Decorah visits and school notes fill County News
December 21 1914 county item through Des Moines area reports. Charley Shattuck agtoed to Decorah Friday while Ravena visitors Irvin Hughes and Julius Brown visit town. The Moneck school house nears completion and the village closes for a two week vacation. Numerous residents from Ravena Ossian Postville and Decorah are listed with shopping visits trips and sales. A Christmas season sale at Gene Owens draws a large crowd. a masquerade is planned for January 1 with a prize for best dressed lady. The piece closes with oblique notes on illness and the death of Leslie Van Wey at one year old and funeral arrangements at the Presbyterian church.
Madison December 22 1914 Merry Christmas Chronicle
Local notes from Decorah and surrounding towns recount visits, shopping trips, sleigh rides, and holidays. Names include N O Haugen A O Hove Bergan Hoyt Engen Odden Hanson Fretheim Engen Neste Jimmie McIntosh Martinson Hamre Hovey Vangsness Josvanger Alma Ohiden Clar ence Hovey and others. An advertisement promotes Dean's Ointment for skin itching.
Calmar Social News Lists Local Visitors and Events
Decorah visitors Bertha Miller and Edna Meyer are noted along with numerous locals visiting relatives in Decorah and Mason City. Basketball loss for Calmar at home against Valdez, with boys 29 to 23 and girls 23 to 15. Community members including Huber, Meyer, and Yager are mentioned with travels and holidays.
Centen nial social notes and visits in Decorah area
Miss Marjory Rosa was on the sick list last week. Dr Juen made a professional call in the vicinity. Alfred Crabtree was visited by Mr and Mrs Irving Hughes on Tuesday. Ed Youmans transacted business at Ole Evans a day last week. Charley Ginapp delivered nine loads of hogs to Ossian market Wednesday. Dr Kiesau of Frankville called in the area once. Rae Runkle and Mrs Avna Daniels and Mrs L D Burrows were Decorah callers Saturday. Miss Nelle Daniels visited her cousin Miss Alice Daniels in Decorah Saturday. Mr and Mrs Will Kenyon of Greene County visited relatives here last week. Henry Heiman stayed with Ted Uhlenhake near Festina several days. Mrs Uhlenhake, visiting relatives here, returned home near Festina. Tom French family, quarantined for a month, were released Wednesday. Miss Blanche Rathbun of Ossian came Sunday to stay with her sister Mrs Charley Daniels. Claude Kirby left for Stotts City Wednesday to spend holidays with his parents. Mrs Ed Allen and daughter Jennie, from Castalia, are visiting at Geo Allen home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Shattuck
Decorah
Tom French
Ravena
Irvin Hughes
Julius Brown
L. A. Spaun
Harold Spaun
Ossian
Ed. Youmans
John Leer
Joe Ryan
Wauket
G. D. Bollman
Moneck
Walter Pilgrim
Clifford
Ray Waters
Waukon
Will Sehutta
Postville
Gene Owens
C. H. Waters
Waterloo
West Union
Daisy
Jessie van Wey
No. Leer
Gleon
Vern Letchford
Beard
Sherman Bollman
Carl Letchford
Alfred Crabtree
Pleasant
M. E
Gene Williams
Miss Chester
Washington Prairie
Kneeskern
Rossville
Jim Webster
Lewie Felke
Ida Kamp
T. J. Crawford
Castalia
Ruth Marston
Rnham
Dee
R. Moore
Bert Overhouse
Mabel Rcdward
Rev
Stuebbe
Ludlow
Chris Waters
Amos Haslip
Gerald Moose
Arthur Brandt
Arlo Crabtree
Harold Spann
Sam Hoesly
Milton
Monroe
Wis
Phil. Brouilet
Hoesly
Smith's Hospital
Villa Jacobs
Bac
M. Green
Ruth
Jim Kneeskern
Fred Klepper
Clara Ludeking
Charley Brouillet
Vernon
J. E. Kneeskern
Philip Krogsund
Willie Larsen
Grace Schoonmaker
Masonic Hall
Cynthia
Jennie DeWitt
Alma Leer
Hazel Meikle
Henry Thornton
Allie Green
Paul Renne
Ira Smith
Bethel
Kiesau
Nash
Will Krume
Geo. H. van Wey
Leslie
Presbyterian Church
Stuehbe
N. O. Haugen
Hove
A. XN
Bergan
C. P. Hovey
Walter Hoyt
Agnes
Charley Engen
John Odden
Sam Hanson
Ridgeway
H. J. Fretheim
Engen
Son Allert
Gunder Halverson
A. P. Hovey
P. K. Neste
Jimmie
Alex. McIntosh
Alma Ohiden
Albert Lea
Martin Martinson
Minneapolis
Martin
Adolf Martinson
Eivind Hamre
Clarence Hovey
Josvanger
Minn
Ida
Charlotte Josvanger
Lettie Haugen
Bertha Miller
John Frana
Joe Mikesh
Spillville
O. P. Oden
Edna and
Florence Meyer
Mr. Dahl
Verna Meyer
Marie Becket
Mason City
G. Winger
Lutheran Society
J. F. Conover
Henry Hiller
Carrie Meyer
Clara Pletka
Katherine Frerich
Agnes Roth‘meyer
Pauline Haug
Jacob Meyer
Elmer Sandager
Lisbon
N. C
Sandager
Charles City
O. B. Law
Ottumwa
Louis Overholt
Miss Maude
H. F. Hertz
Paley
Walter Yager
Iowa City
Henry Huber
Fred Campbell
Aberdeen
S. D
Edw
Nockels
Bertram Walker
Jerome Humker
Dubuque
Jacobson
Edith
Marjory Rosa
Dr. Juen
Irving Hughes
Ole Evans
Charley Ginapp
Ossian Market
Dr. Kiesau
Frankville
Rae Runkle
Avna Daniels
L. D. Burrows
Nelle Daniels
Alice Daniels
Will Kenyon
Greene County
Henry Heiman
Ted Uhlenhake
Festina
Uhlenhake
Blanche Rathbun
Charley Daniels
Claude Kirby
Stotts City
Ed. Allen
Jennie
Geo. Allen
O. H. Olson
B. O. Bakken
John K. Howden
Fred Nelson
Ole Fulsons
C. O. Blekeberg
Anton Hovden
Ole Myran
John
Nels Fulsaas
Nelson
Fulsaas
Ole Gilbertson
Nels Frose, Jr
Nettie
John Fulsaas
Albert
Ivor Risness
Gilbert Gilbertson
John G. Howden
Henry I
Gilbert and
Spencer
John Ask
Ole Erickson
H. Olson
Cresco
Olson
Kessel
A. C. Nygaard
North Dakota
Peterson
Peterville
Haga
Ruth Holstad
Dickinson
Brinsmaid
Gena
Anna Haga
Ralph
Shadeland
Ask
Myran
Nels Fjose
Fjose
Andrew
Leroy
Burr Oak Social Notes Sparse Decorah Visits
December 22 2014 Burr Oak notes show Decorah visitors Philip Seelye Ed Goeke and family. Doctors, club meetings and frequent social calls appear, listing visits from Miss Jennie Sanaker Miss Mary Emery Inez Sullivan Madge Whitney Bessie Whitney Anna Peterson Norma Reed and others with relatives and hometown trips noted.
Local Social Notes and Christmas Plans in Burr Oak
Mrs Vin and Kimber help at Burr Oak Merc during holiday rush. Mr and Mrs Frank Perry Hazel Briggs and Regina Fisher guests at E M Reeds Sunday. Doris Whitbeck visits Caledonia friend Kathleen Reed. School out Dec 25 returns after New Year. A A Seelye and daughter Alice travel to Decorah for dental work. Mrs W H Emmons heads to Chicago to spend Christmas with daughter Lucille. Minnie Seelye and mother visit from Mabel to stay with A A Seelye family. Many neighbors host and travel between Burr Oak and Decorah amid snow. Frank Sullivan trips to Ossian noted with playful remark about off-season attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vin, Kimber
Burr Oak Merc
Frank Perry
Hazel Briggs
Regina Fisher
E. M. Reed
Doris Whitbeck
Caledonia
Kathleen Reed
A. A. Seelye
Alice
Decorah
Mervyn Camp
Milton and
Lewie Camp
Miss Wold
Hesper
Sanaker
M. D. Whitney
Maltby
P. H. Whitney
B. B. Downs
George
St. Paul
W. C. Reed
Frank Sullivan
Ossian
Ossian and Surrounding Visitors Fill Weekends
Ossian residents and guests filled the weekend with visits from Dubuque Calmar Postville and Lawler. Individuals shown include Agnes Limbeck Seraphin Marceline Pigge Stacia Shackleton and families at the Lynch and Etteldorf households along with Rev Fre e d man and Rev Thiltgen. The Ossian–Lawler basketball game ended 31 to 17 with the visitors winning.
Christmas Events Fill Canton With Holiday Plans
Mrs Rice of Canton visits sister Mrs R J White. Mrs Kew of Rockwell Iowa visits Miss Ella Bryant. Lutheran services Friday December 25 at 1. Christmas tree program at Lutheran church December 26 with all invited. Inez Rowe, A J Moon, Nora Rowe, and Elmer Griswold go to Decorah. Marian Levi returns from Moorhead Minnesota to visit grandparents C J Tamness. Children enjoyed the schoolhouse Christmas program. Rev Mettum’s sermon in Friends church titled The Unfilled Purposes of Life. services to be held again Sunday. January Ard invites all to hear a practical sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Canton
R. J. White
Tom Bryant
Kew
Rockwell
Iowa
Ella Bryant
A. L. Moon
la Valle
Wis
H.C. Rowe
George White
Mabel
Inez Rowe
A. J. Moon
Nora Rowe
Elmer Griswold
Decoroah
Marian Levi
Moorhead Minn
C. J. Tamness
Friends Church
Mettum Mabel
Cleaning Windows With Turpentine Solution
To clean windows satisfactorily a little turpentine dissolved in warm water is the best thing to use.
North Madison notes and holiday greetings 1914
North Madison December 21 1914 lists Christmas wishes and a long round of local business visits. Many residents from Ridgeway Decorah and North Dakota make calls and shipments, including hogs chickens and torches of daily life. The column notes illness and community concern with Nels Fjose critically ill and Olson visiting Cresco for medical advice.
Cow breaks loose. runs miles over fences before capture
It is estimated the cow jumped about 17 fences and ran 18 miles before capture. Thursday afternoon the pupils of district No. 3 will give a short Christmas program with a tree and a feast afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Christen
Ruth Peterson
Stella Hovden
Oliver Blekeberoe
Coeeeee
Sehoo
Clarissa Christen
Gunder Blekeberg
Teddy Blekeberg
Tinier Din Ain Sy One
Esnays
Clarencis Hovden
Community Notes From Decorah Area Trades and Visits
Local residents Houghed in Decorah and surrounding areas report daily tasks and visits. Listings include Ole Anderson’s woodcutting on Clay Hill, horse sale to Anderson Bros, Macy Williams and family in Decorah, Christmas greetings, chicken picking for Fred Ream Co, sewing help, house work by Will Foltz, and a 66 hog marketing at 6.75 per cwt weighing 16080 lbs with helpers named.
Farmers market chickens bring a one legged loss
A Decorah farmer sold crates of chickens to Haas and Co on Saturday. While counting the birds Henry Haas found one chicken with only one leg. The butcher is still seeking the second leg. A prima donna hired a special train to avoid missing her afternoon nap. Sums rise with high cash value prompting indulgence in comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Haas & Co
Henry Haas
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