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Pella Local News Highlights New Homes and Visits
Local News by W. W. Cook notes purchases for new homes on Main Street and West Second Street, with Thomassen relocating to Des Moines and starting a new life in a Hickman Avenue residence. Numerous visits and travel to Des Moines, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, Monroe, and Des Moines accompany notes on residents, jobs, and a May 1919 birth.
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W. W. Cook
P. H. Spoelstra
Main Street
Geo, Thomassen
Pella
Des Moines
Thomassen
Hick- Man Avenue
Art Koeleman
West Second Street
First Christian Reformed Church
Cora Dingeman
van der Linden Drug Store
Weigner’s
Miss Dingeman
Margaret DeReus
Leona Case
J. Heemstra
Monroe
F. F. Carpenter
Chicago
C. W. Bond
Chas. Marsh
Ainsworth
Cassa Clark
John de Gooyer
Camp Dodge
Leighton
L. Overbergen
E. Dykstra
Margaret
Inez Rietveldt
John Rietveldt
M. A. Sandmier
Otley
T. Beintema
James Koopman
Ellsworth Richardson
Sarah Welle
Margaret Vriezelaar
W. O. Veldhuizen
Prairie City
Mary Vander Meiden
Oskaloosa
J. Meekma
Mt. Pleasant
Minnie Hols
John Braam
Holland
Michigan
Leonard
Cedar
Washington
Pho" Aya Ray
Vida Meikingé Attitg
Newton
Frank Walls
Joe Hedrick
Alex ‘Andria
Nebraska
Arthur Walls
Thomas Walls
Marshal Walls
W. M. van Doorninck
Jim van Hemert
Maude Ver Steeg
Knoxville
Florence Wylie
Gillman
Clarence van Maren
Tunis Brom
New Sharon
Miss Roorda
Miss Panekolk
Kate van Gorp
Brooklander
Onka Looun
Fred
Wm. Bruinekools
Gertrude
G. B. Ver Steeg
Herman Veenstra
Edna Byram
Osceola
Ruth
Marie Phillips
Central College
Phillips
Marie