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Local Iowa notes and farm ads from Aug 11 1904
Vivid slice of small town life includes frost reports, lectures, and fairs. Mentions Elgin teachers at Fayette County Teachers Institute, Johnson the creamery man winning butter prize, plans for Union Veteran Association reunion, plus local hires seeking a 160 acre farm and a brisk trades in shoes and printed goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Myers
Stockton
Wis
Lou J. Kohler
Osage
Wisconsin
John Kohler
St. Louis
Mr. Johnson
Iowa
Johnson
United States
Arlington News
Elgin
Fayette County
Teachers’ Institute
West Union
Maud Smith
Mae Conner
Francis Medberry
Ralph Howe
Maria Howe
Amelia Etter
Aeslia Baumgartner
L. Nora Conner
Amelia Lehman
Clayton County Institute
Nellie Nelson
Emma Berger
Finke
T.d. Capper
Clermont
Bernice Blow
Albert Kohler
A. Ely
James Boots
Dave Jacobin
Grace Kinney
Cora ‘Wetherbee
Argo
Epworth League
Tilda Berger
Frank Frazee
A. G. Rennison
Union
Ella Kruger
No-good
Bemont
Clark
Veeder
Union Veteran Association of Fayette Co
Abernethy Post
Dept
St. John
Cole
Leat Union Gazette