West Union Prominent County Center With Aerial Ambitions
West Union stands as a political religious and social hub for a fifty five million dollar county. It boasts top schools water sewer drainage and shade trees with Linden Park a noted showplace. The city supports two major newspapers hosts the county fair Chautauqua lecture course soldiers reunion and a well funded hospital. It offers road access garages and real estate services for buyers sellers and renters with local abstract and lending help.
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West Union
Aneventy
Northastern Towa
West Union Faona
Linden Park
Court House
Pike Roads
Local News From Illyria and Surrounding Towns
Entries recount visits and illnesses across the Illyria area including Tha Nydegger, Mary Shaffer, Ruth Rothifgberger and George Gibson. Social events span dances at Wikilder, Golden Wedding anniversary in Elgin, and a Birth of a Nation showing in Migin with generally favorable notes.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claims Cure
The ad proclaims a universal cure for catarrh through constitutional treatment. It asserts internal action via the blood on mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Testimonials are available, with purchase through druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Cheery Valley Social Notes Report Neighbor Visits
Albert Schupbach entertained company Sunday evening. Lew Martie called at the Tom Tanson home Tuesday. Adelia Benson spent Monday with Mrs Celia Meyers. Gotlieb Dennler called at the Chris Dennler home Tuesday. Julius Sehoien spent a few days last week at the Albert Larson home. Jacob Christen and daughter Elizabeth visited the Tom Hanson family Monday. Jacob Kurth and family and Mrs Ern Lerch spent Monday with Mrs Rosa Meyers. Roy Meyer of Clermont visited Jacob Reinhart's family for a few days last week. Albert Meyer and Elmer Baumegraner were callers at Mrs Celia Meyer's home recently. Edwin Theodore Ellen and Henry Hanson spent Saturday evening at Bert Chapman home. Minnie Schneider visited her grandparents Mr and Mrs John Butikofer Sr Thursday. Frank Christen and Martin and Erwin Hanson called at Fred Dennler home Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs L M Benson are spending a few days this week with relatives at Wadena. Louisa Christen and Louisa Nydegger returned home Saturday after a few weeks with relatives at West Bend.
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Tha Nydegger
Mary Shaffer
Elgin
Martin Wenger
Ruth Rothifgberger
Wikilder
Bnoch Holm
George Stansbury
Lou Grover
C. L. Klingman
John Layton
A. Yearons
Akusta Abernethy
Iyrta
Town City
C. Chapman
Tuesaday
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
J. D. Shaffer
Migin
Lawrence MacKellar
Edward Robbins
Albert Schupbach
Lew Martie
Tom Tanson
Adelia Benson
Celia Meyers
Gotlieb Dennler
Chris Dennler
Julius Sehoien
Albert Larson
Jacob Christen
Elizabeth
Tom Hanson
Jacob Kurth
Ern Lerch
Rosa Meyers
Roy Meyer
Clermont
Jacob Reinhart
Albert Meyer
Elmer Baumegartner
Celia Meyer
Edwin
Theodore
Ellen
Henry Hanson
Bert Chapman
Minnie Schneider
John Butikofer
Frank Christen
Martin
Eewin Hanson
Fred Dennler
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised By Pittsfield Parent
George Lewis of Pittsfield New York credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with curing his five year old son’s two to three week cold after other medicines failed. He states the boy recovered rapidly after starting the remedy and quickly ended the illness.
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Ghamberalo
Gough
Mia
George Lewis
Pittsfield
N. Y
Stoehi
School notes on attendance and games in January
School opened for the second semester with several visits noted. Several pupils Miss Bakeman ill Maud Patterson substituted for three days. Sickness closed multiple students. Hustler Society plans a January program with a Lincoln study by the Wideawakes. Elgin won last Friday night basketball with the larger boys 10 11 and the midgets 3 8 indicating a favorable result.
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Chool
Tom Baumgartner
Jelena Olaon
Rennison
Hlalgar
Tom Knudtkon
Alice Gilbertson
Irvin Etter
Frieda Frebburghaus
Elgin
Sigin
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Publisher
Earl Ross, publisher of the Hamilton County Republican News in Syracuse Kansas, endorses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy after a general discussion with a company representative. He cites long use in a six-child household and claims it is the only cough remedy on the market. For sale by Stoehr’s Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Earl €.Ross
Hamilton County Republican News
Syracuse
Kan
Stoehr
No Spinach From Holland Export Ban Reported
The Netherlands forbids spinach seed export from 1916 crop, reducing seed for Atlantic coast truck regions. The action endangers seed supply for city markets and raises concern over a crop valued for nutrition and iron content. One district shipped 786000 barrels that year.
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Holland
Netherlands
Atlantic
Raised Subscription Price Sparks Militant Kansas Reader Rally
A Kansas editor raises paper price and faces sharp pushback from a subscriber. The militant reader defends rising costs by contrasting newspaper rates with general prices then current, noting potatoes at $2 per bushel and bacon at 23 cents a pound, and quipping that the controversy didn’t start in Europe.
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Kansas
Europe
Grouchy customer and grocer clash over weighed items
A grouchy customer demands finalizing his purchases while the grocer insists he has wrapped everything. The customer accuses a thumb weighed with butter and meat, and orders the items wrapped for dog meat.
Are Your Sewers Clogged The Bowels and Constipation
A 1910 style advertisement explains the bowels as the sewerage system of the body and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a mild purgative that relieves constipation and aids digestion. Sold at Stoehr's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Stoehr
Eastern Stars Meeting Scheduled for January 31
The Eastern Stars will hold a regular session next Wednesday evening January 31. No meeting in March due to time constraints before the visiting inspecting officer. Officers are urged to attend to take part in the exercises, per W. M. M.
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Itay
W. MM
Unclear fragmentary report on global deaths and casualties
Fragmentary text reports large numbers of deaths and widespread casualties though details are missing. No clear names, places, or events are identifiable from the available readable content.
Elgin News Items From Oak Grove Community
Local observations report Will and Ern Holtzer visiting, several families at Ed Boyle and David May homes, and busy social notes. Church groups meet January 31 while civic events preview Elgin Savings Bank openings and thrift campaigns.
February transfers at the Rogers-Anderson hotel
Mr and Mrs Rogers and family prepare to depart the hotel as owners F C Anderson take possession in February. Public service promised. wider community impact noted as a local item in Volga City News.
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