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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
4
An advertisement touts Kodol for indigestion and sour stomach, praising the natural digestive juices and tonic benefits. It features testimonial from S. S. Balt of Ravenswood and notes the product digests all foods, relieves gas, and strengthens the stomach membranes.
Local visits fill pages as residents, including Mae Fritz Henry Kerr Chas Kimball and families, greet friends from Elkader and Elgin. Farmers haul corn to the factory while fairs draw crowds. Johnson, Reichert, Shaffer and Shaffer families feature in farm and community life. A lively mix of callers, weddings, health notes, and fair preparations across Fayette County.
West Union notes T P and Miss Bessie Griffith returned home from Chicago yesterday. Dr. Rennison opens an office in rooms above Carter Manley’s Clothing Store. A marriage occurred at Cedar Rapids on August 16 for Mr. William A Harper of the Western Union office.
Orm Larson and Lars Skaein with others journeyed to South Dakota for pleasure and business while Tony Kern Gus Cupps and others visited Elgin. Several residents traveled to Dakota Monona Highland Fair and Fairberry while Des Moines visitors joined Montauk gatherings with Mrs. Scott and artists committee member Cummings noted.
John N. Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana claims Dr King's New Life Pills end periodic bilious attacks and habitual concupiscence. The pills guarantee perfect satisfaction or money back with a 25 cent price at Muehlenthaler Bros. drug store.
Mrs Meyer and Mrs Chapman are named in a local item involving Louisa Baumgartner. The fragment suggests a social or familial note centered on German community residents with the oddly truncated headline style.
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