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News of Nearby Towns Highlights Local Visits and Tragic Losses
John Schippers and family visited relatives in Pella. Cornelia Den Hartog visited New Sharon, Miss Awtry and Ray toured Sully, Pearl Whiteman recovered from appendicitis, and Hartog and Dieleman shopped in Omaha. Wynberg infant died of cholera infantum. the Springer family learned of gas exposure in France. The Banta couple left for the West for a Grand Army encampment, while Kerr, Black, and Ed Barge shared local updates on crops, travel, and property gains. Inquiries into Mrs. Barge’s Oklahoma sale and timberland plans arose amid widespread town chatter.
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the Tribune
John Schippers
Pella
Cornelia den Hartog
New Sharon
W. Gearts
Awtry
Ray
Sully
Emmet Auwtry
Pearl Whiteman
Mercy Hospital
Oska- Joosa
T. Don Hartog
W. R. Dieleman
Leighton
Omaha
D. A. van Zante
Michigan
Wisconsin
Huibregtsen
Adram Wynberg
John Wynberg
Little Adrian
Hylkema
Prairie City
Holland
H. Slings
Wynberg
J. de Wolf
T. de Wolf
J. Slings
Otley