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Berens letter hints at family ties and local visits
A letter from a son in law is discussed amid a string of local notes. Mentions of Berens family, church choir member Hills, visits to Prairie View, and a series of small town movements including Dan Meulpolder, G H Gosseling, Mike Lanpo, and Nick Brand. Several health, travel, and business items are noted, with ads for Van Zante Bros and kitchen stoves.
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Berens
Hills Jeater
Montroge
John van Mheeren
Fata
Kole
Mae
John van Wyck
Prairie View
J. ML Cox
E. Clos
Make Eich
Srs
Cox
Pete Tehagen
Prairie C
Morsayn Tenhagen
Dan Meulpolder
Des Moines
G. H. Gosseling
Mike Lanpo
van Zante Bros
Nick Brand
John Brand
Henry Reibie
Newton
George Gibson Rose
Oskaloosa
Richie
Ozarks
Missouri
Cedar Falls
C. P. Dykstra
Pella
Farmers’ Coop. Exchange
Frank Elscot
G. J. Rosenbloom
Otley
Rozenbloom
Tunis Plette