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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
4
Illyria items from a week cover social calls at Wenger's and Fritz homes, visits by Mrs. Doty and Tessie Probert, and outdoor events like a large ice cream sociable and a Chautauqua in West Union. Mentioned are Mrs. Irene Ely, nurse Ella Lehman, and local families including McMillians and Kirschs. A malaria remedy claim leads to Electric Bitters with a testimonial and local drugstore guarantee.
A Ridge group attended a Chautauqua in West Union Monday. Ed Conner and wife and Jack Shaffer and wife were guests at Enos Howards Sunday. Katie Wilson visited from Waterloo to see her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson. Henry Holzer and wife and Myra, Mary Bennett spent Sunday at Era Holzers. Edna Boleyn stayed with Ed Boyle Saturday night. Mrs. George Neuenswander visited Era Holzers over Sunday. Tra Bennett and wife spent Thursday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. May. Esley Bartholomew spent Saturday eight with Edith Connor. Glen and Opal Schori of Elgin visited Uncle Fred Schori. William Brabham’s addition is nearly finished. Mrs. Tommy Howard visited at the Robert Wilson home Tuesday. Mrs. Jack Shaffer spent Tuesday afternoon at Enos Howard’s. Ern Holzer visited Henry Holzer Tuesday. Women of the A C O G and friends hosted Mrs. Mary Bennett with music and talk, served ice cream and cake, then departed for Vermont on the 17th inst.
Clermont residents visit Montauk and Ossian Peidgy for funerals and family visits. D L Love arrives from Lincoln Nebraska for Montauk visit. Local movements include church choir visit to Highland Church with songs from Sangerfest. A H Appelman adds to home farm. eye healing well for Kittle Peterson. Others travel to St Olaf and Minneapolis. Will Ellis from Independence Bulletin Journal visits family.
Promoters claim Bucklen’s Arnica Salve relieves minor burns wounds and skin ailments instantly and cures worse sores ulcers boils felons eczema and chapped hands. Available at The City Drug Store for 25 cents.
Supt Rienow to teach at Delaware county institute next week in Manchester. Weekend storm brought wind and sprinkles. Mrs V Gilje and sons visited Highland township. Mrs Ella Merritt to Rochester with Mrs Williams for throat operation recovery. Two threshing outfits burned in Marion and Highland townships amid dry weather. Otto Witt and three others plan Denver, Newport, and a prospecting trip. Win OBrien Roy Smith and John McDonough visited Bixbys Park and nearby towns. Dr Patterson traveled 180 miles round trip to Fairbank with Schumacher family. Ray DeSart home for a week from US mail clerk duties.
West Union excerpts show Mr. Fred Tatro riding to Elgin, N Hopkins returning from the Knights Templar conclave in Chicago, and Uncle Alex Grover visiting with his son John. Local officials, church events, and family news fill a page of brief items.
A country editor recalls a man cured by Dr King’s New Discovery after a severe cold. The testimonial praises its lung healing power and cough remedy, with prices 60c and 1.00 and a trial bottle offered by The City Drug Store. A separate cottage tale quips about whitewashing as a neighborhood disinfectant amidst a large family.
W. Bends of Coal City Alabama declares a 12 year struggle with liver and kidney trouble cured by Dy. King's New Life Pills. The pills are promoted as best for constipation malaria headaches dyspepsia and debility. 250 at The City Drug Store.
A cor respondent suggests the domestic spoon originated from shells of mussels scallops and oysters. Early spoons used shells as bowls with wood handles split to hold the shell. Ancient cultures such as Romans and Celts used shelllike forms in bronze iron or brass, with horn cups also appearing in drinking vessels.
A Maine hotel owner, praised for kindness yet famed for profane outbursts, learns a guest seeks a room away from the kitchen. The manager asks if the woman knows the swearing man. The proprietor reveals he is the one, noting the swearing isn’t meant to offend as she prays.
Alfred T. Ringling notes that nine-tenths of leading performers come from 800 families. He traces old English lineage through generations, with circus heritage passed father to child. The blood of the sawdust ring runs deep among Clarkonians, Demots, Siegrists, and Florenzes in a royal genealogy of circus lines.
Centerville's two young unmarried school board members praised Miss Hobson for strict discipline at District Three. Elderly married committeemen considered no change ahead, with Ed Porter and Henry Lane defending her methods. The dialogue highlights approval of orderly conduct in the classroom.
The piece praises the practice of employing a physician to visit clients at home, monitor diet and habits, inspect sanitary conditions, and teach health laws. It argues preventive care benefits all, especially those who are not ill, noting sickness will come and prevention is valuable. It cites the adage an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
In a fragment from Lippincott's, Harry, a boy with a companion, is joined by a newer boy who asks to be introduced. Harry, embarrassed and tense, identifies the newcomer as Gilbert Spencer amid a tense exchange.
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