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Old-Fashioned Mother Event Promises Friday Night Play
A 1986 small-town notice lists events around Elgin including an Old-Fashioned Mother program at the opera house next Friday, a benefit play at the same venue, local shop ads, a fly-swatting promotion, and community happenings. It mentions Rev Hillman, local visits, and farm news amid town notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Berg & Kohler
Ladies Aid Society
Will
Max Hunsberger
Berg & Kohler Shoe Department
Nuree Leota Phillips
Lime Springs
John Bower
Forest Welch
Volga City
Phillipe
Gordon & Ferguson
G. Stoohr
George E. Schori
Hillman
J. Moore
Florence Otley
Fayette
Berg & Kohier
En-Ar-Co Auto Oil
J. N. Nelson
Fred Kohier
Stochr’s Drug Co
Elgin
H. S. Steele
Mildred Harrington
Hawkeye
Grace Bowen
Aug. Holzer
Madison
South Dakota
Sesson
Thos. Knudtson
New Model Thresher Company
Uncle Sam
F. C. Hillman
Iowa
Chicago
Federal
Grand Jury
St. Mark
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Audubon Society
Accean
Stoehr
Angh
Berg & Rohers
Jerry
Will Kohler
Kensington Club
Borg & Kohler
Iowa Highway Commission
Cerro
Gordo County
Scott
O'Brien