Elgin News Briefs and Local Social Notices
Elgin residents see guests from Garnaville and West Union. Neighbors plan veterans reunion August 7 and 8 in West Union. Band activities include a new twenty piece beginners group and a concert to lift morale. Local travel includes trips to Decorah and La Crosse, with weather storms noted. Community classes advertise bookkeeping and shorthand, while ongoing farm and business updates show movement and changes in local life.
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Elgin Indies
Red Cross
Dagen
James
Albert Miller
Wm. Shumaker
Garnaville
John Ping
Drain
Valder Col+ hiege
Decorah
John Berndt
John
Times
Fayette County Veteran Association
West Union
W. BR. C
C. A. Akers
Hilgin
Mechangus
Elgin
Otto Stoehr
Gus A. Stoehr
BE. G. Stoehr
4. B. Mattoon
Lyana
Luana
Optical Office in Iowa Offers Localized Service
The facility presents a locally fixed optical office in Iowa with 20 years of successful work at one location. It notes patient options by train or drop a card and mentions a special price for those arriving by train or driving. The text boasts in house grinding of lenes and permanent in town instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Are You One of Them Seek Relief With Chamberlain's Tablets
Mrs M R Sears of Baldwinsville New York shares how Chamberlain's Tablets cured her stomach woes after a six month battle with gas and sharp pains. The tablets ease pain and may prevent recurrence, with Stoehr's Pharmacy Pocahontas Coal selling them. Order coal early as supply is limited and prices may rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
M. R. Sears
Baldwinsville
N. Y
Stoehr
Pocahontas Coal
Chamberlain's Colle and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
Urges purchase of Chamberlain's Colle and Diarrhoea Remedy to be prepared for summer diarrhoea. Claims it is worth a hundred times its cost when needed. Sold by Stoehr's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain's, Colle
Stoehr’s Pharmacy
Absentee Probate Petition Involving Frederick Abbey
Elizabeth Abbey petitions the Fayette County District Court for administration of Frederick Abbey's estate due to his seven year absence from Elgin Iowa and no contact in over ten years. The file indicates John Abbey's will grants an interest in property at Elgin including lots 8 and 4, block 10, Second Addition. Rudy Moser is named as administrator nominee. objections must be filed by September term 1917 in West Union Iowa.
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E. A. Frieden
Leo
Mildred
Emil Bruilman
Martha Blunier
West Bend
J. H. Carmichel
T He
Postville
Samuel Mosby
Ruth
Arthur Butts
Fayette
Butts
John Wilson
Ohio
Boots
West
District Court
Fayette County
Iowa
Weatonion
Elizabeth Abbey
Frederick Abbey
Elgin
John Abbey
Rudy Moser
District Court of
West Union
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Como
Kohier
Bale
Max
Thoma
Clermont Opera House
Carpenter
Fred Hansen
Herbert Falk
LaCrosse
Dr. L. 8
Hutchinson
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. B. Church
Ed Klingman
Rudy Pfister
Lavina
Montana
Rudy
M. ¥. Kiple
Lola Yearous
Grover Dale
Chris Baldwin
Chicago
Anna
Lea Baldwin
M. H. Church
Baldwin
Jos, Bukanek Jr
Cedar Rapids
Burianeks
John Burianek
Frank Stepanek
Lenort
Frances
Stepanek
O. W. Heiserman
Graduate Optometrist
Noiliott
Elizabeth
Chalmers
H. T. Knudtson
Children's Rompers
Woilen
Saquel
Goo Pareale Saques
Were Blas
Max Thoma
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