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Elgin and North Eastern Iowa News Highlights 1916
Local notices cover Harrold Stoehr returning to Cedar Rapids, Beulah Bartholomew newly hired hello girl, and several quarantine updates. West Union election results show 42 yes 73 no for suffrage while many residents travel to Fayette for the School of Music commencement. Weather and crops, water issues, and community events fill the week with hires, visits, and road/bridge impacts.
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Harold Stoehr
Cedar Rapids
Beulah Bartholomew
Central
A. M. Wetbel
West Union
Harrington
Earl Greenley
Stitcherie
Dan Bellis
West Elgin
Billa Barnhart
Floyd Harvey
Castalia
Ruth Nicklaus
Rock Valley
Clara Strauch
Judson Corner
R. V. Porter
Greene
F. R. Berg
Harl Bennett
Highn
Monnahan
St. Paul’s M. EB
George Vaughn
Ben Bear
Kathryn Kuster
Correctionville
Schori
Lyons
Leach
Halverson
LaGrange
Cliva Lehman
Lian Freiburghaus
Fayette
School of Music
Florence Berg
Warnya
Nother
Fort Vaux
Verdun
Ypres
Lord Kitchener
Russia
Belfield
North Dakota
Minnesota
Weibel Bros. Mill
Fayette County
E. T. Fegtly
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Methodist
Opera House
Meyer
Hagensick
Justice Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Hughes
Frank Capper
Dike
Clarence Young
Elgin
Clermont
Hugh MacKellar
Leo
Tyria
Masonic Lodge
Elkader
MacKellar
Peter
John Service
Harriet MacKellar
Robert Service
Orval
Milo
John
Lawrence Mackellar