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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
2
A local dealer advertises a large blanket stock with low prices including plain tan cotton fleeced blankets in sizes 45x72 at 1.00 per pair and 54x74 at 1,365 per pair, plus 68x80 at 2.25 per pair and wool nap options at 2.76 per pair in grey tan and blue plaid.
Local page shows advertising rates and notices from Elgin and nearby towns. Items include Capper's Thanksgiving and Christmas sales, Weibel Bros mill offerings, produce prices, and a Pittsburg style editorial urging ad purchases. Also notes smallpox quarantine in Clinton and a reader quip about church and clothing care.
A long, informal letter from J. P. B. Medberry expresses daily life at a camp Y M C A facility. He describes stamps sales, concerts, a band, and a library, notes on French classes, drills, barracks upkeep, sweaters from the Omaha Red Cross, and relief about gear and weather. He warns about clothing wear and urges sending old clothes for reuse. He closes with regards to Illyria people and a sermon on the commandments.
As people age beyond 85 or 90 they eat less to match reduced activity. Overeating can upset the stomach, and Chamberlain's Tablets are suggested to aid digestion. The tablets strengthen the stomach, help it function naturally, and gently move the bowels. For sale by Stoehr & Co.
The Elgin Farmers Dairy Co directs cream routes to be let on Saturday November 24 1917 at 2 pm at the office for one year beginning January 1 1918 to the lowest responsible bidders The board may reject oral bids Melchr Luchsinger secretary.
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