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Local News Highlights From Pella Community
Mrs. Artie Bloom visits Des Moines to see daughter Fannie while Mrs. Carrie Edmand returns to Simpson College in Indianola. Pneumonia recovery, Legion reports, births, and church events populate a page of local society notes and farming ads with seed offerings from Cole's Seed Store and weathered by a weekend blizzard affecting Gideon meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artie Bloom
Des Moines
Miss Fannie
J. T. Edmand
Carrie Edmand
Simpson College
Indianola
J. T. Forrest
Bellingham
L. N. Hays
Pella
Mercy Hospital
Lo Gaass
Miss Fennema
Knoxville Journal
D. S. Umbenhauer
Grinnell
Second Reformed Church
J. B. Brinsmaid
H. D. Treimer