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Prairie City visitors and local news notes
A Chronicle blurb highlights Roovaart of Prairie City visiting home folks, the Mitten infant improving after serious illness, Bobzin visiting Gilman, E L Mills leaving college to pastor Hiteman Baptist Church, Rusty Wilson planning a sale and move to Harvey, Hendershot in Otley on business, Henry Young at Western Newspaper Union Des Moines, Lou De Vries spending the day with parents, Kate Van Rees visiting Washington then Los Angeles for domestic work, Prof C A Hawley praised for a railway lecture to Pocahontas farmers, Hawley expected to be in demand as a speaker. Benjamin Blommers and Andrew van Marbergen visited Oskaloosa.
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Lou de Vries
Albia
Mr. Smith
Oskaloosa
C. A. Hawley
Commercial Department
College
Farmer's Institute
Pocahontas
Mr. Hawley