Seed corn and sauerkraut time in Iowa gossip
A jumble of rural notes from Ottumwa to Postville prints crop worries, local quips, a divorce suit by Mrs. Kate Botterof, and a typhoid outbreak among explorers on a river trip. Mentions Milwaukee fair, Supervisor Gunderson, and Iowa baby health contest results showing girls outperforming boys in measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Botterof
Ottumwn
R. W. Muehblenthaler
Milwaukee Wis
Postville Review
Iowa
John Halverson
Lewis Stohr
Cedar Rapids
Ebner Dye
Wadena
Elmer
Pocahontas
Local Ads and Skim of 1912 Elgin News Items
A seventeenth century style column compiles local notices from Elgin and surrounding towns. It mentions advertising, printing, and job opportunities, plus brief society items. The piece notes school openings, road and town improvements, farming yields, and various residents’ travels and activities.
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BUICK
Elgin Auto CO
Schori & Benson Lumber
Elgin
Agin
Serotra
Fred G. Gehring
Hazel. Chaffee
Clinton
Gunderson
West Vor
Elbert Hob
THE
Elgin Echo
Nori Enstern
Neon -Ry
Fow, Hughes
Alf
Wm. Vinton
Lillian Patterson
West Union
Fred Tatro
Mre_ Clow
John DeSart
Elmer Hoag
Northfield Minn
Echo
Ft. Dodge
I. Lou & Benson Lomper Co
Edna Robbins
Chicago
Geo Dowse
Oelwe
Kenneth
Fayette
Kpeil
Viebor Zadies’ Tailoring Co
W. FE. Lake
Arlington News
C. M. Gates
What Cheer Patriot
Wi University
Securistry
French Fleet Stanton
Canning Factory
United States
Estella Becker
Mr. and
Mes. Speicher
Water- Joo
Adl Duhineon
Ard
de Kalb, NL
Benson Brothers
Russel Lane
Mabel Holzer
Clarion
Robinson Farm
Nora
Sylvia Stanton
Wilson
Elkader Road
Lame Kiln
Town
Ruth Nicklaus
State University
Ruth
Fred Gehring
Carpenter
Jennie Benson
Pearl Fighback
Coe College
Robert Kinney
Oelwein
Kinney
Dan Bollis
Dan
Emmetsburg
Harry Lawyer’ ‘Tailoring Co
T. J. Capper
H. T. Knudtson
Elgin, Iowa
Bran
Weibel Bros
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