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Local news notes and social updates from Elgin area
Mr and Mrs Warner depart for the east to visit relatives. Postmasters convention attendees Gilje and associates visit Elkader and Harstenson home. Gehring family visits then Hazel ill. return home. Oslender and wife visit from West Union. Odd Fellows add electric fan and lamp. Baptist youth party at Cleve Earhart home farewell for Walter Bauman to Lakin Kansas. Berg & Co notes Bertha Gehring visiting Veale Kniel. Masons statistics show 1 388 000 nationwide. Turkey trot lore questioned. John Falk loses two beef cattle struck by lightning. Renniser foundation under way. Eco advert recounts new ads. Arizona senate English literacy law cited. Rainy Friday night with minor damages. Train wreck near Chicago caused by release order misread. Prof Koehler lauded Winona business college. Shoe sale ad. Iowa apple-tree dieback noted. Paint updates on Center street. Denver cloudburst homeless and property loss. Elder David Moats 90+ visited. WJ Norton and wife visit Hoag. Roosevelt campaign fund total cited. Milo Delson and Chris Holmes visit Elgin. Weibel family to Oelwein. Local merchants urged to advertise to fend off mail-order competition.