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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
9
A historical note contrasts homemade baking powder origins with modern brands like Royal. It warns against alum as a cheap substitute and urges reliance on labeled ingredients to protect children’s food. The piece emphasizes that clear labels guard against undesirable additives.
April 12 1915 notes from County News list Calmar Cresco and Decorah residents visiting relatives and running errands. Entries mention weddings births funerals school board rehires and local business trips with multiple names and towns such as Cresco Calmar Decorah Fort Atkinson Ridgeway Lawler and Wyneshiek area.
Local items report continued spring work and social visits in the West Lincoln area. Families like Kirschman Koch Schild and Koch relations host and travel to Spillville and Cresco for shopping and medical calls. A conference transfer moves Rev. Day from Laverne to Silver Creek with Rev. Sehol assigned to the Evangelical charge.
April 12 1915 farm community notes list Alfred Crabtree improvement Miss Janie Lyons sickness and local visitors from Decorah Ossian Postville Ravena Castalia and Clermont. Communion May 2. births deaths and farm labor updates. dance at John Russell home. Mr and Mrs Earl Hammel welcomed a son.
Madison column records numerous visits and social calls. Names include Mrs Forester, Mrs Sam Hanson, Mrs B Thompson, Mrs Peter Neste, Enos Bergan, P Hovey, Mr and Mrs H A Halvorson, Mrs KE O Vick, Miss Kundtson, Miss Herths, Miss Bolstad, Rev LK Torrison, Mrs John Vine, Dr Leonard, Misses Freda and Clara Jane Week, Melatosh of Decorah, Miss Anna Wobit, Miss Margaret Sehheldahl, J Vine of Decorah, Geo Beers, Mr and Mrs C Olson, C F Barfoot, Oscar Qualley, and G Guttermoon. There is also a funeral in district and a day without school for Grandpa’s funeral.
H J Fretheim purchased the Geo Beers farm last week paying 140 dollars per acre. Decorah visitors included Idella Bakken Sadie Woldt at the Den and Oddan homes and Miss Bertha Knudtson with Mrs L Nair at Decorah. A baby girl arrived for Mr and Mrs Otto Neste on April 11. A Norway born resident T A Istad died April 8 in Madison township. Floral offerings numbered and varied.
April 18 1915 Burr Oak news covers visitors from Decorah Bluffton and Canton community greetings and engagements. Local commerce includes Howard Rollins purchasing a freight business and new hotel lodgings for the McMullen family. A wedding in Decorah and dry roads in Burr Oak are mentioned with multiple brief visits and illnesses.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway establishes a through weekly tourist car service to Los Angeles starting Tuesday April 1 with no car changes. Trains depart Decorah at 10 p m connecting at Calmar with the tourist car via Marion Iowa reaching Los Angeles by morning.
Field work in full swing as residents share visits and calls across Pleasant Township. Elvin Ellis stops at the Iverson home. Lizzie Blum travels to Ossian to see a sick grandmother. several Ellingsons and Narvesons visit relatives. An Easter rain superstition noted as two Sundays have already rained. Winneshiek County State Bank referenced amid local chatter.
The article traces mistletoe decorating from Druids who hung twigs above doorways as talismans for sylvan deities to present day customs. It notes mistletoe’s veneration in ancient winter rites and describes how modern practices evolved from that legend.
Eight fair sized potatoes scrubbed and halved. Buttered halves sprinkled with pepper and salt. A thin slice of cheese placed on each half. Bake on a lightly greased pan in a hot oven until soft and brown.
A quirky line notes a man in a derby hat with a sweater who, when speaking, asks in a halting manner where the items are. The remark captures a humorous regional speech pattern.
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