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Local Notes From Pella Area Sagas and Small Events
Beyers sells batteries cheap. Miss Myrtle Vander Meulen returns home from Keosauqua after teaching a year as the school closed. Household Goods sale of Mrs N Brand estate held at 1:80 Saturday. Vander Ploeg's Bakery buys a new Chevrolet delivery truck from White Way Auto. Paul Van Maren and family visit Des Moines relatives. Miss Lucile Harrison leaves for home in Hampton after teaching at Lincoln. Harrison may move to Perry for a summer position. Jacob De Haan relatives share letters and photos showing him with a 28 inch, 9 1/2 pound Mississippi River catfish.
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Myrtle Vander Meulen
Keosauqua
Iowa
Lucile Harrison
Lincoln Senor
Saturda
Hampton
Pella
Miss Harrison
Perry
Jacob de Haan
Mr. de Haan
Central College
W. K. Vander Hoek
Des Moines
Holland
Phil Olivier
George A. Baitsell
Yale University
George
Fremont
G. Sadler
H. M. Bruins
Florida
A. B. van Houweling
Pacific Coast
J. W. Jarnagin
G. W. van Arkel
John Hagens
Henrietta Vanden Horst
Hec Gale
Gale