Local notes and society updates from Oelwein area
Mrs. Kniel meets with the L. O. A. on September 13. Mrs. Berg and children visit the Toxwell home on Highland. Druggist R. Muehlenthaler returns from Des Moines state fair. Bertha Abbey starts teaching in Glidden. Delegates Hawley Forbes attend District Federation in Oelwein October 5-6. Monona votes on a second schoolhouse. old one deemed large enough. Mrs. G. A. Miller and daughter visit from Cresco. Rev. Stosh family visit from Concordia. Waterloo protests Illinois Central yard plan. Postmaster Cortelyou warns against raffles and church fair ads. Grace Kinney returns to Elgin. joins family. E A Weibel to Fairbanks opens hardware store. Weibel family moves to Fairbanks. Mayor Gunderson visits Madison. Yellow fever easing. frost likely ahead. Labor Day closes post office. routes idle. Cornelia Bucher visits grandmother ill in Cedar Rapids. Bryan lecture at Oelwein church underwhelms crowd. Cool spell tempers warmth. Corniel Stirk sells Elgin-West Union farm to Roe Carmichael for 11000. Moser and Schlupp travel to Manchester. visitBtn local families. farming remains profitable with good hay and grain. Cut Bank firm Halvorson prospers. Wisconsin game laws clarified. polo and line fishing require no license except seasonal restrictions.
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Waterloo
Illinois Central Railroad
Cortelyou
A. D. Kinney
Grace
Minneapolg
Elgin
Post Office
Aurora
Fairbanks
Weibel
Weibel ,& Gehring
Mr. Gehring
Cornelia Bucher
Cedar Rapids
Ben Lehman
Wm. J. Bryan
Christian Church
Oelwein
Corneil Stirk
Elgin-West Union Road
Roe Carmichael
Moser
Alfred Schlupp
Manchester
Strawberry Point
Nicholas Lehman
Jacob Retz
Gottlieb Moser
The Better Way The throat grows inflamed and irritated
A reader describes throat irritation and coughing treated with four doses of cough mixture. The remedy temporarily eases irritation before symptoms return. The passage reflects a consumer health note urging self care.
Scott's Emulsion Promises Cold Cure and Soothing Relief
An early advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a cure for colds and bronchitis, claiming it soothes the throat and nourishes weakened tissues. It promises a free sample and names Scott and Bowne as makers.
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Scott
Local notes include travel updates and editor moves
Miss Clara Holstenson returns from Elkader after summer with Gilje family. Baldwin sisters Alisha and Anna return from Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland. Northern editor jokes about unpaid seven year subscriber. Lanceboro Leader quack grass remedy via hogs. School begins Sept 18. Professor John K. Blaine aged 64 notes Harvard tenure. Denver trip for Editor Talmadge and Lake family sight seeing. Chicago depot scene ends with a sharp exchange over waiting at home.
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Elkader
Gilje
Alisha
Anna Baldwin
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Oregon
Michigan
John K. Blaine
Cheir of Music
Harvard
Department of Music
Talmadge
West Union Gazette
Denver
National Dream
Ameunt
Lake
Arlington News
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