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Elgin News Fragments Highlight Social Visits and Local Changes
Local column notes Miss Eisie Clothier of Payette visited Elgin while families like the Peters in Illyria prepared for Florida travel. Cedar Rapids trips, farm purchases, house repapering, and community events mark Elgin life with upcoming dances and church services noted.
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Eisie Clothier
Payette
Florence Otley
Potter
Oelwein
J. I. Phillips
R. P. Strauch
Demaree
Glen Schori
Chas Habeger
Cedar Rapids
Christian Miller
Burrow
Posesaion
Ladies' Cemetery Association
Ben Sehort
Hlein Opera House
Bila Lehman
John Lehman
O. P. Stoehr
Gus Stoehr
Gon Harold
Schmidt Harness Shop
George
Fred Robinson
Elgin
Robinson
Republican County Central Committee
Samuel Mosby
Elgin Savings Bank
Cedar Rap
Chicago
John Yenney
L. L. Kiple
Cedar Falls
John
Mia
Frank Capper
Waterloo
Edward B. Tourtellot
Oelwe
Mudd
Mr. Tourtellot
Rockford
Towan
H. T. Knudison
Halstenson
John Grimm
Knudison
Grimm
Louis Bauman
Deansville
Indiana
John Bauman
Elgin Opera House
Skeel
Orchestra
Baptist Church
Lang
Steamboat Rock
Robert Peters
Illyria
Peters
Florida
Bob