County News Blitz from McGregor to Decorah
Long list of residents traveling between Cresco Fayette Decorah and other towns for visits business and social events. Names include Laughlin Helms Benson Hoyt Damon Soukup Wonderly Opstedah Dukelow Gullickson Johnson Sylvester Lin de Ogden Erickson Jualley Fosse Magnus Ellingson Opstedah and many more with trips to Calmar Dubuque Eldorado Thief River Falls and Washington Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Laughlin
McGregor
Sam Helms
Fayette
Oliver Benson
Cresco
Erickson
West
Louise Opstedah
Byron Lewis
Cress
Grace Gullickson
Norma Johnson
Calmar
Sylvester
A. Orum
Bonair
Slocum
Victor Hickey
Mr. Hathaway
Yon Ellingson
Matilda Johnson
Iver Benson
Ellen Lundby
Souris
N. C
Dr. Dukelow
Cord Anderson
Cresco Turday
John Pinter
F. J. Humpal
Thief River Falls
G. W. Hoffman
Gladys
Dubuque
Arthur Johnson
H. Melans
Myrtle Johnson
Stoughton
Wis
Mex Ringdahl
G. H. Vick and Son
Cresto
Hattie
Lyle Webster
M. C. Libbey
Alice Fjelstul
Dorothy Hickey
Creaco
Arneson
Decorah
Ole Haakes
A. H. Albertson
A. Wheeler
L. Guttormson
Waterloo
G. V. Newcomer
Walter Hoyt
Milwaukee
Elsie Bergman
Chas
Ernst
Fred Lybert
Lime Springs
A. Beucher
J. Butz
Cavour
Jess Crawford
Hude
E. Vanhauer
Independence
E. Magnus
Edw. Jualley
L. T. Fosseland
Gary
Minn
Tuesy
Fort Atkinson Notes Aug 11 1914 Local Travelers and Visits
Fort Atkinson entries record Andrew Rausch’s trip to Decorah, visits from Lyle and Joyce Horton Calmar and many others. A special election to issue bonds for a new public school is set for Monday Aug 24. Local health and family updates, farm work, and social visits across Calmar Arlington Charles City and Strawberry Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Rausch
Decorah
Lyle
Joyce Horton
Calmar
Ida Kubish
Horton
Etta
Mildred Reihle
Jacob Falck
Herman Hemesath
Ossian
Miss McGaughty
Prairie du Chien
Mr. Wiest
New Hampton
Baloun
Spillville
Father Dragoon
Bertha Sobolik
Goldie Glass
H. IB. G
Bert Schissel
Joe Sobolik
Bertha
Ronnie Huber
Charles City
Ravena Picnic Promises Big Local Gathering
August 10 1914 Ravena notes urge the August 18 picnic at J C Meyer’s and lists numerous visits, gatherings, and travels around nearby towns including Decorah Ossian Calmar Centennial Red Oak Festina and Nordness. Activities feature stacking plastering threshing visits and family outings with many Ossian and Ravena residents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie Ness
O. O. Lomen
Olga Soreide
Carl Danielson
Decorah
Ben Eimers
Calmar
Andrew Dessel
Ossian
J. C. Meyer
J. O. Meyer
C. Heckman
Centennial
Julian Brown
John Humpal
Otto Schneeberger
Festina
Anton Pederson
Chaplain
Canada
Julius Brown
Frank Shackleton
Lawler
Ravena
Andrew Barthelme
Anton Anderson
Ole Berg’s
Nordness
Ole Anderson
Babe
Ole Orvella’s
Red Oak
Matt Anderson
John Brown
Fred Dean
P. Bar Ithelme
Walter Milbert
Joe Remke
L. A. Meyer
Wenzel Lansing
Swen Towson
Orlando
O. Moe's
Bonfig Bros
Olivia
Margaret
Philip
Philip Barthelme, Jr
Caledonia
Minn
F. J. Figge
Ossian List
Frank Schweinefus
Regina Barthelme
Evelyn Schweinefus
Otto Holder
Tilla
Tomine Ness
Frank
Henry
Joe Lansing
Dora
Celia
Regina Lansing
Oscar Towson
Lastunday
August Lansing
Minnie Lansing
Will Lansing
Chas. Hauber
W. Lansing
Centennial Murals and Local Visits Highlight Mild Week
Mrs. Nels Schoonmaker remains on the sick list while Miss Emma Lange visits her aunt Mrs. Julius Brown. Numerous callers visit Centennial residents including Christ Koch who owns a new Buick seven passenger car, and many from Centennial attend a ball game in Ossian. Regulars and visitors pass through Ossian, Festina, Frankville, Castalia, and Decorah as neighbors share visits, dances, and Sunday gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Schoonmaker
Emma Lange
Julius Brown
Frank Linderbaum
Christ Koch
Sam McKay
Ossian
John Meyer
Youmans
Mary Stevens
Chas. Daniels
Pierre Feltis
Irene Koch
Henry Heiman
Festina
Will Duff
Gene Owens
Frankville
Chas
Ginapp
Ray Runkle
Clem Einck
Uhlenhake
Ossian Sun- 7
Will Allen
Minnesota
Geo. Allen
Fred Sobolik
Nellie Daniels
Anna Daniels
Grace Sheggrud
Webb Rosa
Harry Harvey
Frank Bushman
Postville
Frances Kipp
James Phelan
Centennial
Geo, Allen
Charley Allen
Castalia
Hesper Notes Share Local Visits And Hesper Events
August 11 1914 Hesper items note Ralph Fawcett marketed shogs Mrs Lincoln of Decorah at Reid house B G Street to St Ansgar W B Morgan from Moline visiting Josiah Casterton Canton attended services K P Robinson to Spring Grove for Lather Hand Mrs G W Brace Backus Minn at Talbert home quilting at D B Haines Ladies send helping hands Mrs Mary Nelson shipping goals to Fayette plans to visit Mabel for corner stone services at Wednesday dinner with H C Carter family Willie Welch trains an automobile demonstrating it can run backward as well as forward Miss Mary Telford Phoenix Ariz and sister Mrs Wellington Telford visited Reid home Friday I C Rowe T W Bryant building woven wire fence at Hesper cemetery A rain eased dust and cooled temps Sunday morning R Reid and spouse autoed to Osage breakfast noting earth rotation another breakfast westward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Fawcett
Lincoln
Decorah
Reid House
B. G. Street
St. Ansgar
W. BR. Morgan
Moline
Josiah Casterton
Canton
K. P. Robinson
Spring Grove
G. W. Brace
Backus
Minn
Talbert
Hesper
D. B. Haines
Mary Nelson
Fayette
Mabel
H. C. Carter
Willie Welch
Mary Telford
Phoenix
Ariz
Wellington Telford
Reid
I. C. Rowe
T. W. Bryant
Hesper Cemetery
Local Notes From Spillville Area
Spillville reports include M Tupy driving to Calmar last Wednesday. Mrs Thos Novak returned from Cresco Tuesday. Mrs Geo Wilson visited Decorah Tuesday. Decorah attorney Boice was seen there Wednesday. Miss Barbara Andera left for Clear Lake last week. Deputy Sheriff Giesing came from Calmar Wednesday. Jos Mikesh and daughter Emma were late Calmar last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Tupy
Calmar
Thos. Novak
Cresco
Geo. Wilson
Decorah
Boice
Barbara Andera
Clear Lake
Giesing
Jos. Mikesh
Emma
Town visitors and locals listed in weekly notices
West Union residents visit relatives while Protivin and Calmar guests linger in Spillville notes. Birth reported for Frank and Mrs Bena. Numerous farm visits and callers from Cresco Oxford Junction Decorah Ridgeway Milwaukee Calmar Mason City and Niagra Falls accompany church mass, with travel to Waterloo and Chicago for family and religious duties. A final aphorism notes a man’s love for a woman’s money as seed of evil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Ballon
Margaret Balik
Lena Klimesh
Protivin
Vaeslav Dostal
Little Turkey
Frances Swehla
Ida
Waterloo
Sophia Chlan
Calmar
Kolda
Mason City
Jos. Ptachek
Geo. Reihle
Will Soukup
Ridgeway
Jos. Slepicka
Gertrude
Mary Cheyka
Otto
Chicago
Anna
James Kulish
Percy Knapp
John Barbarek
Fort Atkinson
Voll
Martha
Henrietta Fisher
Gar‘naville
Rachel Johnson
Minnesota
Gee. Wilson
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Iowa
A. K. Batley & Son
County News
Ruth Hiller
Minneapolis
Ellingson
Albert Opstedah
Alma Aga
John
Orlando Aga
Gordon Bowers
Glen Bowers
Alvin Griswold
Tena Wangsness
Teachel
John Linde
Aneta Johnson
FE. Hetland
Valley Springs
S. C
Clarice Hagen
A, N
N. N. Bergan
Esther Riegel
W. James
Walter Paley
Mendota
Til
Frank Congdon
Anna Becker
J. D. Becker
M. Gilmartin
Sunshine Club
N. D
Ode Home
Fields
Fall River
W. W. Hazelton
Edna Tinkham
Sutherland
Alexander
Joe Welsh
Norma Fellows
Lansing
Ruth Meyer
Hegland
Red Wing
E. H. Ellingson
Central City
Ode
Eldorado
Elsie Hoffbauer
F. Barthelme
Tda Doubek
Port Atkinson
J. Doubek
Marjorie Wheater
Marshalltown
Kathleen Morris
Cooper
Prof. Lowry
Stuart Maharan
T. H. Ramberg
Washington Prairie
Frank Pletka
Ethel
Kate Parsons
J. Recker
J. D. Recker
Lake Okob
Etteldorf
Hilda Haugen
Litchville
Gunder Skjeller
Thelma Olsen
Louis Overholt
Maud
Matilda
Verna
Florence Meyer
Ooe
Sagen
Mary
Forest City
M:berg
Jo. Tuchek
Miss Shores
Littl
Turkey
Mabel Rastetter
Eppens
Mabel Eppens
John Scheir
Fred
Mike Krivachek
Austin
Joe Doubek
Sadie Summers
Winnebago
Jos. Sobolik
Edna
Mat Rezanka
Con
Anton Sobolik
John Pavlovee
Skoda
Lassance
Schissel
Benita
Denton Summers
Wm. Summers
Charles ‘City
Chas. Glass
Harry
Geo
Summers
Strawberry Point
R. P. Robinson
Hesper School
Auld Lang Syne
R. J. White
Rochester
Amburn
Lizzie Antrim
L. J. Antrim
Will Antrim
Montrose
S. D
Elmer Rosa
Blanch
Monona
Frank Klinkel
Thomas Logsdon
Nelle | Daniels
George Kipp
Fred Westphal
Henry Shenhagen
Harvey and
Alice
Near
Chas, Ginapp
N. H. Adams
Pleasant Ridge
John Harter
Locust
Winneshiek Hotel
B. A. Stockdale
Utica Building
Des Moines
Sale
Ben Bear
Water St
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