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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
5
Teachers returned home from Decorah institute while rural residents report mild spring events and community visits. The column lists callers from Cresco, farm work, school reopens, medical needs, car trips, church meetings, weather effects, and local business activity through late March into early April.
Clay Hill residents and neighbors share visits and calls across Decorah Freeport Ossian Spillville Cresco and Pleasant Ridge. Names include Headington Stoskopf Sorenson Kapler Rohn and others with several relatives and guests from Greene Ossian and Florence South Dakota.
Kendallville reports illness and recoveries including Rollin Wallace rheumatism and Amos Moore from Mercy hospital. Local visits span Fifield Kellogg Daskam Ellingson Soltow and Solton. Community events include a farmers creamery meeting and a Grange S A S gathering. A toy pony buggy brings joy to Curtis Bollman while a school and road work progress with Miss Miller and Lynn Crawford. A falls accident injures Mrs Daskam but recovery seen, and the play The Flowing Bowl draws $27.05.
In Frankville on March 3, R H Waters is sick. Amos Haslip bought a Ford auto. Francis Padden visited Bethel. LC Spain and Lynn Crawford visited Ossian. Miss Sarah Miller returned from Decorah. Carl Van Wey visited Postville. Tom Boyle of Ossian called in town. L R Letchford sold a horse in Decorah. GD Bollman and Curtis visited Ossian. Claude Van Wey delivered hogs at Decorah. J A Peck and Rev. Mason visited Postville. Will Sechutta plans a barn raising Wednesday. Irvin Hughes family shopped in Postville. Arthur Webster of Postville sealed in town. Lew Spaun built a chimney for Sam Waters Jr. at Bethel. Mrs Gene Birdsell ill with blood poisoning in hand. Miss Ita Kamp of Castalia joins the T C Crawford family. John Murphy of Ossian visited Aunt Nancy Wilson. Padden went to church last Saturday. DY N T will meet Mrs ig McNair Thursday afternoon, April. Mr Kuster exercises at Presbyterian church Sunday morning, April 12. Harold Spaun owns a new top buggy bought in Ossian. Jas BE Kneeskern to begin spring term in McKay district April 6. Ruchdaschel and crew from Postville begin work on Will Sehutta’s new barn Tuesday.
March 30 1914 Pleasant Township reports Chester Erickson on the sick list and spring's splendor amid muddy roads from late rain. Local visits include Iverson Narveson Severson and Ellingson households with multiple calls to Tolstad Levi Iverson Barth Earth and Narveson homes. Community notices blend weather, social calls, and early spring ailments with ads for remedies and local goods.
Mrs Brill of Racine Wisconsin recounts weakness, sleeplessness, and stomach trouble before taking Vinci. She credits rapid health gains and strength to Vinci, claiming it rebuilt her and praising the product. The ad asserts thousands benefited and offers a money-back guarantee. It also promotes Saxo Salve from R A Engbretson, Decorah.
Look to Your Plumbing. You know what happens in a house in which the plumbing is in poor condition. Digestive organs perform the same functions in the human body as the plumbing does for the house. For trouble with digestion take Chamberlain's Tablets for quick relief. For sale by Engbert's Pharmacy. Adv ace A
Local residents react to rapid relief from sour stomach gas and constipation after using a simple mixture labeled Alderika. R A Engbertson, druggist, touts buckthorn bark glycerine and related ingredients as a potent antiseptic for the digestive system, claiming a single dose cleanses impurities instantly.
Notice of appointment of administrators for the estate of Fanny Darrington of Hesper township Winneshiek County Iowa. Also probate hearing for Christi Haldersdatter Severeide and collateral inheritance tax appraisals for Matilda Smith estate with final report and discharge scheduled in Decorah court April 20 1914.
Frank Straka seeks to quiet title to the NW quarter of the SW quarter and SE quarter of the SE quarter of Sections Five and Six in Township 98, Range 8, in Winneshiek County Iowa. The petition names numerous defendants including W J Barney and wives and heirs, J B Emery and wife, Erastus Linton and wife, Charles Peck Jr and wife, M H Howard and wife, and other unknown claimants. The court is asked to declare Straka the absolute owner in fee simple, quiet title, cancel a bond for a deed, and adjudge costs. The April 1914 term begins April 20 at Decorah Iowa.
In the District Court of Iowa Winneshiek County Probate April Term 1914 the final report of executor O L Wennes will be filed by April 3 1914 and a hearing set for April 20 1914 to seek discharge unless objections are filed. The report concerns the estate of Erik L Wennes with heirs Edwin J Wennes Theodora Louisa Sanden Elise Christine Dahl Gida Josephine Quinnell and Emilia Louisa Peterson named as interested parties. Attorney W M Strand represents the executor.
In the District Court of Town for February Term 1914 the final report of executor of A D Thomas deceased is filed. Citizens Savings Bank of Decorah as trustee for minors Alice Thomas Nell Thomas and Lucile Thomas is nominated. court will hear April 20 1914 and may discharge the executor if no objections are made. Aubolee and Nelson attorneys for John O Neill executor.
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