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Local notes from Pella and nearby towns
Local updates cover residents moving into Mrs. Anna Hunt’s vacated property, Miss Julia Post returning from Buffalo with stops at Waterloo, druggist gathering in Des Moines, Maasdam visiting Pella, and Peter George Gaass’s eighth birthday party at Prairie City. Canning pears, nursery ads, corn losses after hail near Keota, and various visitors and relocations across Pella, Bloomington, Farmer City, and Des Moines are reported along with hospital news and Central College happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers
C. L. Allen
Oskaloosa Street
Anna Hunt
C. H. Bell
Julia Post
Buffalo
N. Y
Mahanke
Waterloo
John Heerema
Des Moines
Al’s
Oak Grove Nursery
Mae Thomassen
Helen
Gertrude Neuenesch
Bloomington
Farmer City
Chicago
P. van Niewaal
van Niewaal
A. T. van Houweling
Keota
Andrew Butt
Darling
Minn
Central College
F. W. Barge
G. E. Barge
J. Heemstra
Heemstra
Broadway
Cleveland
Ohio
van Niewaal’s
Henry
Kenneth
East First Street
Helen Johnston
Ft. Dodge
H. H. Sadler
Dorothy
Peter Klein
Adams
Nebr
Pella
Klein
Nebraska
Violet Colyn
Marshfield
Wis
H. M. Braines
George M. Derbyshire
Charley McKee
Edward
Frank Sinn
Clarinda
John Jansma
Agnes Bousquet
Public Library
Lon Wormhoudt
Des Moines Hospital
Fred Hubblink
Central
Moody Institute
Emma Hamilton
Martin Naaktgeboren
Kansas City
Kansas
C. & C. T. van Lint
Mabel Hoekstra
Rochester
van Rees