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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
5
H Noecker visited Mabel and Arthur Stoskopf called there. Several residents visited Burr Oak Decorah and Prosper, with many as callers and business transactors. Weather and illness touched the community as funerals were held for Levi Golberg and a baby, and Ed Severson and family returned to Thief River Falls.
Miss Lizzie Williams of Spillville visited home folks Saturday. John Matter marketed a large drove of hogs to Decorah Tuesday. Mrs. Sam Tolstad spent Tuesday with her sister Mrs. Clark Headington. Hans Foss of Decorah was a business visitor at Albert Grinna's Tuesday. Miss Madeline Rastetter spent Friday and Saturday with Mrs. J. C. Pearson. Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh of Decorah visited at Mrs. Mary Williams and Walter Gross's on Sunday. Florence Olson is spending this week in Decorah with her sister Mrs. John Stoskopf. Little Madeline Stortz of Franklin Prairie visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sorenson. The ice Friday night was the worst in years. farmers had to move stock and horses.
Martin Friedlein and Edward Haakenson are part of a locally active community in Decorah Cresco and Ridgeway with visits, weddings, and family ties. The piece notes a high river hindering traffic, a horse accident near Kreitzer, a large old fashioned chai vari, and the January 14 1916 wedding of Sadie Margaret Koch to Carl L Haakenson with detailed ceremony. It also mentions a drug ad for Dean's Ointment for itching piles.
Spillsville community news lists residents and visitors with travel to Cresco Conover Ridgeway Fort Atkinson Calmar and Ames. It mentions funerals for Bernard Swartz and Mrs J G Mashek and announces a February 1 basket social dance at Fisher's hall with empty baskets provided by ladies and a Fisher orchestra.
O J Metcalf of Weatherby Missouri describes a December cold that nearly felled him. He bought two bottles of Chamberlains Cough Remedy and recovered in a few days. He endorses the medicine and states he will use it again. Sold by R A Engbertson. Ady.
A stream of local social visits and health updates from Frankville and nearby towns includes Chr Waters hosting and traveling to Postville and Decorah, residents like Tom Bollman and Gerald Moose’s children recovering, and Mrs. Ike Dull reported very ill. The D Y N T event was postponed due to bad roads and weather, while cheerful notes mention a new baby girl for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brandt and upcoming gatherings at Marguerite society events.
Rag balls were sold with over $15 realized. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Bollman shopped in Postville. Various local items include a postponed av Shop event, W C T U meeting on Germany led by Mrs. Miner Van Wey, a muff found with owner to claim at J O Pecks, and many social and church activities. Obituary notices describe Margaret Ryan of Ludlow township born 1882, died Jan 21, funeral Jan 24 at St Patrick church Waukon, interment Mount Olivet.
Billy and Tinker discover ants plan a raid on a neighboring colony to capture slaves. They learn slaves are treated as equals in the ant city, doing vast work while the queen longs for combat but is kept confined by her guards until the next venture.
Fragmentary lines hint at a dramatic clash as rulers warn of invasion and capture. The speaker promises forthcoming details about how ants went to war, implying an allegorical or humorous battlefield scenario.
Mrs Amanda Gierhart of Waynesfield Ohio reports twenty years of use with chamberlains cough remedy and says it has never failed to cure a cough or cold. For sale by R A Engbertson.
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