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Arbor Day and small-town notices fill Elgin page
Arbor Day saw many trees planted as residents shared greetings and local happenings. readers learn about travels to Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Prairie du Chien Hudson and Wadena, a planned Elgin Chautauqua in mid August, school board plans for manual training and domestic science, car sales by local dealer John Falk and family events. a fatality at a Weatherwax Bros event and a wagon accident injuring a wife are noted, plus local church burials and obituaries and market ads.
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W. Kuster
Max Thoma
Oelwein
Emma Waters
Cedar Falls
Phil Moser
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Maud Fitzgerald
Sam
Boyne
R. R
Elgin
Iowa
Flossie Capper
Cedar Rapids
Mia
C. L. Young
Earn Dommermuth
Walter Kohls
Hudson
South Dakota
Waukon School Board
M. V. Kiple
Frankie Benson
Louis Benedict
Chicago
E. M. Mathews
Emma Patterson
Oscar Hunsberger
Wadena
John Falk
Roy Conner
Roy
Des Moines