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Fourth of July visits and small town notes
Pella and nearby towns record a flurry of visits and travels as residents go to Keokuk Newton and Des Moines. Families attend Independence Day events, celebrate at the dam, and share health updates while sports plans and local errands wrap up the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Holt
May ‘Cole
Keota
M. J. Kennedy
Bessie Brooks
Helen
Percy
Wm. W. de Bruyn
Des Moines
Vander Mieden
Bon
A. P. Vander
Mieden
C. W. Blancheon
Oskaloosa
J. G. Vander
Carrie Halbert
Stronghurst
Chronicle
F. D. Vanden Berg
Hershey
WillVer Ploeg
Pella
Ome
Chytatian Union
Atte Hast
Amsterdam
Edith Amburn
Bos
Newton
Anna Vander Ploeg
Monroe
D.O. Thomas
Evans
Fred Perry
Delia Laird
Meyers
Prairie City
Lhat
H. P. van Gorp
Dick van
Gorp
Kate Johnson
Sioux City
P. H. Kuyper
Paul Scholte
Ed. van Gorp
G. R. James
Rose “Hil
Wm. James
F. A. Benjamin
H. O. Viersen
Gid Rietveld
Lorine Newton
John Ulrich Jr
John Vander ‘Wal
R. L. ‘Sadler
Vander Wal
Des ‘Moines
Reese Bond
Carl Helen
Winnifred
Clara Wheeler
Bond
Chas
Sipe
Newton News. L
Wielaard
Maple Lake Minn
Wielard
P. M. Poutz
Omaha
Nebr
D. G. Gosselink
Paul Synhorst
Eddyville
Will Synhorst
Jake Sterrenburg
Sully
H. J. Schalekamp
Sioux Center
Mia
Vander Linden
M. Vander Linden
C. F. McCarty
Olie
Ben Grant
Edward
Fred Vander Zyl
Mabel Warren
John de Bruyn
Chronicle Office
Joe Muilenburg
Chas Sipkema
Charley
L. P. Beintema
Geo. Croll
George Kennedy
van der Zyde
Wm. Ver Steeg
Baby
D. Ver Steeg
F. N. Byram
Frank Forby
Barnes City
Pine Bluff
Wyo
James Byram
Byram
Forby
J. Blommerg
T. G. Fultz
Ames
Algo
Government