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Poultry butter eggs drive and local holiday notes
A mix of social updates and notices from late 1908 mentions T. J. Capper and Joe Burianek Jr visiting Cedar Rapids for Christmas, Sam Hofer’s over Christmas trip, and locals Elmer Schori and Leslie Mattoon returning from business college. January 4 marks mid winter term openings with eighteen students, while Gelwein Business University invites entries. Kniel & Rubger advertise blankets. The Ladies' Aid Society meets with Mrs. Berg to elect officers. Senator Cummins and wife plan holidays in Des Moines, delaying return until after the 33rd general assembly election. A rally at the state University of Iowa City shows Fayette County representation and rising educational engagement.
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Gelwein Business University
Gelwein
Iowa
Kniel & Rubger’s
Ladies’ Aid Society
F. R. Berg
G. W. Kinney
Sion
Alex Schlupp
West Bend
Allisha
Anna Baldwin
Cedar Falls
Florence DeSart
Des Moines
Frane DeSart
Capitol City
Selma Weibel
Kern Hill
Joseph Butler
Dale
Chas Opperman
Strawberry Point
Peppy
Kelerstrass
Kansas City
F. K. Robbins
Jim Robbing
Volga
John Robbins
Illyria
Layton
West Union
Stamp
Cedar Rapids
Ed Klingman
Jerome Robbins
Highland
Fr. K. Robbins