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Pella item notes many local social events and visits
Local society column lists Miss Hattie Cox Des Moines visits Miss Lucile Gaass Knox ville and many other residents visiting relatives in Des Moines Ottumwa Eddyville and Monroe. Mentions Kilties band stop in Oskaloosa, Chautauqua tickets, shopping trips, funerals, and community events with several named residents and towns. Robert Burns arrives as electrician.
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Hattie Cox
Knoxville
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Lucile Gaass
Louise
Des Moines
Hattie Klyn
Ottumwa
Bess van Gorp
J. van Gorp
John Welle
Newton
A. Clark
Leighton
George Cummings
W. Koopman
Eddyville
F. N. Byram
Oskaloosa
Belle
T. D. Tice
Hazel
Minn
Joe Boyd
Ed Gezel
Clarence Vander Linden
Kilties
Dominion of Canada
United States
Canada
Ladies Reading
H. Keables
G. G. Gangs
Amazon
H. P. Scholte
Andes
H. Rhynsburger
Vitrate
Mias Lyda Young
Chas. Sipe
Monroe
Clifford Evans
K. K. Xk’s
A. J. Kuyper
J. Newburg
Cliff Evans
Chicago
Cliff
Madam X
Princess
J. W. Boyd
Second Reformed Ladies Aid
Rev. Brinkman
Holland, Mich
W. W. Vander Linden
van Klootwyk
H. Baron
Carrie de Haan
Lillian Olander
Grinnell
B. H. van Spankeran
Bessie
W. J. Vander Wilt
Oskalloosa
Kempkes
F. C. Warner
Iowa
Brother Pearson
Ainsworth Clipper
Pella
J. F
Robert Burns
J. F. Burns