Office Hours Eye Examinations Offered for Glasses
Local clinic announces daily office hours from 1 to 4 o'clock for eye examinations and glasses fittings. Citizens invited to visit to test vision and select frames and prescriptions.
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
4
Illyria Community News Highlights Local Visits and Births
Mr and Mrs Fred Retchert visited Bikader relatives Monday. Will Kerr are parents of a baby boy born June 7. Weather favorable for crops since last Friday. Guy Moore own a new Victrola. Flossie and Susan Robbins left for Fayette for summer school. Helen and Hazel Rothisberger spent Thursday evening with Steven Rothlisberger and wife. Guy Whitford of Lime Springs visited Harry Gilson last Wednesday. Amy Richards and Lois Hall of West Union were guests at Israel Shaffer home. Services held at Illyria church Sunday afternoon June 10 with large attendance and a good sermon. J D Shaffer and wife and Dr J H Bower and wife and daughter Helen were callers Saturday evening at H B Gilson home. Steven Paxwell had as Sunday evening guests Amy Richards, Lois Hall, and LaFonda Shafter. Mrs Anna M Gilson and Mrs W K Wells of Kansas visiting H B Gilson home. The former is Gilson’s mother and the latter his sister. They arrived Friday June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Retchert
Will Kerr
Guy Moore
Flossie
Susan Robbins
Fayette
Helen
Hazel Rothisberger
Steven Rothlisberger
Guy
Painful disease prompts home remedy claim
A reader from Huntington Indiana cites severe illness in neighbors and urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home. Mrs Charles Enyeart says two children suffered cholera morbus in 1911 and the remedy gave immediate relief. note mentions Stoeht's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Charles Enyeart
Huntington
Ind
Stoeht
Gleaners Picnic Planned. OAM Grove Social Notes
OAM Grove neighbors share Sunday visits at multiple homes. Families including Rothlisbergers Dennters Holzers Reed Brabhams and Coxes gather and plan the Gleaners annual picnic set for June 21 at Ed Boyle Grove. Baby Kerr born June 7 in Waterloo with mother visiting relatives nearby.
Sour Stomach Advice and Chamberlain's Tablets
A brief health note explains sour stomach as mild indigestion from rapid eating or unsuitable food. It advises eating slowly, chewing well, limiting meat, and avoiding supper to prevent symptoms. If sour stomach occurs, take Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion, sold at Stoehr's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Stoehr
Cheery Valley Notes Social Roundup
John Lantz is very ill under a doctor's care. Jake Reinhart entertained company Sunday afternoon. Jake Fredrich was a caller at the G Fredrich home recently. Tom Hanson and family spent Sunday at the Ernest Meyer home. The George Stansberry family entertained company Sunday. Eddie Butikofer was a caller at the Jalie Fredrich home Saturday evening. Luizzle Scholen spent Sunday with Caspara and Rosina Torketson. George Christen and Bere Thoman were callers at the Christ Dennler. Those who spent Sunday evening at the Ernest Meyer home near West Union were Adolph Baumgartner and a family, Mrs. Cella Meyer and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lantz
Jake Reinhart
Jake Fredrich
G. Fredrich
Tom Hanson
Ernest Meyer
George Stansberry
Eddie Butikofer
Jalie Fredrich
Luizzle Scholen
Caspara
Rosina Torketson
George Christen
Bere Thoman
Weekend social visits and family gatherings across area
Mr and Mrs Martin Hanson Mr and Mrs John Meyer Edwin Hanson and Hilda Fredrich Louraa Christen visited with her sister Mrs Adolph Hanson Saturday evening and Sunday Bert Chapman and family were Sunday evening guests at Tom Handon home Fred Nydegger and family were entertained at the Christian Bros home Sunday Mrs Albert Meyer and children spent a few days last week at parental Adolph Baumgartner home Mr and Mrs John Leuehtenmacher and children Ada and Phillip were callers in Hikadar Saturday evening Mrs Ben Frieden and Mrs Joe Schneider Elias Sutter and Louie Frieden were eaters recently at the Lew Martie home Mary Reinhart and Mr and Mrs Charlie Odegard and children Gladys Floyd and Mildred visited Sunday at the Martin Hanson home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Martin Hanson
John Meyer
Edwin Hanson
Hilda
Fredrich
Louraa Christen
Adolph Hanson
Bert Chapman
Tom Handon
Fred Nydegger
Christen Bros
Albert Meyer
Adolph Baumgartner
John Leue
Catarrh cure pitch and local military notes in 1917 era ad sheet
An advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh and extols Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a blood based remedy used for thirty five years. The item also reports Ray Fels preparing to ship from Hoboken to Europe and mentions a military transport of 1248 soldiers from El Paso to Jersey City, followed by a birth notice for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brackin’s son born Monday June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Ray Fels
Martin Fels
Near West Union
Sam
Hoboken
N. J
Europe
el Paso
Texas
Jersey City
Jack Brackin
Chamberlains Tablets Praise Prompts Richmond Ad
F B Tressey of Richmond praises Chamberlains Tablets for digestion relief and constipation aid and notes they are sold at Stoehrs Pharmacy. Wili Kerr and wife announce the birth of a son on Thursday June 7. Oswald remains in Town City for eye treatment with Dr Dean after a serious injury. Andrew Lynch, wife and son and Mrs Belle with two children visit John Christ home from Waseca Minnesota arriving tomorrow. Warren Harrington and wife visited relatives at Clermont Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Oswald
Town City
Dean
Andrew Lynch
Frank Belle
Wauseca
Minnesota
John Christ. Home
Warren Harrington
Clermont
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ELON
Karl D. Fisk , Ras
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Dewey
Krl D. Fisk
N. E
Karl D. Fisk
H. S. Hadsel, M.D
Illyria
OAM Grove News
Stephen Rothlisberger
J. M. Shaffer
Ern Holzer
Bert Aten
Henry Holzer
Jacob
Gottlieb Dennter
Chris Dennter
Ed Boyle Grove
Rob Ernst
Familly
L. W. Reed
Ralph Reed
Guy Reed
Will Kohls
Clarence
Ward Brabham
W. C. Smith
Daisy
Florence
Jim Cox
Daugher
J.T. Cox
Sheldon Boyle
J.m.shaffer
Thos
Enos Howard
J. D. Shaffer
Kerr
Waterloo
Cheery Valley Notes
Schori & Kuster Lumber Co
White Pine Poultry House
Buick
O. B
Flint, Michigan
John Falb
Wili
Tlyria
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