Personal notices and visits reach Decorah region
Local residents travel for business and social visits across Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin. Names include H K Mikelson Peter Caldow Mary Fortney Florence Gilmore Will Moen John Murphy Myra Oxley Annette Graham Lennie Webster Tda Brenna Sigurd Reque Mrs Geo Ferrie D A Lyons Rudolph Thorgrimson and many more as attendance at family events illness funerals and confirmations of movement between Decorah Osian Cresco Dubuque St Paul and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Mikelson
Peter Caldow
Castalia
Decorah
Mary Fortney
Florence Gilmore
Dubuque
Will Moen
St. Paul
John Murphy
Ossian
Mary Elwick
Marble Rock
I. B. Olson
Conover
W. B. Reed
Tda Brenna
J. J. Johnson
Ridgeway
A. C. Woodward
Homan
Webster City
Mary Main
Davenport
Wash
J. F. Boleneus
Martha Nelson
Melvina Ness
Red Wing
J. G. Thingvold
John Bryant
Hesper
Jerusha Hislop
Des Moines
Oneota
Grand Lodge of the Yeomen
Harry Dixson
C. W. Burdick
Presho
S. D
L. A. Gullickson
B. Harmon
Rushford
Minn
Millie Anundsen
B. Amundsen
Menominee
Wis
John Anundsen
Downing
J. €. Sabre
Crookston
T. Anundsen
G. H. Weslin
Granite Falls
W. R. Hendry
Calvin, N. D
Rockwell
Geo. Kew
E. A. Duffy
Omaha
Jordan
R. C. Jordan
Henry Hippe
Winneshirk County
Souris
N. C
Vinton
Anton Zwack
John Rygg
Jake Tracinski
Chas. Trzcinski
Ruth Trzcinski
Ellendale
Fur Coats Not Needed Now in California Visit
Miss Florence Williams and her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. Rh. Williams report they will leave Pasadena on April 1 for Napa for three weeks and return to Decorah around May 1. They note California warmth, saying no fur coats are needed as they dined today in a cousin's yard under blossoming orange and fig trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Williams
Decorah Man Andrew Hanson Wed in Northfield
Wedding cards announce Andrew Hanson wed Ruth Isabelle Hall on March 26 in Northfield. The couple will reside at 7 South Division Street after May 1. Hanson, son of Decorah residents, was a linotype operator at Decorah Posten. Congratulations pour in from old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Northfield
Andrew Hanson
Ruth Isabelle Hall
Frank F. Hall
South Division Street
Decorah Posten
Rev. Jordahl Assumes Pastorate At Ridgeway Madison
Rev. Daniel C. Jordahl succeeds Rev. Thus Nilsson as pastor of the Ridgeway and Madison township synod congregations. He comes from Norway Lake Minnesota where he has served for several years and is a Luther College alumnus, class of 1888. He was in Decorah Monday on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel C. Jordahl
Nilsson
Ridgeway
Madison Township
Norway Lake
Minn
Jordahl
Luther College
Decorah
More Children Placed in Winnebago County Homes
Miss Anna Hill and Miss Clara Comstock of the Children's Home Society delivered a dozen children to Winnebago County homes after delays. Five girls and seven boys aged five to fourteen were placed at several farms and towns, including Ridgeway Bluffton Highland township Madison and Decorah area homes, with siblings and half siblings kept together where possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hill
Clara B. Comstock
Children’s Home Society
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Court House
Aborn Opera Company
T. A. Grere
Highland Township
Nels Ramsey
Leona Philo
Winfred Galusha
M. E. Hanson
Nels Gunval
Ridgeway
Archie Shepherd
Walter Gudmundsen
B. O. Bakken
Madison Township
F. E. Bakken
Robert Gudmundsen
Raymond
Francis Miller
Joseph Miller
John Miller
Henry Landmeyer
Pleasant
G. O. Remmen
Omaha Tornado Foils New Home Yet Leaves Family Safe
Mrs. Tda Webster of Decorah returned to Omaha with her nephew Guy Thayer who plans months there as a nurse. Rushton family, owners of a new home, endured the Omaha tornado with roof off, a blown chimney, smashed dishes and ruined rugs but escaped unharmed and grateful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tda Webster
Decorah
Omaha
Guy Thayer
Congregational Society Benefit at Star Theatre
On Wednesday evening April 9 the Star theatre offers a benefit for the Congregational church ladies society. West & Ford appear in cross fire comedy A Day at Coney Island with vaudeville and first class films. First show starts at 7 30 and runs about one hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Theatre
Ladies’ Society
The
Congregational Church
West & Ford
Coney Island
Return to Philippines for Horace E. Cutler
Horace E. Cutler, a home visitor for nine months, departed Saturday night for New York City to board a fruit steamer bound for the Philippines where he will resume his duties as a teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace E. Cutler
New York City
Philippines
Commercial club to aid flood victims with donations
The DeCorah Commercial Club met to redirect its annual banquet funds to flood relief in Ohio and Indiana. A $100 club donation was authorized, with further contributions coordinated through banks and church notices. The Red Cross and other authorities will receive the collected sums, including $115 from churches and citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Ohio
Indiana
Green
Red Cross Society
Commercial Club of
Decorah
Lackland
Boy Scouts
Churches
Red Cross Society of America
Elks Home Addition Underway at Unity Church Site
Building work starts as George Brunner tears out the north end of Unity church to prepare for an Elks hall addition. C. J. Weiser reports contractor Coffeen will return soon and bank construction to begin in seven days to ten days. Iron beams have arrived with more expected daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brunner
Unity Church
the Elks
C. J. Weiser
Mr. Coffeen
Luther College Turning Club Annual Entertainment
The Luther College Turning Club schedules its annual entertainment on Saturday April 5. The program features feats unique to the group and promises to be well worth attending for campus audiences. Remember the date April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther College Turning Club
Anundsen Will Filed For Probate In County Clerk Office
The will of the late B. Anundsen, dated November 28, 1910, filed March 31, names executors C. J. Weiser and R. B. Bergeson. It directs cash from estate sales to churches and orphan homes in Beloit Wittenberg Lake Park Stoughton Twin Valley Parkland and Northfield. Gifts include St Olaf College and a Norwegian cemetery chapel, with the homestead to Mrs. Anundsen and rest to heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Anundsen
C. J. Weiser
R. B. Bergeson
United Lutheran Church
Beloit
Town
Wittenberg
Wis
Lake Park
Minn
Stoughton
Wild Rice
Twin Valley
Parkland
Wash
St. Olaf’s College
Northfield
Posten
Luther College
Anundsen
April Fool Prank Leaves Town in Stunned Silence
On a Tuesday morning B O Marsh found a dressed doll on his doorstep as a breakfast light joke. He carried the sleeping prop inside and realized it was an April 1st prank. Charley and Lou avoid the music store after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. O. Marsh
Ben
Charley
Lou
Tornado Pictures From Omaha Wreck Shown At Store
Three photographs by local artist John Longstreet hang in Ben Bear's west window depicting the Omaha tornado disaster. As the first photographer on the scene, Longstreet presents the first authentic images of the catastrophe, illustrating the wind's terrible impact on the eventful night and promising strong interest for viewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bear
Omaha
John Longstreet
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George Child
Leithbridge
Alberta
Clarence
Bidne
W. M. Allen
A. Leytze
Minneapolis
Erick Lyngaas
Erskin
Kathleen Shannon
Chicago University
E. J. Curtin
State
Leroy
W. D. Kellogg
Wisconsin
Hattie E. Pike
Britt
Frank T. Burdick
Helen Wilcox
Walter Ingvoldstad
Minnie Golz
Kendrick
C. C. Morley
Fayette
FE. C. Hokansen
Joachim Larsen
Clela Bullis
Detroit
L. Bullis
D. E. Reed
Bert Lennon
Prairie du Chien
Frances
Esther Reed
Charles Woellstein
Henry
A. W. Miller
M. E. Thompson
Amelia Knoke
Roy Volding
Barnsville
Henry Volding
Watson, Sask
Harry Mewhirter
Winnipeg
Hove
Ada, Minn
C. G. Moe
Bertha Moe
Mrs. Hove
Albert Mackenstadt
Irene Moody
Western Union Telegraph Office
Waterloo
Harry Beckham
Miss Moody
Chicago
Albert
Rev. Jordahl
Miss Hill
Miss Comstock
Congregational Society Benefit
Decorah Commercial Club
Turning Club Entertainment
April
Victrola X
Tetrazzini
M. J. Soukrup
Victrolas
Drug and Press Association
Meritol
EE. J. Parman
Boeing
Nemo
Columbia Yarns
Wayne Knit
Express
McCall's
O. L. Hinds
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