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Pella News Briefs and War Era Notes Spread Wide
Pella and surrounding areas see travel between towns and cities for business, military, and family reasons as residents report on engagements, camp life, and quarantines. Mentioned are Van Gorp and Veeder Co, Camp Dodge, Camp Grant, Great Lakes, and Gulf Port. local visits to Des Moines and Knoxville. a rumored quiet wedding. a near accident with a baggage wagon. and ongoing Rock Island freight activity plus local sports and college drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Pella
John Blommers
Otley
John Valkenburg
Des Moines
Harry DeHaan
Murray Ten Hagen
Prairie City
P. Vander Kalk
C. J. Hurst
Waterloo
W. L. Sprague
Steven DeCook
Mary Sprague
Rose Hill
Zelma Rysdam
Marie de Prenger
Jessie Heeren
Knoxville
Robt. Carroll
Amsterdam School House
Korver & Grant
Lucile van Duyn
Bess Bynhorst
Camp Grant
Rockford
Lynhorst
Red Cross
U. S. Army Nurse Corps
Misses Koelman
Carl Vert Seeg
Camp Dodge
Dr. Mramer
W. Vander Haart
Marie
Dang Kamp
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Little and Son
Rysdam
Beb ‘Kuyk
Thearate Board
Frank Rederus
Frank
Central
Tncfs
New Hoya
Wuxiang
Onstine
Paardekooper
Kaldenburg
Stureman
van Sittert
den Adel
Thomassen
Renaud
Cora Dingeman
Riddysville
Emma van Loon
J. F. Mowe
Bradgate
Iowa
J. G. Wester
Naval ‘Training Station
Great Lakes
T. L. ‘Ketman
Chicago
G. O. Davis
Gerrit Freeken
Musca
Anna Hunt
Leona
Etta
Fort Dodge
Danville
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O. H. Vierson
Dea Moines