This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Local visitors and residents circulate among Pella area
Mrs Anna Dykhuis, visiting Des Moines, returns home. James Archibald from Oskaloosa visits daughter in Pella. Miss Dreaka Kleinenhorst returns to Prairie City after visit with Cornelia Kleinenhorst. Des Moines visitors Mr and Mrs Joe Easton join Mrs Ira Curtis at Hotel Pella. Waggoner and son Bill drive to Queen City Missouri, passing Centerville and Des Moines. Several locals and guests attend family events, births, medical notices, and community updates across Pella and nearby towns. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Orin Postma marks the first girl in ten births officiated by Dr Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Dykhuis
Des Moines
James Archibald
Oskaloosa
Gary de Reus
Dreaka Kleinenhorst
Prairie City
Cornelia Kleinenhorst
Joe Easton
Ira N. Curtis
Pella
M. B. Waggoner
Bill
Queen City
Centerville
J. Veenstra
Charles Jagger
Russell
Harry Long
Chugwater
Wyo
W. F. Miller
Henry de Witt
Matthew de Witt
Prairie Guy
Ranney
N. de Witt
Carpenter
Orin Postma
William Gezel
Mahaska Hospital
B.H. Langerak
Mercy Hospital
Ruth de Geest
Capital City Commercial College
Henrietta Groenendyke
Leighton
S. Akers
L. Bruinsma
N. L. Vander Linden
Otley
Mitchellville
Gerrit Griffeon
A. Vos
Marshalltown
R. A. McKibbin
John Firth
Baptist Church
Josephine
Isabelle Thomas
Valley Junction
John N. Veenstra
Methodist Hospital
From
Bertha
Miss Veenstra
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gertrude Vander Wal