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Elgin Echo highlights local life and wartime drafts
The Elgin Echo chronicles social events and civic notices from Elgin and nearby areas. It notes farm work, concerts, travel, and business updates, plus details on exemption boards and Davenport Battery D recruits bound for training in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Hutchshagy
J. H. Bower
George Holzer
Waukon
Elgin
Elkader
Decorah
Red Cross
A. M, Welber
Springville
Missouri
T. J, Capper &Sons
Fred Gehring
Oelwein
Wil Deerhammer
Carl Gehring
Nelle Carmichael
Strawberry Point
J. H. Carmichael
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Exemption Board
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Battery Dy
Davenport
Barn White
Battery
Deming
New Mexico
Earn White
Uncle Sam
Earn
Chicago Herald
Frederick W. Rube
Chickasaw
Chicago
Tofield Heck
George B. Schori
War Department