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Local Bancroft notes and community life events
Bancroft residents report on births and school openings, church activities, visits from relatives, and plans for a new savings bank. The piece lists neighbors’ comings and goings, a race idea, bicycle talk, and local business updates, including ads and community notices.
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Josie Saldin
Streater
Board of Equalization
G. W. Smith
Chicago
Progressive Lodge No
A.F
A. M
Prof. Anderson
Tlinois
Lela Gray
Catella Alcorn
Seneca
Ellis
Lewis Gray
Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
R. N. Bruer
Paulina
Iowa
Higley
R. O. Campbell
R. I. Brayton
Willie Wynn
Fenton
Doderer
Rockwell
Mas. Whalen
Neeling
J. R. Sterling
Webster City
C. B. Paul
Ramsay Township
Whittemore Township
Bancroft
Blue Earth City
Abbe Dreesman
Ramsay
Emma Smith
Swea Township
Adda Davison
Burt Township
Farmers’ and Traders’ Savings Bank
Richmond Block
Misa May Barsley
Edward Wood
Rock Valley
B. F. Wickwire
Wickwire
Nick Arend
Bertha Egan
Henry Egan
Guy Pettibone