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Local notices and ads in 1904 Elgin column
Long local column with ads, society notes, and brief items. Mentions Frank Bell visiting, Frank Etter resuming Legion duties, Capper visiting Chester, Misses Berger at home, Miss Rose Wander returning from Oelwein, and various local residents and businesses. Includes humorous anecdotes, a voter blunder, and brief rural route mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Smith
Alta Vista
C. Lehman
Frank Etter
Legion of Honor
John Capper
T. J. Capper
Chester
Nettie
Tilda
Emma Berger
Fritz Lehman
John Lehman
Miss Rose Wander
Oelwein