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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1914
Page
7
April 27 1914 reports numerous residents and visitors from Calmar Decorah Cresco Protivin Fort Atkinson Ridgeway Little Turkey Jackson Junction and Spillville. Social calls business visits dances and a fatal fire salvage and property sales are noted. Grandmother Frye funeral Lightning damage at Protivin and a May 4 dance at Fisher's hall are mentioned.
Falitor Schmitz of Ossian visited Fort Atkinson Friday. Altar society met with Mrs. Martin. F C Smith went to Calmar on business Monday. Mr and Mrs Leo Dostal visited Calmar Monday. John Wandas made a business trip to Calmar Saturday. Pred Giesing of Calmar was a town caller Sunday. A A Novak of Spillville attended to business Thursday. Dr and Mrs Bevins visited relatives at Hawkeye Saturday. Bohumil Koloe went home to Charles City Sunday. Mr and Mrs L A Jirak of Jackson Junction shopped in town. Frank Krivachek was in Austin on business earlier week. Adolph Ludwig of near Spillville spent Sunday with the M A Kubish family. John Smith and wife returned from their wedding trip. Mrs Leuenberger and daughter from near Lawler visited the Witte home Friday. Remains of Mrs Frye from near Spillville were brought to town last Wednesday. Services took place at the
Burr Oak news item recaps visits among residents including Vin Rollins and Bern Butler. Birth announced for Roy Wanless ends in infant death weeks later. funeral held in Burr Oak cemetery with community sympathy expressed. Also notes medical visits, house cleaning help, and band performance on street.
Freeport diary notes report numerous visitors and residents from Decorah Cresco Decorah Postville and Plainview with short mentions of church services plans for Mother's Day and local calls by doctors and neighbors. Scotland’s population is 1541 greater than that of Ireland.
In Cresco related bustle includes Phil Barker hauling cream, visits by Mr and Mrs W G Eddy, and quilting for the L A. S. Attendance notes report Illness of John J. and a baby, with many Cresco residents dropping by or hosting. The Kendallville S A S convened at the Grange hall and planned to meet again at the Fifield home. Early Sunday a Tod Stockman farm fire alarmed Theo Aberg, the blaze consuming the Tod Stockman house though rescuers saved clothing. the 1855-built residence by Joseph Eddy was a total loss.
Court entries show numerous defaults judgments with amounts and interest, attachments, and orders. Proceedings include land and equity actions, guardianships, estate settlements, bond permissions, and final reports for many named individuals and estates, with dates extending to 1914. A note mentions daily motor car service began between Huelva and Agramonte, Spain.
The speaker muses on a universal lesson that someone knows something the speaker does not. Across trains stations yokels and stars, fear and wonder blend as the narrator admits limited knowledge amid vast mysteries yet to learn.
English and Irish glass differ by distinctive styles with modern European copies often whiter and lighter. Waterford, Cork, and Dublin glass remain prized by collectors as historic craft evolves from ancient silica and alkali formulas, notably quartz, soda, and potash used since antiquity.
In Wettest Wales a Welsh region near Snowdon stands among the wettest areas worldwide. Global rainfall averages, regional extremes from Cherraponger Assam and Maranham Brazil are cited, with Seathwaite village recording a high European tally. Linehfa tops Welsh station rainfall at 247 inches with eleven stations above 43 inches. Sewing machines in Smyrna are mainly sold on installment plans.
A Pears on's Weekly note describes how monthly relief envelopes reveal a household's finances and employment status. It recalls a young man who watched from behind a curtain, eager to see the contents of the returns, a sign of his job loss and debt.
Dr Florian Cajori of Colorado College traces the origin of the American dollar mark to the Spanish peso with a p and s monogram. He notes Argentina uses the symbol before numerals in columns and after in narrow ads. Other sources cite Washington ledgers and an 1776 diary as early uses.
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