Local News From Decorah and Nearby Villages
Mumps victim Chester Delaney noted as an illness in April 1918. Numerous Decorah area residents and visitors from Pleasant Clay Hill and Freeport are listed as callers and guests. A wedding of Leonard Larson and Cilla Logsdon occurred in Decorah. Rev. Grant to lead services next Sunday. funeral planned for Mrs. J A Headington Tuesday at Decorah M B Church with burial in Phelps Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Delaney
E. Bulmer
Pleasant
Bersiem
Son
Fred Gross
Clay Hill
Mary Delaney
Decorah
James Stortz
J. A. Headington
T. BE. Kirkbride
James Coughlin
Trout Run
Freeport
John Stoskopf
J. N. Headington
H. A. Worth
Florence Olson
P. C. Delaney
J. Delaney
O. W. Deremo
Ada
A. L. Tyler
Clark Tillinghast
J. Tillinghast
Roy Stewart
A. K. Sweitzer
Frances Robinson
Dan Sweitzer
D. H. Leach
Cresco
Grant
Nora
Maybel
Bennie
Phoebe
Gail
Sorenson
Judith Sorenson
Franklin Prairie
Stella Phoebe
Lillie Leona
Wilma
Hans
M. B
Phelps Cemetery
Rev. Grant
Decorah Social Notes From CANOE April 16 1918
John Emery and Frank Wilson visited in Decorah. Ruby Wilbur and Alma Engen were callers and visitors at several local homes. Names include Fredenburg Murdock Turner and Feltis. Visitors came from Harmony La Crosse Waterloo and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Emery
Decorah
Frank Wilson
Ruby Wilbur
Hack Turner
Rachel Smalley
Clark Fredenburg
Clark Fredenberg
Mabel
Alma Engen
Evenson
Lucy Plomteaux
Lucy Chase
Tra Kimber
Ralph Fredenburg
la Crosse
Chas. Murdock
Tommy Jervis
Near Harmony
Jim Jervis
Orseam Turner
Waterloo
Lottie Murdock
W. Thompson
David
Barn Feltz
People urged to stockpile coal for coming winter
Winneshiek County Fuel Committee implores residents to buy and store coal now to avoid 1918-19 shortages. Prices won’t drop next fall, and early orders aid transportation. County officials Webster and the committee offer assistance to ensure adequate supplies.
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Coal- Fuel Committee
Winneshiek County
Webster
Winneshire
Potato Spraying Pays Not In All Blight Years
Some potato growers argue spraying late blight never pays because in severe seasons it fails to raise yields enough to cover costs and in light seasons the gain is too small. Yet tests prove spraying controls blight in bad seasons, as shown at Aroostook Farm in Maine in 1917 by USDA and the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostock County
Aroostock Farm
United States Department of Agriculture
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Pierce
Lonny
Maks
A. McKenzin
Wall Street
Late spraying raises potato yields in field tests
In trials across blocks 11 sprayed plots averaged 181.2 bushels per acre vs 143.5 on 11 unsprayed plots, a 36 percent gain from Bordeaux mixture. A second block showed 237 vs 174.3 bushels per acre, about 36 percent higher with spraying. Early and late applications boosted gains to 63–86 percent in adjacent plots. blight year 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook
New York
Chicago
Backyard Flock Guide for Medium Breeds and Care
The article advises keeping medium sized hens like Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds and Orpingtons in back yards with attention to space. It warns against large hens in confinement and notes that light colored varieties and eggs from utility hens balance cost and production. It covers buying sources and health checks for vigor bright combs eyes and clean legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Rhode Island Reds
Orpingtons
Russian Farmers and Liberty Bonds Appeal
A wartime urge urges support for Liberty bonds amid reports of German occupation in Russian and Romanian lands. The piece depicts peasants forced to grow grain for German armies and argues peace can only come through force, urging American citizens to fund the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Russia
France
Cut This Out for Trial Package Offer
Trade card style notice urging readers to mail five cents and personal details to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package of Foley products including Honey and Tar, kidney pills, and eczema remedies. Vivid promotional language and simple action prompt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Eugbertson
Laughing kookaburra story from National Geographic
A National Geographic Magazine note describes the kookaburra or laughing jackass as a surprising Australian bird whose loud laughter alarms and amuses the bush. The piece contrasts human disturbance with the bird’s silly, square-bodied appearance and unconcerned posture on a stump. It adds a proverb about guiding conversation and women’s thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Magazine
Women urged to join nursing and relief efforts
The notice promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as safe aids for women's illnesses and general fatigue. It urges gainful female employment in nursing and kit preparation, cites testimonial anecdotes from A. McKenzie and Mrs Day, and offers trial packages via mail to Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Pierce
V. M. Pierce
Invalide’ Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Farrowing Time Care for Pigs Urges Extra Attention
USDA swine specialists urge careful management of the spring pig crop to save every possible pig. Advice covers sow handling, pen conditions, feeding pauses after farrowing, water needs, gradual refeeding, and early pig exercise to prevent scours and thumps, with practical in-house and yard strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
One of War's Tragedies: Robert College Closes
The Robert College in Constantinople, founded in 1803, has long influenced life in the near East by educating students from Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Armenia. It kept politics at a distance yet shaped liberal movements and many leaders. Its future rests on wartime outcomes and the war’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert College
Near East
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Serbia
Greece
Armenia
Young Turk Party
Hindu Clerk Promotes Cat in Indian Office Note
A Hindoo clerk in a remote Indian town kept two cats amid rat damage to documents. Delhi received a dispatch stating the senior cat was absent without leave, with no reply. The clerk proposed promoting the junior cat and hiring a probationer cat on full rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Hatchability of fertile eggs and incubation timing
The article explains that fertile eggs may fail to hatch due to hen condition or mating, and that chilling or warming affects development. It outlines testing on day twelve, marks questionable eggs, and notes fresh eggs hatch earlier while older germs may delay to day twenty or beyond with weaker chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Town
Third Liberty Loan appeal from McAdoo telegram
Secretary McAdoo urges American loyalty and vigor to fund the Third Liberty Loan and defeat German militarism. He calls on citizens to buy bonds to the limit to support Allied effort and aid soldiers at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
America
Twin Evils Indigestion and Constipation Relief Ad
Mrs. Robert Allison of Mattoon Newfoundland writes that indigestion and constipation plagued her after moving there. One bottle of Cham Berlin's Tablets cured the trouble and she feels like a different person. For sale by R. A. Engbertson. A Nashville man reports relief from a dry hacking cough and chest pain after taking Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, sold by Engbertson's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Allison
Mattoon
Chamberlin
R. A. Engbertson
Jos, Gillard
Fillmore St
Nashville
Tenn
Foley
Engbertson
Adv
Republican State Senator Candidate Announces Primary Bid
L. Spaulding enters the June primary as a Republican candidate for state senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Am
Latet
L. Spaulding
Decorah City Treasurer's Report 1918 Summary
Annual treasurer's report for Decorah Iowa covers funds including highway water light sewer and park funds with balances received from county treasurer and city clerk. It lists orders paid balances on hand transfers to grading fire and sinking funds and notes candidacies for local offices including Ellis J Hook H A Hover Otto O Arneson Melvin Allison and others.
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Co. Treas
Treas
Dale
J. Hook
J. Curtin
General Tax Co
L. van Horn
Corp
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County News
CANOE
Winneshirk County
Miller’s
Sioux City, Iowa
Blurrs
Iowa
Mas. R. B
Ave
Prastmark's
Western Union
McAdoo
City Teasurer
Highway Fund
ENT
L. S
City
Water Works Bonding Fund
Corporation Fund
Dale, City , Clerk
Ellis J. Hook
H. A. Hover
Pleasant Two
County Recorder
Otto O
Arneson
Melvin Allison
Secomd
Tipal O
Saxvik
Sth
Bakken
Library Fund
M. Willett
E. J. Curtin
City Treas
F. E. Cratsenberg
Notary Public
L. F. Goite
Strother House
George Thune
Ren
Rerve
Ican
D. E. Reed
Reed & Lennon
Plymouth Rock
E. W. Cutting
Lwpd
Albert Triska
Ridgeway
R. No
Conover
E. H. McMasters
Frank W. Arne‘son
GQ J Stono
Burr Oak
Prosper
Minn
Hrrick House
South
Washington St
Ingvoldstad
Aud Bros
Dott
Roxey
Roxy) A. Bisby
Decorah Township
S. J. Moore
Boice & Hook
M. J. Soukup Decorah, Iowa
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