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Elgin notices and town news in a 1908 issue
Local Elgin column reports business and social news including mayoral activity in West Union, repairs and displays at Weibel Gehring store, a bazaar and supper by the Ladies Aid Society, and various residents’ movements. It notes Elgin railroad work by Peter Thoman, shifts in schooling, upcoming cantata by a German Baptist choir, and regional economic updates amid a plague report in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Shaffer
J I. Phillipa
West Union
Trypha Lewis
Alma Berger
Fayette
Weibel & Gehring
Govior
J. J. Hawley
Stockton
Til
Qus Gunderson
Alma Gunderson
T. J. Capper
German Baptist Choir
Hans Keiser
King David
John Alexander Dowie
Elijeh ‘T
Zion City
Chicago
Yoose Valley
Wisconsin
Ladies’ Aid Society
Opera House
St. Patrick's Day
Fred Schori
W. T. Howard
Winona
Minn
Albert Schori
Springfield
E. J. Fellows
Albert
South
Fellows
F. B. Bloodgood
Swem Gas Machine Co
Waterloo
East Waterloo
E. Grimm
Elgin
C. H. Capper
Westgate
Iowa
Mason City
Capper
Woodbury County
Supreme Court
Bloomington
Muscatine