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Elgin area notices of visits and people in town
Numerous brief items record visits and departures involving Elgin residents and nearby towns. Names include Mihm, Baumgartner, Helmers, Carpenter, Jaff, Bayliss, Schup bach, Weithorn, Keiser, Blockhus, Halverson, Yunker, Yenney, Johnson, Peterson, Kohler, Gilson, Sembaugh, Magdefrau, Butikofer, Robbins, Ogle, Lint, Torkelson, and others. Indicates travels to Chicago, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and San Diego and mentions inductions, hospital stays, and labor day observations.
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Mark Mihm
Mihm
Lucas
Yaa Mer
Waucoma
Everett Weithorn
Sons
Monona
Anna Schupbach
Mary Keiser
Chicago
Harry Keiser
S. C. Blockhus
Shirley
Blooming’ Prairie
Minn
Carl Torkelson
Robert Blockhus
E. J. Halverson
Chicago City
San Diego
Calif
Rudy Yunker
Postville Hospital
Barbara Yenney
Janesville
Wis
Chas
Knight
Elmer Yenney
Harry Johnson
Steamboat Rock
C. M. Peterson
Postville
J. F. Berndt
Albert Magdefrau, Jr
Miami
Fla
Little Creek
Magdefrau
Erma
Gladys Butikofer
Des Moines
Ida Butikofer
Robert Robbins
Hawkeye
Thos. Ogle
Fremont
Herve Robbins
Carl ‘Torkelson
8. C. Blockhus
Robert
M. J. Blockhus
Carl Blockhus
Louise Baumgartner
Cedar Rapids
B. J. Baumgartner
Barbara Crider
Margaret
Mabel Frieden
DeWitt High School
Alvina Frieden
Alfred Imhof
Peoria
Elgin
Mabel Grimm
John Grimm
Lawrence
Lawrence Grimm
Belle Reierson
Ole Reierson
Lizzie Gunderson
Franklin Pulse
Norman Clothier
Frank Richard
Waukegan
John McMillan
Donna Wenger
Gerald Heck
San Francisco
Tofield Heck
Earl Eaton
Donald Gilson
Darwin
Curtis
Julius Olson
Decorah
Lauretta Gilson
Oscar Possehl
Geo. Reichert
Elkader
Homer Hill
Leo Rothlisberger
West Union Hospital
Alfred Boleyn