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Local notices and society items drift through town
Items from relatives visits, theater plans, and market notes mix with prison parole mentions and hospital updates. Highlights include Mrs. Lynehter visiting relatives, Patton’s “Deadly Female” debut, road surfacing plans, Christmas gift talks, Fort Madison prisoner paroles, Mrs. Wedel’s Chicago trip, Ray DeSart and Irma Jane surgeries, and Charley Spanaley’s return to Elgin after WWI service.
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John
Andy Lynehter
Christ
Huon
South Dakota
Patton
Fartadrs
Hevan
Ray
Irma Jane
Mies
Charley Spanaley
Italy
Elgin
T. W. Dean
Charley