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Elgin Echo notices and local notes in a period voice
Local column advertisements and community items cover moves, visits, and family news. Notable entries include C. L. Wright becoming Fayette County sheriff, Miss Hazel Peeper's pre nuptial shower, and the Akers leaving for Mediapolis as Rock Island station agent. The page notes autos per capita, weather, and economic remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleworth
Mississippi
A. M. Welber
Springville
Missouri
F. W. Hughes
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Hilda Strauch
Cedar Rapids
Whittier
Mary Skarshoug
Frances
West Union
Olaf Houg
Hazel Peeper
Miss Peeper
Neuenschwander
Fayette
Schori
C. C. Wright
Fayette County
Board of Supervisors
R. F. Dewey
Wright
United States
Iowa
Hawkeye State
Eva Holzer
Geo. Neuenschwander
Castalia
Henry Holzer
Hert Allen
Lawrence Brause
R. F. DeSart
Mason City
Morning Times
Boy Scout Movement
Clara Lehman
West Bend
South Dakota
A. WL. Weibel
St Paul
Minneapolis
Weibel
Duluth
Wegmiller
Elgin
Louis
Pred Falk
LaCrosse, Wise
William Herschiemer
J. H. Bower
Wm. Boyle
Maggie Wherrey
Joseph Butler
Flossie Capper
C. L. Young
Arlington
Prairie du Chien
Louise Bucher
Berne
Kansas
Mathias Strahm
Colorado
Otto Meisner
Aberdeen
Boies Capper
Fort Bliss
Texas
France
Paul Dean
Dubuque
Oregon
Army
Navy
Albert Rypestol
Norway
Christensen
Albert
F. R. Berg
George White
Davenport
George
C. A. Akers
Mediapalls
Akers
Rock Island