Local ads tout Lincoln cigars and Elgin shopping deals
Locals push Lincoln cigars at Stoehr’s Pharmacy and R J Stoehr’s grocery while Capper Shaffer and John Lehman & Son promote summer dress goods, lumber, and fruit. Halver Knudtson plans a Center Street machine building. Guar Gunderson extends farm machinery sales and a new center business with residence blocks in Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuly Bro’s
John Boleyn’s
Capper & Shiaffer
Capper & Shaffer's
Falv Bro's
Capper & Skat
R.J. Steahr
Elgin
Ito Stoehr's
Lincoln
Simokera
Cdpper & Shaffer's
Bain
John Lehman & Son
Duutber
Stoehr
R. J. Stoehr's
Kalboro's
John Lehman & Lou
Illinois Central
Osage
Ciizens’ State Bank
Christ & Moser
Halver Knudtson
Dan Goetz
Center Patreet
Halver
Gua Gunderson
Gua
Notice to Subscribers and Local Bits from Elgin
Notice to subscribers settles accounts by September to avoid statements. Local items note Rocky Mountain Ten 35 cents, Elgin building activity, Chamberlain remedies, and affordable wagons at John Boleyn’s carriage house. Includes health notice from Dr Cliff Patterson’s family and a church reviewer’s praise of Chamberlain’s Colic cholera remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Stealy
Ed Klingman
Forbes Addition
Elgin
Stoehr
John Boleyn
Canning Factory
Phylis Patterson
Hoyer
McEwan
West. Union
Sumner Gazette
Cliff Patterson
Sam Patterson
John, Bauman
J. M. Yingling
Bedford Street
Chamberland
Chamberlain
Stoeler
Social News From Elgin and Surrounding Towns
The Elkader Argus reports a flurry of visits and gatherings across Elgin West Union and Clermont. Residents travel to Dubuque for races while others host friends and relatives from Fayette Randalia Postville and Decorah. A Woodmen gathering in Clermont ends with a large social turnout and Dr White and Miller remove cancer from William Dickinson’s face at Elkader. he recovers in Elkader with Mrs Dickinson nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Fritz Lehman
Brackin Place
Josia Lehman
Myria Gray
Gooder
Bailey
Fayette
Fannie Schmid
Kate McGreevy
Clermont
Bigin
John Spahr
Dubuque
Elkader Argus
Fred Branch
Elgin
George A. Stuhr
Dan Peterman
Volga City
Chas
Grimm
William Boyer
Decorah
Joseph Ogle
Mrs. Wells
Chicago
John Abbey
Wells
White
Milller
Wm. Dickinson
Myr
Dickinson
Elkader
Mys
Hin
Elgin Town Notes Highlight Local Visits and Business
Jim Barnhouse traveled from West Union to Elgin for a funeral and praised Elgin’s progress. Mrs. Ainsworth and children went to West Union after an injury to her mother from boiling water. D O Smith and George Fraverd praised Elgin as the most progressive town. F D Lawrence camped near Cedar Falls and plans to share fish tales at Elgin. Charley Palda traveled to Elkader to promote Great Central Tobacco Works and its cigars, with output over 1,000,000 in the past year. Dave Jacobin left for Colfax Springs with W W Burdick, aiming to improve health and attend the State Fair, saying Elgin is the best town of its size in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kfinila
Sova’s
Pi & Sitter
Henson Bros
Mjateu
Cappers& Shaffer’s
Clements & Clements
West Union Town
National Bank
Thome’s
Elgin
Benson Brother's
Peter Lehman
Gus Holzer
Knudtson & Halverson
New York
Coice Fresh
Gue Gunderson
Ole Matthys
Elgin Canning Company
Elkader
C. Boys
Jim Barnhouse
West Union
Joseph Ogle
Barnhouse
D. O. Smith
George Fraverd
Delwein
Charley Palda
Great Central Tobacco Works
Great Central
Clayton County
Dave Jacobin
Colfax Springs
W. W. Burdick
Postville Review
Jacobin
Des Moines
Dave
Coung
Iowa
Becaue
West
Women as Army Nurses in World War I
An overview asserts about 320 women nurses serve in the war zone from Puerto Rico to Manila. contracts pay forty dollars monthly, fifty with duty outside the states. The piece argues for a permanent women’s nursing corps, praising nurses’ performance, dedication, and necessity amid war and suffering while noting contemporary debates and recruitment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Rico
Manila
Woman Nursing Corps
Army
McGee
Northaml
Benjamin
I Frank Losiig
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Is & Giessyaker
Goto Gunderson
Goto
Tahman
Auander
Hell Price
Sova
Capper & Shafford
Benson Bros
Thome
Frederick Becker
State University
Iowa City
Thoma
Oalwein Journal
K. Hazlet
Oelwein
Rowley
Illinoi
Kirk
Fd Klingman
Sam Glenn
Highland
Alyria Union Church
Ogle
Towa
Knudtyon & Halverson
Hugh Patterson
Forbe's
Qaale
Schappy’s
Beaches
Boston
Fairbanks
Ark
Royal Rose
Santos
Our Pride
Schappy
F. D. Lawrence
Cedar Falls
Cedar River
F. D
Jonah
HAUG
Clermont, Iowa
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