West Union Iowa: a thriving county center and home guide
West Union in northeastern Iowa is described as a vibrant civic hub with strong churches, schools, parks, and a well supplied water and sewer system. The city boasts rising property values, significant growth, ample shade trees, major newspapers, county fair, Chautauqua, lecture series, soldiers reunion, hospital, and a large garage, plus several pike roads. The ad promotes living there and offers services for buying selling renting farming or abstracts and loans.
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West Union
Iowa
Linden Park
Court House
Our City
Pike Roads
The Doctor Away From Home When Most Needed
An old advertising note urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home to treat stomach and bowel ailments when a physician is away. The text emphasizes quick relief and potential life saving benefits, urging purchase at Broeler's Drug Store.
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Chamberit
Broeler
Cheery Valley Notes Last Week's News
Cheery Valley notes recount social visits and small gatherings across families in Farmersburg and nearby towns. Entries mention Christens Hansons Dennlers Lehman family Leuchtenmacher and others hosting or visiting, with the week’s social pattern and local names. Mayor Phillips of West Union was a business visitor yesterday.
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Mayor Phillips
West Union
Fayette county men register for draft amid rises in numbers
In Fayette County on June 5 the registration total reached 213 with 212 white and one colored. Four boards recorded counts: Oelwein 79 West Union 66 Hawkeye 28 Fayette 40. Last year 2521 citizens age 21 to 31 registered, about eighty awaiting call in class one. Questionnaires will classify registrants and lists follow with detailed names and residences.
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Fayette County
Oelwein
West Union
Hawkeye
Fayette
Charlie Henry King
Higin
Ervin H. Domke
Ross Edwin Dugan
Fred B. Hallberg
Frank Peterson
John Wilbur Keeling
Oliver Verdi Anderson
West U
Ralph Wolfe
John Oliver Anderson
Clermont
William Oliver Lewis
Wadenno
Louis Thomas Olson
Blea H. Carley
Maynard
Willian Elmer Butts
Clarence Hagelle
Caeian
Abraham Lincoln
Paul
Bughan
Fritz-Nottnagel
Walter Raymond Miller
Eigin
Gustave W. Begalske
Ervin Leroy Luce
Gregor Kopplin
Randalia
George William Schlumbohnt
Arthur George White
Paul Edwin Fridley
Sumner
Roy Edwin Zimmerman
Grant Rea
Mark Elmer Hubbell
Payette
Delos Eugene Watenpaugh
Mayh
Leroy William Bentley
Albert Henry Treptow
Dan Earl McFarlane
Arlington
Harold Levern Dugan
Edward C. Plaster
Westgate
Albert Henry Stahr
Albert Loaming van Sickle
Mayn
Earl Augustus Smith
Kyle B. Wilson
Carlisle Deloss Moore
Prank Leroy Hdmonds
Ray Harry Welch
Dale Vere Owen
Floyd Jackson Cline
Gustav George Schatz
Carl George Hackmann
St. Lucas
Orin Manchester
Floyd Devil Nullett
George Edward Thompson
Waucoma
Donald Irving Meyer
George Arbur Wal
Albert Jay Brown
John Francis Corkery
Wadena
Hervey Jonas Aeschliman
Wad
Clarence Dennison Alton
Qel
Charles Franklin Boomfield
Frank Clarence Morgan
Stanley
Harry Hugo Manson
Louis John Bauman
Bigin
John Chag Mahoney
Edward Nelson
Gelwein
John Franklin Kuhnes
Lima
George Vincent Bortner
Fayette & Leon
James McCauley
John B. Cook
Lewis August
Robi
Donnan
Fred Richard Gosse
Har] Fink
Charles Westcott
Glen Smith
Walter Clarence Pagel
Summer
William McKinley Martin
Fayet
Orman Jasper Burns
Kirk Sherman Hicks
Herman Helfrich Michaelis
Stan
J. J. Richards
Stanley Adrian Gillett
Oalwein
Ward Linzy Cook
Edwin Schmidt
Kenneth Eugene Prescott
Plymouth
Iowa
Henry Brunheart
Eugene Wizard Colburn
A) Hermon
Elgin
Alfred E. Eastman
Harold L. McCleery
Donald Oscar Dean
Paul Alexander
Unpatriotic to Heard Wool
Attic finds of cast off wool garments can show patriotism by using them again next fall with minor alterations such as new collars cuffs and vest adjustments. Recut outfits and combined fabrics revive worn items, while scraps and unused wool can be sold to firms producing textiles and paper to aid families with children.
Chronic Constipation Advice and Tonic Remedy
The article explains constipation stems from low moisture in waste and suggests drinking water, eating raw fruits, and outdoor exercise to improve it. It warns against harsh laxatives and endorses Chamberlain's Tablets as mild and pleasant. Sold by Stoehr & Ca.
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Stoehr & Ca
Buckwheat Advised as Wheat Substitute by Government
Agricultural department promotes buckwheat as a wheat substitute with practical uses and tasty buckwheat cakes. The message frames buckwheat as sound guidance for farmers and households.
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Agricultural Department
Parental Visit and Local Developments Mentioned
Mrs A C McKniel from Zion City Illinois visits her parents Mr and Mrs Chrig Loertscher. Oscar Conner traveled to Iowa City to seek specialist dental care for long running tooth troubles. Local weather and farm activity noted. Bert Kohler opens a new gas supply station in front of his store in the west town area. A light domestic aside observes a wise girl rearranging parlor furniture after the right young man leaves.
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A. C. McKniel
Zion City
Ilinois
Chrig Loertscher
Oscar Conner
Towa City
Bert Kohler
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P. Colegrove
U.S. U
H. A. Fuller
Mankato
Minn
RED Cross
Abraham Goldsman
Maurice Goldsman
H. S. Hadsel, M.D
Citizens” State Bank
Fothergill, M.D
J. W. Bopp
Cheery Valley Notes
Warnie Christen
Jack Christen
Adolph Burroden
Dora’ Leuechtenmacher
Dubuque
Christ Johnson
Ole
Lizzie Erickson
John Leonards
John Leuchtenmacher
Milda
Glesne
William Barskie
Dikader
Ada Martin
Celia
Louisa
George Christen
Lizzie Scholen
Edwin
Henry
Ellen Hangen
Jank Reinberts
Ernest
Elizabeth Christen
Duo
Leo Hansen
Bert Chapman
Harlow
Tom Hanson
Lawrence Meyer
Hanson
Christen Brothers
George Tiursell
Postville
Jake Reinhart
Adolph Hanton
Lola, Harry
Aden
Martin Hanson
Helga
Luella Benson
Begsie Boyle
Elien Hansen
Ada Leuchtenmacher
Mia
Jack Dennis
Fred Dennler
Margarite
Charles Odeguru
Adolph Baumgartner
Patsy Minihan
Adolph Pagan
John Hader
George
Melvin Gregoraon
Frank
Louisa Christen
Royand Phil
Flossie Robbins
Tommy Ogle
Hine Hall
Bessie Boyle
Carl Joseph Conway
Himer August Linderwell
Lamont
Oscar J. Steale
Strawberry Point
Orville Reed Page
Emery Dummermuth
Charlies H. Garrison
James Huber Donaldson
William M. Jones
Henry William Meyer
Emil J. Ostrogge
Charles Calvin Kaufman
Wau
Paul H. Belding
Har
Peter Duffy
Henry William Geyer
Frank Leslie Winter
Alpha
Thomas Holmes
George McKinney Dege
Ralph Vernon Walker
Donald L. Dunn
Frank Edward Kachelski
Oel
Nicholas J. Michael
Wilfred C. Petratz
Russell Earl
Frederick
David Marvel Cooper
Randaliacht
Glenn P. Littelle
Harvey Fleischman
Fred Albert Kreutz
George Schmelzel
George William Larson
Henry Leo Kennedy
Walter Raymond
Zeigler
Mayo
Robert P. Burlingham
George Alpines Phillips
John William Eller
Oelwei
John Wm. Finnegan
Castalia
Arthur Sidney Amdahl
Arthur Edward Johnson
Walter Carl Eaton
Clyde Herbert McDaniels
Wetgt
Leonard Brown
Leo Paul Michaels
Samuel Lloyd Wareham
Talmage B. Rawlings
Alfred Theodore Stolle
George Rollin
Paul George Hammond
Albert Dennler
Lyle Harrison McDuffe
John Will Platz
Oran
Lloyd Wm. Bennett
Edwin B. Bruner
Lynn Albert Probert
William Drager
Birl Robert Schneider
Walter Wm. Pape
Eldorado
Harry Wanger
Paul Gardiner Wells
Paris Green
the City Drug Store
Junior
Miss Gove
Pilgrim Girls
James P. Nichols
Europe
THE
Knox Company
India
Himalyas
Samuel Alden Perrine
H. Gordon Manning
Somme
Cambridge
Thomas Clark Hinkle
Doctor Rabbit
Sterling
Alva M. Reitzel
U. S
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