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Elgin and Clermont News Snapshots From May 1907
Local notes report Misses Maud and Blanche Smith visiting in Peoria and West Union relatives, calls for西 Oelwein Summer School opens June 3 with 20 placements, Miss Marie Halverson to St Paul and Cut Bank Montana, Stoecht's Pharmacy selling Hollister remedies, Clermont Bank to build two story brick banking house near post office, Elgin residents Shaffer Frieden Baumwart meet in Kansas City, Lineman circle via Texas land prospects, local auctions, Stark weather shifts from May 10 snow to warm sun, and assorted community visits, school resignations, and improvements in town amenities.
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