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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1910
Page
7
Miss Nettie Zaager returned to her home in Prairie City Monday evening after spending a week with her sister Mrs Nic Van Haaften.
Residents and guests flocked to Pella for Old Settlers and Home Coming week events. Dozens from Indianola to Newton visited relatives, including the Beman, Bitting, Tysseling, Porter, Klein, Kamp, Van Gorp, De Bruyn, Nieuwendorp, Mulder, Klein, Lee, and Hamilton households. Local farms advertised, and travelers from Des Moines and Adams joined the festivities, with racing, gatherings, and ongoing reunions noted at multiple homes and the fair.
Community notes recount local visits from Wade Harvey of Harvey and Miss Dick Hoogenhooren visiting Margret Voeglaar during Home Coming week. Various residents from Prairie City Newton Sully Colfax and Knoxville attend events and see friends at fairs, churches, and homes. Medical update notes Marion Porter admitted as unsound mind after nervous breakdown with recommended rest and quiet, while local merchants are advertising in town.
Henry De Gooyer visited Capital City on Monday as a city guest. W. H. Clark called on business in Des Moines Monday. S. B. Buckingham of Prairie City, brother of City marshal Buckingham, visited Pella last week. Mrs Chas Croll traveled to Mitchellville Monday to visit her parents for a week or ten days.
H P Van Gorp left Monday on a week long business trip through western Iowa and eastern Nebraska. Wm Harmsen of Collins Ia visited with sisters and Mrs H F Fiske. David Dykstra of Otley stayed at the Fiske home last week. Pete Stubenrauch headed to Kansas City after visiting home folks. John Vander Mast and wife of Monroe attended the fair and greeted neighbors. Gerrit Ver Steeg did business in town. Brimmer the monument man plans to head to Missouri in a couple weeks. John Harmon and family moved to a farm near Harvey. J De Grof and family of Prairie City attended the Home Coming and visited Henry Roovaart.
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