Ridgeway Weather and Community Notes Highlight Springlike Past Week
Local items report A R Griswold sick and Ernest Peter carpentry for John Aegerter last week while Kirschman kin shopped at Cresco. Trappers see more fur bears. many rural residents helped others with chores, shopping, and wood cutting as roads improve. A baby boy joined the Deno Kratz home. revival meetings proceed at Decorah church. schoolhouses display Old Glory and prep for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Griswold
Ridgeway
Ernest Peter
John Aegerter
Kirschman
Cresco
Neigh
Mike Kratz
A. 8
Leona Koch
Carl Hankenson
Anton Ernest
W. E. Wiedeman
John Reinhart
C. Schild
Elmer
Ole Sanderson
Decorah
Albert Aegerter
Raynatag
Ray Koch
Theo
Kratz
Miss Malanna
Colfax
Wesley Kratz
Elbert Landswerk
Nettie Koch
Robert Vopava
Sumner Township
Geo. Hoffman
Edith Butz
Fred Falck
Dan Krueger
Florenceville
Howard Co
Alfred Peter, Jr
Alfred
Moe Bros
Congress
Amelia Kratz
Deno Kratz
John Bury
M. FE
Carl Mankenson
Bert Butz
North Dakota
Farl Kirschman
Joyce
Verne
North King
Peter Anderson
Elsie Anderson
Anton Espeseth
Infe
Brekken & Hopperstad Hall
Winfield Kratz
Hattie Armstrong
J. G. Gossman
Rawleigh
John Wagner
Eli Rechtold
el. Amer Schild
W. A. Scholer
W M E Church and Community News recap
The item notes a baby’s first word milestone with congratulations and lists church members meeting at Cresco for a Wednesday afternoon gathering. It also records multiple local visits and social occasions including dinners, shopping trips, and family gatherings around Ridgeway Cresco and Sumner township.
Bear's Swell Pinchback Wool Suits for Young Men
Bargain notice for all wool Pinchback suits priced at 15 dollars and 16 50 for stylish young men. Emphasizes Christmas appeal and best value yet from Bear's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bear
Ravena Community Notes Reflect Local Visitors and Farm Life
A December 11 1916 Ravena item lists visitors and local activity including K Gronlie at Sven Towson’s, Aug Peck returning from Chicago, farm deliveries from Eber DeCoy and Wenzel Lansing, and social events such as a basket social at Broghammer school. Several residents visited Postville Decorah and Nordness, with hunting and lumber trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Gronlie
Sven Towson
August Peck
Chicago
John Broghammer
Eber DeCoy
Ossian
Halvor Sersland
Wenzel Lansing
F. W. Tu
Joe Broghammer
Julius Brown
Knut Towson
Nordness
Hovey
Rudolph Torgrimson
Frank Schweinefus
Louis Schweinefus
Decorah
Sven Tovson and Sons
Wm. Johnson
Will Kuhse
K. Tovson
Triinch
Hume
P. L. Barthelme
Frankville
Otto Holder
Henry Miller
Broghammer School
J. W. DeCow
Edith
Viola Peck
Peck
Burr Oak Social Notes and Obituary News
Burr Oak Iowa December 11 1916 reports a busy local page with visits guests and family news. Mentions include E a selling a Ford to Harry Cox. many Reed Seelye and Ward family appearances. funeral of Mrs Will Stoskopf. and a December 22 Christmas program at Rollins school. Also notes the death obituary of Sarah M Peacock and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A
Harry Cox
L. GC
Krumm
I. N.reed
T. N. Reed
W. C. Reed
Iss
Alice Seelye
Merle Smith
Philip Seelye
Mabel
F. E. Potter
B. M. Wicks
George Smith
Frank Perry
Emma Plager
W. Winters
Florence Reed
Clifford
H. G. Ward
Decorah
Ben Ward
Geo. Smith
Merle
Iss Minnie Seelye
A. A. Seelye
Harold
Willard Peacock
Alice Pierce
Amy Winters
Dubuque
N. Masters
Frank Downie
Richland Center
A. E. Smith
Josie Cox
Saturn. H. Emmons
Lucille
Waterloo
L. A
George Smith Cme Miss Jennie Sanaker
Roy Gossman
Steve Pierce
Clara Graham
Marion Price
Joel Wilbur
Springport
Mich
Clark Manning
Ben
Myrtle Wade
Tona Pierce
Carl Pierce
Roy Wanless
EB. W. Cutting
Elias Reed
H. Cummings
Son
Bert Kimball
Kimball
Anna Peterson
Cresco
J. B. Reed
Coughlin
Alice Pierge
Harrison Potter
Renwick
Towa
Will Stoskopf
Leo Hanlon
Audrey Ward
Melson Sheley
Bernice Ward
T. E. Roberts
Evelyn
Fayette
Edna
Cedar Rapids
Very
Ervin
Toliver Brown
Sioux Falls
Dell McMullen
A. M. Morrison
Murray Marsh
C. A. Reed
L. C. Krumm
John Gates
Rollins School
Burr Oak Township
A. C
Maude Ward
U. S
Mande Ward
Mary Reed
Jennie Sanaker
Mande Reed
Nell Manning
Sweet
Montreal
Can
Iowa
George W. Kimball
Preston
Minn
Burr Oak
Claude
Katie
Jane
Ida Webster
Frank
Detroit, Mich
Bert
Gladys Harvey
Eagle
Obituary: Mrs. Stove of Town Resident 22 Years
The obituary notes nine grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Emma Kimball Canton Minnesota and Mrs Susie Clause Sioux Falls South Dakota. She moved to Decorah twenty two years ago and lived there until death. Funeral services were at the M E church Sunday afternoon with burial in Burr Oak cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stove
Emma Kimball
Canton
Minn
Susie Clause
Sioux Falls
Decorah
M. E
Burr Oak
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