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Sunday visits and local notices in Pella era
A scrolling list of private visits and community notes from Pella and nearby towns. Individuals including Gambell, J J Sybenga, D Van Ryswyk, Jennie Mersbergen, Harry DeCook, J W Bailey, R R Sddier, Carrie Halbert, and others are recorded visiting relatives or attending events in Des Moines, Prairie City, Orange City, Milton, and Perry. Local business notes, sales, and public auctions appear alongside social visits and a fire scare near VanderPloeg's Bakery.
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Potatoes Gambell
J.J. Sybenga
Moriday
Jake Sterrenberg
Sully
Harry DeCook
Stuart Tues
Jelitna
Star.Auto Co
John Valkenburg
Tf. D. van Ryswyk
Jennie Mersbergen
Prairie City
Gambell’s. New Merchandise
J. W. Boyd
Capital’ City
N. Byram
Milton
HL. A. Scott
Sheehy
Eding
van Vliet
Kool Wil
Pella
Marshal Bickford
Julia Post
Parkersburg
G. J. Mahanke
W. F. Leppert
M. Hoskins
Brighton
R. E B. Nowell
O. F. Shaw
Indianola
B. Buerkens
Don
Madge Vanderly
Eddyville
Gambell
VanderPloeg
A. P. Kuyper
Des Moines
M. VanderLinden
Frances
VanderLinden
State
Marshalltown
Donald Waechter
Jelle Heerema
Newton
Leighton Public Schools
Edmund
Oskaloosa
Chronicle
K. D
Oskeloosa
B. J. van Dyk
Washington Street
Gus Hols
Ankeny