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Elgin social notes and upcoming county tour report
Local residents visit relatives in Rock Valley Cedar Rapids and elsewhere while the board of supervisors plans their annual inspection tour of the County Home. Christmas gatherings, travel plans, and a new trunk line at Capper’s are noted along with The Weatherwaxes lecture at the Elgin opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Baumgartner
Rock Valley
Mr. Chapman
Rock Rapids
J. C. Miller
Dewey
W. W. Patterson
Eldred
Shawnee
Oklahoma
John Johnson
Dennings
Board of Supervisors
Smith
Guy Whitford
Volga City
Sam Greenley
T. J. Capper
E. Matthys
Hewin Bauman
Lena Baumgartner
Walter Bauman
Cedar Rapids
Cronk
J. S. Phillips
Washington
Nelle Stock
Frederick
Hudson
South Dakota
Gua Gunderson
Dakota
Ole Turkleson
Decorah
Will Walther
Elinder
Gus Boyer
August Benson
Fred Falk
LaCrosse
Wis
D. M. Benson
Dows
Jennie
Frances
Hilda
Bertha Strauch
F. W. Hughes
Elgin
Carrington
N. C
Bertha
Champaign
Ill
University of Illinois
Richard Strauch
Opera House