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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1904
Page
2
A bustling Pella column notes Miss Ruth Porter visiting friends in Knoxville and Mrs E Jessma described as dangerously ill at present. It lists multiple town visits, rent ads, party votes, and social arrivals with names like Miss Bousquet, Mrs. Jelsma, Gerrit Vertseeg, and J. Deedsyns, painting a vivid local portrait.
Twelve or fifteen Hollanders went to Knoxville last Monday and secured their final papers as citizens of the United States. They exercised their right to vote in this country for the first time. The group's voting pattern suggests the Democratic ticket did not fare poorly. Mr. and Mrs. Rietveldt and son Herman, Jr. depart for a Kansas ranch after a brief stay in Pella, with further land interests noted. Local notices discuss footwear and wagons, store movements, and a wedding cake celebration for S. Hl. Viersen Sr.'s son, plus a remark on work ethics from W. H. Aitkin.
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