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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
4
Advertises Kodol for dyspepsia as a natural digestions aid and tonic, claims to cleanse purify and strengthen stomach mucous membranes, cites Ravenswood West Virginia user S S Ball, notes bottles sold by E O DeWitt Chicago and local sellers.
Illyria area residents report visitors and calls at several homes including L Shatter at Robt Peters and Fremont Ogle’s Sunday visit at Elkader. Neighbors recount dances, family visits, birthday surprises for Elizabeth Rothlisberger, and farm duties with grain stacking and horse loss. Also a Waco Tex reader testifies to Dr King’s New Discovery curing long standing coughs and offering pneumonia prevention.
Oak Grove notes good weather for ducks and ailing John Wilson among the indisposed. The O Niel's dance drew a large crowd. Sunday callers visited Fennell's as Mrs A Conner Edith attended. West Union resident Tlitt dined on the ridge Tuesday. Nora Conner visited Ed Conner's last week. Ginevra Fennell called at Harran home Monday. Martha Bennett spent Saturday with her parents. Pearl Fishback of Maynard visited the Smith home. The Dunk Grove correspondent.
A ragtag set of notes from West Union and Hawkeye sections recounts a Sunday game at Dutot Ridge, homecomings from North Dakota, family visits near Wadena, and local comings and goings. Mentions include Miss Coila Reed’s two week visit, Mrs. Bennett hosting the Gleaners, and various local residents traveling, visiting, or changing chores and housing. An ad touts Electric Bitters with patient testimony about kidney and general debility relief.
John N Pleasant of Magnolia writes that the pills solve biliousness and constipation. The guarantee promises satisfaction or money back. Available for 25 cents at Muehlenthaler Bros. drug store.
J H Sheehan and son John were Dubuque visitors last week. Bert Thompson is building cinder walks on Elgin road. F K White and daughters Mrs Jay White and Ruth were in West Union Monday. Mamie Martin and sister came to visit at the Frank Shipton home. Wu Larrabee Jr Dr R P Berry and E H Appelman transacted business in Postville Tuesday. C Miller & Son relay brick contracts for a large Donnan residence for David Holmes and for the Volga creamery. Maurice Mulcahy, pioneer, died at his daughter Mrs Ed DeLaney’s home Monday at 3 o’clock, aged over 80. An outing party of Mr
The article lists residents including Mrs A, DB McCall, Lester Amy and Jennie Fendershott among those taking a weeklong excursion to McGregor from Monday. It also notes an excursion to Minneapolis early this week with Mrs Christ Hanson of Clermont among participants and mentions a Chicago divorce census citing about 2000 divorces granted annually in Cook County.
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