Waterloo Women Join Egg Boycott and City Dancing Rules
A collage of civic notes from Waterloo and surrounding towns reports women participating in an egg boycott, New Hampton prohibits tango and related dances, and Osage restricting air gun use within city limits. Other items include a Canton Patriarchs Militant to organize at Cresco, Milwaukee Road retirement of Superintendent Collins, and various local incidents and business deals.
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Waterloo
Osage
Mason City
Chas, Brandtman
Elkport
Patriarchs
Cresco
New Hampton Council
Collins
TL & D
Milwaukee Road
C. FE. Frogner
Preston
Webster City
Decorah
Matt Forde
Black Hawk County
C. W. Mullan
Kossuth
A Little Biography of Gene Stratton Porter Link
An elderly Des Moines woman named Patterson links to author Gene Stratton Porter through her nephew Chas TD Porter who married Stratton. Stratton wrote Freckles The Girl of the Limberlost and Laddie. The Porter family lived in Ossian Rome City Indiana and later Decatur Indiana.
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Des Moines Register and Leader
Patterson
Porter
Chas. TD. Porter
Gene Stratton
Des Moines
Charles D. Porter
Rome City
Ind
Elks Meet Thanks Women Helpers and Approve Social Use
At the last Elks meeting a vote of thanks was given to the young ladies who assisted at the reception. Acknowledgments were made to B O Marsh and I TH Tonigisky for pianos, and the committee for making the event a success. The lodge will allow immediate female relatives to use the home on the first and third Wednesdays from 1 to 6 pm. Younger members seek to form a dancing club and were granted use of the lodge room two nights monthly.
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the Elks
B. O. Marsh
TH. Tonigisky
W R Kinnaird Dead in Idaho
Word reached Decorah of the death of W R Kinnaird in Idaho. He and his wife went west for milder climate for health and burial will be in Idaho. Mrs Kinnaird was Amy Lawrence daughter of Dan Lawrence early Decorah residents.
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McGregor
Idaho
W. R. Kinenaird
Pocket City
Decorah
Henry Reeves
Kinnaird
Amy Lawrence
Dan Lawrence
Winter Arrives With Sudden Cold and Rough Roads
Winter came last Sunday with rain and a 48 degree high. By night a gusty wind dropped temperatures 30 degrees in twelve hours to 18 degrees. People built fires as roads became rough, but Monday morning sun broke a two week gloom.
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Gera
Drug Stores in Fine Shape by State Primacy Official
ALC Wilken and Goeurber of the state primacy commission praised local drug stores during a Week Mmapecting visit. They reported all stores in good condition with no criticism, signaling strong commerce for local merchants.
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Alc
Wilken
Goeurber
State Primacy Commission
Develores
A reminiscence of a trick that failed in a stranger's hat
Bb. O. Marsh recalls a boyhood incident at a Burr Oak road house where H. D. Solberg, a druggist and card expert, performed a trick with eggs vanishing from a hat. A skeptic bets Solberg, who then implies the trick failed, pays, and reveals the joke was on the stranger.
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Bb. O. Marsh
H.D. Solberg
M. D. Wells
Burr Oak Road
N.S. Marsh
Ben
Solberg
Seed corn demand rising in Iowa as markets foresee seed use
Iowa corn may fetch higher than market price as seed for 1914. Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma look for seed stock and rail lines urge bankers merchants to guide farmers. Notice urges saving extra seed with good germination for strong future prices.
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Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Agricultural Department of
Rock Island
Big Alfalfa Crop From Harrison County Farm
A. Ti. Beebe of Harrison County grew 150 acres of alfalfa this season yielding about 600 tons of hay. He cut the crop four times. Part fed on his own farm, part baled and shipped. Beebe farms 280 acres and the alfalfa stands as the most profitable section.
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A. Ti. Beebe
Harrison County
Mr. Beebe
Christmas Legend of the Starlit Huntress
A narrative poem where a weary woman bearing gifts is urged by a bearded king to follow a star to the Christ child. She delays chores and the star fades, yet she continues delivering cakes and toys, filling stockings so no child is missed on the eve of his nativity. Minna Trving. in Leslie's.
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Christ
Vale
Mountain High
Minna
Leslie
Obituary of S. L. Collins Remains Arrive by Train
The Minneapolis Tribune printed a portrait of the late S. L. Collins who claimed a 1847 birth year. His age is listed as fifty one in the obituary, though he joked of a different year. Remains were brought from Minneapolis by train to Calar and then to Monona. Masons and Elks from Decorah attended, Elks lodge sending floral tribute. Services were led by Rev. Wellington McVettie.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Ss. L. Collins
Sam
Minneapolis
Calar
Theffean
Monona
Masons
Elks
Decorah
Lodge of Elks
Wellington McVettie
Dividend Cut Signals Parcel Post Rivalry at American Express
The American Express Company reduced its quarterly dividend from 3 percent to 2 percent, reflecting ongoing rivalry between parcel post services and express companies. The move marks a shifting landscape in how mail and parcels are priced and delivered.
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Parcel Post
Express Companies
American Express Company
Poultry Magazines Offered At Discount Bundle
An advertisement promotes a bundle of periodicals The Revveniean McCall's Magazine Successful Poultry Journal and Today's Magazine priced at 3.00 total but offered for 2.10 with savings highlighted for readers seeking poultry farming and general interest titles.
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Revveniean
McCall’s Magazine
Successful Poultry Journal
Today’s Magazine
Secretary of State Targets Drunk Drivers With Immediate Licenses Revocation
The secretary of state announced plans to revoke automobile licenses of anyone accused of driving while intoxicated. A woman recently appealed to have her husband’s license revoked to stop his intoxicated driving, and last week Secretary Allen revoked a license after a similar complaint.
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Secretary of State
Allen
Note From Patzer Claims O Rourke Behind Harmful Articles
Al Patzer of Perham Minnesota reports improvement and strong confidence he will recover from malaria by spring. He vows not to return to Rourke and accuses O Rourke of sending harmful copings nationwide. Associates close to Rourke suspect O Rourke authored the pieces.
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al Patzer
Perham
Minn
Acoud
Rourke
O'Rourke
Palzer
Mabel Debaters Triumph At Luther College
The Mabel high school team defeated Luther preparatory boys two to one in a Friday debate at Luther College. The issue was the recall of judges with Luther affirmative and Mabel negative. Debaters eye annual clash with Gustavus Adolphus at St Peter to discuss literacy tests for immigrant admission.
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Luther College
Mabel High School
Luther Preparatory
Mabel
Luther
Gustavus Adolphus
St. Peter
Church Notices for Sunday Services and Lectures
M. EK Church announces Sunday services at 1 30 a m and 7 30 p m with lectures A Gift Acceptable to God and The Heathendom of Civilization. Seats are free and all are invited. Congregational church presents next sabbath morning Thinking Black by Dan Crawford and evening Cramped Lives following Dan Crawford lecture in Chicago.
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M. EK
Congregational Church
Dan Crawford
Sunday Evening Club
Chicago
Ren
For Rent: Small Frame Grocery Near River Bridge Decorah
Persons seeking to enter the grocery business may rent or buy a small frame store near the river bridge on the west side in Decorah. Includes glazed doors, cement walk, watering pump, all fixtures, living rooms above, at a low price. For particulars contact Dr. OH WH Thomas Decorah Iowa. Also an ad for Down's Ointment for skin itching included.
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River Bridge
Decorah
Atte
Thomas Decorah
Lowa
Constipation remedy ad from H F Buckler Co
An old medical advertisement promotes Dr King s New Life Pills to relieve constipation and related complaints. It claims serious illnesses follow constipation and offers the pills for 25 cents at druggists or by mail from H F Buckler Co Philadelphia and St Louis Ady.
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Dr. King
H. FE. Buckler, & Co
Phila
St. Louis
Ady
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A. K. Battey & Son
Elks and the Ladies
W. R. Kinnaird
Bethlehem
S. L. Collins
Patzer
Luther Preps
Notices
Decorah Republican
Bailey Decorah
Iowa & Son (Inc
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Your Friend
Santa Claus
MR. Soukup
Victor
Water Street, Decorah
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