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YEAR 1908: Ellinwood's Most Active Year

'Ellinwood's Tragedy. The failure of the Bank of Ellinwood last week, was followed by a series of sensational developments that threw this usually quiet an orderly community, into the throes of the wildest excitement consternation, misery and chagrin.

Robert Yarmer

Jan 1, 19917 min read