Local notes from Pella and surrounding towns
Community news from Pella Iowa and nearby areas. Local residents visit relatives attend the G A R encampment in Des Moines, tour Des Moines and Prairie City, and celebrate family occasions. Reports mention Coles and Van Gorp families, church events, Delco power plans, and a notable milk wagon collision on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Jeffers
Knoxville
W. W. Jeffers
Des Moines
Jeffers
6Th Indiana Cavalry
John P. van Rees
Leonora Ellicot
Main Street
Pleasant View School Wins Prizes at Southern Iowa Fair
The Pleasant View school four miles east of Pella won ten dollars in prizes at the Southern Iowa Fair in Oskaloosa for work by the pupils last year. Allen Bryant of El Paso Texas visited Pella this week renewing acquaintances and he formerly ran a business and now operates a store in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Riley
Pella
Ottumwa
Pleasant View
Oskaloosa
Allen Bryant
el Paso
Texas
Mr. Bryant
Miss Emma Van Gorp Visits Friends in Iowa Towns
Miss Emma Van Gorp of Otley visited friends in Pella and Leighton during the first of the week. Also mentioned is Old Country Coffee at Gambell's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hessing
Duluth, Minn
Pella
Gambell’s
Carrie Stevens
Omaha
Nebraska
James Buerkens
Margaret le Cocq
Des Moines
Hattie Grootveld
van der Linden
Emma van Gorp
Otley
Leighton
Gambell's
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Logal News
L. Popma’s
Dick P. van Gorp
Drs. Sybenga and
Weston
C. E. Hamilton
Stump
Emma
Elizabeth Hamilton
Boone
Ernest Hilton
John de Cook
John Branshart
the Baptist Sunday School
John
Webster
B. T. Metz
Pleasantville
de Wit Bros
J. M. Cox
Walter Nollen
Ann May de Winter
Gerrit Klein
Firth Nebraska
Mrs. Klein
A. van Arendonk
Central College
Schuylerville
Gansevoort
N. Y
Harold Veenstra
Homestead
Robert Moulton
Davenport
L. W. Hartley
E. J. Faassen
Clarinda
Joe
Chas. Porter
H. Grossman
Prairie City
M. L. Meyers
Guy Miller
Chas. McKay
Jim Jansma
Colorado Springs
L. N. Vander Linden
John Ulrich
Gladys Burkens
Sepember
State College
Ames
Iowa
H. P. van Gorp
R. R. Sadler
Walter Vander Hart
W. D. Sweesey
G. A. and
W. E. Stout
Monterey
Minn
Anne van Marel
F. N. Byram
Wm. Chrisman
Marion County
California
Pella Friends
Francis Cole
Washington, D. C
the Chronicle
E. M. Cole
G. H. Dunstra
H. Douwstra
The
Reformed Church
Sully
George
Mary Cole
Quebec
Cyrenus Cole
Louis van Roekel
Dave Thomas
Rock Island
R. O. Wood of
Colfax
John Braafhaart
Wm. van Baale
Alice Williams
J. R. Hart
W. A. Vos of
Runnells
Pella ‘Luesday
Rus van Zante
Jack J
Mrs. P. van Ryswyk
F. Hesselink
John Ver Ploegh
Edna Dennis
T. W. Cox
Anna Hunt
Ed Thomassen
Tracy
G. G.thomassen
C. Vander Bie
Greenleafton
Mr. Vander Bie
Gambell
Singer
Singer Sewing Machine Co. OF
Delco
H. G. Vander Wilt
Will N. Bogaards
E. G. Roorda
D. D. Rietveld
J. P. Durham
C. Rietveld
Peoria Parsonage
Harry Braam
John Vanden Noord
Wm, van Baalen
H. L. Vander Linden
David Vander Ploeg
C. Synhorst
J. L. Durham
IE. R. Roorda
George Engbers
John Gosseling
Gerrit Walraven
Ed Bogards
Ben Vogelaar
Dick Bogards
A. Kruseman
M. Phillips
Arthur Parsons
D. J. Rietveld
Fred Sherman
A. W. van Houweling
C. de Genus, Jr
D. W. van Gorp
L, T. Sylvester
F. W. Mathes
A.D. van Houweling
Bauman Bros
Gys. van Dusseldorp
Thomas de Bruin
Delco Shop
Puritan Drug CO
Heerema Bros
Wormhoudt & Kempkes
Poctery
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