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Christmas, family visits, and local notices in Pocahontas area
Local residents share holiday visits from Des Moines to Orange City. News notes include school closure due to storms, coal price talk, theater plans, club meetings, and a Pocahontas school board bid for a new building. Obituaries headline the passing of W olkenhauer, with community updates on farms, births, and local movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Schnug
Dows
E. J. Schnug
DM. T
Ames
Marshall Neilan
Scenic Theatre
Jas. Bruce
Isabel
J. A. Carroll
Emma Linnan
Fonda
Ee J. Denny
Des Moines An
C. W. Siefkin
Bruce ‘Clarke
Berkeley” University
California
He.c. Ratcliff
Elizabeth ‘Herrold
Mildred
Haron
F. B. ‘Charlton
Grant
Edward Jewett
Indianola
Rolfe
Eddie Lighter
Breeders’ Journal
Spencer
Ida Merckens
Fairfield
J. R. McIntire
Des Moines
W. A. Bruce
Omaha
Virginia Sue Kent
W. C. Wolkenhauer
Pocahontas
Wolkenhauer
Antony Schoenberger
Roosevelt Township
Cupid
Dorothy