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Moving pictures and local notices crowd Elgin week
Elgin residents partook in social and family events from visits by relatives to school openings. Local headlines promise dental care, fruit jars, fair attendance, wreck reports, and upcoming dances as communities share updates across Fayette County landmarks.
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Celia Lebwan
Bertha Abbey
Cedar Rapids
Fayette County Fair
Frank Hunsberger
Stansperry
Elgin
Iowa
H. Sheckley
Eleanor
Chicago
Ill
J. H. Williams
Phil Moser
Adolph Lehman
Mel Kohler
Earl Greenley
Maynard
Berger
Julia Berger
Fred Weidlich
Fred
Mildred
Goodrich
Dubuque
Aug. Holzerhome
Cornelia Lehman
Rock Valley
Valley Springs
South Dakota
Hans Grether
John Burke
Brainard
Elgin Land Agency
Frances Benson
Koudh Knudtson
Farmer’s Co-Operative
Gander
Bert Kohler
West Bend
John Kohler
Chas. Boller
Farmersburg
John Barnett
Billa Barnhart
Castalia
H. 5. Steele
J. H. Sheehan
Clermont