This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Local notices and shopper items run through Pella column
Pella notes list visitors from Otley and Oskaloosa, horseback gear from Vander Wal & De Boer, and Exposition Coffee promotions. Socials include Martha Van Balen and Misses Ver Heul at institute events, Miss Nellie Bennink aiding at Keables, and Mrs. Rose Van Maren visiting from Los Angeles. Also: Hutchins Roller swings sold locally, Parson Sadler lecture and Musical lectures at Auditorium, and farm sales notices with Klein farm listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vander Wal & de Boer
Pella
Martha van Balen
Monroe
Len Sadler
Exposition
Herman van Zante
Oskaloosa
Gerrit Hasselman
Keables
John DeCook
Mahaska
Stella Clark
Waterloo
Bessie Bogaards
Nellie Bennink
C. E. McCune
Des Moines
Professor Sadler
Edna
Martha Ver Heul
Knoxville
Teachers Institute
Mises Harriet Rietveld
Lucile Gaass
Marie McDonald
Henry
Chicago
Chas Sipes
Misa Lela Oldham
Thunder Creek
Ruby
Sadler
Rose van Maren
Los Angeles
Cal
Our City
Mann
Connie van Klootwyk
Altoona
S. M. Dilley
Jane Morman
J. H. White
Grandma Downing
Mrs. McClean
I. le Coca
Vander Ploegs
Wm. van Hemert
John
Sarah Brunin
Prairie I City
Carrie Butts
Lelia Kneeland
Stuart
Iowa
Guthrie Center
Guthrie Co
Veenschoeten
Welle
Helene
Veenscoeten
Wormhoudt’s
A. M. Ziedses Des Plantes
Holland
K. Hackert