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Decorah Republican

Location

Decorah, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1917

Page

2

Purely Personal Local Decorah holiday snippets

A long list of Decorah area residents and visitors recounts social rounds during the Christmas season. Names include J. J. Tuttereen from Hesper, Miss Dagmar Jordahl of Ridgeway, L. N. Berge of Highland, Charles Mitson of Canton, and many others visiting or returning home from cities like Rochester, La Crosse, Minneapolis, Des Moines, and Chicago.

J. J. Tuttereen Hesper B. B. Harvey Locust Decorah Dagmar Jordahl Ridgeway L. N. Berge Highland Township Charles Mitson Canton Lily Benson J. Stenseth Calmar Theo, Thompson Spillville Henrietta Naeseth Rochester Genevieve Broihier Marie Stevenson Louise Moe Albert Lea Robert Heuser J. M. Boehm Postville Gladys Beucher E. C. Letchford Frankville Decorth Marion Paine Herman Preus St. Paul E. R. Preus E. R. Pauline Edward la Crosse Henrietta Krog Waterloo Mabel Hamre Ruby Howe Cresco Amelia Knoke Crete F. C. Woellstein Myra Sayles Iva Schlatter Cedar Falls Mr. King Bertha Bernatz Vice Neff Chicago J. H. Neff Alta Holland Jennie Huseby Zumbrota Minn Haukans Fred Reed Minneapolis David Reed Cecil Kampman Brainerd Olaf Iverson Sioux Falls Melvin Nesheim A. Hoten Mason City Peter Dinger C. J. Johnson A. Melver McFarland Wis Hans A. Peterson Ida Woffoss Elkader 0. Hoffons Lewis Larsen Jas. Donaldson Dagmar Hanson Otto Glesne Northfield St. Olaf College Kathryn Lott Lamont TB. HW. Adams Clarence Gierhart Anamosa W. H. Lee Ae City Frank Willfmice Des Moines Bernard Thompson Camp Dodge Irvin Holverson Lawler M. J. Holverson Ruth Tyler Agnes’ Langhans Ezra Reed Burr Oak Mildred Graf Vernetta Stern Milla Gilbertson Waterville Ee Beatha Anderson A. P. Forde Roger Edmunds Sioux City Walter Ingvoldstad Ashton Gregg Madison Haakenson Rhame N. D Seekatz Lillian Winter Palestine Ill McFadden W. Barrows Billie Oskaloosa Barnhart Alice Schmoldt Carthage Ruby Holton Levi Bullis J. Fraser John Protheroe Martha Simpson Haugendale C. A. Schall A. C. Woodward Olive Hormel Wichita Kas H. B. Hustvedt J. G. McCallum L. O. Larsen F. J. Potter Son Cady John Young John Rupple Washington Prairie Herman Hasting Margaret Goocher Margaret Haas Mrs. White Arthur Lee Courteney I. H. Conigisky Cedar Rapids E. J. Hook K. Prestgaard Chr. Brandt Tom Kelly Vera John Kelly Dubuque Kelly Marjorie Barfoot Davenport Margaret Simonson Douglas Arizona Thomas Courtney Harry Courtney Fort Leavenworth Will Gibbons Aviation Corps Omaha Marie Sperati Augsburg Publishing House Dagmar Sperati Montezuma A. J. Swezey M. D. Jewell Fort Riley Lieut. Jewell Epidemiology Corps Olav Haugen Sigurd Hanson Olav Norway Iowa Margaret Sihler Florence Burtis Hannah Drexel Gladys Haberly Mabel Makepeace Walter Jewell Stanley Price Maurice Gjerset Carl Harold Meyrick Town University Alex. Bear Camp Grant Rockford David Benjamin Springfield Samuel G. Heller Eva Fleming W. Hollister Constance Gilham Nacona Texas Marie Hanson Jamestown, N. A Sophia Webber

Fire alarms to sound daily noon tests begin Monday

Beginning next Monday the fire belt and siren will be sounded at noon daily in an endeavor to keep them in working order, carried by the Fire Committee.

Christmas Eve Seed Fire Hits Adams Seed Company

A Monday night blaze at the Adams Seed Company's Water and Mechanic street in Decorah caused extensive first floor losses including timothy and rape seed and printed materials, with total damages estimated $2,000 to $3,000 beyond insured value. Seed drying work and a seed tester may have sparked the fire, which did not break into the second story. D. A. Benjamin, Springfield adjuster, arrived to handle claims as the firm prepares to rebuild for spring.

Adams Seed Company Water and Mechanic Street Albert Christen Son Farr Telephone Central Electric Light Adams Company B. H. Adams D. A. Benjamin Springfield Decorah Adams Co Messrs. Adams

Critically Ill Soldier and Local Resident Illness Update

Since Saturday, W. T. Symonds lies critically ill at his fifth ward home with pneumonia. A Sunday telegram to Geo. B. Evenson relays Gisle Lee of the 136th Infantry is ill at Deming, New Mexico with measles, pleurisy, and pneumonia, with doubtful recovery. Lee, a Luther graduate, had been living with the Evensons.

W. T. Symonds Geo Evenson Gisle Lee 136Th Infantry Deming New Mexico Mr. Lee Luther Evensoy’s

Lend-a-Hand Society Distributes Food to Fourteen Needy Families

They Remembered the Needy reports that the Lend-a-Hand society distributed baskets of good things to eat to fourteen needy families on Monday, with candy for children and flour sacks. Barney Graham led the effort with Santa Claus assisting, delivering Christmas cheer to households lacking resources, and two additional families received monetary gifts.

Lend Barney Graham Santa Claus

R. N. A. Elect Officers for Ensuing Year

Royal Neighbors elected officers on Thursday for the coming year. Oracle Henrietta Keefe. Vice Oracle Ida Kendrick. Recorder Esther Ochler. Receiver Mabel Hurd. Chancellor Lena Adern. Marshal Flora Bucknell. Inner Sentinel Ilanna Haas. Outer Sentinel Jone Sezer. Manager Margaret Woo. Local Camp Physician Drs.

Henrietta Keefe Ida Kendrick Esther Ochler Mabel Hurd Lena Adern Flora Bucknell Inner Sentinel Jlanna Haas Outer Sentinel Jone Sezer Margaret Woo Drs

Festina Red Cross Auction Raises $634.25 in Festina

Festina held a Red Cross auction on Saturday December 22 with over one hundred donated items. Col S B E Johnston of New Hampton opened the sale with an appeal for Red Cross work and its value, helping attract strong turnout. The Calmar flag sold for 264 dollars and was finally donated back to the Festina community. A hat started in Decorah and moved through Calmar and Spillville, onions bought at a dollar a bunch, apples at 25 cents each, and a coal scuttle cycling through the ring totaled the day’s receipts.

Festina Red Cross Col. S. BE. Johnston New Hampton Calmar Decorah Spillville

Sixty Dollars for Armenians at Christmas Service

At the Congregational church Christmas exercises the Sunday school and congregation raised 60.49 for starving Armenians. Gifts were wrapped in white, participants dressed in white, and a large box held other gifts for orphans in Council Bluffs. Potatoes and apples filled two barrels and were given to Decorah Needy.

Congregational Church Council Bluffs Decorah

Bankers Meet to Promote War Savings Stamps

E. J. Curtin and B. J. McKay of Citizen's Savings Bank left for a northeastern Town bankers meeting in Waterloo. The gathering aims to strengthen organization for selling United States War Savings Stamps as the government seeks to boost the popular loan. The post office notes savings stamp sales rising slowly but steadily in city and countryside.

E. J. Curtin B. J. McKay Citizen’ Savings Bank Waterloo

Mail carrier breaks arm after slip on ice

Richard Roeberg the eastern city mail carrier slipped on ice while delivering mail last Friday and broke his arm. Lester Lowry serves as substitute carrier as Roeberg takes a vacation due to his injury.

Richard Roeberg Lester Lowry Roeberg

Fire alarm summons fire crew to Blaess home

Last Thursday morning the siren summoned the fire department to the Fourth ward near the power house. Fire started in an upper room of John Blaess residence but was quickly extinguished with no injuries reported.

Fourth Ward John Blaess

Call for National Service to Conserve Food World War Plan

U S Food Administrator urges every man woman and child to contribute to the war effort through strict conservation at home. He argues that saving tiny amounts daily by 100 million people could save vast quantities of wheat sugar fats and flour, fostering a national service mindset and loyalty amid wartime needs.

U. S

Auto Buggy Collision Near West Side Bridge

Torger Moon Sr and Ole Larson traveled to Luther College in Moon’s rig when Chas Barth in an automobile met them at a narrow pass. The buggy front wheels and bills were crushed. Larson fractured his right arm just below the elbow. He was taken home. doctors could not set the bone and may perform an operation to reduce the fracture.

Torger Moon,Sr Ole Larson Luther College West Side Bridge Chas. Barth

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