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Local social notes from Bancroft and surrounding towns
A long, fragmentary column records numerous visits and social events in Bancroft, Algona, Lone Rock, and nearby areas. It notes guests from Eagle Grove, Sanborn, and Bradgate, dances in Burt, auto purchases, church services, and community happenings including a banker’s death, weddings, farewells, and a motor route update.
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Thomas Hanna
Algoni
Green's
Mary Huntington
Lone Rock
Smith
Whitney and
Warner
Clarence Alstiy
Bancreft
B. W. Brooks
Kenneth
Algona
Scryver
Ellen
Bert Sigsbee
M.A. Sigsbee
Blue Earth
Minn
Priscilla Hall
Eagle Grove
Henry Kircher
Louie Wetzel
Cliff Smith
Healey
Sanborn
Ionna
E. E. Hulburt
John Hulburt
Lyla
Bert
John Hardgrove
Jim Foster
J. H. Graham
Wester
Polhemus
Chicago
F, HW. Becker
of &T. Paul
Charles Becker
Hanson
Mall
Earl Shaner
Shanor
Jota Hardgrove
Mathes
Brooks
Ash
Albert
Calvert
Bradgate
Levi Toothman
A. Gilbertson
Bancroft
Anson Ave
Goodell
Clarence Alsup
Haskell
LaVerne
Burt
Zunkle
I. Stewart
John Hardgrave
House
Stewart
L. Z. Dickinson
W. D. Woltz
Marion City
Susan Jacobs
TaCtouses Wis
A. G. Scheimmel
Titonia
Banevelt
Peter Wilhelm
Christina Nemmers
Keller
Mary Nemmers
Jake Keller
George Robinson
Mary Dorey
Nick Schuller
John Goetzinger
Hamilton
Dr. Sartor
Anthony Mayer
St. Cloud
Tony
George Horton
Johnny Dime
Chas
Boyer
Alberta
Canada
Chai
Gray
Wesley
Frank Richardson
Devine
Aid Society
J. P. Jacobs
A. Mitchell
M. Sar Chetty
B.D. Owen
Gay Bolster
Homer Hewitt
Drayman
Deck Hewitt
Minneapolis
Fairmont
Putaier
Robi, P. Seward
Miss Quick
Iowa
Algonn
East Lake City
Roy
Father O'Brien
Father Halpin
Behemmet