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Circus chasing boy taken home after night in police
A 13 year old Elmer Elroy of Wort Dodge was picked up on a highway while following circuses to Waterloo. He rode the circus train to Ackley and then walked toward Waterloo after missing his brother. He was cared for at police headquarters and intends to return to school and work hard.
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Ackley
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