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Local Elgin News Mixes Odd Ads and Brief Notices
A collage of items from Elgin includes trades at Fair and Mair Stores, travel notes on Mrs. Ogle and the Knudtsons, and tales of local visits. Postings cover a funeral in Clermont, a new baby for Claude’s family, and farm updates from Emmetsburg to Ossian plus a wag to slow down speeders in Ossian.
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Hutchinson
Mel
Mair
Fremont Ogle
Minnesota
Dakota
Elgin
H. T. Knudtson and Son Ployd
West Bend
Dan Goetz
Oelwein
Welch & Burnside
Besse Halarenson
Georgia Stoehr
McGregor
Roy Becker
Tittle
Anita
C. F
Baker’s
Welber Bros
Warner
John Johnson
Eldora
Clermont
Johnson
C. O. Fathergill
Wenger
Marshal Boyle
Ossian
Lilah Duby
Eildon
J. W. Knight
West Anion
Adna
Knight
Chasniel
Graham
Prank Capper
Waterloo
Mary Graham
Dubuque
J. H. Graham
Charley Capper
Decorah
C. L. Young
Neue Neuenschwander
Hazel Bernhart
Castallo
Ed. Moore
G. S. Moore