Minnesota Letter From Elgin Reader Details Town Growth
John Christ reports from Waseca Minnesota on new construction including two large garages, a central park with free band concerts, and a county fair. He compares Minnesota crops unfavorably to Iowa with high hay and potato prices, notes illness among relatives, and mentions local work changes before returning to Iowa. He ends with a sales pitch for Chamberlain's Tablets through R. W. Muehlenthaler.
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Ion
John Christ
Waseca
Minnesota
Elgin
Beho
Fayette County
Andy Lynch
Northwestern Round House
Tracy
Towa
Wilson Falb Nuptials at West Bend Journal
The West Bend Journal reports the marriage of Mrs. Della Wilson to Mr. Louis Falb on Saturday at seven AM in the Methodist parsonage officiated by Rev. M. G. Rambo. They visited Fort Dodge then returned to West Bend to begin housekeeping in a newly built home.
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Della Wilson
Louis Falb
Methodist Parsonage
M. G. Rambo
Fort Dodge
Lydia Hackett
West Bend
John Kohler
West Bend Journal
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is pitched as essential for every family with sudden colic or diarrhoea. It promises quick relief until a physician arrives and notes sale by R W Muehlenthaler.
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Chamberlain
R. W.muehlenthaler
Flour Sale Ad Details September Dates
A garbled notice advertises a flour sale by Welbel Bros. Mill with reduced prices on Spal of Minnesota Clear Quill Bakers Premium and Crystal Patent, mentioning Saturday September 23 and Monday September 25. It also lists Poland China pigs weighing 200 pounds or more and directs inquiries to Brn Holger in Bigin, Iowa, though the text is unclear.
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Minnesota
Bakers
Welbel Bros
Poland
China
Brn
Holger
Bigin
Towa
Puted
Run on a car sales surge fuels Chalmers production
A feature on the Chalmers car describes a consumer demand surge labeled the "run" and details orders for 48,000 units totaling about 56 million dollars. It notes six hundred buyers spent 22 million dollars in minutes, with quality and performance driving purchases over price.
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Chalmers
Local Notices and Social Calls Across Higin Area
Village residents report numerous social calls at homes of Baumgartner Odegard Lerch Hanson and others. Visits include Adolph Baumgartner and family, John Meyer and Harold, Mia Bert Chapman Harlow, and Ed Boyle relatives. Chamberlains remedies advised for cough and constipation. local ads note services of Gruver dray line and Chas Holzer return from Decorah.
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Adolph Baumgartner
Adolph Ruroden
Dave Meyer
Fred Schmid
Charles Odegard
Harlow Chapman
John Butikofer
Frank
Celia
Lucy Chiiawn
Harn Lerch
Adolph Buroden
Lucy Chrieten
Thomas ‘Hanson
Mia
Bert Chapman
Harlow
Levi Frieden
Lawrence Gehring
Adolph Baumgartners
John Meyer
Harold
Martin Hanson
Alice
Elgin Iowa residents tout magazines and local events
Local reader highlights affordable magazine options from Good Housekeeping to Saturday Evening Post. Mentions Graustark at the opera house and suggests strong attendance, while noting T A Koland’s property sale and John Grover renting the Bohanan house. Also lists Ladies Aid receipts and disbursements with opera house use and church fund balances.
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The
World Today
the Country Gentleman
Saturday Evening Post
F. W. ‘Hughes
Koland
John Grover
Frank Bohanan
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R. W. Muehlenthaler
Wilson
R. P.m. Chalmers
Emerson
Detroit
Telegraph
H. T. Knudtson
Cheery Valley News
Win
OAK Grove News
Hddie Conner
Forest City
Dennler
Laurence Brauser
Ed Boyle
Sheldon Boyle
J. T. Cox
West Union
Ridge
Mary Craft
George Howard
Ezra Howard
Higin
Enon Howard
Tommy Howard
Guttenberg
Ladies’ Home Circle
Marie Brause
Ern Holzer
Arlie
Marie
Chamberlain’s
R. W. Mushlenthaler
John Gruver
Harry Miller
Miner
Gruver
Chas. Holzer
Decorah
Iowa
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