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Local News Notes from Pella and Nearby Areas
Local notes report visits and movements of residents and visitors across Pella Oskaloosa Prairie City Leighton Monroe and Des Moines. Highlights include W W Cook and Geo S Vander Zyl visiting, families moving to Leighton and Pella, and various trips by residents to Des Moines Newton Monroe and Kellogg. A new marshal appointed in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Cook
Oskaloosa
Geo. S. Vander Zyl
Prairie City
Pella
Leonard Kaldenberg
Leighton
Will Grandia
Capital City
P. D. Wagaman
Henry Williamson
Newton
L. van Rees
D. VerSteeg
Will
Des Moines
H. H. Sadler
John S. Moore
Keokuk
J. M. Cox
L. A. Bickford
H. J. Brom
F. D. VandenBerg
Mrs. VandenBerg
Esther Dunkel
Jessie Dunn
Storm Lake
S. M. VanHemert
Washington Street
W. J. Coulston
Dr. Bailey
Prof. Childs
D. L. Weir
Whitten
S. D
J. I. Franklin
Kellogg
W. F. Crew
Anne DeNeef
George Heeren
Jake Fennema
C. Breuklander
Otley
A. T. VanZee
Roy Vander Linden
Henry Kuyper
Kahoka
Ed. Wormhoudt
T. J. Reese
Norwoodville
Iowa
H. P. VanGorp
Emma Sadler
Fred Lankelma