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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
2
A distant land ballad reflects loneliness of soldiers far from home. The speaker recalls nights in transit under lantern light and artillery, hearing the Marseillaise, praying, and dreaming of a homeland where all is right. The refrain laments being lonesome.
Numerous Decorah Mason City and area residents are listed with brief movements. E J Curtin departs for Chicago on business, several visitors travel to Decorah from Spillville Burr Oak and Os sian, and others relocate for work or medical treatment.
Miss Ethel Cole of Mason City arrived in Decorah last Thursday to take charge of the stock for new owners J. Kersey and J. F. McNeil. She will oversee remodeling of the storefront and inventory as the sale transitions.
In a World War I letter dated January 1 1918 from France, CHAS E MAHEN of the U S Army Railway Engineers recounts his enlistment in May 1917, service through London and Paris, appreciation of French hospitality, and a poem he enclosed for publication. He notes proof sheets of stories mailed by the AerosLtcan editor.
A Winneshiek County bank ad stresses that making a will is not a death sentence but a plan to distribute one’s estate fairly. It promotes trusts and lawful administration by responsible trustees as the preferred method for handling bequests.
Sam Ellis and family lost the upper story of their Tyler farm home near Freeport to a Sunday night blaze caused by a faulty stove pipe. Neighbors helped little as the house burned, and trustees moved the family to the county farm. Ellis held 600 in insurance to aid rebuilding.
Last week brought extreme cold with temperatures reaching 31 to 44 degrees below zero. The cold persisted from Thursday morning through Friday, exceeding any reading since 1911, with both local and Waterloo government thermometers recording subzero levels and coal stocks dropping accordingly.
Iowa's prohibition and Minnesota safety committee action push the border thirst to near zero. Fifty eight Minnesota counties including Fillmore are declared dry with orders to halt intoxicant shipments and sheriffs empowered to seize consignments.
County Superintendent TH BE Miller reports additions totaling 175 to Junior Red Cross funds. Donations from Miss Gilma Peterson Bloomfield Emma Lydon Hesper Violet Stoskopf Thea Lovaas Lawrence Bijonerud and Canoe teachers bring the total toward 1500, surpassing the amount needed for thirty orphans.
The Y W C A drive asks outlying township residents to send donations to Decorah headquarters for the girls overseas. Mrs Ray Alg yer and Anna B Matt are listed as contact persons. Gratitude is expressed to Decorah residents for Sunday contributions. A full results report will be released next week.
The piece notes coal cars were scarce causing coal to be used to haul ice to Decorah while the river held prime ice and crews were ready to fill the ice house. Officials may explain to fuel administration and Seey McAdoo why coal cars could not be used for coal.
Ridgeway community event raises funds for the Red Cross with a basket social held last Friday evening. The auction drew strong crowds and the net proceeds reached $920, with Baker Johnson mercantile pledging 2 percent of January sales to push the total toward $400.
Miss Mabel Haakenson and Raymond E. Herwig were married at 7:30 PM Monday by Rev. O. Glesne at the United Lutheran parsonage. The couple, from Decorah, will reside in the Louis Stoskopf house on Washington Street.
County Food Administrator C J Weiser reports United States Food Administration rules effective February 1 1918 require retailers of wheat flour to sell substitutes equal to every pound of wheat flour and cap customer purchases to fair shares by location. Substitutes include corn products oats rice and many flours excluding Graham and rye.
Despite cold weather a large attendance of farmers and representatives from northeastern Iowa attended the International Harvester tractor farming school in Mc Gregor last week. Officers elected included President M. J. O Connor Garner Vice President W B Reed Decorah Secretary John Humphrey Monona and an address by T F Wherry Hampton.
FE J Curtin received a letter from Thomas G Hull stating the government Food Administration may exhibit at all state and county fairs showing best food conserving methods if fair managers cooperate Curtin replied Winneshiek county fair managers are ready to help Details will be announced Public advised this exhibit will interest everyone especially housewives as they bear the burden of conserving food
Letter from Mrs Georgia Rosenthal of Oskaloosa praises So Long Letty at Decorah saying the show is first class with stylish costumes clever lines and fine music and notes Decorah audiences should respond. manager Weiser notes the season’s best musical and plans seats from sue to 1.50 with tax and expects full houses.
Miss Isabel G. Beecher of Birmingham Alabama will join a speaker trio at a public meeting Tuesday evening February 12. A prominent war causes activist and gifted speaker she is expected to appear at 7 45 p m sharp.
Luther and St Olaf staged a quick paced college basketball game in Decorah. St Olaf built a small early lead and extended it in the second half as Luther, hampered by limited practice, fought to the end with Luther scoring six first half points after halftime and the visitors winning 12 to 16.
The Carolans purchased the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section eight in Bluffton township from Christen Bros this week. The price was not stated.
Congregational Methodist union planned after morning sermon The United Lutheran church holds English services at 10:30 a m and Norwegian at 3 30 p m An 8 15 S L S meeting is scheduled Christian Science offers 10 45 a m service and 12 m Sunday school Midweek meeting Wednesday 8 p m with Spirit as lesson topic Free reading room open daily except Sunday The First Evangelical Lutheran announces English morning service and Norwegian 3 30 p m service Feb 10 Feb 10 is listed for the morning English service
On Tuesday evening last Raymond Hjerleid Hareld and Clair McKinney departed for Vancouver Barracks their enlistment in the United States Engineers Corps having been accepted by the local board.
W F Baker thanks Hose Co. No. 1 Treasurer B Bergerson for a $138.03 check. The funds aid a worthy cause and will be appreciated by the boys in the army and navy.
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