Thanksgiving Notes From Elgin and Surroundings
A November week in Elgin and nearby areas is documented with visits, family gatherings, and birthday celebrations. Residents like Louis Wenger, Mary Wenger, Mabel Medberry, Aden Medberry, and Chas Smith of St Paul appear in social notices and visits across Elgin, West Union, Volga, and Highland districts. The column also includes a lengthy medical pitch for Hall's Catarrah Cure and Hall's Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Melberry
Elmer
Ellen Hunsberger
Jerome Veurous
Mabel Medberry
West Union
Mary Shaffer
Guy ‘Whitford
Volga
Illyria Dist
Mon
Johannah Minniham
Highland Dist
Chas Smith
St. Paul
Mion
Elgin
Chas Fritz
Frank
Oregon
Cheery Valley social notes highlight local visits
Mrs Alex Baumgartner appears on wick list while multiple residents including Harry Schubach Albert Meyer and Thos Hanson are noted visiting relatives and hosting gatherings around Sam Yoats Thos Haysons and Adolph Hansons households with other callers and extended family visits across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Schubach
Sam Yoats
Albert Meyer
Patey
Morris Minnahan
Thos Haysons
Rosa Meyer
Fred Dennler
Rosa Meyers
Clarence Dennler
Jacob Dennlers
Gilbert Peterson
Knudt Kirkeberge
Theodore Hanson
Lousia Coristens
Bert Chapman
Adolph Baumgarthare
Jacob Christen
Adolph Hansona
Thos Hanson
Gilbert Peters
Social Visits and Health Updates Across Local Residents
At Rock Valley families hosted relatives and neighbors over the weekend. Mrs. Adolph Baumgartner, previously very ill, is now recovering. Emma Martie and A L Butikofer returned from a six week visit in LeMars Missouri, joining others in the community news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Valley
Hazel Schhlupp
John Fredrich
Gottfred Kurt
Fred Yost
Lousia Christens
George Cbristen
Bert Thorman
Adolph Baumgartner
Henry Robinson
Maynard
A. L. Butikofer
Emma Martie
LeMars
Missouri
Jand Bern Kanans
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Quick Cough Relief
Thousands suffer coughs from throat and bronchial inflammation. Dr King's New Discovery soothes inflamed mucous, loosens phlegm, and eases congested membranes. J R Watts of Floydale Texas reports rapid relief, with money back not guaranteed but highly helpful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
J. R. Watts
Floydale
Texas
Revival meeting at Baptist church draws steady crowd
Brainard News reports the Revival meeting at the Baptist church continues with good attendance. Local residents travel between Weat Union and Elgin for visits and family gatherings. No injuries reported from a runaway incident. several residents are named in social visits and moves. An advertisement promotes Dr King s New Life Pills with health claims and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Progread
D. W. Clements
Weat Union Tuesaday
Max Gruver
Minnesota
Geo Gruver
Sidney Patterson
Hawk Ye
Henry
Violet Bartlett
Delhi
Frank Martin
Elgin
Gladys Helms
Mary Boyer
Dr. King
Public Sales in Gander and Elgin areas feature livestock and gear
Two farm auctions list cattle including milch and freshening cows, horses, hogs, sheep and poultry, plus hay, oats, corn and potatoes. Machinery spans binders, mowers, disc harrows, seeders, planters and plows. Auctions set for Saturday November 28 and Tuesday December 1, with terms and agents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bigs Place
Gander
Ertaxson
August Johnson
Maple View farm auction catalog near West Union sale day details
Grounded sale listing at Maple View farm 44 miles west of Digin and 4 miles east of West Union on West Union road on Tuesday December 1 starting at 10:00 am. Includes wagons, manure spreader De Laval cream separator 1000 pounds capacity, hay rack, farm implements, dairy cattle, hogs, horses, equipment, fodder and corn, household items, harness, and a free lunch with hot coffee at noon. Auctioneer R F Dewzy and Francé Camp clerk, Vinton Brothers props.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de- Laval
Frank Foy
H.R. Bere
Auot
Samunst Mosny
Simon E. Nelson
Maple View Farm
Digin
West Union
West Union Road
Hay & Gram
Champion
Milwaukee
Deere
Rock Island
Rock
John Deere Gang
de Laval
R. F. Dewzy
Francé
Vinton Brothers
Domestic Tangle Ends In Silent Reprieve
Jimmie Haynes visits Luana as a Scribbler, facing rent arrears and a quarrel between Mr and Mrs Slumpkins. The couple argue, the landlady is alerted, and Scribbler is warned not to pay the man. Six months pass with no reconciliation as Scribbler moves on. Puzzle asks what question they will ask when they start speaking again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribbler
Mrs. Slumpkins
Batire
Regimental Colors in Pawn from Long Lost Regiments
A London Tit-Bit tale recounts the recovery of historic military colors hidden in pawn shops and looted in battles. It notes colors from the 50th regiment, List foot, 20th regiment, Royal Scots, 8th foot, 1st Northamptonshire, 24th Border, and Gloucester regiment, with stories of their fates from Saratoga to Egypt and their eventual reappearances via pawnbrokers and heirs. The piece reflects on the strange fates of these emblems and their owners across centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funtington House
Chichester
London
List Foot
Ireland
20Th Regiment
Saratoga
Bergen-op-Zoom
Royal Scots
8Th Foot
Portsmouth
1St Northamptonshire Regiment
Border Regiment
Lord
Archibald Campbell
Gloucester
Egypt
Peninsula
York
Seville Still Has Carmens In A Cigarette Factory
From Royal Spain of Today Mrs Tryphosa Bates Batcheller describes Seville's Calle de San Fernando scene. A two story baroque building houses a tobacco factory with Columbus Cortes busts on its portal. About 6000 Carmens or cigarette girls wear gay gowns and mantillas as they work beside artillery barracks inviting Don Jose to notice them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calle de San Fernando
Jose
Royal
Spain
Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller
Value of Exercise and the Storing Bicycle Battery
The article argues daily exercise boosts effort though motivation wanes when results aren’t visible. It notes Gladstone’s preference for woodpile work and parallels a French inventor who combines a bicycle on a stand with a storage battery to power luminous lighting after night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Architects Heid to Account in French Building Practice
It is unusual for a house in France to be built without an architect who drafts plans and oversees work. The architect orders materials, ensures quality, and advances funds so the contractor is paid without delay. French law imposes ten year responsibility on the architect for construction defects, alongside the contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Lame-Gicknese Linked to Plant Polyon Under Drought
An investigation into the South African disease lamziekte or lame-alcknoes links the illness to a special plant polyon produced under abnormal conditions in roses or other harmless plants. Development correlates with unusual weather and soil conditions, with summer drought intensifying wilting that favors poison formation, explaining the belief that eating wilted plants causes the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossea
Farm Bargains in Clinton County Offer Many Acres
A long list of rural properties for sale along main roads between Elgin, West Union, Clermont, and Brainard. Includes farms from 80 to 211 acres with barns, orchards, wells, windmills, timber, and improvements. Prices range from 65 to 170 dollars per acre with varied terms. Also notes a depot hotel and the Dewey Hotel property for quick sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Elgin
Price
Terme
Dewey Hotel
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
The Elgin Land Agency advertises Sloan's Liniment claiming rapid penetration to the pain site. It promises relief for rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, colds, and swollen joints with a bottle priced at 25 cents, suitable for home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Sloan’s
For Sale Duroc Jersey Hogs and Poultry Cockerels
For sale list includes Duroc Jersey stock hogs Plymoth Rock cockerels. Advertises E H Appieman Clermont Iowa and Reather Ed V Price Tailoring in Chicago. Service offered at Ma and Kobler. Masonry and all kinds of work available by Paul Kocher Elgin Iowa or town correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duroc
Jersey Stock Hogs
Plymoth Rock
E. H. Appieman
Clermont
Iowa
Reather
Price Tailoring
Chicago
Ma & Kobler
Paul Kocher
Elgin
Towa
Robert Wilson Farm for Sale in Fayette County
190 acre Robert Wilson estate farm offered at 128 dollars per acre. Main road location with good improvements and 160 acres of prime land plus a never failing spring watered pasture. Also adjoining 23 acre tract from the same estate available at reachable price. Notice restricts trespass with dogs or guns. Elgin Land Agency Weil Bron Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton Farm
Gale
Weat Union
Elgin
F. D
Turkey River
Clermont
Brainard
West Union
J. C. Rounds
Gunder
Postville
Elgin-Weat Union Road
Depot
Elgin Land Agency
Either Bros and Hughes
Fayette County
Robert Wilson
Weil Bron & Hughes
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Hlyria Lema
Louis Wenger
Wisconsin
Mary Wenger
Guy Moore
Jessis Medberry
Eltweor
Guy Whitford
J. D. Shaffer
Aden Medberry
Aden
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cheery Valley News
Alex Baumgartner
Mra
Adolph Baumgarttrers
Martin Hanson
Fred Denalers Lust Funay
Louisa Christen
Thus Hanson
Adolph Hanson
Fred Denaler
Marguerite
Jacob Denalers
Knudt Birkeberg
Henry Ann Clarence
Gilbert Parsons
Alda Feedrich
Dan Craft
Melvin Boyer
Will Lyons
Clarence Conner
John Learn
Henry Miller
Osborne
Hawkeye
Emmerson
van Brout $ Boree
Avery Corn
Saturday Evening Post
Ladies’ Hone Journal
Moore-Cottrell Agency
Bouerns
Jimmie Haynes
Luana
Seville
Maple View
Clermont View Stock Farm
Wadena
Ridge Road
Hidader
Pleasant Street
Geo. L. Miller
The
Brot
Freep Scnneimer
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