Elgin Echo notes community life and local events
Local notices describe visits by Leslie Smith, Donald Strauch, and others, chautauqua events, a big Elkader dance, draft rules, and family gatherings. Reports cover farm work, car purchases, funerals in Postville, and a kerosene remedy for animal lockjaw. The item also advertises printing services and jobbing material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Smith
Mt. Carroll
F. W. Hughes
Donald W. Strauch
Champaign
Illinois
Bert Kohler
West Bend
William Vinton
Dubuque
J. J. Phillips
Leota
Forest Welch
Clayton
Sam Greenley
Elkader
Bill
Joseph Butler
Sammies
France
Uncle Sam
Tommies
Opera House
C. L. Young
Cedar Rapids
T. J. Capper
Young
Gus Brause
William Miller
Clermont
Auroad
Waukon
Robert Henderson
Ted” Conner
Des Moines
Roy
John
Ossian
John Conner
Balker
Grover C. Wilson
Maupin
L. H. Oswald
Mrs. Robinson
Mrs. Kenyon
Mr. Robinson
Gary
South Dakota
Oswald
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Cure Claim Ad
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh in all stages by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 to any case it fails to cure and invites testimonials, listing F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio as the makers and 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J., Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Are You One of Them Chamberlain's Tablets Report
A reader endorses Chamberlain's Tablets for chronic stomach issues, noting rapid relief after one dose and claimed prevention of recurrence. Additional notes cover local car sales and a gardener's tip with moth balls, plus brief health improvement for Joseph Butler and a Buick Little Six sale conducted while John Falk was in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
M. R. Sears
Baldwinsville
Stoehr
Kohler
Hadsel
Ed. Hanson
Carl Halverson
John Falk
Joseph Butler
Hottell
Crewe
John
West Union Describes City Status and Opportunities
West Union is portrayed as the civic, religious, and social hub of a $75 million county, boasting strong schools, water, sewer, drainage, shade trees, parks, and public facilities. The piece highlights growth, robust property values, large local newspapers, county fairs, Chautauqua events, lectures, soldiers reunions, a hospital, roads, and a major garage, inviting readers to explore farms, houses, abstracts, and loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Iowa
Linden Park
Court House
Our City
Pike Roads
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Exerience
Fisk Tires
Hayes
Fowler
H. T. Knudtson
Blue Star
John Deere
C. J. Harrington
THE
Elgin Echo
Elgin
Northeastern Laws
W. Hughes
Schroeder
Postville
England
Hawkeye
London
America
Dr. L
Hutchingon
Bentian Bill
Elinder
Elmer Sehori
Fred Matthys
Frank Boyle
Valdez College
Decorah
Julius Freiburghaus
Pekin
German Baptist Ladies’ Missionary Society
New Sumner
Potratz Brothers
Fayette County
Weibel
Fred Schultz
Charles Huebner
Walthers Or Elkader
Our Town
George Moser
Minneapolis
Minn
Ritz
Arlington
John Moser
Manchester
George Vaughn
Ernest Topp
Ernest
Henry Topp
Fleet Stanton
Mike Yenney
Erbin Johnson
Fekin, Jr
Huron
Julius
Earl Greenley
Earl Jaquette
Paul Dean
Biglow
J. B. McCoy
Melliers Violet
Vendes
Eeeee
San Tox
Mary Stuart
Harrys
Violet Dulce
Creme de Meridor
Rexall
Stoehr & CO
J. W. Bopp
West Union, Towa
M.D
Citizens’ State Bank
Schori
C. O. Fothergill, M. D
Feauxerre
Walls
Dewey Hotel
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