Local notes on visits and events in town and surrounding area
Reports of band concerts and social calls, visits by residents to Oskaloosa, Pella, Otley, and nearby towns. Mentions of Chautauqua attendance, a State Fair stock exhibit, wireless telegraphy demo, and upcoming school start. Includes names: Van Gorkum, Van der Linden, Beards, Akins, Hollebrands, Knapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Janney
Ruby Everett
Otley
Carrie Nation
Oskaloosa
Dr. Stull
Chicago
Ira Ver Steeg
Marion Gosselink
Mahaska
Capitol
W. van der Ploeg
Prairie City
Avert Blom
Julia van Sperin
Florence
Iowa
Des Moines
S. G. Vander Zyl
Geo. Vander Zyl
Anna Hollebrands
Nellie
Ella
Minnie van Klootwyk
W. J. Bryan
Riverside Chronicle Notes and Social Roundup
Fay Lankelma returns to Des Moines after visiting friends. Many people travel for visits to Des Moines, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, and Illinois towns. Local readers added E A Roorda and other residents. trips include Chautauqua attendance, political lectures by Bryan, and family visits to Denver and Colorado. A police raid on Mitchelville Industrial School prompts a flour shipment to replace seized stock. Fred Lankelma takes a Chicago job with Maxwell Paint. College housing ads and local notices close the item.
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al Clark
P. van Sittert
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Pella
Tunis van Zante
Henry Bos
Jennie Bos
Guy Akins
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H. M. Fisk
J. S. Gladstone
Dr. Gray
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Gertrude Gezel
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Neb
J. B. McCurdy
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Anna Doedynes
A J. Cummins
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G. L. van der Linden
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Hazel
Sophia Hoogenakker
Ed Sparks
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Nellie van Klaveren
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Alta van der Linden
Gertrude Groenewoud
Misses Hattie
Annie Hospers
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John McGee
E. Breuklander
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Marie Hartgrave
J J. Hollebrands
Mrs. E. Hollebrands
J G Knapp
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H. Kuyper
Son
Fay Lankelma
Hannah Muilenburg
Washington
Our City
Chronicle
T. R. Sheehy
Clarence Sheehy
Leland Sadler
Exta Ross
Patterson
Colzier
Martin Klein
Luella Klein
Orange City
Mae Sterrenburg
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Pagosa Springs
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C. Cole
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Mich
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Dick den Adel
S. P. Shaw
Fairfield
Margaret Johnson
Knoxville
J. P. Klein
Bessie Veenschoten
Alice Veen‘schoten
Bessie Boggard
Glenwood
Council Bluff
Omaha
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A. VerPloegh
Delta
Jim
Joe Faassen
Jim Ver Hey
Pete Heerema
Kamp Wormhoudt
Jim Ver Ploeg
John Goodhart
F. W. Mathes
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Emma Sadler
Ardelia
English River Baptist Association
Ollie
M. L. Dilley
Fred Lankelma
Fred
Maxwell Wall Paper Co
John de Cook
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
H. J. van den Berg
W. A. Young
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Queensware
Wm. Bruinekool
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