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Local Notes and Advertisements Highlight Hesitant Winter Town
In Elgin Fayette County and area, daily life features include visits by Dr Hutchinson and Adolph Anderson, funeral attendance in West Union, church work trips, and a bustling store scene at Baumans Quality Store. Local residents travel to Clermont and West Union, while real estate transfers and farm sales mark steady activity in early spring.
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Hale Tenton
Dr. Hutchinson
Adolph Anderson
Ekikader
Fred Gehring
West Union
Caroline Smith
Baumans
Lee DeSart
Lawrence Beall
Dan
Eigin
Fayette County
Ed Grimm
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Verle Kniel
West Anion
John Falk
John
Harry Fitzgerald
Chicago
Maude Fitzgerald
Chariey Gehring
Postville
Banner Social Club
John Waldron
Seal of Minnesota
Weibel Mill Company
al Schori
Evanston
Henry Wilson
Oscar Larson
Clermont
Elgin Land Company
Fred Freden
Lemar
Missouri
Schumacher
James Boyle
Ian John
West Bend
Jim
Boyle
Rock Island
Edwin Bauman
F. Yp. Weich
Nicklaus
Welch
Elgin
U.S
Charlotte Bronte
C. S
Mattoon
Forrest Welch
Tone Welch
D. J. Crain
West Bend Journal
Fred E. Schori
Fairbault
Minnesota
Fred
Tudge Springer
Clarke County
Rob
Murray
John Miller
Osceola
Miller
Board of Supervisors
Dunes
Fuller