Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Internal Cure
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. Internal remedies are needed as the disease affects the whole body. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood to the mucus surfaces. Prescribed by a leading physician, it is made of tonic ingredients and blood purifiers. Testimonials are available. price 75 cents. Mall's Family Pills for constipation mentioned.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney, & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Mall
Croup Remedy Praised by New York Mother
Mrs Ba ward Hassett of Frankfort New York swears Chamberlains Cough Remedy quickly relieves croup attacks and contains no narcotic. Stoehr Co sells it. Mrs Hayman daughter of C D Smock lies very low at her Britt home.
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Croup
Chamberlain
Dunbars Move to Cedar Rapids from Oelwein
Mr and Mrs H Dunbar relocate to Cedar Rapids where household goods shipped Friday. Mrs Dunbar will join Mr Dunbar who has lived there for days while he served as a successful traveling man for John Blaul Sons grocery house and earned a promotion in the Cedar Rapids wholesale firm.
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Mrs. H. ©. Dunbar
Cedar, Rapids
Dunbar
John Blaul
Oelwein Register
Cinderella and the Magic Slipper at the Gemmas
A matinee at 2:30 with two shows in the evening presents Cinderella and the Magic Slipper. The performance features a fairy godmother conjuring footmen from lizards a coach from a pumpkin four live rabbits and a ball gown from rags. Prices are 16 and 25 cents.
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Cinderella
Gemmas
Eastern Star Meeting Notice and Dues Reminder
Attend the Eastern Star gathering next Wednesday evening December 26 for the annual officer election and payment of yearly dues. Joanna Hughes, Sacy.
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Eastern Star Meeting
Joanna Hughes
Sacy
Death of Elgin Pioneer L H Oswald
L H Oswald, longtime Elgin resident and skilled craftsman, died suddenly December 14 1917 while at home with his wife. Born July 31 1851 in Saxony Germany he settled in Elgin as a youth, married Alice Rothilsberger in 1878, and left two daughters Ada and Lillie. Funeral services were held at the German Baptist church with Rev Wedel officiating. interment in Digin cemetery. He was a respected builder, Yeoman lodge member, and remembered for kindness and sturdy character.
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L. H. Oswald
Elgin
Oswald
Down
Tan
Lewis Henry Oswald
Saxony
Germany
Wauzeka
Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
Alice Rothilsberger
Ada
John Kenyon
Gary
South Dakota
Lillie
Elmer Robinson
Wedel
Digin
Jno. Kenyon
Alice
Rachel
Chas
Lena’ Schwert
Ida Herbst
Hammond
Indiana
W. Brandas
Boscobel
O. J. Oswald
Wranklin
Bagley
Leo Oswald
Jay
Waureka
Herman Oswald
Nettle Carl
Selma Weaver
Erie
Pennsylvania
Yeoman Lodge
Resolutions of Respect for R L Tilden I O O F
Elgin Lodge No 290 I C O F drapes in mourning for 30 days to honor Grand Secretary R L Tilden. The resolution notes his service to the afflicted, his outreach to darkened souls, and the Supreme Master’s commendation. Condolences are offered to his relatives.
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R. L. Tilden
I. O
Elgin Lodge
Harrington
T. W. Doan
Eling Benson
Basketball at Opera House Friday evening.
A brief city notice reports a basketball event at the Opera House on Friday evening featuring Elginia Waucemy and Come as participants.
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Opera House
Elginia
Waucemy
Come
Christmas Program at M. Br Sunday School Church
The Christmas program at the M. Br Sunday school will be held in the church Sunday evening December 23 starting at 8.00 o clock. The program includes songs by the school and choir, readings, dialogues, recitations, duets, and a collection for the Sunday school.
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M. BR
Cleworth
Carl Schori
Reuben Lehman
Lucelle Berndt
Ruth Mosby
Grace Pattergon
Earnestine ‘Schorl
John Falk, Jr
Hla Schori
Marie Mosby
Mary Dean
Dorothea
Greather
Mary Patterson
Benedetton
Christmas Program by German Baptist Sunday School
The German Baptist Sunday school presents a Christmas Eve program at 8 o clock featuring songs recitations and prayers by various classes and individuals including Wilma Miller Sela Miller Frieda Freiburghaus Clara Reusger Dorothy Peeper Martha Dennler and Bina Wedel There will be a Christmas tree and presents. A Christmas Musical by the Young Peoples Society is planned for Sunday evening December 30 at the church.
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German Baptist Sunday School
Ruben Hackmann
Childs
Lester Weiger
Wilma Miller
Sela Miller
Frieda Freiburghaus
Wilma Schaer
Viola Light
Polka
Clara
Reusger
Dorothy Peeper
Martha Dennler
Bina Wedel
Young Peoples’ Society
Early Winter Record Broken in 1917 Freeze
Sobula Gazette reports an abrupt drop below zero starting Thursday with three below each morning and the coldest stretch lasting into Monday. The river iced over by midweek, ending ferry service for the 1917 season as ice blocked the river from shore to shore by Saturday night.
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Sobula Gazette
Candy Box Cheer From Elgin Bed Cross Troops
In tent ten on line forty two ten soldiers thank you for a three week wait in sand and wind. A big box of candy revived morale and hunger, with chocolates and peanuts lifting spirits. Names from Iowa to Illinois signed the note of gratitude to Walter Vinton and others.
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Red Cross
Electric transmission line notice from Clermont to Wadena
Public notice announces operation of 13,200 volt transmission lines between Clermont and Wadena. In case of a broken wire, people are asked not to touch it and to guard, keep away, and report immediately to Clermont or West Union. Compensation offered for guarding and reporting any trouble.
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Clermont
Wadena
West
Union
C. Miller
Bons
Palzer Sentenced Five Years for Killing Son Al Palzer
Henry Palzer, heavyweight fighter, was given five years in the state penitentiary by Judge Parsons in the district court of Fergus Falls Mine for shooting and killing his son Al at the family home during a family quarrel. His attorney argued intoxication and drug use impaired mental responsibility.
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Palzer
Henry Palzer
al. Palzer
Parsons
Fergua Falls
Mine
Oclwein Towan
Roosevelt Quote on Duty and Honor Sparks Historic Reflection
The quote recalls Theodore Roosevelt’s stance that true life honors demand courage and sacrifice for justice and fair dealing among nations and people, stressing loyalty to high ideals over personal safety and life. It frames a period belief in noble sacrifice as essential to national character and international conduct.
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Fife
America
Theodore Roosevelt
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Recipent
The
Elgin Savings Bank
Iowa
Gus Gunderson
Samuel Mosby
Dunbars
Cedar Rapids
Nyal
the City Drug Store
Alice Oswald
Elgin, Iowa
Walter Vinton
Himer Gibbon
Iowa City
Charles’ Wachal
Walker
Archie Zaelke
Red Oak
Albert Strong
Lafayette
Raymond Keabine
Jackson
Wis
Charles Allen
Decatur
Illinois
Charles Popejoy
Copey
Frank Holtman
Quincy
Trinda
Frank J
Eoglish
Springfield
California
Rock Island
Golden State
Scenic
Colorado
Lake
el Paso
Das Moines, In
Safety and Service First
McDonald
Elgin, Lown
Edison
Phonograph
Bers
Chase
Strument
Stoehir & Co
Eleonora DE
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