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Elgin News Roundup with Fires and Shipwrecks
Local column highlights ads and society notices, a major French battleship Liberte destroyed by magazine explosions at Toulon, typhoid outbreak traced to a condemned well near Davenport, and farm fires in Illyna. community events include club meetings, travel plans, and health updates from Elgin residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Elgin Woman's Study Club
Miss Lyons
John Falk
Board of Health of
New York
Department of Agriculture
A. M. Weibel
Weibels
John Mattocks
Wadena
Lilly Oswald
Gary
South Dakota
John Kenyon
Toulon
France
New Jersey
United States Navy
Verite
Justice
Belluc
Harry Tomkins
Oelwein
Arthur Dibble
Gussie
Clarence
Clermont
John DeSart
Johnny Baldwin
Upper Canada
Canadian Northwest
Davenport
Stocks
Mullen
Adam
G. L. Weeks
Center Point
Hitchcock
Clive Helms
Harley Helms
al Pinney
Kiple
Florence DeSart
Papa
Mama
Badega Bay
Turkey
Sonoma