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Local notices from Elgin and surroundings mix with travel and town life
Oelwein visitors and local residents travel to neighboring towns including Decorah and Cedar Falls. Plans for fairs, band concerts, and road improvements are noted alongside car trips, a fatal Decorah auto crash, and a large Elgin Land Company exchange worth fifty thousand dollars.
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Chas Baller
Farersburg
John Barnett
B. J. Welch
Boise
Idaho
F. D. Welch
Volga City
C. K. Olson
Grand Meadow
Minn
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Fred Muchlethaler
Lillie Frasburghaus
Clara Lehman
Port Wing
Wisconsin
Fred
Hastland
Fayette County
Elgin
M. Hovey
Brainard
Exposition
California
Salt Lake City
T. A. Roland
Center Street
Agricultural and Engineering Extension
Lows State College
Benson
LaCrosse
Louis Walb
Germany
United States
Mexico
North Iowa Times
State College
Elgin Land Company
Hans H. Grether
John A. Rowland
Rowland
Zimmerman
McGregor
Welber