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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
4
Local social column reports visits and gatherings across Cheery Valley including Leuchtenmacher, Schupbach, Christen, Dennier, Kurth, Reinhart, and Hanson families plus neighbors from Ba'oit Wisconsin. The column ends with an ad touting Hall's Catarrh Cure promising a hundred dollar cure guarantee and testimonials.
Fred C. Schultz and family left for Postsville after a visit with the Walther and Stallbaum families. Cunt G. Bishop and bride arrive for a week with Kindred and friends before returning to Shelby Montana. Building boom and improvements in Eluader promise busy labor and prosperity next spring. John Miller brought a wolf for a $20 bounty. its ears were clipped before sale to Ross Richardson for $3.00.
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as a superior remedy for children s coughs and colds made from Pine Tar with balsams. It claims antiseptic effects loosen phlegm and soothe irritation and warns against delaying treatment. Other notes mention Mrs C B Medberry visiting Digby and Frieden family travel to Elgin.
The Ray Shaffer family contracts measles while Mary Wenger visits the Tim Thoman home. Numerous social visits occur among the Shaffer, Guyer, Gilson, McMillan, and Klingman families. A church chicken pie dinner draws attendees. a home talent play is scheduled for February 19. Susie Yearous undergoes appendicitis surgery in Dubuque. Sloan's Liniment is promoted for various pains and rheumatic relief.
Dr. Carr reports a boy born to Mr and Mrs Louis Buroden. Will Maloney of Ossian was here buying horses last week. Herman Drier sold town property to Mrs La a Young. Misses Marie Hoffman and Marguerite White visited Elgin Saturday. Don Carpenter recovers from lumbago. Mrs Roy Petit of Postville guests of her parents. Mrs Ray Conner, patient in Postville hospital, is improving. Co C and J F Miller Jr attended Mrs George Hammerey funeral at Sumner. Mrs Bullard of Baraboo Wis visiting brother John Thompson. Mrs James Boyle of Ossian visited sister Miss Kate Bheshan. Mesdames H Skarshaug and Thos Olson assisted with care of sister Miss Julia Brorby. Mrs George Still returned to Cedar Falls after visit with sons Walter and Arthur. West Union basketball team edged Clermont boys. Clermont girls defeated Capital City girls in fast game. David Eastman of Lancaster Wis head of D Eastman Lumber Co, arranged to place son-in-law J Ritchie at head of a yard near Lancaster. The Ritchies plan to leave in early March.
A pamphlet of health notes describes a bilious attack with symptoms like headache coated tongue and vomiting and recommends three Chamberlain's Tablets as prompt relief. The piece also comments on horse care during cold days and expresses a wish to raise corn in Iowa to ease national troubles.
Miss Edna Knight welcomed a daughter at her Clermont West Union home after visiting Elgin friends Mr and Mrs W H Miller. Frank Kohler and two daughters visited Elgin for his mother Elizabeth Kohler's death. Mrs L Ainsworth plans an indefinite Mason City visit with her son Lester. GW Finch sustains a wrist fracture yet works as grand jury bailiff. Mrs Henry George suffers a broken arm above the elbow from icy ground, enduring pain but stable.
A seller invites readers to rent or buy farms in the area, offering a large list of prospects, abstracts, and title fixes. He promotes farm purchases, installment plans, small loans, and town property, inviting visitors to discuss titles, investments, and rest opportunities in West Union.
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