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Pella Chronicle notices and local happenings mix of ads
Local column recounts birth notices, visits, sales at Wormhoudt Co and Spanckeren’s, railway delays, and community events in Pella. Features include births, illnesses, travels to Des Moines, shopping ads, church notices, and railroad disruption with snow.
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van Spanckeren’s
Des Moines
Aduitorium
Bert de Bruyn
Oskaloosa
Chronicle
Louis
S. H. Viersen, Sr
Ottumway
Jessie Pearson
G. H. Wormhoudt & Co
M. B. Church
J. H. Crees
Lineville
P. C. Crees
Tennis Vogelaar
Leighton
Estey
Frank Stuben
G. ‘Kaldenberg
Monroe
Rock Island Railroad
W. N. Johnson
Highland Park College
Roy Brown
Rock Island Freight Onice
Hart
Fiello
Czar
Russia