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Local Des Moines visitors and town notices chronology
Mr and Mrs Dave Renaud were business callers in Des Moines. Mrs John Brand suffers grippe. Numerous residents record visits, business, and illness across Ottumwa Oskaloosa Des Moines and Pella including Van Gorp families, Vander Meulen and Weatherwax entertainment notes, and local tradesmen. A public sale and farm listings appear among community updates.
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Dave Renaud
Des Moines
John Brand
John Robertus
P. H. van Gorp
Capitol City
Kramer
Clara
Ralph Warner
Prairie City
Loyd
Wm. Gezel
Dave Ver Duff
Ottumwa
Arie Kamerick
Tennis van Sumers
South Pella
Madge Fennema
Oskaloosa
Dick Dickerson
Albert
C. E. Herdman
Hedrick
Dudgeon
G. H. Nollen
Murphy
Newton
Pella
Leonard den Adel
Henry Rosenburg
Rosenburg
J. van Gorp
Nettie
Bessie
Dave Thomas
Baby
Evans
Paul Stegeman
Chicago
P. H. Stubenrauch
Omaha
M. Cooper
Red Rock
Timothy Dykstra
Ames
W. Evans
Winfield Dudgeon
Hester de Hoet
Otley
D. W. Scott
Detroit
Star Auto Co
Lizzie Dieleman
Mra
Carpenter Sr
Reasnor
Frank Carpenter
James
Rose Hill
E. Blom
Chas
Dean
David Wagaman
Dena Vander Pol
Jacob van Nimwegen
Tom Vander Werf
P. Vander Werf
R. M. Adair
Adi
D.G. van Zante
Corporation Line
Iowa
Paul Synhorst
Beas
Vander Zee
P. D. Wagaman
D. Vander Pol
Drake College
Chicago University