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Local notices mix into Elgin life and farming calls
A string of small town items notes Poultry buyers seeking top prices, teachers moving, a mask ball at Elgin February 11, and schoolbook discussions. Reports cover arrivals from Madison and Forest City, farm hints, a drought of news from the mint, church services, and medical surgeries in Clermont and Castalia with local residents and couples featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. HB. Sheakley
Chicago
Ills
J. H. Williams
Gunderson
Mint
Christian Church
Brainard
W. A. Wherry
West Union
Des Moines
Elgin
Clara Nelson
T. J. Capper
Fuller & Johnson
G. Monnahan
C. L
Shaffer
Fred Crow
Mra
J. Schmid
T. Knudtson
Harry Becker