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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1910
Page
4
Illyria items report social visits and family news from nearby households. farm work findings include haying and oats cutting as well as various illness and care notes. community events include prayer meetings, a postcard shower, and repairs or improvements to homes amid travel and visits to Elkader, West Union, and Cedar Rapids.
Social items from West Union feature visits and trips among Elgin IA residents and guests from nearby towns. Notable movements include Patterson and Falb visits to Elgin, trips to Cedar Rapids Chicago and Boston Paris, and relatives returning from West Bend Iowa City and Elkader. A bridge project update and local jail release are noted alongside ongoing local business and press moves.
An old advertisement-style blurb compares pies of boyhood to current meals and urges a full toning of digestion with Electric Bitters. It claims benefits for stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels, restoring appetite and vigor, available at The City Drug Store.
Hanus Keiser of Elgin and Fred Bigler traded business, with Miss Mae Crowe traveling to Cedar Falls. Mr and Mrs G E Dibble visit from Lewiston Idaho. baby boy born July 11. Mrs Love arrives from Lincoln for Tau mont visits. Dan Butler resigns from the railroad to homestead in Montana. Larrabee family trip to Spirit Lake. Louise Lester visiting from Chicago. J Kibler leaves Rock Island duties for western Colorado. Calmar franchise vote favors electric light. Clermont plant to power four cities. William Moats, about 90, still vigorous. Health notes and local ads for Dr King’s New Discovery. Local electric lights expanding. Bauman ill with appendicitis. Capper joins Davis bridge crew. death of E E Webb noted.
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