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(Left) Jeni McCubbins, 38, at E.J.'s Memories Ice Cream on the main drag, Elm Street, of tiny Eldon, Iowa on April 23, 2009. Eldon, located about one and a half hour southwest of Iowa City, has a population of 1,200 and is the hometown of the American Gothic house.