukee
Galesburg
Jil E. Loughran
Mary Loughran
Los Angeles
Cal
Grace Tinsley
Nebraska
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