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Local notes include visits from Shelby and Des Moines residents
Shelby women Miss Mattie Ballenger and Mrs. B L Ballenger arrived to visit their sister Mrs. Nash in Pella. Waterloo visitors J G Vander Pol and Rev J B Smith arrived in Pella to see relatives. Des Moines couple Ardelia Gladstone joined the Fourth visit at R R Sadler home. many small trips and church events noted. A Grinnell dealer predicts wartime rail use will spur many intercity auto lines for passengers and freight on branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Ballenger
B. L. Ballenger
Shelby, Re
J. G. C. Nash
J. G. Vander Pol
Waterloo
Pella
Vander Pol
Oskaloosa
Jessie Dunn
Central City
Carrig Halbert
Winnebago
Nebr
Gladstone
Des Moines
R. R. Sadler
Ardelia Gladstone
Effie May Sadler
Glamstones
Second Reformed Church
Brinkman
Sadler
Boland
Red Cross
Thomas McKnight
Chicago
J. L. Harper
Sunnyside
Jonnie van Niewaal
Tracy
Hobsburger
Cora van Beynum
Askaloosa
John van Spanckeren
Barnum & Bailey Circus
M. Rhynsburger
Orange City
Rhynsburger
Davenport
H. M. Tysseling
K. Verheul
Kate
Colfax