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Blackberry season and band meeting in town
The excerpt notes blackberry season with assurances of a good crop and mentions a band meeting in the evening. Locally it references several residents and visitors from nearby towns, weather hints, and various short notes typical of a weekly community page. The tone is period newspaper style with multiple civic and social fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Charles
Monroe
C. H. Sandoos
Washington
W. M. Ballinger
C. A. Hawley
Corydon
Irene Hessa
Prescott
Arizona
C. H. Malone
Des Moines
Knoxville
Bartlett's
Gaass
Tulida Klein
Lena Ver Steeg
Curt Shive
C. Rhynsburger
Amy Waehter
Pella
B. A. Slocum
Oskaloosa
J. B. Olinge
Maxwell
Chris. J.eCocq
New Sharon
A. Gunzenhouser
Marshalltown
Monroe Mirror
Bessie Schulte
M. E
Chronicle
Jake van Deryde
Richard Lautenbach
West Pella
Hattie Bruinekool
Ed. Cook
Harvey
Rietveld
T. T. Bakker
North Side
Hagen Bros
Bessie van der Zyl
Eddyville
J. M. Barnett
R. C. Payne
H.C. Payne
City
Albia
Mabel Warren
J. L. Warren
C. J. Duikers
New Holland
Bartlett
Nina Elliott
Omaha
Nebraska
J. H. Reavers
Mr. Gaass
Henry Cox
Reasoner
David City
Howerton
Gertrude Renaud
Jennie Vandermeulen
Skunk
Chas Renaud
H. D. Wormhoudt
Louis Westbrook
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Helen Howell
Westbrook
Chicago
Grinnell
John Russell
W. Roorda
Muscatine
Ira B. Thomasow
Bro. Sherman
Butchers
M. ‘Tillma
Monroite
Monroe Mirra
T. J. Edimand
Minnie J. Edmand
Mannie Smith
Bessie Bousquet
Offic
Gerret van Zante
Chas. M. Schwab
Great
Billion Dollar Steel Corporation
Schwab
Europe
Steel Corporation
J. Pierpont