Illyria Notes and Soldier Farewells Gathered Here
Illyria community reports Sunday visits at many homes in West Union Elgin and Clermont. Several local youths Perry Medberry Paul Albright and others enlist for training camps joining Fayette county’s men. Patriotic meetings draw crowds as families send off loved ones to the world peace effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyria
Illyria
Paul Albright
Paul
Perry Medberry
Perry
Uncle Sam
Fred Reichert
Harry Reichert
Medberry
Fayette County
Des Moines
Will Observe Town Day In Elgin
Town Day plans for Elgin promise a large crowd with C W Wassam returning to lecture on community subjects. An afternoon program includes a band and a boy scouts drill, with a concert by the band in the evening. Readers are urged to check next week's Echo for full details and travel arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
C. W. Wassam
Canadian Fighter Roy Bealls Killed in Action in France
Roy Bealls son of Mr and Mrs Conover Bealls of Waukon was killed in France on August 21. A private with No 625381 in the Canadian Infantry he enlisted in 1916 in Canada and telegrams gave no further front details due to censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Bealls
Conover Bealls
Waukon
France
Canada
Great Faith in Chamberlains Colie and Diarrhoea Remedy
Mrs W H Williams of Stanley New York relates that Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her father’s diarrhoea after three doses. For sale by Stoehr Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Oak Grove News Social Roundup From Sunday Visits
Sunday visitors marked the Oak Grove news with gatherings at Tommy Howard's and Ed Boyle's. families and friends traveled to Elgin and Volga City while new baby born to Aug Reed's family. various Shaffer Boyle Reed and Dennier households hosted and attended local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Howard
Georgie Howard
Elgin
Ward Brabham
Wm. Kohl
J. M. Shaffer
Forest
W. C. Smith
Wisconsin
George Miller
E. Mathews
Grandma Reed
Ray Welsh
Ed. Boyles
Mary Monnahan
Isaac
Genevra Fennell
Harvey Lane
West Union
Will Monnahan
I. J. Monnahan
Chris. Dennler
Wil Dennie
Bert
Ethel Reed
Guy Reed
Albert
Louis Dennier
Charley Medberry
Perry
Local residents travel. farmers visit kin and friends
Mrs Albert Schuphach visited her parents in Michigan on Monday. Mrs Frank Greenley returned home from St Paul after visiting sisters and friends. Chas Feller is in South Dakota tending to threshing on his farm.
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Albert Schuphach
Michigan
Frank Greenley
St. Paul
Chas. Feller
South Dakota
Germans Fight Germans in History and Today
A Chicago Tribune editorial argues that Germans have fought Germans since Napoleonic times and urges West Union Iowa readers to back democratic victory in World War I. It contrasts past brotherly strife with contemporary duty and cites West Union’s civic pride, infrastructure, media, and population growth as reasons to invest locally. It includes a humorous tea table scene where a boy and girl exchange compliments as he mispronounces praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
Bismark
Austria
German Empire
Germany
Danmark
America
Chicago Tribune
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Karl
D. Fisk
Optometrist
Jore
Iowa
Dewey Tursray
Erl D. Fisk
Towa
Army
United States
National Guard
National Army
Rock Island Lines
M. Allen
la Salle Station
Chicago
T. McDonald
Elglu
W. Heiserman
Graduate Optometrist
Roy "Wall
Bert Chapman
Jerome Yearets
Bertha Medberry
Foxwell
C. L. Klingman
Witl Kerr
Chas, Chapmin
Chas. Medberry
Ray Shaffer
Harry Gilson
J. D. Shaffer
P. Turnbull
Mabel Medberry
Walter Rothlisberger
Enoch Holm
Mr. Holm
H. B. Gilson
Wayne
James Brown
James Hood
Wives of
Independence
Will Pollock
Anna M. Gilson
B. H.appelman
Clermont
Elma Medberry
Miss Medberry
Wadena
Mary Wenger
Henry McMillan
Cecil Klingman
C. D. Chapman
Ellen Hunsberger
Roy Kimball
Schori & Kuster Lumber Co
Elgin, Iowa
OAK Grove News
White
Linden Park
Court House
Our City
Pike Roads
J. W. Bopp
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