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Local and Personal News Items From Newton
Local notes report visits among neighbors with Mrs. Thos. Dennis from near Laurel staying with the Besacks, the McLaughlins traveling to Colfax for a short visit, and Mrs. Hurt with Des Moines friends. A serious grip illness affects Take Trotter while Mrs. Peery lies slowly improving. Elide Bergman visits Kellogg grandparents, May Taylor of Sioux City stays with her ill mother, and meetings and revival events continue in town churches. Subscriptions, bicycles, and newspaper notes share space with ads for tonics, travel, and local merchants.
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Thos. Dennis
Laurel
A. J. Besack
J. W. McLaughlin
Colfax
Take Trotter
J.T. Hurt
J. R. Sage
Des Moines
Emanuel Peery
Elise
Myrtle Bergman
Grandpa
Grandma Pickens
Kellogg
May Taylor
Sioux City
Ed. Churchill
ECORD
Newton
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