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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1910
Page
4
Ina McMillen visits Mrs. H B Kerr. Lady gatherings at Ida Wenger and Chas Klingman kinfolk fill weekends. Picnics, dances, and church events span Volga, West Union, Fayette, and Illyria. Notables include exchanges between Cedar Rapids visitors, harvest gatherings, and a lightning incident injuring a horse carriage. Musings on rains and farm life accompany social updates.
An Ohio style testimonial from J. R. Pitt of Rocky Mount North Carolina praises Dr King's New Discovery as the best cold and cough remedy. He claims instant relief after one dose and extols its power against lung troubles including hemorrhages influenza asthma hay fever and throat ailments. Price five and one dollar trial bottle free guaranteed by The City Drug Store.
Oak Grove residents recount visits across town with Rob Wilson, Ed Conster, Thos Howard, and many others sharing Sunday and weekend gatherings. The piece notes several visits to family and friends, plus an advertisement extolling Electric Bitters as a malaria and general tonic cure with a testimonial from William A. Fretwell.
West Union news itemized social and business notes. Visits from Elgin and Cedar Rapids residents, family births, illness recovery, and local moves. Dwellers attend Zeigler Hall dance, mail carrier contract awarded, seed dealer fines, tomato prize winners, Cash Store ownership change, Haug building basement work, planned furniture store use, and local gasoline at Finke's drug store.
In Coal City Alabama BW Bends credits Dr King’s New Life Pills with curing twelve years of liver and kidney trouble. The pills, priced 25 cents, are advertised as relief for constipation malaria headache dyspepsia and debility at The City Drug Store. Miss Nellie Nelson was here from the Enterprise.
John Kleiden and wife of Chicago visited Cox Creek friends including L. J. Stallbaum and wife. Miss Josie Gunderson returned to Clermont. Dr. Miller attended Indian wife at nearby camp. Indian camp near Motor hosts several families. a twelve pound boy born to Indian Joe’s wife with mother and child doing well. Wesley Patterson and family from Ohio visited Elkader then went to Waupeton S D for 60th anniversary of Patterson marriage. A. Benson home hosted forty five guests for a reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. L. Erickson with buffet supper. Eva Weibel returned from Fairbank after visiting.
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