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Vanderpols sales and local trips fill Pella notes
A long list of residents and visitors to Pella during the week is recorded, naming Simon and Jacob DeHaan, Jacob Kole, G H Wormhoudt, J Sneller, Mrs Boonstra, A W DeBruyn, W F Zweers, Martin Paardekooper, Dave Renaud, John Andeweg, Ruth and Edith Porter, Jake Cornelius, George Gezel, G Korver, Nettie Rouwenhorst, Walter Ver Steeg, Hattie Bruinekool, Miss Cornelia Duiker, and many others. The article covers errands, visits, travels to Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Leighton, Keota, and Burlington, plus shop sales at Vanderpols and Vander Meulen stores and notes about Dr Weber glasses and a real estate sale. It also lists travel of Versteeg, Verhoef, Pardekooper, Van der Wal, and local social events at a Philathea class and New Year gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Kole
Leighton
Pella
G. H. Wormhoudt
Burlington
Vanderpol’s
J. Sneller
Keota
Edith Porter
Jake Cornelius
George Gezel
Oskaloosa
G. Korver
Alton
Orange City
John Terlouw
M. P. van Gorp
Joseph Ver Hoof
Grinnell
Kas
M. T. Pardekooper
Linden
Wilber van der Wal
Denison
J. van Klootwyk
Emma
Minnie van Heukelem
N. van Heukelem
Kryne Ver Ploeg
Drake University
Messrs
Guy W. Ray
Richard Synhorst
Chicago
E Belle Pratt
Des Moines
Hatch Hotel Register Co