Elgin News Highlights from Fayette County Echoes
Local notices reflect Elgin and Prairie du Chien ties with farming notes on sugar beets and frost. Community events include school opening, fairs at Elkader and Mitchell, and farm visits. Updates cover residents, business education, canning factory output, printing services, and ongoing advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finke
Mesdames
Wille and Unger
Portville
Sunde
EK. R. Berg
Waterloo
Oelwein Business University
C. L. Freiburghaus
Prairie du Chien
DeWitt’s Carbolized Salve Promoted For Various Ailments
The ad touts DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve as beneficial for boils burns cuts and skin diseases and especially useful for piles. It notes sales by Muehenthaler Bros and mentions a cyclone card promotion tied to August post office sales. An accident on a Monona ball ground leads to Eddie Wickler losing a leg above the knee after being hit by a freight train wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Muehlenthaler Bros
Monona
Eddie Wickler
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Higin Mills
Weibel Bros
Elgin
Iowa
Jewel
Detroit
Fredg, Gehring
Elgin, Iowa
Twine
Monnahan & Gehring
Raed
Mens’ Shoes
Price
T. J. Gapper
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Elgin Echo
F W. Hughes
Egin Clase
Airmonthe
Chas. Kniel
West Union
George Nevuenewander
George
New Hampton
John Benson
Cresco
G. A. Miller
Augusta Mosby
Mra. Mosby
Augusta
Minnie Walker
Cedar Rapids
A. H H. Loomis
Chicago
Villa Sanitarium
LaGrange
Clermont Enterprise
B. Little
Des Moines
James
Matthews
Farmereburg
Rudolph
Yanni
Stil
Mary Freiburghaus
Milwaukee
J. J. Phillips
Moore
Wagiena
Highland
Oleaphia Collins
Dubuque
Pierce Moder
T. J. Capper
Fred Spahr
Fred Kohler
Iva Jaquetta
John
Falk
Marie
Walter
Elkader
BR. G. Anderson
St. Paul
Anderson
Oelwein Register
South Dakota
Leigh Robert
Mitchell
Dakota
Frank Kimball
Decorah
Fayette County
Scott
Ill
Muehlenthaler
C. E. Ge
Dept. Magic
Edison
Edison Phonograt
Oly Muehlenthaler Bros
Fayette and
Clayton
Casi
Eloin
H. T. Knudtson
Rator and Gas
Clear Lake
Carda
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