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Local news notes and employment prospects headline
Shaffer and Cribben return from Texas land expedition with claims of ownership in the south. The opera house plans stronger entertainment lineup for the season. Buchanan county schools trial cement block walls for a new schoolhouse. Ambitious students can train as bookkeepers and stenographers at salaries from 40 to 75 dollars monthly by applying to Oelwein Business University in Oelwein.
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Shaffer
Jack Cribben
Texas
Mr. Cribben
Opera House
Buchanan County
Oelwein Business University
Oeelwein
Cannon
West Union
John Reinhart
Rufus Doud
Eldora
Ben Weibel
Isaac Conner
Forest City
Gunderson
Board of Supervisors
Frank Gehring
Lizzie B. Lyons
Fayette
Dubuque
Hutchin
Oalwein Business University
Oalwein
John Farb
LaCrosse
Wis
Smith
Eskader
Fred Pall
Butler
Kinney
Earle
Kodul
le Witl
Muehlenthaler Bros