A Forgotten Incident Illustrates Business Honor
An Arnold Shoe Company letter to Ben Bear recalls a decades old King Quality shoe shipment dispute. Bear accepted a 25 cent per pair reduction, later confirming the shoes’ satisfaction with a follow up check, praised as square dealing and long-standing business trust between Bear Decorah Iowa and the M N Arnold Shoe Company.
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Ben Bear
Mr. Bear
M. XN. Arnold Shoe Company
M.N. Arnold Shoe Company
Catholic Directory Summary for Dubuque Archdiocese
The Catholic Directory reports last year’s statistics for the Dubuque Archdiocese including Decorah. It lists 296 total priests, 66 churches with resident priests, 426 academy students, 80 815 young people under Catholic care, 4 078 baptisms, and 1 115 deaths among a Catholic population of 142 560.
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Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Decorah
Supreme Court Holds Women Responsible in Seduction Case
Supreme Court last Friday refused to send Frank Valveda, convicted in Howard County district court of seduction, and ruled fair women will share responsibility with boys. The court warned against indecent correspondence and demanded enforcement of penalties. Justice Ladd criticized the legislature for lacking protections for sons.
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Vany
Supreme Court
Frank Valveda
Howard County District Court
Valveda
Ladd
Damages Sought Against McGregor in Sewer Fall case
Information confirms a $10,000 damages suit by relatives of the late Maregaretha Winterlin against the city of McGregor for injuries and death from a sewer fall last winter. Hearing set for the September term. Fred Wolner of Davenport represents the plaintiff. J D Murphy of Elkader and M X Geeke represent McGregor.
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MeGregor Times
Margaretha Winterlin
McGregor
New Chicks Display Showcases Colorful Varieties at Market
A. Willigson displayed four new chick breeds in his meat market window last week. The Rhode Island Red hen from Providence laid blue, green, purple and other colored chicks, drawing neighborhood attention.
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A. Willigson
Providence
War Letter From Civil War Soldier Found In Old Farm Envelope
A note found in a Will Schutta farm envelope near Frankville contains a Civil War era letter from J. B. Califf dated August 31 1863 from Camp Carrollton near New Orleans. He lists fallen comrades Lieut George H Stevens Tra Davis Augustus Reynolds and others and notes Vicksburg and Port Hudson taking a toll on his company. He mentions a discharge soon and 100000 troops nearby with more arriving each day. The letter is addressed to Shad Callendar and signed J. B. Califf directing reply to Cairo to follow the railway.
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Will Schutta
Frankville
Shad Callendar
New Orleans
J. B. Calif
Camp Carrolt
Alva Payne
O. R. Hunter
E. Thompson
Thomas Gilbranson
John Smith
Ours
Co. FE
Decorah
Vicksburg
Port Hudson
Joe Starks
Shad
McGregor
J. B. Califf
Cairo
Iowa State Fair Sets Rich Premiums and Attractions
Premiums totaling 883406 are offered for exhibits at the Iowa state fair in Des Moines from August 25 to September 3, up 2055.50 from last year. Cattle premiums total 17525, horses receive broad classes, sheep and swine see increases, and amusements include aviator Art Smith and band Thavin’s.
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Des Moines
Art Smith
Thavin
Body Found in a Bog Near Lake Mills
The decomposed body of 17 year old Mrs Jita S Gerstad was found in a bog near Lake Mills after she vanished while visiting a brother one mile east last Sunday. Police believe she wandered into the snow and died, with a coroner not deeming an inquest necessary.
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Jita S. Gerstad
Lake Mills
Tragic Death From Falling Window Sash Near Cedar Palls
Alpha Madson age 1 daughter of farmer A Madson six miles northwest of Cedar Palls died when a window sash fell at a country schoolhouse half a mile from home. She attempted to enter through a window and was found hanging from the sill with neck injuries.
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Alpha Madson
A. Madson
Cedar Palls
Madson
High Priced Land in Tama County Auction
Tama county land reached 8250 per acre. Mike Caslivka Sr holds 160 acres east of Chilier and sells for cash half. Toe Meas takes 120 acres with buildings. Joe Saver receives 40 acres west Mareh. The farm is well improved with many quarters in Oneida township equal to or better than current buyers. Owner paid 871 per acre twelve years ago.
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Tama County
Mike Caslivka
Chilier
Toe Meas
Joe Saver
West Mareh
Oneida Township
Iowa firm ships machines to Russia amid foreign orders
The Parsons Ditecer Works of Newton received a cablegram from the Russian government for over 875,000. The company expects orders from France and England. Machines demonstrated abroad by Newton, who left three months ago, will be shipped to Vladivostok Russia.
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Parsons Ditecer Works
Newton
Rus Jan
France
England
Vladivostok
Russia
House With Glass Floors in Norway Maine
George Ro Howe plans a fireproof home on a hill in Norway Maine. The house features artificial stone steel and glass construction with solid glass floors and stairs. Electricity will be used extensively to minimize fire risk.
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George Ro Howe
Norway
Irnheoning Te
Woman Fatally Burned While Burning Rubbish
A Cedar township woman named Mes Gus Grating died after her clothing caught fire while burning rubbish in her yard three miles west of Meron. The incident occurred in the afternoon, and authorities noted the fatal burn injuries.
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Gus Grating
Meron
Cedar Township
Horne
Cresco Population Figures Show Gains Over 20 Percent
Cresco records a population of 214, a rise of over 20 percent from 1910. Ward tallies list First ward 898 residents, Second ward 1,203, Third ward 1,003.
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Coosen
Vollowing
Fifty Years Backward in Decorah After Appomattox News
Fifty years ago last Saturday April 10 1865 Decorah celebrated General Lee's surrender with town speeches bonfires and rowdy saloons. The crowd filled Water Street and Pleasant Hill as the news arrived by McGregor post and the town buzzed with jubilation while authorities tried to keep order.
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Decorah
McGregor
Water Street
Republic
Bobbie” Tompkins
McGregor News
Robt
Lee
Grant
Appomattox
Pleasant Hill
Weiser
Household Hints for Men From a Portland Express
Quirky household tips advise men to repurpose towels for boots save shirt pins for laundry returns and sell old iron to junk men. It suggests cautious late night stair use on hands to avoid waking others and parries coffee spills with a long mustache kept in every letter.
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Evrl
Portland Express
How to Stay Comfortable in Bed Advice
In a 19th century Woman's Home Companion department The Fachange a reader shares a method to ease an invalid's daily routine. A shoe bag with pockets is pinned to the bed side to keep books and essentials within reach, helping mobility-impaired individuals.
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Woman's Home Companion
Fachange
Noted Iowa Woman Marie White Dies in Muscatine
Marie Marcia White aged widow of George White pioneer Iona banker and descendant of Continental Army officers died at Muscatine on April 6. Her great uncles included Simon Humphreys, fourth signer of the Declaration, and Geo Wendell Humphreys, aide to General Washington. She graduated Rockford College in 1857.
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Marie Marcia White
George White
Iona Hanker
Decius Humphreys
Continental Army
Muscatine
Simon Humphreys
Geo. Wendell Humphreys
George Washington
Rockford College
Big Power Project Planned Near Orchard Iowa
A large power company plans operations over northern Iowa near Orchard. Mitchell county follows the company’s plans as it works out a deal. The firm has bought Ed Hassellmann’s farm and seeks more land to be acquired for damming the Cedar River.
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Iowa
Orchard
Mitchellcoun
Hassellmann
Cedar River
Vaudeville origins traced to Normandy village Vaudeville
The word vaudeville describes a short light dramatic piece with songs set to familiar tunes. It borrows its name from Vaudeville in Normandy, birthplace of poet Oliver Basselin who first composed such songs, who died in 1418.
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Vaudevile
Normandy
Oliver Basselin
Tle
Barley honey: ancient Japanese barley starch sweet
In early Japan about two thousand years ago barley starch was used to make barley honey. Combined with rice flour it evolved into a popular and healthful national sweet.
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Japan
Mason City typist wins Clinton contest in record pace
Jeslie Lincoln of Mason City won first place in the Clinton typewriting contest with fourteen competitors. He wrote 1,390 words in fifteen minutes, thirteen words per minute faster than his nearest rival.
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Jeslie Lincoln
Mason City
Clinton
Lincoln
A Divided Village Census Split Across Counties
Census returns show Riceville straddling the county line with 930 residents in Howard County and 595 in Mitchell County. The village population is listed as 145 in Riceville itself.
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Riceville
Howard County
Mitchel County
Copper Ore Composition Across States Report
The USGS reports copper is mined in 18 states and Alaska. Only Pennsylvania and Maryland execute ores containing silver, and in all but five states gold is present in the ores.
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United States Geological Survey
Alaska
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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A. K. Barley & Son
Arnold Shoe Company
W. Percy Arnold
Catholic Directory
Cresco
Big Power Company
Hart Schaffece & Mars
Hart Schaffner & Marx
America
Hart Schaffner & Mary Clothes
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