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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
4
A collection of personal wartime letters from soldiers in 1918 recounting camp life, training, hoped-for cross-Atlantic service, family news, and experiences in France and Norfolk. Messages describe bunk arrangements, pay, education, medical cases from influenza and injuries, front-line travel, photo work, and longing for home.
Regards to all Elgin friends Agever D H Bakeman Co C 28th Machine Gun Battalion Camp Lewis Washington Chamberlains Cough Remedy is praised as an efficient medicine for coughs colds croup and whooping cough and is noted as pleasant to take for children Mothers testify to its effectiveness and safety with no opium or narcotics, and it is sold at Stoehr's Drug Store.
Fall weather brings social visits as the A Yearous and Wenger families host gatherings across town. Miss Libble Klingman, Miss Lena Wenger, and Mary Foxwall visit relatives. A Yearous, Ole Benson, and families visit M Kingman and kin. Farmers haul sweet corn to the factory and threshing continues. several locals travel to Elgin and West Union.
A retrospective of recent social visits and funeral services features references to Moore and family of Wadena, Willie Crane and wife of Elkader, the Ray Shaffer home gathering, the funeral of Charles Fritz, and guests like Mary Albright of Virginia. It also notes Bernice Ernst's birthday party, Mr. Albert Kimball of Waterloo visiting the Gibson family, and his upcoming entry into the Ames military training school with ties to Mrs. G. A. Gibson.
Two years ago I suffered frequent stomach trouble and biliousness. After seeing Chamberlains Tablets advertised I tried them and improved rapidly. Miss Emma Verbryke Lima Ohio endorses the remedy. For sale at Stoghra Drug Store.
West Union presents as a thriving eastern town with strong schools, ample drainage, a well lit district, and numerous parks including Linden Park. It boasts private grounds, shade trees, a fine courthouse, multiple churches, two major newspapers, a renowned Chautauqua program, a hospital, and robust road access with a first rate garage. The city reports rising property values and population growth, offering farm and housing opportunities through local abstract and lending services.
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