Cresco area note the life and visits in county news
Readable items show visitors at Cresco from multiple towns including Miss Gladys Hoffman and Ruth Sjobakken. Births occur with an infant son to Deno and wife and an infant daughter to Henry and wife. Local events include church services, a vocal solo by Rosetta Jensen, and a funeral for Sarah Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Brekke
Cresco
Geo. Shoemaker
Gladys Hoffman
Ruth Sjobakken
Alice Fjelstul
Herb Luhman
Postville
Arthur Johnson
Anita
Herbert Milberth
LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE LOCAL GUESTS AND VISITS
A string of social calls and visits from LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE residents. Names include Frank Barth Preston visitor, John Marth Mabel caller, George Young and Henry Barth at Mabel and Philip Young's, and John Kenyon aiding Alfred Young. Attendees travel to Decorah Chicago and Preston with dances and family visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Barth
Preston
John Marth
Mabel
John Foltz
Johnniarth
Ben Keane
Will Hilleman
George Young
John Kenyon
Alfred Young
Teri Berg
Heniig Rotvold
Andrew Anderson
Valentine Stoskopf
Oscar Anderson
James Smalley
Burr Oak
Ole Anderson
Chris. Rasmussen
Decorah
Henry Barth
Philip Young
Anna Reed
Lilla Hilleman
Andrew Clausen
Moll
Bertha Bender
Hugo Noecker
Geo. Brown
Selma Osgaard
Gilbert Salveson
Marie Peterson
Stono
John Richert
Chicago
Jesper Hall
Willie Welch
Lawrence Korsness
Peter Dehning
New Albia
John Mondsen
Helge Jacobson
Decorah and Ossian Social Notes Highlight Town Visits
Decorah and Ossian residents visited relatives and friends across several towns including Decorah Ossian Mason City and Dubuque. The column lists numerous callers shoppers and visitors such as Mrs Adolph Gunderson Miss Nettie Eppens and Mrs Wangsness. A final note promotes the Victrola as a home entertainment device.
Calmar Social Notes Share Visits Across Iowa and Minnesota
December 12 1916 Fort Atkinson Iowa locals report Miss Ida Kubish visiting Calmar Mrs Adolph Doubek visiting Cedar Rapids and other relatives Carl Houdek in Minneapolis Fred Sudtlette from Clear Lake to visit family Mrs Wm Hanken preparing move to Timber Lake SD Mrs John Gerstner and daughter Mary staying with relatives Emma Vsetecka travels to Owatonna and back Mrs Romanus Dvorak and children visiting Canby MN Mrs Frank Reihle and niece Etta Reihle Bert Schissel visit Cresco Mrs Wm Pavlovee and daughters return to Chase from visits with Pavlovee Rausch families Mrs Charles Kohout of Cass Lake visits W Ko hout Lime Springs before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Kubish
Calmar
Adolph Doubek
Ernest Burlingham
Cedar Rapids
Edna Sobolik
F. A. Smith
Adrian
Charles City
Wim
Summers
L. A
Minneapolis
Fred Sudtlette
Clear Lake
Minn
Henry Seibold
Wmn. Hanken
Timber Lake
John Gerstner
Mary
Lankin
N. D
Bert Schissel
Cresco
Local Social Notes From Castalia and Surrounding Towns
Castalia residents Susie Fordyce and Volney Cooley visited Ossian and Auburn respectively while Ernest Baltz moved his carpentry shop. A new baby girl arrived to the Crabtrees and a U B church recital and dinner raised funds. ME church reopening services announced with Dec 1 invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Fordyce
Ossian
Ernest Baltz
Finest Baltz
W. F. Martin
Volney Cooley
Auburn
Wm. Crabtree
Sadie Markee
U. B
Supplee
Chas. Miller
W. H. Haefner
Giard
M. E
ME. FE
Milton Helmer
Minnesota
Fay Harvey
Waterloo
Ralph Haefner
Kneeskern
Fred O'Boy
W. T H. Roe
Schara
Jas. Harris
Irvin Allen
Bollman
Sam Harris
McGuire
Postville
Community Notes from Highlandville December 11 1916
Edgar Selnes was seen on the streets Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Martin Vinge shopped at Decorah Monday. Albert Applen of Harmony visited A E Thune's Sunday. L K Bjerge called at Julius Bjerke's Sunday and Monday. Ole J Sanden and family visited John Strinmoen Sunday afternoon. Thos Schjeldahl and F Ambli were in Decorah today. Knut Folkedahl Ernest Thune and A Gjevre planned a trip to Spring Grove Friday. Mrs P J Bidne and Mrs Vasenber joined at Mrs C P Olsons Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Johnson
A. Orum
Steen Johnson
H. Luhman
Decorah
Otto Gunderson
Bonair
Anon Opsal
Taylor
Harold Milberth
Cresco
Alfred
Esther
Byron Bernhard
Giard
Ernest Watthaur
Mershon
Fayette
M. E. Church
Helen Orvald
Julia Hopperstad
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
John S. Johnson
Mercy Hospital
Alice Bakken
Forest City
Waldorf College
M. FE
Plausklaus
Charles City
G. Rollins
Richard
Fredericksburg
James Paley
Vernon Sheetz
Pete Golberg
Ole Anderson
Peter Osgaard
Canoe
Arthur Stoskopf
Mabel
Chris Rasmussen
Waukon
Andrew Clausen
Andrew Anderson
Peter Leseth
Pearl Bender
Miss Gilbertson
Ida Peterson
Ida Osgaard
Hauge
Pester Losen
Will Welch
Lawrence Korsness
Lars Osgaard
U. S
C. J. Steno
Woldum Produce Co
Everett Randall
Will Stoskopf
Bertha Render
Einar Peterson
Anna
Hugo Noecker
Peter Losen
H. C. Thingvold
Anna Peterson
Peter Asgaard
Hilda Peterson
Violet Stoskopf
Emmons Tillapaugh
Valentine
Will
Byron Stoskopf
John Tuttereen
Albert Sayles
Albert Iverson
J. C. Steno
Ida Bergeson
Julius
Jacob Tutteroen
Edgar Selnes
Martin Vinge
Albert Applen
Harmony
A. E. Thune
L. K. Bjerge
Julius Bjerke
Ole J. Sanden
John Strinmoen
Thos. Schjeldahl
F. Ambli
H. O. Bentley
O. G. Brunsvold
K. L. Grindeland
Joseph Mestad
Martin Arneson
Arnell Peterson
H. 1 Steen’s
Knut Folkedahl
J. Mestad
C. P. Olson
Palma
Palma Agtoed To Decorah Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Thor Thorson
Anna Thorson
C. F. Ambli
Liva
Nora Tranen
C. A. Luros
Charley Amundson
Allamakee County
Gilbert Grere
Ness Home
Jonas Akre
Sattre
M. J. Akre
P. J. Bidne
Peter Ness
Simon
John Ness
Knut Neste
S. 0
Ness
Perry Sampson
Ruth Seim
Henry Hanson
Olga Strinmoen
Columbus Valley
Young People’s Society
Clarence Mestad
John Peterson
Carl Owen
J. J. Odden
Marie Haga
Helen Engen
Nettie Fretheim
M. J. Drew
Aletta Haugen
Alert Engen
Anna Johnson
O. P. Hovey
Nels Haugen
T. Brinksgjord
Ole Linde
Old People’s Home
Florence Hovey
Clarence Hovey
M. J
Washington Prairie
C. F. Barfoot
C. P. ‘Hovey
Ragnald Vick
Marie
Emma Vick
Amund Blekeburg
O. O
Stella
Clem McIntosh
Carrie
Alex
McIntosh
Myrtle Grindeland
Highlandville
Ole Haugen
Peter Rhea
Bertha Bergsager
Austin
Will Drew
Ridgeway
H O Bentley and O G Brunsvold deliver sixty hogs at Decorah
Local notes report H O Bentley and O G Brunsvold delivering sixty head of hogs at Decorah on Saturday. Community updates mention several visits and social calls, including Mrs K L Grindeland's illness and various residents visiting relatives or hosting gatherings.
Community visitors and local gatherings noted in Mabel area
Mrs. T G Meader visits Mabel. Neighbors like Mr and Mrs Reid, Byron Darrington, Winnie Moon, and Elmer Griswold are seen at various local homes. The missionary society, prayer meeting, and closing notes on dances and a birthday party are recorded along with travel to La Crosse and Fairoaks Cal for winter plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Meader
Mabel
R. Reid
Canton Friends
Byron Darrington
H.c.rowe
Winnie Moon
H. C. Rowe
Elmer Griswold
Arthur Moon
Granville Fawcett
Frank Frye
Ole Sanden
Anton Peterson
Lyman Dart
Benjamin Allen
Town
W. A. Plunkett
C. T. Street
Elkader
Granville Bates
L. A. Robinson
Lars Osgaard
B. M. White
R. J. White
Oscar Johnson
Mabel An .Su
Florence Burt
LaCrosse
Dr. Worth
Henry
Steen Tweeten
Ivanhoe
Minn
Hesper and Mabel
R. M. Hiatt
Fairoaks
Cal
Mrs. Burr
Sinclair
Hiatt
Local Social Notes From Madison and Nearby
Madison community members visit relatives and friends across Decorah and Ridgeway with many small gatherings. News includes visits to and from O. P. Hovey, J. J. Odden, M. J. Drew, Emma Vick, and others, along with a minor accident involving Will Drew and a closing line promoting the Sweet Shop candies.
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Adolph Wangsness
Albert Lea
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Sever Severson
John Flaskerud
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