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Local notes on visits, prices, and incidents in Iowa towns
Towns report visits from Mrs. Wells and family in Chicago to Gus Gunderson in Elgin Iowa. Fall term opens September 6 with large enrollment expected. A seven-year-old boy was killed in a Center Point crash. others escaped. Weibel Mill advertises flour and grain prices. Jail and court news from West Union and Cresco. Cultivated pearls spark jewelers’ interest. An urban crime stint ends with Curly Hanford identified as a suspect in an August robbery. Major theft of 117 hogs reported near Burt Iowa. County fair policing tight in Oelwein and Cedar Valley line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bklund Business College
Waterloo
Priest
Mary Harmon
Ella Harmon
New Martinsville
West Virginia
al Schori
Gus Gunderson
Race Track
Montana
Butte-Jardine Metals Minea Company
Carl Sherman
Center Point
Cedar Valley
Kilcrest Crossing
Taylor
Seal
Minnesota
Weibel Mill Co
John Frieden
Kiowa
Kansas
Fred Frieden
la Mar
Missouri
Ben Frieden
Higin
Iowa
Slater
Joe
Schneider
John
John Rothlisberger
Leo
Elgin
John Kohler
Lester
West Bend Journal
Oelwein
Sherif Wright
Fayette County
West Union
Waukon
Isturris Williams
Clarence Argsen
George Wentworth
Cresco
Avera
Wright
Howe
Herbert Jenson
Justice Smith
Anamosa Eureka
Bureau of Census
United States
Sioux City
Burt
Buick
W. EB. Clover
Kossuth
Leslie Carrick
Gilman
Marshall County
Corrick
Wif
South America
Europe
Belgium
Germany
Curly” Hanford
Curly
George Coppock
Capita City State Bank
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Louis Vollenweider
Daniel Leeper
Reepers
Weibel Mill Company
Postoff
Jake Schwer
Wie Weson
Freddie
South Dakota
Fred
Alex
Schaer Grove
Winter
Fred Thonén
Whiting
Jake
Nealy Nelson
Rudd
North Town Pike
Brad
Seal of
Bauman & Sons
Max Thoma
Kniel
H. W. Falk
N. W. Evans
Kniel’s. Grocery