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Elgin News Briefs and Local Notes
Local notices include advertising items, arrivals, and departures. Citizens Bank sees resignation of assistant cashier O. M. Benson. Community life features social visits, farm and workshop updates, and plans for gallery openings. A Varied regional update covers shipments, weather, and historical society efforts in recording Revolutionary War veterans buried in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Albright
W. L. Fettkether
Albright
Center Street
O. M. Benson
Citizens’ State Bank
Benson
Finke
Gus Boyer
Elora
Clermont
Smith
West Union
Grace Albright
Highland
Will Walters
Trinder
John Falk
Misa Grace Greenley
Oelwein
Gundergén & Monnahan
J. 1. Case
Abbey
Qavier
Elgin
Mier & Son
Iowa
Abe
Heath
W. W
Kimball
Nigno Mannufacturer
Geo. P. Bent
Crown Piano
Burr Oak
Decorah
Ibis
Towa
Tipton
Martin Linn
Washington
Yorktown
Philadelphia
Monmouth
the Historical Society