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Pella Residents Visit and Local Elections Hint
Local social notes list T Smorenburg and family visiting Monroe friends and many Des Moines and Ottumwa visits by area residents. Mentions of relatives in Leighton Otley Oskaloosa and Colfax, plus a campaign push for Jim VanderPal for County Treasurer and ad supporting G Goodhart as carpenter candidate. Des Moines trips recur across multiple entries as residents catch up with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Smorenburg
Monroe
George Ramsey
Leighton
T. Bureraaft
Peter van Rees
Otley
H. D. VanZante
Eddyville
J. Ll. Warren
Oskaloosa
A.B. van Houweling
VanderPol
W. Doedyns
Jeanette
Des Moines
Henry Westerhoff
W. H. McIntire
St. Joé
H. P. VanderMeulen
G. A. VanderMeulen
Wm. VanWely
Neal VerHeul
Colfax
J. C. Clark
Carl
Iowa Baptist Convention
Jim VanderPal
Ad. G. Goodhart
Jim VanderPol
Alma Johnson
Clarinda
Iowa
Pella
L. Beerends
Inlaw
John den Burger
E. C. Dryden
C. P. Benning
Marshalltown
F. D. VandenBerg