Local notes from Pella area social roundups and visits
Reports from Pella Iowa cover social gatherings and arrivals. Henry Welle and Mike Bruner returned with Welle’s car from Sully. Dr W M Fuqua came home from New Mexico then visited Olivet. Asa Catlin returned from Humeston operations to Ottumwa. John G Thomassen returned from Portales where he aids North Texas Land Co. Eureka Sherman remarried Earl Miller in East Des Moines. C E Hamilton visited with De Bie family in South Pella. Second Reformed class led by James Vanderpol enjoyed a Monday evening with a stereopticon lecture.
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Holland Ling’ Circle
G. H. Wormboudt and Co
Henry Welle
Mike Bruner
Sully
Mr. Welle
Pella
W. M. Fuqua
New Mexico
Olivet
John G. Thomassen
Portales
New M
North Texas Land Co
Second Reformed
James Vanderpol
R. R. Beard
Early Riser marketing quips and postal rent woes emerge
The snippet mixes social chatter and hints of a prank about counting, then shifts to postal rent hikes in April 1907. It notes box rent rising to 60 cents per quarter, sparking discontent, plus warnings about letter postage for information and fines for writing on newspapers. A legal notice references a will in Marion County Iowa with a court hearing set for April 1907.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Keables
Glenwood
Shenandoah
Langerak
Vander Linden’s Bazar
District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
H. Wormhoudt
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Asa Catlin
Humeston
Ottumwa
S. F. Club
People's Trust Co
Eureka
Sam Sherman
Earl Miller
East Des Moines
C. E. Hamilton
Valley Junction
A. de Bie
Misses Hamilton
South Pella
Hamilton
Rock Island Railway
Ederheimer
Stein & Ca
Wakean
Ederheimer, Stein & Co
Stein & Taken
Faassen
den Adel CO
Purina
Paye
Purina Seratel
Cole’s Gold Medal Flour Store
B. Kersbergen
Knoxville
McCall's
McCall’s
Versteeg Bros