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Elgin News and Notes from Fayette County Stirs Local Life
Local items report farm land for sale and tame pastures at Wim Brabham. John Cunningham travels from Volga City for business. Louis Klingman to Postville hospital for tonsil surgery. teaching appointments and store jobs announced. Mrs Capper drawn for jury duty in Oslwein. fencing materials offered by Feller’s Hardware. Community updates include births, a senior class play, Fayette county high school ball game, minor auto mishap at West Union, illness recovery of Vian Horn, Amundson injury, and various ads for seeds, chicks, hatching, and home goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. &. Hutchingon
Wim
Brabham
Dennler
Boleyn’s
Berg
Elgin Canning Factory
Frank Capper
Superior Court
Oslwein
Feller
Mike Gordon
Clermont
Leonard Loftstuen
Gander
Gordons
California
Marion van Horn
Elgin High School
van Horn
Bert Enos
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Qoelwein
Fred R. Berg
Elmer Frieden
Gerald Vane
Gerald
Frieden
Ilyris
Fayette
Upper Town
Coe
Bird
Makeover
Hughes
Shipton
Upper Iowa
Larson
Bigler
Borland
Randall
Sullivan
Henn
Charles Gehring
West Union
P. Vian Horn
Upper Town University
Adolph Amundson
Amundson
Postville
Surefzona