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Local notes from Polk County town columns and obituaries
A wide front of items from a Polk County town includes social news, meetings, and local notices. Mentions of births and deaths, court jurors for April, school events and Parent Teachers Association plans, and several residents traveling or ill. Also notes on local business, a new Odd Fellows branch, and price estimates for Independence housing 1913 to 1915 versus today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers Association
Boy Scouts
Underhill
Floyd D. Moore
John W. Orrae
Dallas
C.F. Burroughs
J. A. Bewley
Hohanon
Thin City
F. W. Bell
Rickrenlls
A. BR. Cadle
Rickrenll
Crook
Monmouth
John V. Johnnn
Suver
J. FE. Lucas
Buena Vista
Ernest W. Ri
Edward Rex
Independence
EF. B. Reynolds
A. A. Tethrow
Mornmouth
Mary Catherine Lewis Allen
Portland
the Plaine
Polk County
Lewisville
William Allen
Edgar, Mershall
Jasper Allen
William H. Greenall
George Allen
Corvallis
Newton Allen
Lyons
Mra
J. W. Foes
Newport
J. Worthington
Henverton
Bolanon
Cooper
Tony
Tacoma
Seattle
Washington
Tom Hart
Salem
Tom
Oak Point
Mornal
Pomona Grange
Oak Grove
Normal, Agricultural College
University
Farmers’ State Bank
J. S. Cooper
Phil Metchen Sr
Mr. Cooper
Skinner
Brunswick Tire Company
Odd Fellows
New Order
Enterprise