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Busy farm town notes spread across county fences
In Rake and surrounding areas, residents report barn and fence work, tiling, windmills, and new buildings. Mary Anderson closes school district. Grace Gilbert returns from Cedar Falls. Tagalong rides, family visits, and transients appear amid a spring surge of carpentry, farming, and road concerns.
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Joseph Frandte
Everett Krull
Harry Harris
C. J. Anderson
John Friesenberg
Mary Anderson
Anderson
B. Quamuie
Rake
Frank Raddle
Abbe
Grace
Harvey Gilbert
Cedar Falls
Iowa
M. P. Flynn
Dubuque
Maynard Larson
B. F. Draka
G. W. Grinstead
P. H. Owenson
Chas, Patterson
Iowa Falls
Tohu Buttier
Cc. W. Galagan
George Andrews
Laurel
A. T. Halvorson
Osmund Osland
Mere A. Gotham
George Kruger
Titonia
Helmers
German
Tuez
Buffalo Township
N. Frerichs
F. A. Kayser
Owenson
Mae Christenson
A. J. Owenson
Andrew Albers
Buffalo Center
Grandpa Albers
Andrew Johnson
Lew Larson
PB. J. Erdahl
Sheldon
Badger
Nels Espel
Misa Elrestrom
Halvorson
George Mugsman
Grantow
North Lincoln
Eossuth CO
Charlie Yeuski
John Craig
Anton Helmers
Peter Koppen
M. P. Chapman
Fannie
Elmore
H. H. Vining
Frank Paul
Henry Patterson
Sadie
Armstrong
Fannie Chapman