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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
4
A crowded slate of local gatherings paints a lively week in Cheery Valley. Families including Hanson Baumgartner and Dennler filled homes with Sunday and Saturday visits, while church circles and neighbors exchanged greetings across Clermont and West Union. The column also notes editorial opinions on woman suffrage amid wartime reflections and calls for patient, intelligent action.
Miss Agnes Turner of Chicago Illinois describes indigestion headaches constipation and sleeplessness from overwork and poor health. After taking Chamberlains Tablets she reports a cleaned stomach boosted vitality and now sleeps and eats comfortably. For sale by Stoehrs Drug Store.
Mr and Mrs G G Klingman were Sunday guests of Higin kinfolk Mrs C Wenger spent Sunday with her daughter Mrs Guy Moore Mrs J Harrington of Elgin was a Monday visitor at Fred Reicherts Miss Mary Wenger was a Sunday guest of Miss Libbie Kling man Harry Gilson and family were Sunday evening guests in the Ray Shaffers home Mr and Mrs G A Gibson spent Friday at the R Probert home near Wadena H B Gilson and family spent Monday evening with the C M Klingman family Henry McMillan and family and Mr Chas Fritz of Elgin and Mr and Mrs Ed Magra of West Union Attendees include Klingman Wenger Gilson Reichert and McMillan families overall list of local visits.
A dense list of service members and units from American Expeditionary Forces, camps including Dodge, Shelby, Cody, Lee, Lewis, Pike, and others. Entries note company, battalion, regiment, and locations with scattered dates in 1918 1919 era. Names include Houg, Cowger, Hangon, Olson Tat, Baldwin, Stoehr, Schori, Boward, Bakeman, Strauch, Kehls, Capper, Hader, White, Nicklaus, Albright, Follett, Gehring, Miller, Bauder, Vinton, Freiburghaus, Welch, Kipley, Habeger, Stolle, Medberry, Conner, Becker, and many more. The fragmentary page compiles personnel listings across multiple posts and units reflecting WWI mobilization records.
A vintage West Union advertisement extols the town as a political social and religious hub with a strong high school, robust infrastructure, plentiful parks and churches. It highlights water and sewer quality, parks around the courthouse, major newspapers, county fair, Chautauqua, hospital, gateways by roads, best garage in the county, and available farm and rental services offered by the speaker.
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