Purely Personal News From Decorah Area
Established 1860 to Minnesota travel notes and social updates. L E Davidson traveled to Minneapolis. numerous residents visited Ridgeway, Cresco, Decorah, Mason City, and other towns, with family visits, business trips, and moves noted. Several names appear repeatedly among relatives, neighbors, and local businesses in the Thursday paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Davidson
Minneapolis
Emma Opsal
Calmar
O. A. Anderson
Ridgeway
I. C. Iverson
Waukon
Helen Schrubbe
Roy Green
Mason City
W. Feltis
Ossian
Castalia
C. W. Burdick
Mankato
Fred King
Postville
Jos. Shima
Fort Atkinson
James
Roy Birdsell
Sauk Center
Minn
Agnes
Theressa Maroney
Hilder Egge
Hayward
Nellie Rastetter
Frank Morrison
West Union
J. C. Kubish
Louise
Decorah
W. H. Knox
New Hampton
Simon Nolte
Burr Oak
John O. Meyer
Gee, Church
Cresco
W. G. Makepeace
John Jordahl
Troy
Idaho
Anna Moen
Northfield
James Imes
Mary Nelson
Hesper
Fayette
L. W. Roe
Forest City
A. Jacobson
Mathilda Teske
Hilda Reque
St. Paul
Reque
Elizabeth Thompson
Rockford
Herman Kiel
Sherwood
N. D
FE. R. Haines
Ernest Rosenthal
Dyersville
F. Rosenthal
Dorothy Keeler
Winona
Mabel
Chas. McKay
Seattle
Wash
Ruth Wood
Saratoga
Frank E. Sebastian
Carl
Alma Hanson
Hastings
Austin
Minnesota
Ruth Hiller
Fred Hiller
Hospital room endowed in Decorah memory of Dr Curtis
Mrs E A Gowran of Portage Wis writes to honor her parents the late Dr and Mrs J Wilbur Curtis by equipping a room at Decorah hospital Her letter praises the opportunity to aid the welfare of her old home and recalls Dr Curtis prominence and wide practice in Decorah
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Ben Bear
E. A. Gowran
Portage
Wis
J. Wilbur Curtis
Deecorah Hospital
Curtis
Decorah
Whist Club Heads to State Fair in Des Moines
The Decorah whist club led by Messrs. Ben Bear R Algver H D Paine G F Baker F W Conover EF J Curtin C B Marsh and L B Whitney plans a trip to the Des Moines state fair. They will leave next Friday by automobile and camp on the grounds arriving Saturday for the fair's start. E J Curtin will not go initially but will join upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah Whist Club
Messrs
Ben Bear
R. Algver
H. D. Paine
G. F. Baker
F. W. Conover
EF. J. Curtin
E. J. Curtin
Seat Sale Opens For Dont Lie To Your Wife Show
Seat sale begins tomorrow for the production Don't Lie to Your Wife. Tickets go on sale Friday morning at Parman's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parman's Drug Store
Baby Health Contest At Winneshiek Fair
The Winneshiek County Fair features a baby health contest organized by Decorah's Monday Club. Prizes of five dollars will be awarded for the best boy and girl up to two years old and for ages two to three, funded by Decorah banks. Local physicians will score, with score cards kept to track each child’s progress for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County
Monday Club of
Decorah
Towa
Marian Barry Found Safe in Scotland En Route Home
Relatives in Decorah and Chicago were nearly distracted during the war after Miss Marian Barry, who went to Paris to study music two years ago, could not be reached. A cablegram Tuesday told that she and a companion have reached Scotland safely and will sail for home immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Beatha
Norman Haugen
St. Paul
J. A. O. Preus
Mary Hoffman
Lime Springs
Minneis
Ole Groff
Springfield
Minn
Minn., Tuesday, After A Visit At the Home of Mr. Groff’s Sister, Mrs. A. P. Rudy
H. S. Hilleboe
Marriet
Archdale
Wis
Gertrude Cleven
Decorah
W. P. Knowlton
Dennison
Allie Hoyt
Gladys Jewell
Clear
H. L. Marshall
Chicago
Miss Marian Barry
Paris
Marshall
Nellie Landers
Miss Marian
Scotland
Board Officials Attend State Supervisors Convention
Claude Morton chair of the board of supervisors and John 8 Williams left Tuesday morning for Cedar Rapids to attend the annual meeting of the state supervisors. They expect to be joined by Meyer Pfister and Kuhn as the group travels with County Auditor Shea to Cedar Rapids for the convention of county auditors. E A Waterbury and H J Giesen of Calmar headed to Chicago Monday night for the national life insurance convention, with Albert Bernatz also traveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Morton
Board of Supervisors
John 8. Williams
Cedar Rapids
Messrs. Meyer
Pfister
Kuhn
Shea
E. A. Waterbury
H. J. Giesen
Calmar
Chicago
Albert Bernatz
Our Endorsement of Munsing Union Suits
Endorsement highlights Munsing Union Suits for fit coverage and comfort with no binding. They praise quality, workmanship, and crotch design, claim broad style and size availability, and crown the product as economical and satisfactory. BEAR'S shows 50¢ blue serge caps in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
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Decorah, Iowaa
A. K. Batley & Son
A. L. Abbey
Dell Rapids
S. D
Hazel van Duren
John McAndrews
la Crosse
Caledonia
R. Rima
Waterloo
C. J. Becker
C. V. Wingaard
Luella Knutson of
Hagen
Robi. Schulze
Charles City
Peter Johnson
Mary Hilleman
A. Schippel
Chas
Glover
Antelope
Mont
Bell Denlmer
San Antonio
Texas
A. N. Vance
W. R. Shea
Auditor's Convention
Enos Barfoot
C. F. Barfoot
Madison
Mr. Barfoot
Nebraska
West
Frank Sayre
Dubuque
Tilla Peterson
M. J. Soukup
G. W. Daniels
Phil
Jane Husted
Hilda Peterson
Ida Osgaard
Frank Golz
Gertrude
Oclwein and
Agnes Christopherson
Albert Lea
Alice Seelye
Martin
E. Cutler
Clarence Wedge
Lou Dalvey
Williston
N. C
H. Engbretson
Ruby
Milwaukee
Frances McReynolds
Reserve
Lake
T. C. Berg
Mayville
M. Broghammer
Glendive
George
Edward
F.C. Tripp
Baby
Ruthven
Sihler
J. Linnevold
Edgerton
G. M. Anderson
Arthur Skinner
Harry Skinner
H. C. Thune
Ross
N D
Mary Thune
Norman
Herbert Riste
Battle Creek
Mich
Burlington
Herbert
Cora
Ida Frazine
Nellie
Clara Baker
W. D. Hunter
Jackson
Henry Paine
Stella
G. Bothne
Wm. Dresselhous
Ben Janstad
Marie
Mary Telford
D. H. Telford
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert H. Miller
Lily Wold
St. Olaf
Levert Larsen
Gulbrandson
O. W. Holm
Kate Lott
A. Barsh
Greene
Eugene Persons
Royal McClaskey
Edgar Odson
Faribault
Rachael
J. J. Hopperstad
Eber Christopher
Sam Seimenson
Rev
N. Brandt
Ralph Brandt
McFarland
Irene Ostrom
Hawley Lennon
Carl Preus
Beloit
C. K
E. Gillett
Hazel
Riceville
O. E. Brandt
C. Anderson
Maggie McClaskey
Lester
Maroney
John Malanaphy
Martha
James Carolan
Malanaphy
Mary Imelda
A. M. Rovelstad
Elgin
Ann Arbor
Rovelstad
Elmer L. Amundsen
Sterling
Nemo
Columbia Yarns
Wayne Knit
Monday Club
Kindin County
Edison Diamond Dist Records
Ruy Blas
California
Knickerbocker Quartette
Elizabeth Spencer
Helen Clark
Vernon Archibald
Harvey Hendenmeyer
Reed Miller
J. Parman
Drug and Jewelry Store
Citizens Savings Bank
Iowa
Earth
Decorah Gas Company
Your
McCall’s
Skinner
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