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Local Notices and Ads Highlight Odd Jobs and Odds
A sprawling 1905 page items multiple notices from F W Hughes printing shop ads to local travel, shop updates, and farm notes. Reports on school events, family visits, ball games, new shoes, season crops, and community business ventures appear with names like Clermont, Rock Rapids, Mayville, La Porte City, and Alpha featuring residents such as Elizabeth Mushlenthaler, Herman Lingendauer, and M. L. Elken in Jamestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G.gnuing
Elizabeth Mushlenthaler
Rock Valley
Carrin Wayin
Highland Farm
Herman Lingendauer
Clermont
John Streotman
T. J. Capper
Colin Lehman
la Porte City
Chapman
Main Street
M. E. Church
Shosimaker
Temple
Groth
Mayville
N. Dak
Echo
First iNational Mining Co
Carthage, Inc
Elgin and
West Union