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Local notes from Pella include visits and sales
W S Gladstone of Des Moines visited relatives in Pella to collect his wife and baby and his mother. E Groenendyk showed a two pound six ounce carrot. Farmland sales occurred at $145 per acre and $3 500 for properties. A rummage sale by the Ladies Auxiliary was announced. Several residents traveled to Des Moines Chicago Armour and Prairie City for visits and conventions. Burglaries damaged a garage door lock but left cars intact.
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W. S. Gladstone
Des Moines
Pella
E. Groenendyk
Herman Bauman
H. Schippers
Henry Keuning
Paul Boertje
Mr. Keuning
H. de Zwart
Mr. Boertje
N. de Reus
North Broadway
Marinus van Gorp
Ladies’ Auxiliary
de Wit
Franklin Street
John Nagel
Home For
Armour, S. D
Frank van Baalen
Monroe
A. G. de Bruyn
Lloyd Warner
H. P. van Gorp
F. R. Gambell
Chicago
Anna Roorda
Prairie City
C. F. Dykstra
A. P. Kuyper
Nellie Kernahan
E. F. King