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Local notices and farm news from Elgin Iowa 1917
A long column of community items lists posts, visits, trips, and health notes from Dig in Iowa. Interwoven are farm tips, market hints, and local color about residents, family news, road talk, and wartime mentions, with scattered names such as J H Be, McCoy, Cooley, Wegmuiller, Knudson, and Dan Whalen. The piece also covers weather, traveling by car, and civic happenings in late August 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Be
Stark
Messie
Myrlin Feller
Turkey River Junction
Leslie Cooley
J. BE. McCoy
Monticello
Chas. Wegmuiller
Dakota
Pinno
Nas
Nick
Esther
Walter
Strawberry Point
Bartells
Waterloo
Mia
C. L. Shaffer
Elmer Schorl
Clem Schmid
Harley Steel
John Berndt
Clayton
Clara Lehman
Rock Valley
Iowa
Ern Holzer
Cedar, Rapids
Bailey
Frank Capper
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Woods
St. Louis
Japan
Russia
University of Minnesota
Dubuque
Colt
U. S
Grace Bowen
Nellie Mattoon
Mildred Harrington
McGregor
Chicago
Digin
Call
Dan” Whalen
Elgin
Rock Island Road
France
U. S. Engineering Corps
Hilda Strauch
F. W. Hughes
Minneapolis
Central High School
BR. Berg
Bayfield
Wisconsin
Battery D
Minnesota
Jake Miller
Monroe
Wis
Allege
Decorah
Towa
Chris Moser
Geo. EB. Schori
Chris
George Pertig
John Christ
Merrit Hemingway
F. M. Bell
Waseca
Minn
Rev
Cleworth
Prof. McCoy
Scout Movement
Hfe
Lfe
Grandfather Schneider
Kansas
Drawel
Detroit
Michigan
Baileyville
Illinois
Fayette County
West Union