West Union Social Notes and Local Visit Highlights
Mrs Estella Gunderson of Elgin visited the T D Reader home Friday night. Mrs A Gilson and Miss Elta plan to visit Winfred Kansas to see Frank Gilson. R E Oliver and Miss Glenn Cattermole from New Hampshire spent Sunday with C V Oliver. Mrs D W Clements returned from Boone after attending a board meeting. Walter H Beall hosted a dinner and social evening. W M Baker seeks hospital placement for Mrs Baker in Iowa City tubercular hospital. K D Fisk laments defeat of optometry bill in the house. Miss Baumgartner won a $25 prize in a Ladies Home Journal contest. J L Blunt of Charles City visited en route home from Chicago. County board of supervisors met to review county matters with Poison Welch accountants. Belknap drove to No 2 school district and recalled a cold star-lit trip. C A Conkey returned from Oelwein with Will Tibbitts relocating to Brainard. Mr Tibbits sold Brainard place to John Burke Jr. The J L Scallan home hosted a 47th birthday gathering for Scallan with court house staff, board, and ab stractors attending. A dinner followed by cards and March decor. A memory chair was left for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella Gunderson
Elgin
T. D. Reader
A. “M.gilson
Glenn Cattermole
New Hampton
D. W. Clements
Boone
Walter H. Beall
W. M. Baker
Fayette
Dr. King
C. A. Conkey
Oelwein
Will Tibbitts
Brainard
Mr. Tibbitts
John Burke Jr
J. L. Scallan
Mr. Scallan
Near Death in Big Pond Prompts Remarkable Cure
Mrs. Ida Soper of Big Pond Pa recounts a decade free of lung trouble after using Dr Kings New Discovery. She credits quick relief and lasting cure for years of severe illness. The remedy treats coughs colds sore lungs hemorrhages la grippe asthma croup whooping cough and bronchial ailments. 0 and 1 Trial bottle free guaranteed at City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Soper
Clermont News Mixed Local Nods and Moves
Transacted business in Elgin and Postville are noted along with travels to Cedar Rapids LaCrosse and Huston Minn. A twin birth is reported for Mr and Mrs Ole C Peterson. Montauk Camp R N A organizing work continues in Charles City. Landseekers depart Clermont for Lavina Montana in search of homesteads. The column closes with a playful line about a coin they expect to find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
H. E. Foster
Elgin
Ole C. “Peterson
James
Charles City
Montauk Camp
Harold Tonjum
Huston
Earl Graver
T. J. Sullivan
Iroquois
D. D
Marjie
Mr. Sullivan
Clermont
Lavina
Montana
Electric Bitters Said to Heal Boy with Eczema
A Henrietta Pa mother credits seven bottles of Electric Bitters for curing her little son's awful eczema after five years of remedies failing. The ad lists various names and promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for eruptions, eczema, salt rheum, sores, blood disorders and rheumatism with a 50 cent price and store guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.M. Adams
Henrietta
Oak Grove Social News Roundup
Oak Grove News notes Simon ONeill among the indisposed Roy Conners oldest son on the sick list Mrs Simon Neill spent Monday at her mother's Mrs Wm Boyle. Ward Brabham and wife at I Monnahan home. Mrs C W Smith at Perry Craft home. Charley Boyle reports wolves near pig pen. John Wilson and family and Lottie Wilson visited T Howard. Earn Holzer family and Mrs Mary Bennett visited Ira Bennett. Mr and Mrs S Monnahan welcome a baby girl born Tuesday morning. Lizzie Boyle from Waverly attended Grandma ONeill funeral then returned home Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Neill
Wm. Boyle
Ward Brabham
I. Monnahan
C.W. Smith
Perry Craft
Charley Boyle
Earn Holzer
Mary Bennett
Ira Bennett
S. Monnahan
Lizzie Boyle
Waverly
Grandma O'Neill
It Saved His Leg Thanks to Arnica Salve
J A Swenson of Watertown Wisconsin credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing ten years of eczema after 15 doctors failed. He says it healed skin eruptions eczema and related conditions and notes the product is sold for 2 cents at The City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J .A. Swenson
Watertown
Wis
Bucklen
City
Real Estate Transfers Week Ending March 20 1909
Transfers record Aldrich B Loban to R B Mylan for tract 25 in section 20 95 10. Ebenezer Robinson to L E Aubrey for tract 20 98 10. H B Linn to Ebenezer Robinson for 20 93 10. John J Peterson to Thomas Barson for e7 a se 17 95 8. Michael F Garvey to John Garvey for e4 nw and ne 8 91 10. C H Knos to James A Banks for lot 5 block 3 Fenner's Add Oelwein. Frederika Droyer to Chicago Great Western Ry Co for part sw ne ne 29 91-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich B. Loban
R. B. Mylannese
Nisw
Ntawila
Ebenezer Robinson
L. E. Aubrey
Linn
John J. Peterson
Thomas. Barson
Michael F. Garvey
John Garvey
Nw &Ne
C. H. Knos
James A. Banks
Fenner's
Frederika Droyer
Chicago
Great’ Western Ry. Co
Scott's Emulsion Advertises Health Benefits
An old advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites as a household remedy. It claims to cure hard colds, strengthen delicate children, fortify thin adults, and serve as a standard throat and lung remedy. Readers are urged to mail their paper name and address with four cents for a world atlas.
Land transfers loom in town records amid parcels and names
A string of conveyances lists numerous transfers by individuals and couples such as Lars Sampson, A O Gilbertson, Phillip Lauer, Wm P Lauer, John Burke Jr, Elisabeth Christ, Chris Dummer, Micheal F Garvey, John L Garvey, J F Phillips, H H House, Franklin Van Bogart, F H Van Bogart, W H Newling, Lavinnie Van Brocklin, John Rothlisberger, Fred Rothlisberger, Lee Fish, D B Allen, Walter Richards, Chicago Great Western Ry Co, Frederika Dreyer, Ferdinand Hertzman, Casper Niederfrank, Isaac Brockway, John R Cook, Addie Phelps, Eliza M Brooks Gdn, John Lanpreck, Jonas Schrack, H A Cummings, Elizabeth Rathbone, Fritz Gebhardien, Ada Armstrong, I M Kentzel Mann, John Sears, Martha T Trewin, Ellis Van Sickle, A P Johnson, Fred Rothlisberger, Christopher H Wilson, Albert L Hunter, M V Henderson Jr, R Foster, Bertha Bergh, Mary Wedgerfield, Florence Bradetreet, and several others in Oelwein Clermont and West Union areas with various parcel descriptions and dollar amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars Sampson
A. O. Gilbertson
Phillip Lauer
Wm. P. Lauer
Iliff
Eldorado
George W. Tibbats
John Burke Jr
Elisabeth Christ
Chris Dummermuth
Wise
Utetse
Micheal F. Garvey
John L. Garvey
J. F. Phillips
H. H. House
Franklin van Bogart
F. H. van Bogart
W. H. Newling
Lavinnie van Brocklin
North
Auburn
Public Road
John Rothlisberger
Fred Rothlisberger
Lee Fish
D. B Allen
Walter Richards
Sasse
Chicago Great Western Ry. Co
Frederika Dreyer
Fredinand Hertzman
Casper H. Niederfrank
John R. Cook
Isaac Brockway
Union
West Union
D. B. Allen
Adam Wagner
J. P. Jengzen
Cook’s
Ehrhard Schatz
Ella EB. Shaffer
David Cross
Chicago
Jonas Schrack
H. A. Cummings
Elizabeth J. Rathbone
Fritz Gebhardien
Ada Armstrong
I. M. Kentzelmann
Christopher H. Wilson
Albert L. Hunter
Anthony J. Schmittne
M. V. Henderson Jr
Well
R. Foster
Bertha Bergh
Clermont
Mary Wedgerfield
Florence Bradetreet
Armstrong's
Public Sale Near Elgin on March 30 1909
Public auction at the farm 3 miles south of Elgin on the old Thomas Howard place on Tuesday March 30 1909 at 1 00 pm. Horses including a black mare foaled eight years old a black gelding four years old four bay driving horses a bay mare with foal a black driving mare and a coming year old draft colt plus other horses. Cattle six cows several fresh and soon to be. Hogs two brood sows a full blood Poland China boar and eighteen shoats. Farm tools include a Cleansweep hay loader and low wagon among other items. Terms cash under ten dollars and notes at 8 percent for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Thomas Howard
Poland
R. F. Dawny
Ava
Benson
Eddie Conner
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Sept
Belknap Wade
No. 2
Wadena
Big Pond
Clermont News
Undigestion
Pepsia
Kodol
B.C. DeWitt & Co
Will Kelly
L. Kern
Peter Carlin
Wm. Quinn
Tony Kern
Nels Nelson
Henry Sullivan
Oak Grove
Simon O'Neill
Judson Conners
Roy
John Wilson
Lottie Wilson
T. Howard
Scott
Frank
Iowa
Charles E. Moore
Nonie Epps
Bruce
Nellie
Hammond Culleen
Saboe
Emma Jovick
James Zimmerman
Alice Downing
H. G. L. Club
Pearl Greenley
Sumner
Greenly Bros
City Draymen
H. S. Hadsel, M.D
Postoffic
Lehuigal & Bon
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