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Local News Briefs From Ottumwa and Nearby Areas
Residents and visitors frequent Ottumwa with numerous short reports. Mrs H A Nelson and son Frederick of Dubuque arrive for a visit at John H Frush’s home, while Miss Anna Bucher returns from Pleasant Plain. Born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Carlos Hanshaw a baby boy. Several locals travel for visits to Corning, Fairfield, Des Moines, Maryland, and Mount Pleasant, with trips to Rockefeller and Kansas City noted.
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H. A. Nelson
Frederick
Dubuque
John H. Frush
Frank Giotfatty
Libertyville
Fairfield
Anna Bucher
Pleasant Plain
East Lowe Street
Carlos Hanshaw
West van Buren Street
C. D. Bradley
Centerville
Frank Carlson
Jefferson County Hospital
Charles Bradley
Brighton
Mt. Pleasant
Louise Manatrey
Iowa State
Bessie Clark
Ottumwa
Earl Gray
Cameron
Walter Hughes
Fred Hunt
Jesse Forrest
Hedrick
John F. Loehr
West Briggs Street
Lydia Lottridge
Des Moines
Pierce Pinch
Margaret
Fairfax
South Dakota
Grace Rodgers
Maryland
W. P. Hulse
Lockridge
Mr. Hulse
E. S. “Hulse
Henry Willis
M. Upton
Bloomfield
C. L. Larson
New London
Father I
J. Hogan
Karl Kirkhart
Frank Crail
Kansas City
W. H. Gifford