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Local News Briefs From Elgin and Surrounding Areas
Community items include Eleanor Schnelter visiting relatives, upcoming fashion show at Figin Millinery, Carl Hackman returning from Oskaloosa, a baby born to Mr and Mrs Will Kerr, and various visits, illnesses, and travel notes. Multiple per sons and local businesses, plus notes on rain, threshing, and a nearby accident, color the week.
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Wetsig Eur
Ceeer Zirl
Stork
Marie Martie
Sabetha
Kansas
Swift & Co
Chas, Becker
Tate
Elgin Creamery
Oscar Baker
Mrs. Cain
Elgin Savings Bank
Rosa Reca
Edwin Halverson
Lew Martin
Lew Schneider
Sadie Telshaw
West Bend
Law Martie
Charles Monlux
Balse
Idaho
Will Monlux
Bijza Monlux
Gunder
Fred Reichert
W. D. Carpenter
Andestra
Clermont Bunday
Doris Trewins
Trygve Husberg
Bernice Lee
Fay Klingman
Colfax
Wis
Barney Lee
Ed Kruger
F. C
Martin Hanson
John Schneider
Ern Lerch
Nashua
Louis Schneider
Wm. Zaugg
L. Butikofer
John Pulfer
West Union
Fred Butikofer
G. Priederich
George Christen
L. Christen
CeHa Meyer
Elmer
Louise
Elgin
Guernsey Smith
Henry Hanson
Gleat Lake
Fred Prieden
Dorothy
la Grange
Quincy
Illinois
Joe Frieden
Oclwein
John Botikofer
Orphin Lehman
Algona
Lucy
Elizabeth
Lillian ¢ Kriaten
Terr ‘Thoman
Jake Butilhofer
Sam Schneider
Jake Friederich
Albert Schupbach
Willie Friederich
MD Metzger
John Dennier
Martin Theus
Ernest Meyer
Rob Lehman
Lillian
Fred Schiupp
Fred Nydegger
Louis Klingman
C. M. Green
Wisconsin
Klingman
Arthur B. Johnson
Air Reserve Corps
Fort Riley
Kaw
Beatrice
Neb
Argo- Gazette
Verle Kniel
Gummer
Universe of
Iowa
Iowa City
Lou Lehman
Bifford Hunsberger
Louise Bucher
Black Hill Country
Hitle
Lizzie Schoten
Chicago
John
Will Lantz
Higin Millinery
Franke
Elkader
August Holzer
Schori
Geraldine
Cedar Rapids
Ernestine
Centerville
H. H. Follett
Clermont
Migin
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