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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1912
Page
10
December 16 1912 county notes list numerous residents visiting Decorah Fort Atkinson Ridgeway Calmar and Ossian for shopping church services and business. Several entries mention callers shoppers and visitors from Cresco Protivin Proti vin near Jackson Junction Lidgerwood and Waucoma.
Ida and Agnes Henderson visited O Ellingson. John Ellingson and family visited Andrew Steenson. Mrs Hovey and daughters visited S Steenson. Ellen Ellingson at Sever Steenson. Hendersons at Steen Henderson. Ladies' Aid met at E Iverson. Ellingson family and Lonningdale guests last Sunday. Elby Grocery advert promises low prices on desired articles.
Mrs Florence Olson visits relatives in Decorah while others attend church service in Freeport. Various locals host or visit family, attend events like The Messiah in Decorah, and a Christmas tree feast is planned at Clay Hill school. Peter Sandvik plans to move to Norway. a Grange meeting raised funds for the Children's Home with a wood donation for the church.
Mrs M J Curtis and Edna Clink visited Harmony while W A Clink stayed in Charles City. Betsey Pederson visited La Crosse. Gertie Curtis visited Cresco friends. Farmers attended Cresco short course and sold hogs there. Morgan church plans a Christmas program. Mrs Pollitt of Orleans visited with daughter Mrs Walter Daskam. The Norwegian L A S met at the Arneson home. Beulah Stockman and Lew McIntire married last Wednesday and will soon housekeeping on the Brierly farm west of Cresco.
Community notices list residents visiting relatives and traveling to towns like Decorah Ossian Charles City Castalia Centerville and Calmar. People sawed wood hauled stumps attended auctions and visited kin across various farms and shops. A closing ad promotes Putnam's Brush Store hats and clothes brushes.
Frankville residents share moves and visits including Hans Hansen moving to Decorah and Willie Meier returning from California. Many locals visit Decorah and Waukon while others travel to Waterloo Hazelhurst and McIntire for events and family occasions. A New Year oyster supper is planned at the M E church. Charley Jacobs dies. funeral plans to follow.
Liva Tranen visited Mrs Hexom Saturday evening. Whooping cough is spreading locally. Ida Kittleson and Knut Steen visited Thompson's last Sunday. Schjeldah and Peterson, our local poultry buyers, are doing a big business.
The field notes several local happenings including a holiday tree at Big Canoe church on December 26 organized by Mrs. H. C. Bentley and Mrs. Ole Bruns vold. It mentions birthdays and family visits, a wedding at Ingebrigt Opheim’s with Miss Nettie Opheim and Theodore Schjeldahl, and well wishes for the newlyweds.
A brief note on Lionel Lukin’s 1785 lifeboat design aided by the Prince of Wales, its slow uptake, and a Bamborough rescue. It also mentions the Adventure disaster in 1780 as a turning point for lifeboat prizes, plus a Kansas dog anecdote and a Howard hat promo.
Fort Atkinson dated December 17 1912 lists visitors and residents traveling to and from Cresco Calmar Lawler Ossian Jackson Charles City Spillville Cass Lake Festina New Hampton Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Chicago. The four months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Veverka died of whooping cough with funeral in Catholic church led by Rev Dragoon.
A vintage drug advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for digestive distress. It claims the product compels proper action of stomach, liver and bowels and promotes health and good feelings, priced at 26 cents in drugstores.
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