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Local notes from Hartley and surrounding towns
Readable items show Mrs Menibine and others visiting Hartley area, social calls, weddings and family visits as residents travel to and from Des Moines, Des Moines, Sioux Rapids, Meadow, Grenville, Storm Lake, and Spencer. Post office holiday staffing noted, cistern cleaning, and local property for sale. Multiple named residents, churches, and small-town events appear throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Wyndall
Mes. C.P. Ssiaids
Wy. Mas
Joy Strohmann
Meadow
Wis
Strohmann
Princeton
Minn
Chas. Barnaul
Alvin Hoskins
Ales
J. P. Mills
Richland
Rev
Hoskins
Friends
Grenville
Grace Metz Sy
Langdon
Nina Yeontus
Alon
Storm Lake
Mes. Clough
Meadows
Mary Rosenerins
Dan Jepson
Baby
Myra Evans
Sioux Rapids
Martin
Emmetsburg
Herman Gruehe
Mies Gusti Smith
Frank Jaynes
West Gend
Mes. Wehardson
Praubach
Hartley
Currie C. Couch
Milford
Spencer
George Mupent
The
Everly News
M ‘Kesan
Everly
Aldrich
A. O. Aldrich
Rosalie
Nebr
Potter Lo
Charles
Gwynn Herrick
Dickens
A. G. Herrick
I. A. Means
Des Moines