Local notices and social snippets from Prairie du Chien area
Sunday visits, travel notes, lost spectacles, and local happenings across Prairie du Chien and nearby towns. Mentions include Mr. and Mrs. Falk visitors, Florence Johnson returning from Clermont, Dr. John Bowar and family trip, Rebekahs meeting, local sports notes, and warnings on wartime arrests of foreign-born residents. Also references to Dr. Little, John Christ Junior, and various townspeople and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Falk
Prairie du Chien
Florence Johnson
Clermont
High Bavings Bank
John Bower
Wadena
Germany
J. D. Shaffer
Shaffer
Middle West
Echo
John H. Bowar
Chas. Kniel
Isle
Rebekahs
Dr. Little
John Christ Junior
Fred Schlupp
Attorney Ainsworth
West
Union
Chicago White Sox
Waterloce
Hovey
Brainard
Western Flour Mills
Davenport
United States
Offliciaks
War era notes and community news from Elgin paper
Local columns report on patriotic rallies in Clermont and Elgin, visits by families, and a plan for a new piano and music store. It notes bread prices rising, weather worries, a hospital trip, a school principal resigning, and calls for economic patriotism and food conservation amid wartime shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayelbéin
Waverly
Elmer Bowen
Clayton
Bar Greenley
Higin
Cappers
Peter’ Daniels
Will. Walthers
Leo
Hikader
Gus Boyer
Mississippi River
Manchester
van Dusen
Marie Coyte
Co. L. Shaffer
Rochester
Goitre
B. R. Moore
Cedar Rapids
C. B. Robbins
Hehir
Clermont
W. J. Ainsworth
West Union
Will Larrabee
W. R. Blake
H. Hjortholm
Rebelah
Wadena
Elgin
Fayette County
Lifting Service Ad Promotes W. J. Kohler Draying
An advertisement promotes W. J. Kohler Draying lifting all kinds with reasonable charges. The Hawkeye Gasoline and Kerosene agency offers delivery anywhere in the city and provides a residence phone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye
Miller and Grover Urge Caution on Heifer Sales
Miller and Grover warn farmers not to sell heifers as the country faces a beef shortage. They say supply will lag demand for years. They note old iron is worth nine dollars a ton and advise clearing scrap to improve land and enrich incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia, Brabham
Albert Lea
Schroeder
Julia Beriger
Elgin Savings Bank
Berlin
Artemus Ward
Great Britain
Germany
England
George
American Republic
West Union Road
Clayton County Democrat
Great Britian
U. S
Jad
Elgin Memorial Day Call Amid Civic Slogans
A fragment urges Americans to follow hard work, echoing a bee colony analogy about drones and labor. It contrasts idle wealth with effort and repeats an old slogan urging action. The message invites readers to attend Elgin Memorial Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. L. Freiburghaus & Co
Hayes
Fowler
H. T. Knudtson
Iowa
Stoehr
Coo
L. S. Hutchinsen
Gem Theatre
Emma Baldwin
Bert Allen
the City Drug Store
Elgin, Iowa
Blue Star
Carl
C. J. Harrington
Inger
W. J. Kohler
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