County Folks Share News and Visits in Cresco
A Cresco weekly roundup notes Joe Novak and sister Agnes visiting Schild home, Will Smith and wife calling on business, Miss Carrie Goth stopping by, and Oscar Moe from Ridgeway driving locally. The piece lists threshing, market hog sales, farm projects, churching, a 25th wedding anniversary at the Aegerter home, and ongoing tent meetings at Ridgeway with broad community chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Novak
Cresco
Willie Moe
Ridgeway
Dene Kratz
Schild
Will Smith
Carrie Goth
Oscar Moe
John Aegerter
Europe
Life
Babe
Theo. Kuntz
Albert Mzik
Eddie
Will Landa
Will
Emma Reinhart
Charley Kuntz
Old Country
Chris. Smith
Alfred Peters
Grandpa Dukelow
Frank Butz
Frank Kuntz
Decorah
Agnes
Protivin
Albert Mink
Little Turkey
Chickasaw Co
Catholic Church
LN. Day of Cresco
Evangelical Church
Waterloo
Iowa
Miller
Creaco
Ernest Lendig
Albert Aegerter
Sumner
Rev. L. N. Day
Pleasant Township Aug 17 Event Report
Pleasant Township notes indicate Mrs le Ellix remains in Denorah. Sarah Valle has stayed with Martha Thowa for several days during the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Ellix
Denorah
Sarah Valle
Martha Thowa
Frankville notes from August 1914 social roundups
Frankville August 17 1914 residents visit relatives in Rossville Ossian Decorah Postville Lansing Ravena and McIntire and McGregor. Tradesmen and neighbors loop through Decorah Forest Mills Jericho and Burr Oak. Stork visits Will Stock home. Mrs Idla Hostetter dies in Los Angeles. funeral in Ossian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ewing
Rossville
Vivian Peyer
Ossian
Ole Samuelson
S. Chris
Carl DeWitt
Lansing
Mabel Schultz
Gunder Tinderholt
Ravena
Lew Meikle
Will Schutta
Nordness
John Leer
Waukon
Chas. Miller
Jim Peyer
Kiesau
Deppe
Decorah
Emily McNair
Bessie Ewing
Waterloo
An Meikle
Wallace Waters
Bessie Waters
Bo. A. Waters
McIntire
Tom
Herb Waters
McGregor
Chris. Leer
John
Irvin Hughes
Postville
Maude van Wey
Clayton
Dubuque
Dick Sams
Rachel Birdsell
Mary Russell
Chris, Waters
Cora McNair
Gale
Edwin
John Swenson
Mason
Mike Fitzpatrick
Raymond
Helen
Jericho
Will McMullen
Rachel Hirdsell
Sarah Simpson
Elsie McDonald
Camp Cook Mont
John Holm
Me Samuelson
Emma Birdsell
We Bidne
Belgum
Baby
California
Henry Olson
Perry
Tom Jerry
Highlandville
Walter Pilgrim
Estherville
Sam Waters
Janie Lyons
Bessie Birdsell
Stuebbe
Ludlow
Presbyterian Church
Win, Schultz
Ger Nelson
August
Louie Schulte
Joe
Rudolph Johnke
Henry Johnke
Gander Tinderhelt
Herman Rekward
Will Schultz
Frankville
Mra
Idla Hostetter
Los Angeles
Osslon
High Ridge Community News and Visits
Gross Bros started their threshing season last Tuesday. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted: McKinney pump men repaired for E. O. Erickson. Malli and sons farmed Canoe Ridge. Albert Grinna expands with four carpenters as his home rises. Many social visits and farm activities are recorded across Decorah, Canoe Ridge, Clay Hill, and nearby areas including trips to Decorah and Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gross Bros
McKinney
E. O. Erickson
Wm. Malli
Hattlestad
Decorah
Ole Anderson
Edw. Larsen
Canoe Ridge
Ed. Bolsen
Julia Johnson
Watertown
John Kraby
Mrs. Gregg
Joe Rastetter
Leonard
Sam Tolstad
Ole Handy
Barney Arneson
W. D. ‘Gross
Clay Hill
Joe Goettleman
Canoe
Chas
Brogham
Mer’s
Gertrude Kapler
Spillville
Lizzie Williams
A. J. Swezey
Ed. Bolson
Will Foltz
Solum
Tassavenger
Sanborn
Mary Erickson
Sam Sore
Lizzie Kraby
Leona Sorenson
Ellen Huseby
Gregg
John Siem
Power Dam
Jake Richert
Hesper
Will Rutffridge
Ieo
Matter
Mary
Loeust
Edmund Hegtvedt
Standard Matter
John Matter
A. I. Tyler
Geo. Tyler
Minneapolis
David McKay
Princeton
Ravena community notices mingle visits and farm activity
Ravena and nearby towns host a flurry of visiting relatives and neighbors. Herman Lansing hosts at Calmar while Wenzel Lansing opens a gravel pit on his farm. Decorah, Ossian, Festina, Centennial, and Calmar residents frequent Benton area homes, with many trips lasting through Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Lansing
Calmar
Wenzel Lansing
Albert
Eddie Remke
Decorah
August Lansing
Walter
Julius Brown
John Broghammer T
Ben Eimers
Fred Etteldorf
Festina
John Austad
Joe Remke
Herb Kleisart
Ossian
John Peterson
High Ridge
Anton Anderson
John Holter
Happy Hel-low
Aug. Lansing
J. A. Juen
Ravena
Marcella Broghammer
Lansing
Wittgen Bros
Centennial
P. Barthelme, Jr
Lena Anderson
Theo, Sersland
Washington Prairie
Tobiason
Tila Ness
Theodore Serstand
Alfred Huber
Reichs
St. Lucas
Chas
Huber’s
Angeline Nockela
Barney Holtey
John Benson
Wankenda
S. D
BO. Benson
Theo. Boeckman
Herman Schroeder
John Sehleier
Gaertner
Martin Meyer
Fort Atkinson
Will Lansing
John Pavlovee
Weaning and baby bottle tips from Anna Steele Richardson
Practical guidance for mothers on infant feeding and bottle care from Anna Steele Richardson of the Better Babies Bureau. It covers bottle styles, nipple types, cleaning methods, sterilization cautions, and feeding schedules for a four month old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Steele Richardson
Better Babies Bureau
The
Woman’s Home Companion
Homemade milk prep and simple refrigerated chest for babies
The article describes steps to drain and rinse borax from milk bottles, then chilling and refilling. It lists affordable equipment from common stores including six bottles, nipples, measuring gear, a two-quart pitcher, a funnel, a sauce pan, enamel wire, a preserving jar, wire racks, and an ice chest. It explains heating milk in warm water, not boiling, and suggests a low cost nursery refrigerator or a DIY ice chest using two pails and sawdust for heat control.
Allamakee County Schools Annual Report Highlights
The annual report shows 134 public school buildings valued at 154615 dollars and 170 teachers in Allamakee County. Male teachers average 84.32 dollars in pay with 87550.72 dollars paid to males and 60737.71 dollars to females. Tuition averages 3.12 dollars and the pupil count ages 5 to 21 stands at A339.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allamakee County
Doughnut fryer's accident near Greene burns Mrs Kohn
Mrs Wilbur Kohn suffered severe burns after slipping on a rug and falling into hot lard while frying doughnuts at the Kingery home south of Greene. She sustained burns to the chest arms and one hand, requiring medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Kohn
A. J. Kingery
Greene
Infant Smothered to Death in Lamoille
Mr and Mrs Ray Turner of Lamoille found their one month old daughter Bernice dead between them in bed the baby having cried for food at 3 am and apparently smothered by the bed clothing authorities presumed accidental death in the early morning hours with no signs of foul play indicated in the brief notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Turner
Lamoille
Bernice
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Theo
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Rev
I. B. Torrison
Lewis Erickson
Narve Narveson
Mrs
Harry Erickson
Oscar Erickson
Pleasant Township
Frank Lansing
Dora
Celia
A. Smithling
B. Smithling
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Chicago
Auto
S. M. Ness
Iell
the Woman's Home Companion
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Panama Canal
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Iowa State Fair and Exposition
Maine
Saint Teresa Normal School
Saint. Ayes Grammar School
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