Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure and Reward
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh through the blood and mucous surfaces with a $100 reward for any failure. It urges readers to send testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio and notes its price at 75 cents. It also promotes advertising sales for Echo, promising returns from property listings.
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Hall
Halls
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
The
Echo
Grinter
Everett Colby to Speak on Food at West Union Church
The wartime food outlook will be presented by Everett Colby of New Jersey in West Union at the Methodist church on Wednesday evening February 13. Colby is a leader of the government food investigation party and will deliver the official government message with no admission fee or local speeches.
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Fayette County
West Union
Everett Colby
New Jersey
Wilson
Dix
Colby
Europe
Americana
Methodist Church
Elgin Milling Regulation Clarified on Substitutes
The United States Food Administrator Milling Division notes that 100 pounds of bran may not be sold with 100 pounds of flour as a substitute. Farmers may use their own wheat for flour within thirty days. Bakers get until February 24 to adjust with gradual changes per special rules.
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Elgin Roller Mills
Elgin
Iowa
United States Food Administrator
Illyria Community Notes Highlight Social Visits and Weather
Thomas Hanson and family spent Friday at the Bert Chapman horse event. Ray Shaffer and family were entertained at the Harry Gilson home Sunday. Miss Addie Vinecote of Ruthland is a guest of the G A Gibson and Klingman households. Church services were canceled due to drifted roads and severe cold. Mrs Israel Shaffer is ill with measles. A basket Valentine social is planned at Illyria church next Thursday evening. An illustrated lecture by Rev Cleworth on Iowa Indians pleased attendees. Ray Shaffer returned from a ten day visit in South Dakota. Cold weather persisted with a brief moderation midweek. Chas Chapman and son Ray have been improving from illness. Read the Echo advertisements.
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Thomas Hanson
Bert Chapman
Ray Shaffer
Harry Gilson
Addie Vinecote
Ruthland
Tinois
G. A. Gibson
C. L. Klingman
Eliza Pulver
Will Frederick
D. McKellar
Will , Frederick
Israel Shaffer
Illyria
Cleworth
Iowa
This Is Our Winter of Test and Food Administration
The passage emphasizes America's 1918 winter as a test of voluntary sacrifice to supply food for the world, proclaiming that the United States Food Administration relies on individuals to contribute through voluntary effort to meet global needs.
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America
Organization of
the United States Food Administration
Big Herds Dwindle as War Demands Shift Meat Supply
American stock breeders are urged to consolidate flocks to meet Europe's wartime demand for meat. Germany's conquest and French losses have depleted cattle across Europe while English price controls push beef to market. France loses cattle from 14.8 million to 12.3 million, milk output drops to one gallon per cow. Denmark and Holland sacrifice dairy herds for beef. US Food Administration warns future US meat and dairy production will drive postwar need, not cereals.
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Europe
United States Food Administration
Germany
France
England
Denmark
Holland
Food Administration
America
British Bread Subsidy Explained and Local Impact
Government support for bread in Britain costs about 200 million dollars annually. Grain grown domestically is taken by the state at a fixed price and imported wheat bought at market price. Mills receive grain and sell loaves of four pounds for 18 cents, two pounds for 9 cents, and one pound for 6 cents, with France showing a similar system but greater extraction.
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England
Great Britain
France
Making Meatless Days Permanent
In the Hotel Gazette E H Niles suggests meatless menus should stay as shortages in meat and nuts may persist for five or six years after peace. He sees cereals vegetables and fish as main substitutes and notes American Creole and southern cuisine offer a rich field for menu development.
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E. H. Niles
Hotel Gazette
Community notes from Cheery Valley and area
Elder Freiden is sick senior notes. Sunday visits include Jake Dennler, Adolph Baumegartner, and Patsy Minahan calling at Volga and Fred Dennler homes. Baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Butikofer. Numerous relatives and friends visited, with Hanson, Meyer, and Christen families hosting gatherings across Cheery Valley, Rock Valley, Sioux Falls, and nearby towns. Hans Keiser underwent a second hernia operation in St Paul, serious.
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Elder Freiden
Jake Dennler
Adolph Baumegartner
Patsy Minahan
Volga
Frank Christen
Fred Dennler
Edwin Hanson
Dan Butikofer
Gottloib Dennler
Raymond Benson
John, Leuchtenmacher
Celia
Louisa Christen
Jake Christen
Tom Hanson
Will Meyer
Fayette
Rosina Meyer
Bertha Frieden
Alma Miller
Luanu
Ada Leuchtenmacher
Huldah Meyer
Elgin
Earnie Baumgartner
Rock Valley
George Miller
John Lantz
Fred Yost
Henry
Ellen Hanson
Martin Hanson
Theodore
Eric Johnson
Wesley Miller
Bert Chapman
Edwin
E. Johnson
Adolph Baumgartner
Helen Hanson
Willie Baumgartner
Town
Sioux Falls
Will Lehman
Wesley Blifer
Towa
Hudson
Hans Keiser
St. Paul, Minn
Sullivan Buried in Boston Amid Local Notices
John L. Sullivan, former world heavyweight champion, was buried in Boston on Tuesday. Local items note Seymour Grimes’s pleasant visit, Herbert Falk’s Cedar Rapids studies, Filmer Benton’s tax duties, W. W. Wright’s candidacy for county recorder, Maria Mayer’s Passion Play lecture guests, W. W. Comstock named assistant county attorney, Comstock's county office oversight, J. M. Shaffer purchasing property, and Valentines Day approaches as temperatures rise after a cold spell.
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John L. Sullivan
Boston
Seymour Grimes
West Union
W. W. Wright
State Bank of
C. S. Kniel
Fred Gehring
Elgin
Maria Mayer
Edna Knight
Argo-Gazette
W. W. Comstock
James Cooney
Coumbus
Ohio
Comstock
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Calla
H. S. Hadsel, M.D
H. Conigisky Optometrist
Ftammation
Cedar Rapids
Phone
U. S. Food Admistration
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Poland
China
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Bert Allen
Fred Hanson
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Valentine
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