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Local News Notes From Pella and Surrounding Areas
Rev J Wesselink visits Leighton and many residents travel to Des Moines Otley Oskaloosa Knoxville and Leighton figure in weekly notes with births visits and moves A mix of social calls school and church events business trips and upcoming meetings set the tone for community life in 1916 including a note on a new road crew appointment and local civic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wesselink
Leighton
Kate “Johnson
Des Moines
A. B. VanHouweling
Otley
Hugo Kuyper
Robert McIntire
Oskaloosa
Louise Waechter
J. B. Holt
Pella
Fred Vanderly
Eddyville
Ruby Clark
C. E. Offenhauser
Knoxville
J. M. Cox
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Isaac Greenway
Ben Blommers
Guy Miller
Joe Faassen
T. A. Warrick
Valeria
Iowa
John Wisse
Warrick
Wisse
H. S. Rhynsburger
Mr. Rhynsburger
Bessie Veenschooten
Muscatine
Veenschooten
John H. VerSteeg
Capital City
Albert, van Houweling
Monroe
Hattie Messmaker
George Ramsey
Stephen DeCook
Dora Hynes
Wm. VanderHoek
E. J. van Rees
Fredric
Jennie VanderPloeg
Ada Steeging
T.T. Bakker
Marietta Marah
Central Colege
Ft. Dodge
T. J. Reese
Hiteman
Henry Kreeling
Cornelia
Kalamazoo
Mich
VanZee
Marie
George Ries
Electric Palace
W. P. Koopman
Wm. James
Talbot
Harry Tolkens
Milwaukee
Frank Eb, Baer
Richmond
Ind
W. W. DeBruyn
J. S. Franklin
W. First Street
Y. T. van Niewaal
John VanRheenen
Charley Sipkema
van Niewaal
Retail Clothiers
A. L. Dykstra
Rev. L. Colyn
Pocatello
Idaho
Rocky Mountain
Caldwell Tribune
Women’s Federated Club
Flora Dunlap
Billy Sunday
Oskaloosa Herald
Chester Huckaby
Old Town
Chet
Knoxville Journal