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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
3
Ossian and Winneshiek county mobilize for the third Liberty Loan with strong local support. Decorah, Ossian, and nearby towns report subscriptions rising toward their quotas as residents respond to campaigns, concerts, and pledges. A Camp Dodge band visit boosts morale with appeals for bond purchases and patriotism.
Twelve Cresco high school boys and all Arlington high school boys volunteering for farm work have received credits and been dismissed for the balance of the spring.
Obituaries report Wilhelmina M. Harter Kratz in Grand Rapids North Dakota born 1885 in Pleasant Township Winneshiek County. She married Alvin G. Kratz in 1911 and leaves a daughter two sons and surviving parents and two sisters. Funeral held April 3 in Grand Rapids. Additional notices include John Ackerson Burr Oak township death from blood poisoning aged 62. Alfred Hogewell Decorah resident died after Minneapolis operation. D D Dayton in Los Angeles. Mrs C D Stevens Winnie Phillips interred Decorah. Winnie Phillips death noted in Ypsilanti Michigan.
Eight births recorded since the last report. Names include Balk Washington a girl. Goldsworthy Fremont a girl. Jar osh Sumner a girl. Fosse Lincoln a girl. Thompson Canoe a girl. Wicks Muffton a boy. Rankin Decorah a boy. Erickson Frankville a boy.
Dr A J Swezey of Decorah Iowa arrives in Marietta to take over the medical practice of Dr W W Sauer who departs to join the U S Army Medical Reserve Corps. The new specialist will begin immediately and Dr Sauer’s friends welcome the change as the Swezey family plans to move to Marietta for the present.
Five applications for American citizenship have been filed with the county clerk since January first. The names listed include Ole Molstad Heaper Hans K Hanson Ossian John Schnitzler Burr Oak Anton Grimetad Ossian John 4 Saradal Frankville with four applicants from Norway and one from Germany.
A steady all day drizzle on Saturday produced 0.06 inches of rain. The government gauge confirms moisture for planted crops and fields awaiting sowing, aiding upcoming work and growth.
In last week's Berrmmican birth list Mr and Mrs Ray Allen of Ossian were credited with a daughter. The child is a boy named Richard Clark Allen. The Allen home sits near Castalia.
Mr and Mrs Frank Arneson wed last Wednesday and returned early this week from Chicago where they spent their honeymoon. Arneson is the county engineer and the bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Anton Bang. Friends wish them enduring happiness and prosperity.
The Winneshiek Chapter reports weekly receipts totaling 201 49 dollars. Proceeds from Fremont township minstrel show and sociable amount to 102 dollars. Frankville events net 23 95 and 23 20, plus 23 01 from a supper by the Woman's Relief Corps and 29 35 from Steyer's opera house. H E Miller notes Junior Red Cross receipts average about 50 cents per pupil in the county.
The Civil club met at the Community Restroom last Friday. Officers were reelected and a garden drive was outlined. Districts with generals and captains will map vacant lots to connect owners with gardeners so no idle ground remains. A community garden may grow from the effort.
Walking along Main Street a River Street resident was tapping a maple tree and boiling sap into maple sugar or syrup. Young boys drank sap despite attempts to stop them. In Frankville township a cook shack sits on timber land with about 250 maples tapped. Rob Smith in Hesper also making syrup.
Communities earning the Liberty Loan honor flags are warned they cannot be sold commercially. The flags are registered and to be distributed to qualifying communities once received, with Winne shiek expected to receive many.
The Monday Club presents a Thursday April 7 benefit from 2 to 6 p m at the Music Shop. Ladies display garments made for Belgian children. An admission of twenty five cents goes to filling a relief box. Music living models light refreshments. Sooner or later you will trade at MILLER S. 12-6
C J Weiser reports from Chicago that volunteers nationwide are knitting for the Red Cross. Women and girls at railway stations theatres and public spaces knit between acts. A fire station visit on Michigan Avenue showed three firemen making things for the boys in France as the act underscores a resolve to save liberty from a world of slavery.
At the Decorah Fire Department annual meeting the officers chosen were Chief Theodore Olson 1st Assistant Frank Bernatz and 2nd Assistant Hans Teslow. The group voted to buy 8400 in third Liberty loan bonds and discussed a service flag with company secretaries ordered to report all men who had entered the service.
The relative of Blanche Slocum notes she is a second cousin of Burt A. Slocum of Decorah. Slocum, who writes on her experiences fleeing Germany, traveled there in 1914 as Mary Garden’s protegée to study music and has had rare observational chances for an American.
Forty head of pure bred and high grade Guernsey cattle from Hall Roberts' herd will be sold at public auction in Postville Iowa on Wednesday April 24 at 2 p.m. Roberts bred the cattle for twenty years and ran one of the state's best herds. For details contact Hall Roberts Estate Postville Iowa.
Local churches list service times and topics. M Willett leads Congregational worship at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Freeman Building hosts Christian Science with lessons and readings. O Glesne conducts United Lutheran Norwegian services at 10:30 a.m. and English at 7:50 p.m. Methodist Episcopal A R Grant preaches at 11 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Epworth League social planned for tomorrow night.
Charley Marlow displayed seven young wolves in Bluffton township on Tuesday afternoon. The pups, still eyeless, were found in the Rice timber and drew much attention from curious onlookers along the street.
The National Bank received eighteen high grade Holstein calves for the county boys and girls calf club. All were placed and sent to destinations and described as a fine looking lot of young animals.
Those in charge of the donations of clothing for Belgian relief are busy today packing up the contributions. Nearly a carload will go forward.
Mrs Elmina Lold Hoag sold her residence on East Main street to J Hagen of Washington Prairie for consideration not disclosed.
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