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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
6
The weekly Burr Oak column reports on H G Ward illness, multiple Sunday gatherings at Reed and Gates homes, visits to Decorah Ames and Chicago, and various county residents attending weddings, revivals, and family events. Several name guests and trips to Clark, Round Take, and Highlandville are noted along with local shop enlargements.
Local residents report numerous calling visits and family gatherings from Decorah to Ridgeway. George Josvanger’s sick horse, Ole Hove and Gulbrand Sjel’s calls, Mrs Hovey’s health, and visits by Verna Larson and others mark a busy week. An Equity oyster supper at the Teter home closes the item.
February 1, 1916 mainly records visits illness and social calls in Hesper with several family updates. Levi Golberg dies at age 14 9 months and one day leaving parents and siblings in sorrow. A surprise party for Mrs Tamnes and daughter Mrs Brothen precedes their Feb 7 departure to Grand Forks with community well wishes.
Kendallville notices list next Sunday's sermon on Burden Bearing. The column covers residents visiting Cresco, medical illnesses and recoveries, community meetings, a farm group organizing, weather dangers from ice and flooding, and local dam concerns as ice clears from the dam area.
Albert Sobolik and George Chapman travel on Calmar business while Jim Novak sells two young horses in Decorah. A son born to James Humpa and wife, and Geo Cummings sells two cows at Calmar. Visitors include Mrs Ed Swehla and Mrs Geo Cummings. Dr Horton called from Calmar. Various siblings and relatives visit in Conover and nearby areas as residents discuss plans to rebuild the local school house after a previous fire. The Swartz family notes the death of Thorar Swartz after a five week illness.
The obituary notes Bernard Swartz cared for his mother during a six month illness. Her funeral was held last Saturday at 10 a.m. in Calmar Catholic Church with interment in Calmar Catholic Cemetery beside her. Heartsick sympathy is extended to Mr Swartz in his bereavement.
February notes from Freeport recount visits and illness in Decorah. Chester Delaney attends school in Decorah. Mrs. Walter Hallman suffers grippe. Olaf Johnson visits at home in Decorah. multiple townsfolk travel to Decorah or host visitors. A charity supper nets about 11 dollars for a cemetery fence. Charles Bradyson dies at the County Home and is buried in Decorah Lutheran cemetery.
The store announces a large spring arrival of John B. Stetson Co. fur hats and an expanded assortment. Customers are told the prices will be the lowest in the region and that Bear's will carry a more complete line than ever before.
The article warns gasoline vapors are highly explosive and sparked by static electricity. It urges outdoor storage in safety cans, outdoor use for cleaning, and keeping fluids away from flames or fires. It notes dry winter air increases danger and advises using a dry stick to agitate clothing in gasoline.
The piece explains barn ventilation as vital for health in cattle and humans and for economic gain. It argues good airflow is essential for efficient digestion and milk or meat production, comparing air supply to fuel draft in a furnace and warning that poor ventilation yields poor returns on feed.
A short health blurb urges relief from sluggish liver with Dr King’s New Life Pills. It claims help for dizziness headaches constipation and biliousness and notes digestion blood purification and clearer skin. Price listed as 25 cents at druggists. A note adds Canada’s Pavitie railroad orders a 7 000 mile fence along the line from Halifax to Vancouver.
Decorah residents report quick relief from constipation and gas after taking Adler-i ka, a buckthorn bark glycerine remedy said to cleanse the bowel. Druggist A Engbretson notes one spoonful acts in minutes with gas passing.
A veteran officer recalls Washington’s uncanny ability to locate officers. Telegrams reached a desert scouting party within minutes. Another transfer order arrived just after eight hours on a train. The war department even tracked a second lieutenant on leave with precise detail.
A suggested solution for habitual constipation is to take a mild laxative regularly. Dean's Regulats are recommended for this purpose and are available for 25 cents a box at all drug stores as an advertisement copy states.
Job ad seeks a salesman to handle Lincoln Oil Co. interests in Winneshirk and adjacent counties. Salary or commission offered. Apply in Cleveland.
The text prescribes early self treatment for a cold by promoting elimination through the skin kidneys and bowels. It advises a hot water bath and hot lemonade, followed by Rochelle salts to induce a bowel movement, and recommends staying in bed for 24 to 36 hours after the bath. It ends with unrelated ads and a sentence about married men and talking in sleep.
Crestline Ohio woman suffers chronic cough and weakness before trying Vinci cod liver and iron tonic. The ad claims relief and promotes the product as a remedy for coughs colds and run-down conditions from R A Engbertson, Decorah Iowa.
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