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Local social notes and visits span region a week
Laurens and nearby towns record a flurry of visitors and family gatherings. Mrs. Carl Kauffman of Greenville visited J B Kauffman and family. Miss Jen Howe hosted relatives in Fort Dodge. town residents hosted guests from Ames Morningside and Pocahonta. A.L.D. Club met for American Poet Day with papers on Carl Sandburg Joaquin Miller and Thanksgiving menus. Paul Lothian survived a close call with a corn picker after a near amputation.
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Segman
Chicago
Floyd
Carl Kauffman
Greenville
J. B. Kauff
Jen Howe
Fort Dodge College
Fort Dodge
Lou Howe
C. G. Lighter
Ron
Jack
Ocheyedan
Migs
Josephine Bendixon
Ames
Veasey Ralph
State College
T. D. Jones
L. A. Rogers
Manson
Mr. Jones
Oscar Johnson
Louis
Luther Thompson
Phelps
Wis
Martin
Alta Hewlett
J. A. Murray
John Norby
Clifford
P. J. Ruskin
Leone
Soldier
Iowa
J. O. Wangberg
Norby
Ruskin
Wangberg
C. J. Morrison
Lorraine
Des Moines
Dorthea
St. Joseph’s Academy
A. L. D. Club
A. V. Graeber
Otis Cook
Carl Sandberg
W. P. Wheeler
Joaquin Miller