Rainy Monday features local travel and people notes
A rainy Monday marks a Yeoman picnic special train from Oelwein to Elgin and back. Local candidates, residents, and visitors are noted including Oelwein sheriff hopeful Charles O Harran, Miss Lizzie B Lyons, Mr and Mrs Fred Berg, Mrs Martin Kulien, and Emil Halverson. An Elkader electric storm lit a Catholic church and caused minor fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Elgin
Charles O’harran
Elgin Savings Bank
John Christ Jr
Lizzie B. Lyons
Dunham’s Grove
John Falk
Fred Berg
West Union
Epworth League
Claude Fothergill
Elkader i
Trading checks and local items mix in Elgin notes
A busy Elgin page lists trading check offers from Lehman & Son and Carrur's, local shopping mentions, and promotions for DeWitt's products. It notes weather delays from rain, community visits, and school graduations, with real estate transfers in Lutra and remarks on local vendors Capper's and Muehlenthaler Bros.
Ayer's Pills Ad Emphasizes Small Doses and Benefits
An advertisement extols Ayer's Pills with a single bedtime dose, claiming laxatives work better than cathartics for constipation biliousness dyspepsia and sick headaches. It directs readers to consult a doctor and notes the product is made by Ayer Co in Lowell Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
The
New Shoes Line Noted Along With Local Social Skims
Local brief covers new shoe line observations and assorted social notes from Clermont and nearby towns. It mentions visits by Miss Katie Herwig of West Union, Mrs. John Weaver of Pennsylvania, and Senator Wilson of Oelwein, plus dances, travel, and community events. Clermont hosts a 12 to 0 win over Postville, and the article notes road work progress from Hampton to Mazon City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.S. Harstenson
Wn. Larrabee, Jr
Clermont
Katie Herwig
West Union
Stanton
Will Walther
Elkader
Postville
Ecuo
Wilson
Oelwein
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Seal
Minnesota
Prairie
Elgin Roller Mills
FREDG
Gehring
Iowa
Depot
Northwestern
Kratzer
Rock Island
Perry and
Banner
Cail
Frank . Gehring
Martin Kulien
Centralia
Washington
Kulien
HansTenson
J.C. Cunningham
Hawkeye
Emil Halverson
Cutbank
Montana
Groth
Goose River
Mayville
N. Dak
Elgin Echo
Blain
North Eastern Lows
Hughes
Elgin Agece
Elise
Cenlan Lhe
C. Leumand& Son
Carrur’s
Wiftdow Shades
Pluma Weaver
Lehman & Son
Monarch
Muehlenthaler ,Bros
Luther Shaffer
St Paul
Oelwein Business University
DeWitt
Muehlenthaler Bros
W. Hughes
Fremont
Nebraska
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co
Missouri
Hogg
Cheoka
C. Seaman & Son
Ruth West
Joseph Habeger
T. J. Capper
Emma Halverson
Gunder
Miler & Son
L. J. Doctor
S. W. Kuster
Kathryn
Remsen
Will Looby
Mabel Looby
Farmersburg
Bert Doty
Pierce Moser
Stern
Frances L. Robbins
Clyria
USU
Brewster
Chicago
John Riha
Vining
C. F. Becker
G. I. Hanni
Conner
Lutra
Sarah
Kinney
Lote
Conners
Mary A. Stahl Vanser
O. E. Stahl
Citizens State Bank
Elgin, Iowa
C.F. Becker
Benj. Schori
Decorah
John Weaver
Pennsylvania
Lou Oswald
Elmer Dye
Wadena
Cedar Rapids
Kewanee
Illinois
Alton, Sr
Mae Hoag
Woda" Union
Ben Schori & Sons
Dees Moines
Hampton
Mazon City
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