03 Feb 1916
Page 7
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
7
An advertisement urges early treatment for kidney issues with Doan's Kidney Pills. It cites warnings signs like backache and urinary irregularities and features a farmer, T. J. Hagen of Decorah, praising the product after one box. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. advertises ownership from Buffalo New York.
Community items from February 1 1916 list visits and calls in Ossian Decorah and Frankville. People named include Mrs Isaac Duff Elmer Rosa and Miss Bernice Tinderholt with many social calls and school term notices. A rag social at W P Rosa schoolhouse raises over 15 dollars.
Ossian notes list John Mullaney of Mason City visiting, Miss Hazel Gilbert from Faribault at home on vacation, Aggie Limbeck returning from Fayette, and many locals traveling to Chicago or Elma. The Crusader class met, a baby arrived, and death claimed 88 year old Henry Wilmers. several residents visited relatives and attended courts or clinics.
Philip Etteldorf Sr. died at his daughter Mrs Clemence Broghammer’s home in Festina Ia after a long life age eighty eight funeral set for Thursday at 10 30 am in Festina He leaves ten children Henry Andrew Philip and Mrs P Brockamp of this town John and Fred of Festina Nick of Lennox S D Mrs Hauber of Ridgeway and Mrs H Bush of Calmar among others. Rev Thiltgen officiated at the burial. Mr and Mrs Theo Eimers returned to Parkston S D after weeks with the Ben Eimers and Holtey families. Mr and Mrs F J Figge hosted a party last Sunday evening where Five Hundred was played with Rev Thiltgen and Mrs L A Meyer winning honors.
Mrs P Nicholson and daughter Hazel visited Decorah on Saturday. A fine baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs A Hattlestad on Saturday January 29. Several residents note icy conditions and hope for better weather next week. Doris Rosebrook of Fayette visited sister Irene a high school teacher. Irene Johnston returned from Sanborn after a short visit. Ella Schrieber and Harry Glass visited the Stribleys while Kittlesby and Larson attended a stock show near La Crosse. Minnie Peterson visited Mason City with her brother Arthur Peterson. John Flaskerud and Elief Flaskerud went to Ames to learn the buttermaker trade. John plans two weeks away. Harry Olson of this city, former Lincoln College student, died after a short illness. family notified. Injuries from ice include Ingrid Neveson wrist fracture, Mrs Herman Wanganess leg injury, Mrs Walter Rees sleigh ride leg break, and Mrs C Frerich shoulder fracture.
A 1916 Ravena记 column records wet weather on Wednesday and a flurry of social calls and visits. Residents including Philip Barthelme Sr and family converse with neighbors in Calmar Ossian Decorah and Centen nial. Many names appear at homes, dances, and friendly gatherings across the vicinity.
Near Springfield Massachusetts a landowner strict about trespassers posts warnings on a park like estate. A couple strolling on the property challenges the signs and asserts they read the message saying Private and that is why they came.
Billy Evans notes pitching hinges on study of batters and situational judgment. Pitchers vary delivery to counter specific hitters and employ outside or inside speeds to induce weak contact. A catcher’s guidance and infield alignment influence pitch choices and defensive success.
A newly landed Irishman enters a New York law office mistaken for a store. He asks what is sold in the fine place. The clerk replies, We sell blockheads, and the man quips that they must have a fine trade with only one left.
A home remedy uses two pounds of iron shavings or borings from a foundry mixed with one ounce salamoniac and one ounce sulfur to form a paste with water. It hardens quickly and resists heat and water, useful for sealing leaks and holes in iron pipe. Steel wool shavings can be obtained from paint stores.
When no long envelope is available a pair of small envelopes can be joined to form a longer one. Cut the right end from one and the left end from the other, nest them with open ends overlapping, paste at the edge, and you create a longer envelope that looks nearly as good as a factory made long envelope.
The bow's modern evolution parallels violin form and music, reaching peak refinement with Francois Tourte of Paris around 1870. His bows became the model for all later makers, shaping subsequent craftsmanship and performance.
Broncho Bob suggests raising a fund to invite a reformer to Crim son Gulch. He notes some locals think the town is dull and argues for a speaker to liven up and prove the town can be as wicked as any metropolis.
A description of an Arctic bunkhouse hotel built of logs with moss chinks a dirt roof and dirt floor. A sheet iron stove provides heat while two bunk rows run along the walls and a whip-sawed door closes with a latch. Overnight stays cost one dollar. German experiments show sop vines yield pulp suitable for riper manufacture.
John H. Van Deventer argues in Engineering Magazine that the human body surpasses any factory in efficiency for energy conversion and waste disposal. He compares the brain and nervous system to a flawless motor and explains how the body embodies an impossible pump in one person.
A humorous feature from Pearson's Weekly describes a husband show where men answer questions about marriage and daily life. A curtain test asks husbands to identify their wives hands, and other prompts probe praise, arguing rights, and knowledge of family details.
A Wisconsin cigar maker inserts a small wooden peg in each tip to be gripped by teeth and pulled out to start a draft without damaging the wrapper. A grandfather lights his pipe with tongs and a grandson with a forge coal. The world coal total is about 7.3 trillion tons, with Asia holding the largest share.
A Shreveport reader testimonials a years long stomach ailment cured by Vinci. The ad claims Vinci tones nerves of the stomach and restores strength, with a signature from E. L. Marshall and a local druggist in Decorah, Iowa.
The account traces Charlemagne's empire over Italy, the 843 Verdum treaty, and Lothaire. It notes Otto I’s Rome conquest in 962, the Holy Roman Empire’s growth, Hohenstaufen defeat in 1268, and the later Austrian influence. It highlights the pope and free cities resisting emperors and the crown’s evolving symbols.
An advertisement urges readers to try Foley Kidney Pills for back pain stiffness rheumatic aches and kidney symptoms with claims of benefiting thousands. It promotes Engbertson's Pharmacy and Schlatter's store with a general note about an oiling season and bringing harnesses in.
A drama unfolds as a stern employer orders Mr. Jones to marry immediately or quit. Separately, miners report discovering green coal at the lake bottom near Nokomis Minnesota and university geologists confirm its genuineness. A moral adage about conscience echoes with a midnight knock.
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