Decorah visitor and many local excursions noted in August 1918
Cyril Figge visits Decorah. Cas talia and Ossian residents travel to relatives. numerous visits to Castalia, Postville, Mason City, Dubuque, Milwaukee, Chicago and Minneapolis. Travel to lakes in Minnesota. dental, aviation, and military service notes. W C T U activities and county convention plans. a runaway team incident and youth group officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Figge
Emma Heckmann
Castalia
Hugo Huber
Omaha
J. Becker
I. H. DeGraff
Ray Sobolik
New Hampton
Merle Oxley
Fayette
H. J. Etteldorf
Cresco
Sam Neveson
L. A
C. E. Waters
Postville
Julia Groff
J. P. Heinen
Minneapolis
Jesse Lawrence
Dubuque
Ed. Dowd
E. H. Brown
Calmar
Carl Meyer
Rosa Glass
Mason City
Joseph Uebelherr
Milwaukee
Rose Meyer
L. A. Meyer
L. J. Bernatz
Chicago
Virginia Waters
Guy Woodard
Austin
Ossian
J. P. Schneeberger
National Dental Association
Matt Anderson
Irene
H. J. +agen
Town News Roundup From Decorah and Nearby Areas
Local residents and visitors are listed with travels to Decorah Bethel Castalia and Ludlow. Buddies like Ole Walby and Miss Lydia Padden are seen in town while guests from North Dakota Los Angeles and Kansas City drop in. Several families report measles recoveries and a cane walking visitor arrives from Turtle Creek Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle French
Ravena
Sherman Bollman
Bethel
A. Walby
Wilda Kneeskern
Castalia
Irvin Hughes
John Snitker
Ludlow
Hattie Chamberlin
Kansas City
Carl Letchford
Roy Haslip
Jefferson Barracks
Ole Walby
Clear Lake
Inez Perkins
Waukon
Amos Haslip
Leslie Birdsell
Lester van Wey
Mia
Henry Hager
Otto
Janie Lyons
Decorah
Geo. Adams
Paul Topel
Lew Meikle
Sanford Miller
North Dakota
Edgar Russet
Ole Russet
D. W. Me Lyman
Clarence
Jas
Meile
Billa Letchford
Orth
Mike Sherry
Chas. Crawford
Electric Light Co
Ernest Chamberlin
Los Angeles
Cal
H. E. Chamberlin
Hans Stegen
Locust
Antone Stegen
Zoortee
Turtle Creek
Mich
Social notes and visits around Kendallville in 1918
A Friday social in the hall and numerous visits surround Kendallville residents. Guests include Harker Puntney at J Ellingson home, Leslie Warburton of Riceville at John Clink, and Ruth Barnes visiting Spring Valley relatives. Calls were made in Canton and Decorah, with travel to Camp Forest and to Wisconsin for funerals. Max Elliott had tonsil surgery in Mercy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harker Puntney
J. Ellingson
Joe Rink
Austin
Leslie Warburton
Riceville
John Clink
Elias Holness
Peter Hammervold
Smythe
Ralph
Prairie du Chien
He Aberg
John Hammer
Ere
W. A. Clink
Nellie Kendall
Canton
Clyde Barnes
Camp Forest
Decorah
Ethel Barnes
Eugene Barnes
Fred Headington
Ruth
Artimissa Barnes
Spring Valley
Steve
Marion
Geo. Damon
Willard Tinker
Rochester
Minn
Chas. Curtis
Kessallville L. A
Grease Hall
W. ©. Fifield
H. van Skryk
Wisconsin
John Dugan
Anna Prendler
Walter Ruschaupt
Indianapolis
Ind
J. H. Warburton
Dorothy White
Ricevie
W. A
Max Elliott
Mercy Hospital
Nettie Kendall
Milford
Cedar Valley Social Ties Surface In Weekend Visits
Melvin Peterson called at P Borsheim Saturday and other locals made visits to Decorah and nearby homes. Numerous calls and short trips linked the Cedar Valley community with neighbors in Bertha Sime Borsheim Sime and Sime families sharing weekend activity and hospitality.
Ground feed improves livestock gains and saves costs
Practical Iowa farm article argues ground feed boosts milk and weight gain across cattle swine and poultry. It covers grinding methods from manual sweeps to gasoline engines, toll grinding, and home grinding to reduce reliance on mills while stressing protein balance and silo use for ensilage.
Food Administration urges garden seed saving and food conservation
The United States Food Administration promotes canning and drying to save the fruit crop and provide sugar for households. It notes extensive storage capacity in elevators and mills, details penalties for food rule violations, and reports egg production trends and poultry market tightness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Food Administration
United States
Cold relief for summer colds advertises Foley’s Honey and Tar
A Palm Beach reader reports Foley's Honey and Tar Compound relieved her severe chest cold. The ad promotes this old family remedy for summer colds hay fever asthma and croup as a dependable over the counter treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen R. Saunders
2Nd Ave
W. Palm Beach
Fla
Foley
Protein and Its Value in Human Diet
The article explains nitrogen and protein as essential for body tissues. It lists high protein foods such as milk cheese eggs meat poultry fish dried legumes nuts and some cereals. It estimates daily protein needs for a man at moderate work about 3 1/2 ounces and a family of five about 12 ounces. It argues economy comes from choosing and combining proteins to meet total needs affordably.
Prepare for the Hot Wave Remedies and Patented Cures
An old newspaper advert promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets for indigestion and bowel cleansing along with Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as a household standby. Engberteen's Pharmacy and R. A. Engbertson are cited as suppliers with general ad language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engberteen
R. A. Engbertson
Ady
Disking Out Stubble for Wheat
The Iowa Homestead advises disk the surface before plowing to firm the seed bed for winter wheat. Disking aids moisture retention, weed control, and soil contact, reducing later labor and promoting rapid root development. If stubble land remains hard, plowing lacks pulverization and weaker stands may result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Homestead
Notice of Appraisement in Iowa Estate Case
In District Court Winneshick County the estate of Ida M. Babcock is subject to the collateral inheritance tax. Appraisers W. Freeman C. Christen and Luther Reed will appraise the decedent’s property at 10 o clock a.m. September 14, 1918, in Decorah Co Clerk's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Winneshick County
Ida M. Babcock
FE. H. Hoyt
Fred Babcock
Glen Scott
Lee Scott
Hattie Winch
Co. Clerk’s
Decorah
Iowa
W. Freeman
C. Christen
Luther Reed
Elsie E. Howe
James
E. Bernice Rollins
Emma B. Rollins
Court House
Guardian
Willett & Nelson
Atto
Hanna F. Rollina
District Court of Town
Winneshiek County
Elias Nelson
Anna Nelson
Nels Nelson
Martha Gayle
James Nelson
Isabelle Nelson
Arthur Nelson
Ruby Blaess
Stella Blaess
District Court of
Ole Gayle
Mary 8. Rollins
Bernice E. Rollins
James G. Rollins
Wi Ee
C. E. Rollins
Hannah
F. Rollins
Mulch Conserves Moisture Between Shocks in Rows
The article describes using mulch to conserve moisture during grain shocks placed in straight rows. It explains disking the soil between rows to capitalize on mulch benefits even before removing the grain crop.
Fertilizers From Wastes Contain Major Plant Nutrients
A United States Department of Agriculture report states industrial wastes supplied about 40 percent of potash 8 percent of phosphoric acid and 85 percent of nitrogen used in 1916. Potash comes from tobacco stems cottonseed hulls hardwood ashes wool washings blast furnace flue dust cement flue dust and sugar residues. Phosphoric acid derives from bones shells fish scrap basic slag and more. Nitrogen is recovered from cas tor linseed and fish oils animal wastes such as blood hair horns hoofs hides leather wool coke and other substances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Foley Kidney Pills Help Husband and Wife
Mrs. Frank P. Wood of Merrill Maine reports Foley Kidney Pills eased her husband’s severe rheumatic back pain and stiffness. She says he could not stoop and now feels no pain, with the pills also easing sore muscles and joint aches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Wood
Merrill
Foley
Kidney Pille Endure Test of Time in Decorah Tale
Mrs. Perry Rima of Hively Street describes kidney pain and headaches before using Doan's Kidney Pills from Wangler's Pharmacy. She states the cure has lasted over three years and endorses the remedy as reliable. Price 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Rima
Dean
Wangler
Rina
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
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County News
James Malloy
Great Lakes
L. Bernatz
Herbert
Spillville
Geo. Bernatz
P. F. Meyer
Lakes
Minnesota
R. B. Jones
C. E. Waterline
France
Aviation Corps
Nate Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
Emma Letchford
Phil Brouillet
Harry Harvey
Will Crabtree
Claude van Wey
F. Bulman
Caryle
J. A. Peck
Tom Bollman
R. H.waters
Tony Freemer
Addie Wilson
Waterloo
Daisy van Wey
Sylvia Walby
Albert
Walter Kneeskern
Lawrence Pilgrim
Leo Haslip
Beast of Berlin
Irving
Lynn Crawford
Walter Pillgrim
Jimmie
Roy Kneeskern
Chas. Brouillet
Bert Overhouse
Ray Birdsell
Francis Padden
Jessie van Wey
Earl Hammer
Mabel Waters
Lottie Pilgrim
Nellie Spaun
Miner van Wey
Joe Ryan
N. E Christian Endeavorers
Mildred Owens
Lydia Padden
Hazel Meikle
Kendallville
Cedar Valley
Melvin Peterson
P. Borsheim
Theo. Thorson
Saichey- Adolph Sime
T. Tostenson
M. C. Peterson
Sever Borsheim
Lars Rasmussen
Carl Tostenson
S. M. Borsheim
Peter Borsheim
Sever
Arthur Helgeson
Highlandville
Aman Borsheim
Bertie
John Sime
al. Peterson
Hattie Dinger
Barbara Borsheim
Oscar Peterson
St. Paul
Adolph Sime
Dr. G. Trist
J. Tillinghast
I. G. Shallabarger
The
Food Administration
Red Cross
Palm Beach
M. J. Soukup
Gouraud
Ferd. T. Hopkins & Son
New York
M, Strand
Standard Telephone Company
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