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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1918

Page

4

Optical Office in Iowa Offers Special Patient Price

Patients who drive or arrive by train are offered a special price. The office boasts the finest equipment in Iowa with in instruments that remain fixed in town and cannot be moved from one location to another.

Iowa

Cured at a Cost of 25 Cents

Mrs Robert Allison of Mattoon Illinois writes about indigestion constipation and constant headaches she endured for eight years. She credits a single bottle of Chamberlains Tablets with curing her and restoring her health and energy.

Mattoon Robert Allison

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed By Several Readers

Mrs C Cook of Macon Illinois reports rapid relief from coughs using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Mrs James A Knott of Chillicothe Missouri says it cannot be beat for coughs and colds. H J Moore of Oval Pennsylvania notes it cures settled chest colds after several uses. For sale by Stoeler & Co.

C. Cook Macon Til James A. Knott Chillicothe Chamberlain H. J. Moore Oval Stoeler & Co

Battle Cry of Feed Song Parody by Fred Emerson Brooks

A humorous parody titled Battle Cry of Feed by Fred Emerson Brooks celebrating farming life. The verses praise onions corn beams and plows with a rallying refrain about ships money and fighting men.

Fred Emerson Brooks

War time notes and civic reminders mix with personal updates

The column blends local social notes with wartime propaganda and public appeals. Mentions include visits by Mrs Hans Keiser and Miss Lillian Freiburghaus, a move by George E Schorl, and war savings stamp promotions. Mentions of military service, German vilification, and calls to support troops appear amid short personal items from Argo Gazette and Fayette County Leader.

Hans Keiser Weat Oliver Kimball Waterloo A. M. Kimball Argo Gazette Lillian Freiburghaus Elgin Carrie Fayette County George E. Schorl Adam Cooney Columbus Ohio Fannie Hoag Arlington E H. Hoag Strawberry Point Harold Greenley Clermont United States Germany Don Strauch Jefferson Barracks C. W. Nicklaus Friday Kensington Club Red Cross Nicklaus Department of the Interior Missouri England George III Kaiser William Jorda

ILLI RIA ITEMS CHRONICLE SOCIAL NOTES AND SICK LIST

Lena Medberry Otis Rothlisberger and others visited various homes in Illyria over Friday Saturday and Sunday. Families hosted guests while several residents were sick. Heavy snows disrupted travel and several cases of measles lagrippe and colds were reported. Mr and Mrs Will Yearous and Paul visited G M Klingman home. WIL Gibson and family returned from Illinois after two weeks with G A Gibson.

Lena Medberry Chan, Chapman Otis Rothlisberger Israel Shaffer Ole Benson Will Gehring Ata H. B. Gilson Ray Shaffer Bertha Medberry S. H. Foxwell Jerome Yearous Jason Bailey Libble Klingman C. M. Klingman Martin Wenger Harry Reichert Tommy Ogle Arthur Kelly Wenger Lafonda Shaffer Kathyra Ogle Mildred Yearous Mary Foxwell Mesdames Chas, Chapman Will Frieden Elgin Edward Mary Wenger Fayette Mr. Roberts Wil Gibson Illinois G. A. Gibson

Hitch in Hell Verse From Walter Kohls in Sixty-First Infantry

A wartime poem from Walter Kohls, a first call-up soldier at Greene Branch North Carolina with Co. D 61st Infantry. He reflects on trenches, dirt, and humor of service, ending with a belief that after life they earned heaven for their hitch in hell signed with Sixty-first Infantry.

Walter Kohls Walter Uncle Sam Greene Branch North Carolina Co. D South Mieguer Hell St. Peter

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Elgin Hotel Maerice Goldsman Elgin, Iowa O. W. Heiserman West Union Graduate Optometrist Schori Bros Yowa C. O. Fothergill, M. D Calla H. S. Hadsel, M.D Byes Citizens’ State Bank H. Conigisky Optometrist Cedar Rapids Phone Illyria Standard Telephone Company Poland China Broad Low Sale Wadena Morris Dwyer Big Molly A Wonder Clarinda Fesenmeyer Henry Fesenmeyer Fessy Big Bob Tim Master Piece L. Hunsberger & Son T. N. Carothers J. H. Wilson
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