Pooled gossip and notes from 1908 era dispatches
A mixed set of snippets covers Fred Muehlenthaler's day with relatives at Gan der, Dr Bowers leaving for Columbus Ohio to study veterinary surgery, slow census processing due to few clerks, long Washington workdays, poultry prices, a Kniel and Rub yer ad, marital aphorisms about drinking and poverty, and Japan's 1908 nails import values with US gains and German declines.
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Bowers
Columbus Ohio
Washington
Fayette County news roundabout notes and events
Fayette Reporter items cover local visits from Vern Cole of Fayette and Mrs. Jerome Yearons ill with typhoid fever at Frank Hunsberger’s home, plus many social arrivals. The piece mentions schoolhouse rebuilding in District No 8, crop weather, and a reform-school case for Oliver Thompson after incident with old ties on tracks near Decorah.
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Jerome Yearons
Frank Hunsberger
State Board of Health
Rock Island
Decorah
Oliver Thompson
Fellows
Reform School
Iowa City
Reformatory
Retired Ex-President Noted by Local Visitors
The standpatters wonder about the old fashion ed ex-president in retirement. Miss Marguerite Oathout and her sister Miss Lula visited Luana after accompanying her home. Class No 4 of the M BE Sunday School were entertained in her honor Saturday evening. Mrs. E. H. Hoag of Elgin visited relatives and friends here. Mrs. Lamneck and son Earl of Columbus, Ohio, plan a Chicago trip then return home with her husband.
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Leslie Brown
Cresco
Dora Mathews
Harrington
Elgin
Farmersburg
Marguerite Oathout
Miss Lula
Luana
M. BE
North Town Times
E. H. Hoag
Strawberry Point Mail Press
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American Steel & Wire Co
Iowa
Fred Gehring
Fred Muehlenthaler
Gander
Kniel & Rubyer
France
Japan
United States
Germany
THE
Elgin Echo
Lowa
W. Hughes
Advertisamenta
Finke's
Vern Cole
Fayette
M. ©. Russow
Rath Grimes
Genevra Fennel
West Union
Stanton
T. J. Capper
Philomy
George
Jack
Marion Township
Clayton County
Lew Oswald
Capper’s. Kniel & Ruby
Dr. Hutchinson
Will Walther
Kader
Fayette County
W. A. Garner
Michigan City
Indiana
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Chicago
Strawberry Point
China
MeGregor
Tacoma
Luana Cor
Jake Reinhart
Elkader
John Reinhart
Jake
Ossian and
Castalia
Dave Jacobia
Washta
Carrie Raff
John Schultz
Willie Balzell
Des Moines News
Seal of Minnesota
Lily White
Harvest Queen
Weibel Bros
Elgin, Iowa
Ems
Gang Low
H. T. Knudtson
Lows
Fayette CO. Fair
IGGER
Arlington
E. A. McIlree
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