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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
5
A vintage health advertisement urges prompt attention to backaches and urinary symptoms to prevent kidney disease. It promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a proven remedy endorsed by local resident T. J. Hagen and claims a 50 cent price.
County news item list of visits, calls, and church events. Mentions J C Steno Decorah trips, folk from Burr Oak and Decorah, threshing, Ladies Aid, school bell, Equity meeting, and church services. Includes names: Helge Jacobson, Fred Foltz, Hilda Ramlo, John Foltz, James Smalley, Karl Jaakens, Rev. Cameron, W M S Evangelical, Cresco, Osterdock, Decorah, and Golden Ridge.
L Robinson made a business trip to Cresco last Saturday. Our bridges are being replanked where needed. Some residents attend the state fair in Des Moines this week. John Aegerter family visited C Schild family. Herbert Kratz listed as sick. Days grow longer. Thomann and Schild drove out last Saturday. John A Sobolik to serve as petit juror in Decorah. Younger set attended a bowery dance. Leigh Robinson returned to Goth home after months away. Minnesota state fair soon to begin. Nettie Koch visited her sister near Ridgeway. Ridgeway Sunday school convention Sept 10 11. Plan to attend. Theo Kratz family Cresco callers. Kratz and Victoria visited Deno Kratz in Sumner township. Fresh fish deliveries replenish larders. Edith Butz visited Goth home. Some youths traveled to Decorah to visit the cave and springs. H House’s party left for New Lisbon Wis. Mike Kratz hosted Mrs Glass of Strawberry Point last week. Labor Day next Monday. no rural free delivery. Mrs X Armstrong of Ridgeway visiting daughter Winfield Kratz. Second crop of wild hay good. hay-cutting underway. Gertrude Hildreth left for Naperville IL after visit. Prairie chicken shooting near, sport now historic. Rural residents attended English Lutheran services in Ridgeway. Koch and Hornberger sold horses to local buyers. Victoria Kratz under doctor’s care. hope for quick recovery. Churchgoers visited Ridgeway to hear Rev Lackland from Decorah. Nettie Leona Lizzie Koch and Roy Koch among guests. Martin Friedlein, Vopava party from Chicago entertained at Mr.
Local column reports weather, visits, and social events in Kendallville including dances, friends traveling between Cresco Decorah and Charles City, and names such as Emma Ellingson Phil Todd and Elmer Betts. A family illness after breakfast is blamed on possible poison but all recover. peaches sell for 20 cents a can or $3.80 a case from Hutchinson Grocery.
The Trinidad pitch lake appears as a vast flat plain of asphalt about a hundred acres, grayish blue with pools of water. Workers dig by mattock to depth of three feet, but each day the hole is mysteriously filled as the surface settles slowly, erasing traces of digging.
To remove fresh fruit stains from white garments pour a little alcohol or whiskey through the stain let stand then wash in clean water Alcohol may also remove grass stains A method uses paraffin sun heating for grass marks Dean's Ointment is recommended for quick relief 500 at all stores Ady
A Boston Post piece notes that gases cling to solid surfaces, causing bubbles from heated iron in water. It explains solids absorb gases, charcoal’s sanitary use, and a smoke surface effect on a red night table, with uncanny visual results.
The Christian Herald reports that Japanese and Russian troops wear paper fabric made from mulberry bark with silk wadding, tough yet soft, suitable for buttons. Germany uses paper in mail bags and knapsacks. Authors speculate on new wartime paper applications and dismiss edible papier-mâché sandwiches.
A collection of jam making steps for peach cider blackberry and gooseberry jams. Instructions cover peeling, cooking, straining, sugar additions, testing for jelly, and jar filling with notes on apricot and apple sauce marmalade.
In a tense revival gathering the evangelist denounces church laxness and present evils while two front row youths grow uneasy. As he thunders the question What's the matter! the two boys rise and prepare to leave, one replying I got the nosebleed.
The London Globe notes superstition among pearl fishers in Ceylon and the danger from a giant clam weighing nearly half a ton. It can snap a diver’s legs or trap him underwater, leading to a grim drowning risk. Sorcerers sell charms to deter sharks and stingrays amid the perilous trade.
A simple home remedy coats the sting site with crushed onion juice for bee wasp and insect bites. The mixture is said to give near immediate relief when properly applied.
A satirical column questions personal readiness and discipline. It contrasts claiming preparedness with lax habits and messy surroundings. The piece uses everyday tasks to highlight inconsistency between belief and action.
Mrs Sidney Simmons of Fair Haven New York endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a cure for cholera morbus and bowel troubles. The ad notes several family members used it with good results and mentions availability from R A Engbertson.
An old travel health ad touts Foley Cathartic Tablets as a reliable bowel cleanser for vacations. It claims they ease headaches biliousness sour stomach and foul breath from clogged bowels and warns against salts or castor oil due to nausea. A humorous aside mocks a woman describing a lecture by her dressmaker.
Mrs G H Eveland of Duncan Mills writes she suffered lumbago until a neighbor gave Foley’s Kidney Pills. After using three bottles she recovered, and recommends the remedy for kidney trouble. It notes kidney failure can cause rheumatism and back pain.
A period piece touts Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for hay fever asthma and coughs. It claims to soothe throat hoarseness wheezing ease breathing heal inflammation and aid natural sleep without opiates.
The text outlines historic and legal notions of what constitutes a city. In England city status originated with cathedral towns and episcopal sees but is not fixed by law. Royal grant can confer city status on non episcopal boroughs such as Leeds. In Canada city denotes a high class municipality varying by province. In the U S city usually means a municipality larger than a town but can reflect form of government or aspirational title.
A Dakota man recalls settler life near a distant neighbor of twelve miles. The visitor from the East records the remark in a Christian Herald piece reflecting frontier challenges and the land’s difficult welcome.
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