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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
10
Wangler's Drug Store promotes Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant with a money back guarantee. The deal offers 200 bottles at half price to the first 200 coupon holders, claiming no narcotics and safe use for bronchial ailments.
Community notices from Decorah and surrounding towns list visits by locals to Decorah Ossian Postville Waukon and Cresco. Guests include Mrs Ericson Mr and Mrs Bollman Dr Nash and wife and many others. A masquerade dance at the Masonic hall and a W T U meeting are noted along with a Lewie Felke sale in Ravena and a holiday open at J J Van Wey.
Local items from Clay Hill dated December 6 115 report illness, visits, and social calls. Wm Malli was on the sick list. Dr Jewell visited. neighbors and relatives from Decorah Canoe township and Ossian were mentioned. The Clay Hill Telephone Co held an annual meeting electing Amonde Bleka president and E O Erickson treasurer. Will Foltz sold shoates at Decorah with eleven neighbors helping haul porkers.
An advertisement warns that coughs and colds can lead to dangerous bronchial and lung diseases. It promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as a trusted remedy tested over 43 years and recommended by druggists for all ages to prevent serious lung ailments.
Steno’s Halvor Ramlo threshed grain last Thursday. Many locals shopped, visited, or transacted business at Mabel Burr Oak Decorah and Locust during the week. Numerous calls and social visits mark a busy period with threshing nearing completion.
Readers cover social gatherings at the Andrew Danielson farm and Martin Johnson's home, church society teas, road improvements led by Henry Smalley, and hunting, farming, and town news. The piece notes visitors, local guests, a Valentine Stoskopf family gathering, seed corn concerns, and a Sloan's Liniment advertisement.
A promotional note proclaims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy trusted by long users. It claims the formula loosens a cold aids natural recovery and contains no narcotics. Available for a quarter at Engbretson's Pharmacy. It contrasts with limited European safety reforms receiving attention.
Local ad copy touts Foley Kidney Pills as relieving back pain and soreness, promising renewed strength. It cites Engbretson's Pharmacy in Ar and includes testimonials from Fred Smith of Green Bay and Mrs. R. G. Neff of Crookston Ohio praising Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach trouble and overall health.
December 6 notes from Pleasant Township recount visits among Ellingson Iverson Iverson Erickson and related families. Folks called on relatives at the Levi and Iverson homes while Sarah Valle and Martha Thomas traveled to Conover and St Olaf Iowa. Lizzie Blum returns home after long service at the Severson residence.
An old advertisement urges parents to treat children for intestinal worms with Kickapoo Worm Killer. The copy claims the product kills worms, acts as a laxative, expels waste, tones the system, and restores health and happiness, price 25 cents at your druggist.
The Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors authorized the county auditor to publish for 1916 posts at the county farm including steward matron cook night watch and janitor with specified salaries and the overseer of the poor for Decorah City. They also set bid deadlines for flour for the county farm and for the county physician position and for fifteen cards of green poplar wood. Oscar Winger, County Auditor.
A Saturday blaze leveled the Stevens block on Maquoketa’s Main Street destroying the post office, several mercantile firms and many professionals. The fire started on the second floor likely due to defective wiring and caused an estimated loss of one hundred thousand dollars with five firms burned out and little salvage.
Retired farmer Andrew Barth of Decorah reports backache and kidney symptoms improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Par-Drug Store. He cites painful back relief and improved kidney function after two boxes. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. promotes the product from Buffalo New York.
To whom it may concern you are notified to appear at the Court House Winneshiek county Iowa on the List day of January 1916 at 2 oclock P M to attend probate of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Livia A McKay deceased late of Decorah township Iowa at which time you will appear and show cause if any why said will should not be admitted to probate The Clerk District Court 1915 OLATS KALLEVANG By S J Moore Deputy 40 Boice Hook Attorneys
Notice of appointment of an executor for the estate of Clara M Reum deceased in Decorah township Winneshiek Iowa. The executor has qualified as required and all creditors must present claims and debtors must pay the estate per law.
A notice from Winneshiek County Iowa dated November 18 stating a probate hearing for an instrument claimed as the last will and testament of J Tamnes, late of Hesper township, with Seal and official signature. The document calls witnesses to attend at the probate office on January 3, 1916 at 2:00 PM.
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