Kilngman Family News and Local Social Roundup
Illyria items recall visitations, measles recovery, and social calls. Ray Shaffer and family spent Sunday at the Wenger and Steven Rothlisberger homes while Miss Helen Thorsen visited Fayette. Miss Dorothy Gilson traveled to Lime Springs to see Guy Whitford. Families attended farewell army-demonstration at Hikador. piano and housework activity noted. Brita recovering from surgery as friends hope for quick wellness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. L. Klingman
Ray Shaffer
Wenger
Uf, Richards
Weat Union
Israel Shaffer
Elgin
Steven Rothlisberger
Dorothy Gilson
Lime Springs
Guy Whitford
Will Kerr
Don Cummings
Waterloo
Jona Chapman
Chas, Medberry
Lafonda Shaffer
J. D. Shaffer
Mary
Marguerite Grether
Lone
Hikader
Pauline Fischer
Mary ¥Oxwell
Charles Medberry
Torkelson
Max Guyer
Elkader
Town City
Charles Fritz
Brita
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offers Reward
A 100 dollar reward offer promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming 35 years of use and general health improvements. The notice asserts the medicine works through the blood to heal mucous surfaces and urges readers to send for free testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Farewell Note From Abraham Goldeman to Elgin Residents
To The Public, as it becomes necessary for me to leave Elgin in answer to my country's call I thank the people of Elgin and vicinity for the courteous treatment accorded to me and my wife while residents of this beautiful little town I appreciate your kindness and the business given me and am more than grateful and when this war is over I hope to return and meet you all once more Abraham Goldeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Lttle
Abraham Goldeman
Chamberlain Tablets Advertised For Stomach Ailments
These tablets are intended for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. If you have such troubles give them a trial and realize what a first class medicine will do. They cost only a quarter and are for sale at Broehr's Drug Store.
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Broehr
Elgin Land Company Seeks Real Estate Listings
Elgin Land Company under manager Welbel urges property owners to submit real estate listings before August 16 to include in the fall and winter revised list. They request responses from interested sellers promptly.
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Elgin Land Company
Welbel
Coastals in This Weather Affect Mind and Pocket
A fragment notes that such coastals in this kind of weather do not soothe the mind or pocket book, hinting at economic and mental strain from rough coastal conditions. The line remains ambiguous about place or event but conveys stress and financial impact.
Cheery Valley Notes Highlight Local Social Events
Mrs Jack Kurth spent a day at Christen Broa and visits with neighbors. Miss Celia Christen headed to Wisconsin for an extended visit. Several families gathered at various homes for Sunday entertaining. A marriage solemnized at Apostles church joined Miss Marie Grim and William Butikofer with a reception at the bride’s home. A farewell party honored Gottfred Kurth as he prepares to leave for camp. Dances and a midnight supper capped the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldena Wettleson
Millard Olson
Tom Hanson
John Buttkofer
Christen Bros
Celia Christen
Pred Uebersox
Shellsburg
Wisconsin
George
Walter
Ernest
Lucy Christen
Ellen Hanson
Adolph Hanson
Andrew
Marie Grim
William Butikofer
Apostles
Jack Dennler
Gottfred Kurth
Clayton County
Mrs Burn's Letter On Diarrhea Remedy Cures Flux
A Savannah Missouri letter from October 12 1916 praises Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing flux and dysentery after years of use and recommends the product to many neighbors. It notes the remedy is sold at Stoehr's Drug Store and urges readers to know how to respond in similar cases.
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Savannah
Chamberlain
Stoehr’s
War effort for babies organized by federal and state groups
War work on behalf of the babies has been inaugurated by the child ren's bureau of the U S Department of Labor and the child welfare department of the woman's committee of the council of defense. Arrangements are being made for examination of children under 6 in Pleasant Valley township. Mothers urged to watch for further announcements and cooperate with committees.
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Children’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
Child Welfare Department
Woman's Committee
Council of Defense
Pleasant Valley Township
Corn Flakes Macaroons Recipe Note
Recipe notes a wheat free option using two egg whites one cup sugar two cups corn flakes one cup nuts vanilla and salt. Beat whites and sugar fold in corn flakes and nuts drop by teaspoonfuls on greased pan bake slowly about fifteen minutes.
A Cradle Reaper Sowed by Farmers Long Ago
A Clayton County item recalls a cradle reaper built from a scythe four fingers and a swath used to gut small grain. F L Helden ordered the machine for Sheriff Bergemeyer to harvest wheat near the rail, though few young men can cradle and run it.
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F. L. Helden
Lame Shoulder Ailment Treated By Rest And Fin Ment
A brief advertorial note says a lame shoulder from rheumatism of the muscles requires absolute rest and a few applications of Chamberlain's fin ment. Sold by Stoshr's Drug Store.
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Stoshr’a
Elgin Auctioneer Seeks Service and Training Ads
An advertisement promotes F R Borg as The Elgin Auctioneer offering good service and training for a business position. It invites young ladies to offices to fill roles left by men who have gone to war and mentions attending full term at Valder College. The notice also highlights Honest Bill and Lucky Bill's combined shows.
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F. R. Borg
Elgin Auctioneer
Valder College
Decorsh
German System Under Kaiser Foe Finds No Home Here
A Rockford Register reader born in Germany recalls that half of laborers were conscripted to sustain a vast military state, arguing Germans abroad cannot support the Kaiser while owning land in the United States. He asserts Pan-Germanic aspirations fail and urges a change in attitude to avoid embarrassment.
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Germany
United States
Rockford Register
Forewarned Is Forearmed in War Time Plea
Washington urged class 1 men to begin soldiering now and test themselves physically for the duties ahead. Crowder calls them a chosen fraternity of active patriots, warning of enemy influence at home. A Florida bond instalment story highlights patriotic sacrifice alongside humor about future interest payments. Local notes recount trips, a funeral, and letters from France. Some farm profits from pop corn are noted and marriage news ends the brief.
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Washington, D.C
Crowder
Florida
Nels Glesne
Clermont
Feltives
J. P., McDermott
Higin
Nick Schor
Elgin
R. F. Schmidt
Lyle
Barthal
Signal Corps
France
Clayton County
Marriage of Marie Grimm and Win Butikofer at Apostolic Church
Miss Marie Grimm and Mr Win Butikofer wed last Thursday at the Apostolic church south of town in a ceremony attended by friends and relatives. A Sunday reception at the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs Edward Grimm, followed with a grand turnout. The couple plan to farm and start life together, promising happiness and prosperity.
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Marie Ghmm
Mra. Butikofer
Poem Recited At Chautauqua On Flanders Fields
A lecturer closes a summer chautauqua with the famous World War I poem In Flanders Fields The piece honors fallen soldiers and is attributed to a British lieutenant colonel who died on duty in Flanders The excerpt urges readers to keep faith and hold the torch high.
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Flanders
Flanders Fields
Fields
Prevent Infantile Paralysis Health Notice
To prevent infantile paralysis the State Board of Health urges keeping children out of dust and the hot sun swatting house flies cleaning manure piles and rubbish that breeds flies avoiding crowded picture shows with poor air ensuring children get adequate sleep spraying noses and throats with one percent hydrogen peroxide and consulting a physician at first sign of illness.
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State Board of Health
The Joy of Living and a Pony Clock Show
A health note praises Chamberlains Tablets for moving bowels and boosting digestion to enhance life. Advertisement claims a pony Cupid with human brain in shows at Honest Bit and Lucky B's, telling time and entertaining children.
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Cupid
Honest Bit
Lucky B
Why We Fight Nos by Clare ngh SE amD 5 retary Union League
The article argues the war is a fight for freedom against Prussian autocracy. It traces Russia's tumult from czarist rule to Kerensky to Bolshevik upheaval, warning that without Russia’s freedom, global democracy suffers. The piece emphasizes US support for democracy, not Russia, and stresses fighting Kaiser Germany on the western front.
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Germany
Russia
Ruasis
Bosnia
America
Csar
Russiqa
Rusala
Kerensky
Kerenslky
Ughast
Freedom
Pen
Brea
United States
Kaiser
Garchls
West Union Iowa Promoted As County Center and Hub
Description portrays West Union as the political religious and social center of a seventy one million dollar county with a top high school a strong sewer and water system abundant shade trees a fine public park a large hospital and active cultural life including a county fair Chautauqua lecture series and soldiers reunion It notes roads garages and a thriving real estate market inviting readers to buy rent abstract or obtain loans from the narrator’s services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Iowa
Weat Union
Traaise
Linden Pértz
Court House
Our City
Pike Roads
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Illyria
Helen Thorsen
Fayette
C. L. Kilngman
Miss
Bertha Medberry
G.eb, Medberry
Joh Kerr
Cheery Valley Notes
Jack Kurth
Christen Broa
Mra
Little Gon
Sam Nofer
Bill
Lucky Bill
Van
Odebolt Chronicle
Comstock
St. Paul
Stashr's Drug Store
W. J. Kohler
Clarengh & SE
Amd
Union League
Chisago
Karl.d. Fisk
Optometrist
Hothl
Karl D. Fisk
N. B
Karl D
FISK
Opt
Ij, W. Bopp
Schori
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H. S. Hadsel, M.D
Fothergill
M. D
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