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Elgin Fourth festival plans and local notices
A busy town advertises Fourth of July events in Elgin with promises of a good time, flour sales, and dry goods discounts. Remarks include visits by Des Moines residents, farm updates, and local notices on auctions, railway schedule changes, and school and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Dean's
Elgin
T. J. Capps
Monanan
T. Lacarpin
West Union
Vikdal
Bucktow
Nettie Berger
C.F. Hassmer
Edgewood
Berger
Funerial
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
King
Cummins
van Sant
Minnesota
Leslie M. Shaw
Timhe