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Local news from Pella and surrounding areas
A roundup of small town items includes visits by Mr. Henry Roelofsz and daughter from Alva Neb to relatives in Pella, W. W. Carris moving to Jefferson Iowa for a teaching post, Laura Kramer headlining a Prairie City recital, and a Des Moines tragedy after a launch capsized at Center Street dam. Also noted are cherry crop prices, a vaudeville anecdote, a window-damaging rock incident near the college, a Pente Delta luncheon, an annular solar eclipse on June 28, Miss Bessie Held’s 21st birthday and engagement to Virgil Jones.
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Henry Roelofsz
Snawley
Alva
Neb
Pella
Roelofsz
W. W. Carris
Keota
Colordao Springs
Carris
Jefferson
Iowa
Laura Kramer
Prairie City
Laura
Des Moines
Edison Light Company
Center Street
Edward Ebersall
William Jennings
Earl Jennings
William Ebersall
College
Newton