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Rock Valley Area News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Readers record a week of community notices from Rock Valley and nearby towns. Reports include visits by Mrs. Wm Borzsma and Arthur to Pocahontas for a National Oratorical Contest, local workers joining Public Service Co. and tire boot manufacturing, a ripe indoor tomato shown at a store, a railroad accident with burns, and social visits among the Bergsma, Meylink, and Fitzgerald families. Other items note baseball team discussions, birthday party for Edwin Borgsma, travel to Chicago, and upcoming Flavor Zone Cooking School demonstrations.
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Rio
Sid
Borzsma
Don
Arthur
Sup
May
Pocahontas
Iowa
Joe Peters
Gere Public Service Co
Wm. Bartman
Ray Miller
Anne Brower
Roelofs and Vander Bek
WS. Bogart
Cedar Rapids
Ilinois
Rock Valley
P. Fitzgerald
Sadler
Casey
Fitzgerald
Lloyd Jones
Sioux Falls
Bergsma
Edwin
Earl Bergsma
John Meylink
Meylink
Hull
Grandma ‘Gylink
Sin
Tuesda
Dr. R.gartland
Mra
B. Balleotuttd
L. Fe
South Gate
Cal
Edwin Borgsma
Alberta
Margaret Helibtern
Bronx City
Henry Aurit
Mankito
Minn
Mas. Mellroy
Frank J. Lund
Webster City
Sund
U. S
Irene Higgins
Abbotsford
Wis
Thos. Higgins
Baldwin Piano Company
Walnut Street
Des Moines
Towa
Towa Public Service Company
Dorothy Covert
Schemmer’s Hardware