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Local notes from Leighton and surrounding towns
Saturday visits and travel reports color a busy Leighton section with residents like Miss Lynn Platte and J S Jelsma in Des Moines on business. Notices include sales at Van Spanckeren’s, new goods, a closing out sale, and local births, visits, and church plans.
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Lynn Platte
Leighton
J. S. Jelsma
Des Moines
Irs
James Edmand
F. D. Stubenrauch
Nelle Dunniwick
Monroe
Harve van Gorp
Dora Lee
Cassie Clark
Wantep
H. C. Payne
Buerkens M.g., Co
van Spanckeren
Frank Stubenrauch
Prairie City
Hattie Syphema
Oskaloosa
Mias Hatiie
von Spanckeren
Baptist Church
Fred Berry
Lowell E. Shaw
S. P. Shaw
E. J. Flatt
Japan
T. Vander Ark
Christian Reformed Church of
Hull
Vander Ark
Pella
Martin Vander Heide
Bessie van Cleve
N. C. van Vliet
M. Porter
Ruth
Knoxville
Frank Warner
H. de Googe
M. P. Gorkum
Laura
Tone Brom
Newton
John Vanderzyl
G. Steenhoek
West Pella
Frank Roose
Washington Street
Rock Island Company
Will Vander Meulen
Walter Boyd Sadlery Co
Adam Hasselman
Rock Island
Montana
Connie Muntingh
J. D. Gaass
Mr. Gaass