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LOCAL NOTES AND PERSONAL GLEANINGS
Local brief items recall visitors and residents, with notes on birthdays, elections, and town life. Mentions Maggie Blakely of Newton visiting relatives, Emma Scott returning to Missouri, Joe Cunningham’s return from Washington, Floyd Bard’s sixteenth birthday party, Jack Peters’ Des Moines trip, and various social calls and travel tied to the election period.
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Maggie Blakely
Newton
M Blakely
Afton
Emma Scott
IH. Patterson
Maryville
Joe Cunningham
Washington
Floyd Bard
Pearl
Floyd
Jack Peters
Des Moines
Jack
Frank Young
Youn
Ottamwa
the Record
New York Weekly
Newton Record
Record
Iowa