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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
4
A Clermont page lists weekly social calls, visits, and student movements. Frank Frisbee improves after illness while Miss Helen Delaney travels to Dubuque for nursing training. Several locals visit Elkader, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Arona, and Fayette for schooling, work, or family gatherings, with relatives and friends frequenting the area.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages by taking it internally and acting through the blood to the mucous surfaces. Proponents offer 100 dollars for a case that does not respond, with testimonials available and the product sold by all druggists for 75 cents.
Mrs Jacob Dennler is on the sick list Bert Thoman visited Ben Hofers Sunday Louise Christen hosted company and visited Fred Dennlers George Lenchtenmacher spent Sunday in Elkader Maurice Minnihan stayed a few days at Jim Boyle home Besele Boyle and Ada Leuchtenmacher visited home folks Rosa and Mary Reinhart visited Mrs Louisa Christen Will Meisner family visited Ben Hofer home Rosa Meyer and granddaughter Alice visited Thos Hanson home Mrs Rosa Meyer returned from Volga City visit Mrs Thos Hanson visited daughter near West Union Old age comes quick enough keep liver and bowels healthy take Chamberlains Tablets for constipation or biliousness Sold by R W Muehlenthaler Berg and Kohler ad line says Berg Kohler will please you.
Ed Boyle and family hosted Little Reuben Dennler who is very sick with scarlet fever. Community notes mention rainy weather, a Home Circle meeting with Mrs. Laurance Brause, and visits among local families including the Howards, Reeds, Boyles, and Shaffers. Doctors Butler and King consulted on the Denmlar boy, who remains in critical condition. prayers for quick recovery are offered.
A mix of local items covers health and school news, a public advisory on good conduct with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, a large fall school opening with new seating, a stray man found in the field aided by local authorities, a peculiar storm near West Union, Dr. L W Little’s travel notes and family updates, and local political notices including G. A. Lickiss visiting Arlington and dog tax reminders.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Weta Harding plans an auto tour through Fayette County speaking in thirteen towns over Friday and Saturday. The schedule lists stops at Waucoma Alpha Hawkeye Randalia Westgate Del welh Maynard Arlington Fayette Elgins Clermont El dorado West Union with meals and intermissions noted.
The Gem Theatre announces a Monday night opening featuring The Red Circle with Ruth Roland free for all to attend. Week's program includes Pathe and Universal features on Wednesday and Thursday and Charlie Chaplin in Tillie's Punctured Romance on Saturday, with admission at 15 and 25 cents.
The Lyceum program includes Dr. Andrew ghuson humorist Judge Alden Apollo Concert Co and Miss Theresa Davault with dates from December to March. Tickets are on sale by the organizers.
A short health notice explains that constipation causes many ailments and that regular bowel movements help prevent them. It advises using Chamberlain's Tablets when a laxative is needed, noting they also improve appetite and digestion. Sold by R. W. Muehlenthaler.
Reported loan of thirty million dollars from Japan to England signals resumed financial ties as commentators warn debt risks. Analysts note recovery tone in Japan and cautious outlook for postwar balance.
The article extols West Union as a thriving northeastern Iowa hub with a $75 million county backing, top schools, water and sewer systems, parks, shade trees, and affluent homes. It highlights churches, newspapers, a county fair, Chautauqua, lectures, a soldiers reunion, a hospital, and transport links. It also notes Mayo Brothers hospital activity in Rochester and lists local social visits, club meetings, and travel.
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