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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
4
Morning passengers from Elgin may phone or drop by with a contact, and arrangements allow time for a noon train or an afternoon trip with return on the evening train.
Osean Baumgartner is on the mend as residents plant corn and visit. Sunday visits abound with Dennler, Meyer, Christen, and numerous Baumgartner families noted. Letters from Geo Tee in France bring health updates. many neighbors share Sunday and weekday gatherings at various homes.
A vintage promotional sketch extols West Union as a wealthy, well served city with a large population boost in four years. It highlights a strong school system, water sewer heat drainage and lighting, parks and trees, prominent churches, newspapers, county fair, lecture series, soldiers reunion, hospital, and two major pike roads. It invites readers to consider buying or renting farms or homes, obtaining abstracts, or borrowing money through local services.
A dense, readable rural column lists numerous local names and weekend visits across Calmar and surrounding towns. It records social calls, family gatherings, and a cyclone-damaged area visit, interwoven with a health note about relief from headaches via Chamberlain's Tablets.
An advertisement suggests immediate care after an ankle injury. It instructs obtaining a bottle of Oham pertain a Linkment and following printed directions that accompany it. A sale by Stoehr's Drug Store is noted with corn land awaiting plowing as farmers have varying amounts of corn planted and more to sow.
A government warning urges domestic coal users to secure supplies before October amid fears of a winter shortage. It stresses citizen responsibility, the administration’s push for cooperation, and the risk of failure if demand remains idle or late orders persist.
An old advertisement offers draying of all kinds with prompt attention and reasonable charges. The Hawkeye Gasoline and Kerosene agency provides delivery to any part of the city and invites inquiries by phone.
Miller reports Charles Chaplin has been drafted and waived all exemption though he is a British subject. The item notes Chaplin is more than a clown or entertainer, affirming his status as a drafted individual in the era.
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