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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
4
Local residents report illness and recoveries while recounting visits and gatherings. Mrs A L Butikofer remains ill. Emma Martie visits Ban Frieden. numerous neighbors, including the Christen, Hanson, Meyer, and Grimm families, host and visit one another, attend memorial exercises, and share casual Sunday calls and rides.
A Huntington Indiana resident says Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy stopped cholera morbus in her children during 1911. She recommends keeping a bottle at home for emergencies and notes it was available at Stoshr's Pharmacy.
Mrs Ed Boyle visited relatives in Forest City last week Julia Brabham spent the past week with a friend at Mason City J M Shaffer and family were visitors at Enos Howards home On Sunday Mr and Mrs Guy Reed were Sunday afternoon guests at Will Dennies home Georgie Boyle spending a few days with uncle George Howard and family Henry Mathews and wife spent Wednesday at the B Mathews home A number from the Ridge attended the Memorial exercises at Highland Sunday Harald and Hart Bennett and families were entertained at I C Bennett home Sunday Dr Butler called to the Wm Vinton home Monday to see Mrs Vinton who is ill Mrs Tommy Howard and sister Miss Kate Wilson went to Independence Monday to see their sister Mrs Hugh Conner
A brief health notice explains sour stomach as a mild indigestion caused by rapid or excess eating or unsuitable food. It recommends eating slowly, thorough chewing, light meals, especially no meat at supper, and taking Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion. Available at Stoehr's Pharmacy, Read the Echo.
Miss Nora Olson was in Elgin on Saturday and Miss Ruth Anderson in West Union on Wednesday. Bennie Guiniig of Farmereburg visited here over the weekend. Mrs. J H Sullivan and son Charles were in Cedar Rapids Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Fred Kline spent the weekend in the area. Miss Marian Flannagan of Austin Minnesota is visiting relatives here. Mrs John Shipton came from Montana to visit for a few weeks. Miss Mae Sullivan returned home Saturday after teaching duties at Avoca. Miss Nellie Sheehy came home Saturday after teaching duties at Springville. Mrs Nora Ferrier and two children are spending days with her parents Mr and Mrs Thomry Capps. Mrs James Sullivan returned home Saturday from Colorado after attending her son Edward Greene funeral. Mrs John Malone and daughter from Waterloo visited Friday with her parents. A large crowd attended the baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening by Rev T S Cleworth of the M H church.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh case. The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine, used for 35 years, heals mucous surfaces by cleansing blood and improving general health. Invites readers to send for testimonials and buy at 75 cents from F. J. Cheney & Co.
Coal dealers Schori and Kuster urge customers to place Pocahontas coal orders within two weeks to avoid higher prices and potential shortages. Secure delivery now as demand climbs and supplies tighten.
A notice advertising 60 acres of choice pasture land southwest of Elgin with a fine spring and good shade. It invites cattle or horses to pasture and asks interested parties to see ADM Weibel at once.
L H Oswald and Richard Kimpson with Eford Hunaberger visit Iowa City for eye injury treatment after a cement accident while chiseling at the German Baptist church steps. Kimpson faces a long illness and possible operation. John Junk suffers a back injury from lifting a piano, sidelining him at home. Memorial day events draw crowds at Wnyrta church with visits from Helen Nicklaus, Ruth Daubenberger, Sanders and Franks. The Ladies Aid meets at St Paul’s, and Minnie Harle returns from the West where she taught.
Cards announce the approaching marriage of Miss Josephine Simerson and Mr. Nels BE Gilbert with a June 10 ceremony at Marion Lutheran church and a reception at the bride’s home. Gilbert visits, wind damage reported near Shaffer and Rothlisberger farms, German Baptist church improvements, band concert fundraising, and upcoming ministers convention events and local schooling notes.
Helen Nicklaus returns home from Fayette where she joined Fay ette L A G Bauder and niece Frances Skarshoug at the Olson home in Clermont Friday. The funeral of Alex Peters, an early local settler, was held at Alyria church this afternoon with large attendance and burial in the cemetery. An obituary will appear in our next issue. The paper notes a bleak forecast for Iowa corn as warm weather lingers.
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