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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
4
The electrical crew relocated from the high school grounds to a site near the old depot at Quarry. Linemen progress includes digging holes, setting poles, placing insulators, trimming nearby trees, and awaiting the transformer. Once poles link to the Marshalltown power house, stringing of the large copper wires will begin.
Our Special Correspondent notes visits and calls across Dunbar and nearby towns. Names include Olson of Water loo, Lee Wilson of Traer, Norman Olson of Marshalltown, Osman Tweed in Gilman, Jim Alden in Dunbar, and others visiting Marshalltown Stevens Point Gilman and Albert Gunderson builds a residence. Wire screen and screen doors at Arnolds.
Special correspondent Hazel McNair reports on Montour visits by A J Banks and families, Em Hinman hosting Ebner clan, and multiple Marshalltown calls. The Tama County commencement at Welling opera house in Toledo on June 27 will award thirty four diplomas, with Hazel McNair and Minnie Nodland as only Indian Village township graduates.
Advertisement for Chamberlain's Liniment offered as a rheumatism remedy. Claims quick relief from rheumatic pains with a 9 25 cent bottle. Sold by H. W. McKeown.
Soldier days recount a Civil War march from Washington to Bull Run in 1861. Gen. Scott urged advance into Virginia while Gen. Mansfield and Gen. McDowell led bridge crossings. Corcoran’s 69th NY pressed as skirmishers at Georgetown. The narrator recalls camp life, weapon loads, and the opening bombardment at Bull Run, then the march toward Sudley Springs and the fighting lines.
A large LeGrand delegation led by Mrs E L Condon attended the state Christian Endeavor convention in Cedar Rapids this week. Members listed include Miss Della Richards Mrs E F Hawbecker Mrs Grant Higinbotham and daughter Leoles Loretta Eunice and Wilma Arnold Ruth Bowen Golda Gibson Louise Fiton Marian Mills Fern Dobson Nellye Beane and son Raymond Donald Bowen and Clarence Stanfield. Also note Arnold store offers fruit jars and rubbers. A gold watch was found on the main road east of Dunbar and may be claimed by Marion Olson of Danbar. Roy Helfinstein graduates from Yale University June 18 with M A and B D degrees.
An old patent medicine claim asserts deafness is incurable without constitutional remedies and blames Eustachian tube inflammation on catarrh. It promises one hundred dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and urges sending for a circular while noting local druggists stock the product.
A health note warns against rapid eating as a cause of indigestion and constipation, stressing that digestion starts in the mouth. It recommends thorough chewing and salivation, then Chamberlain's Tablets for relief, noting many stomach and constipation cases cured. sold by H W McKeown.
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