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Elgin area notes and events amid winters and weather
Local notices recount a string of social visits, farming updates, animal injuries, and upcoming entertainments in Elgin and West Union. Highlights include bee swarms prepared for winter, a wrestling match at the opera house, a school of land prospecting, a Christmas bazaar, and council proceedings detailing bills and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Spahr
A.M. Weibel
Paul
C. W. Nicklaus
Edy Xander
R. C. Woodard
West Union
J. Phillips
Alem
Tosa
Jowa
Elgin
Weisel Bros
Henry Gage
Elberton
Washington
Brody's
Brody
Frank Gerson
Cellar Rapids
L. H. Heneitics
Hilda Strauch
Minneapolis
F. W. Hughes
Frey
J Schnelter
Frank Sova
The
Echo
Peoria
Ole K. Olson
Melvin
EB. J
Jack Halverson
St. Paul
Minn
Mearning
Herbert Hermann
Fred Rothlisberger
Ib Wis
Elgin Opera Louse
Jack Higensick
Hikader
Young Bearl
Fred Luthy
Morris, Minn
Sears Wa
Benson
Tiemry
Conner
Ales
Dau Urause
Brawse
ASN
Anderson
Thos. Meyer
Fort Dodge
Pla
C. M. Fritz
M. Nicholson
Cement Company
A. M. Weibel
Minnesota
Assanitarium
Worthington
Myron Burnside
Stahl House
West Elgin
Clermont
Iowa City