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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1910

Page

4

Call Of The Blood Driver Louie Olgon Sells Team

Louie Olgon has sold his sorrel driving team to Melvin Reinhart in a local livestock and equipment sale report.

Louie Olgon Melvin Reinhart

Ilyria Families Gather For Weekends And News

The notice lists numerous Sunday gatherings and visits in Ilyria, including Wenger, Reichert, Klingman, Shaffer, and Gehring households. It notes social visits to Elkader and Elgin, plus local church events, with remarks on a large Sunday crowd and a Swisher sermon. It also mentions Dr. King’s New Discovery for coughs and a fishing outing at Wm Brabham’s.

M. L. Dix Clarksville Tenn

Clermont News Notes Local People and Events

Floyd Bigler and Geo Berry were in Postville with others while Elgin visitors and Ossian traders moved through. A large Spring Street addition to a Clermont residence was planned as Miss Maud Carney from St Olaf visited Nels Levi, and T. A. Thompson family endured scarlet fever. The Enterprise promotes Electric Bitters as a grip remedy, and meetings covered G A R post oyster supper and commercial club talks on oil road use and Dubuque road study.

Alex McKinley A. D. McKinley Lawler P. H. Cummings Mies Nellie Sullivan Frank Pringle Postville Henry Capps Spring Street Jos Shipton Wm. Martin U.T. A H. F. Shipton Jack Maud Carney St. Olaf Nels Levi Mrs. Collins Clermont N. D Commercial Club Pennington Standard Oil Co Dwyer Dubuque I. E. Hoyt G. A. Wood

Oak Grove Social Notes Briefly Visit Homes

Hattie Bakeman spent Friday night at Ed Boyle’s home. Albert Light and family called on Fred Light. Evelyn and Ella Schori visited Ira Bennett. George Grover and family visited Ed Conner. Jake Dennler and wife visited Chris Den nier. Mesdames Peeper Pinney and Amelia Etter visited Idake Schaer. Robert Wilson and wife and James Wilson visited John Wilson.

Hattie Bakeman Ed Boyle Albert Light Fred Light Evelyn Ella Schori Ira Bennett George Grover Ed Conner Jake Dennler Chris Dennier Mesdames Peeper Pinney Amelia Etter Idake Schaer Robert Wilson James Wilson John Wilson

West Union Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Wm. Larrabee Jr and family arrived from Clermont Sunday afternoon. Ernst Topp of Waterloo visited at the Wim Lohr home over the weekend. Hank Holzer and family with Mrs Demes Mary Bennett and A Conner and T Rubyer were in town visiting the Karn Holzer home.

Lola Stella Conner Hawk‘eye Ira Bennett Brabham Lola Conner Hmrma Wailers l Emma Iva Bennett Conner Julia Brabham Perry Craft Wm. Larrabee Jr West Union Art Club Wm. Larrabee, Jr Clermont Ernst Topp Waterloo Wim Hank Holzer Mary Bennett A. Conner T. Rubyer Karn Holzer Mr. Rubyor

Worse Than Bullets and Farm News Items

Worse Than Bullets recounts L W Harriman of Burlington Maine praising Bucklea’s Arnica Salve for eczema in army service. The Farmers Tribune argues for more cattle and livestock per land area, citing international comparisons. Notices report J E Riche relocating to Blunt Dakota with family and a fatal runaway near Postville killing 49 year old farmer Fred Lammert.

L. W. Harriman Burlington Bucklea City Drug Store United States Germany Denmark England Farmen Tribune Fred Muehrenthaler Del-awern Cays Fred Postville Fred Lammert

Farms for Sale and Money to Loan Advertised

A local ad promotes listing farms for the summer market and rentals in West Union and nearby towns. It notes sales after harvest and fall, children’s farm interests, and loans from five to eight percent on various securities with no listing charges unless a sale occurs.

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Ford Buick Jackson Fuller Elgin Auto Co Brestling State OF Iowa Department OF Agriculture Iowa G. A Menos W. E. Howard & Son Wadena Fayette County U. S. Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C Des Moines Thia Sman J. C. Smpson Iowa State Department of Agriculture John Falb Hattie Page Marion Township Schori Bros Deslerain Elgin Lowa H. S. Hadsel, M.D Call of the Blood Dr. King Bill Ilyria Will Wenger Harry Reichert Wenger Lena Wenger Mae Fritz Thos. Richards Will. Grover C. Wenger Andrew Yearons Lewis Klingman Chas. Medberry Faamily Perle Klingman Mae Voshell Mabel Gehring Mary Shaffer Mary Wenger Alfred Wenger Elkader Martin Jake Yearous Charles Yearous Stephen Froxwell J. T. Humphry C. E Myrtle Ethel Shaffer Fayette Fremont Ogle Robert Peters Ed Gehring Carl R. H. Peters Chas Fritz Will Grover C. J. Klingman Lydig Hattie Kerr Chas Fritz Wife Swisher M. E. Church Clermont News The Enterprise Floyd Bigler Geo. Berry Ed Sheehan Lacrosse Andine Vasby James Sullivan Ossian Bert Cabalan Montana Oscar Lind Iowa City Geo. Wander Ocelwe Ant Helen Appelman Leigh Wade Elzer Bartholmew Levi Learn Brainard George Martin D. D. Walker Anna M. Knudtson Crown Hill Ida Adolph Melvin Staviand Rachael Williams Grinnell Grand Meadow Farm Inez Smith Bozeman T. A. Thompson Anamosa Demon of the Air la Grippe Emma Hancock Elkadey Ruby Or Bros H. B. Hoyt Dresden Venice Milan Munich Innsbruck Enroute J. M. Wetherbae G. A. R. Post W. A. C. Corps Post and Corps Elmer Talcott Gazette Force California Walter Talcott Kanengk Roe Leason Armstrong Walter Beall Bart Butler Lamar Addie Ray Lohr Bart Oak Grove News J. E. Riche Blunt Dakota J. W. Bopp West Union, Iowa W. J. Rogers Rogers & Adams Weat Union Blacksmith R. Lehman Henry Topp Greenly Bros Phansar C. O. Fothergill, M. D. Olkotte Prysigian and the Carlsbad of America Colfax Rock Island Worley
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