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Old Pella Blade items show 1879 80 era detail
Chronicle reprints from the Pella Blade of December 9, 1879 and January 20, 1880. The piece notes page size and hand-set type, lists local officials from 1879 80, mentions whiskey and saloon conflicts, post office locations, schools, telephones, trains, and notable residents and events including church farewells, births, and salaries. It preserves vivid local governance and daily life in that period.
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Chronicle
Pella
Blade
H. Neyenesch
S. S. King
Rutherford B. Hayes
Joe Porter
M. Sells
Ldt
Vander Linden
F. W. Brinkhoff
Wm. Vander Linden
S. H. Viersen
W. D. Forsythe
A. van Stigt
E. R. Cassatt
H. Wormhoudt
H. Kuyper
First National
Pella National Banks
Gesman & Fisher
Bousquet & Earle
J. F. Moon
H. Neuenesch
Rotterdam
J. H. Stubenrauch
Union Pacific Railroad
Vander Zyl Bros
J. F. le Cocq
H. van Vliet
Wm. de Bruin
Blattner & Herbig
E. H
B. F. Keables
John Dingemans
Tilden
George B. McClellan
Quincy Herald
Illinois
Seymour
Garfield
Thurman
Ohio
Col. Phillips
Congress
Lay
Benton Co