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Local notes and ads from a 1916 Iowa paper
Thursday edition scraps include society visits farm news and business notes from Bigin and surrounding towns. items mention births, visits to Cedar Rapids and Fayette, school bonds, livestock and orchard tips, local commerce, and a promotional gag about flour sacks with a prize aluminum ware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Akers
Cedar Rapids
Vina Baker
Hikader
John Falb
Fayette
W. Nicklaus
Ruth
West Union
Henry McMillan
Agnes
Clifford Shaffer
Oelwein
Holm
Kensington Club
John Palb
Lewis Stoehr
E. G. Stoehr
Elkport
Georgia Stoehr
Elizabeth Nevenswander
J. J. Harle
H. S. Haidsel
Robert
Minnesota
Weibel Bros. Mill
Charlés City Boy Scouts
Iowa State College
G. M. Barry
Cler- Et
Chicago
Northwestern Dental College
Clermont
Kelly
Freemasons
Anamosa
United States
Europe
Grundy Democrat
L. S. Hutchinson
Elmer Schori
Clarence Schori
Spring Valley
Minn
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Wellington Conner
McGregor
Wisconsin
Ward
Arlington
Vinton
Chris Holm
Manny” Bartlett
Kerney County
Kansas
Ey Matthys
Matthys
Bartlett
Red Wing
Elgin High School
Florence Berg
Harriet Bakeman
Lilian Freiburghaus
Otto Stoehy
Green
James J. Hill
State Board of Control
Rockwell City
Thompson
Dairy and Food Commission
Fremont County Herald
Mississippi River
Davenport
Muscatine
Mississippi