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Local News Notes From Pella and Surrounding Communities
Local notes report visits and travel among Prairie City and Pella residents including Mrs Everett Rouwenhorst and baby, Ellen Engstrom in Des Moines, and Mr Waechter recovering from surgery. Many neighbors, students, and soldiers are mentioned alongside weather, flu impacts, and community activities such as fundraiser outcomes and post office health.
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Everett Rouwenhorst
Baby
Prairie City
A. T. Rouwenhorst
Pella
Ellen Engstrom
A. Waechter
Des Moines
Waechter
Joe Vanden Berg
Washington, D. C
Louise Rysdam
Donai
John Branshart
Eva Huckabay
H. E. Lisk
Rose Hill
Wm. James
Ardelia Gladstone
Will Vander Vort
Camp Perry
Great Lakes
Evelyn van Wyngarden
Wm. van Wyngarden
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
Missouri
Newton
Ed Welchhart
Cecil Gertsma
Helene van Gorp
H. Bootsma
Anna Hines
Valley Junction
Ed van Gorp
Fred Lankelma
Camp Dodge
Eli Hollebranda
Bill Stout
B. H. Langerak
Langerak
Minnesota
H. DeBooy
W. H. Bootsma
A. E. Cully
H. J. Bootsma
W. W. Cook
A. van Duren
Mr. Cook
Isaac le Cocq
Main Street
Harry Koopman
van Ee
Indianola
Ed de Vries
H. Viersen
Ottumwa
Henrietta Breuklander
Ft. Des Moines
W. Vanderwel
Boyden
Walter
Will Waechter
Bert de Reus
Omaha
P. de Reus
Bert
Misa Kate Vander Kieft
Otley
Wm. van Waardhuisen
W. H. Clark
Arthur Martin
Oregon
Billie
O. EB. Torrey
Towands
Kanees
Miss Bousquet
Canning Company
Ofice of
James E. DeWit
Creston
Iowa
James
Peter Meekma
Kansas
Johann Schmidt
Geo. Mennengs
F. Itzen
Will Everts
Holland Chronicle
Mine Visser
Mercy Hospital