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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
4
Rain Monday cheered all as neighbors shared gatherings at the Foxwell and Wenger homes. Visitors came from West Union, Lansing, and Peoria, with numerous mentions of thresher activity, illnesses, and family outs across Elkader and surrounding towns.
Fragment from a local page mentions several visitors and travel plans including Mrs Irene Ely Myra Stella Diamond and Mrs Ely who will move to Kansas. The piece shifts to Washington malaria hotspots in Potomac marshes and promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for malaria and other ailments with a testimonial from R. M. James of Louellen South Carolina. They claim benefits for stomach liver kidney and blood issues and Typhoid prevention with a 60c price at The City Drug Store.
Ern Holzer hosts guests Robbie and Willie Wilson who are sick. The Gleaners lodge at Ern Holzer’s home on August 21. Jack Shafter and wife visited Sun day at E Howard’s home. Sheldon Boyle was kicked by a horse but unharmed. Fremont Ogle and family visited Robert Wilson’s home Sunday. Mary and Emma Bennett did business in West Union Thursday. Drought broken by rain but ground remains dry. Mrs ONeill and Mrs Kohler visited Will Boyle’s Clermont home Sunday. Ed Conner’s mare struck by lightning. insurance $100, mare valued at $200. Hot week prompts parasols for haymaking. Joeseph Mounce manages threshing work amid dry conditions.
A local man’s life was saved in Fedora Tennessee as Dr King’s New Discovery cured deadly lung hemorrhages. The town celebrates improved health and relief from coughs colds hay fever la grippe asthma and bronchial ailments. Price 50c and 1.00 with trial bottle free at The City Drug Store.
Jax Sullivan visited Postville on Friday while Vic Hendershott returned from Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Frank Pringle and Clayton Pringle with family visited Brainard and St Olaf events. Visitors included Mrs F J Becker of Iowa City and Frank Frisbie with wife and mother. Twins born Sunday July 25 to Mr and Mrs Richard McNally. Various residents travelled to Elgin Albert Lea Wis Houston Minn Fox Lake Ill. Heat of last week noted.
The article notes J. H. Sheehan suffers a heavy loss after heat kills ten fat hogs he recently bought, valued around 250 dollars. The damaged text also touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal healer, sold for 26 cents at The City Drug Store.
West Union notes list numerous residents and visitors across Elgin Oxford Junction Decorah and Spirit Lake. Attendees include lawyers Ainsworth and Hughes, postmaster Green, and families moving between Dumont Wadena and Minneapolis with trips to Minetonka and Seattle. Ainsworth Hughes office stenographer Margaret Ainsworth, Reverend Dowlin, Dr Hadsel, and others feature in social moves and travel updates.
Idleness and a lazy liver bring constipation headaches jaundice and poor appetite. Dr Kings New Life Pills banish liver trouble and boost health available for 26 cents at The City Drug Store.
The notice invites attendance at German Baptist Church Sunday school at 10:45 am and preaching at 11 am, with Prayermesting every Thursday. all are welcome. A railroad mishap report follows, describing three mix ups on Friday on the division, delays, engine failures near Independence and Nordness, and a late 12:30 am arrival with no injuries. Gus A. Stoshr and son Otto traveled to West Union.
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