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One-Horse Town

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Ever since her husband, Rudy, died in 2004, dropping Monowi’s population by half, Eiler has been something of an international celebrity. On those days, the tavern dark, she catches up on bookkeeping and other mundane tasks at home.) “I to have such a population. That person — that single, solitary soul — is 87-year-old Elsie Eiler.