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Local Notes From Pella Fair Visit and Nearby Events
A long list of brief notices from Pella and nearby towns recount visits by Henry Van Dyke of Ver Steeg & Co. and others to Eddyville Prairie City Colfax Des Moines and Oskaloosa. Tourists head Cedar Rapids Sigourney Oskaloosa Pella Des Moines with the Little Glidden route. The Electric Palace interior work and various residents’ trips to Des Moines Knoxville Ottumwa and Prairie City are noted alongside real estate deals and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rus
Wen Eecoines
Henry van Dyke
Ver, Steeg & Co
Eddyville
Prairie City
O. D. Runyan
Mason City
Nebraska
John Wisse
Colfax
T. J. Reese
Des Moines
C. V. Hulse
Pathfinder
Pella
C. de Geus
Oskaloosa
James Porter
Gravity, Taylor Co
Marion County
Chas
Marion Porter
N. D.shinn
Geo. W. Crozier
Knoxville
Jerema
HoMebranda
Mien
Iowaland
John Patchin
David Dykstra
Otley
John McCutchen
Mahaska County
Madge Fennema
Star Auto Company
Etta Ross
Tribune
Kansas
Pres. J. L. Bey
College
New Haven
Iowa
Washington Baptist Association
Oelwein
Dubuque
Tony Hollebranda
Pagosa Springs
Colorado
Dan de Vries
Marshalltown
H. Langerak
Mary Kooistra
P. H. Elings
A. M. van Zee
J. J. Hollebrands
the Reformed Church
Waupén
Wisconsin
Second Reformed Church
Jacob de Haan
Los Angeles
Passadera
California
Garrit van Zante
Ottumwa
H. F. Fisk
Rene Lille
Moore
W. J. Wagner
Harold
Albert
Central
W. J. Atha
Euston
Central College
John Holst
Sylvia
Lynn Platt
Cora de Rosi
John Tollenaar
Sigourney
L. Goulooze
M. Mersbergen
H. H. Rosenberg
S. Vander Werf
Henry Brom
Lynnville
Barney Brom
R. B. Warren