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Local notices from Des Moines visits and sales
Miss Martha Janaz travels to Des Moines with a friend from Monroe. Several residents visit Des Moines and nearby towns for family, mother, or sister visits. Van Zante Bros. advertises two washing machines and a lawn mower on approval. Various local residents visit relatives, including Miss Ruth Blake and the Wormhoudt family, with other civic and church notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Janaz
Monroe
Des Moines
Ed van Zante
Desce
L. Martin
A. F. Odem
Mildren Vander Linden
A. D. van Skike
Kate Beard
N. Ver Steeg
J. Brom
Geo. Ver Steeg
Sarah Ann Ver Heul
Otley
K. A. Ver Heul
Arnold Ver Heul
Franklin Ver Heul
van Zante Bros
C. Hanko
Grand Rapids
Hattie. van Gorp
J. de Jong
Leighton
S. B. Grant
Eddyville
Fred Vander Zyl
J. M. Cook
Janesville
Iowa
Mrs. Cook
Ruth Blake
Cedar Falls
H. E. Wormhoudt