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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1914
Page
7
County News reports numerous visits and trips by residents to Decorah Cresco Cedar Rapids Charles City and Ossian with social events church gatherings and a basketball game in Lawler. Obituary notes include Mrs. Frank Rausch of Calmar and Catherine Haubrich of town.
Alf Schissel and Joe Schissel made business and optics visits in Calmar and Postville while Dewey Chizek sold dental work in Calmar. Ida Doubek and Mamie Bakus greeted relatives, Miss Svestka and Miss Gertrude Kapinos joined dances, and families from Decorah Lincoln County and Albert Lea traveled to visit the Schissel lines. The Bevins couple visited Hawk Eye. Leona Rogers stayed with relatives in Wancoma. Leonard Houdek and Frank Berst families connected with Calmar and Albert Lea. Peter and Eugene Stortz arrived from Decorah with a carload, staying with the Schissel families.
February notes from Highlandville report hog deliveries, social visits, and travel. Residents attend dances in nearby Decorah while tradesmen and farmers note business at Decorah and local mills. Obituary announces the death of Kresti Sevareide with burial planned in Big Canoe. A small injury at Meyer Wesley’s ties up a worker’s hand as repairs continue amid a blizzard easing. A New York inventor touts a heat enhancing drum for gas stoves.
Neighbors and friends in High Ridge share visits and greetings from Alma Halverson aiding at the O Garden home to Carl and Miller Danielson calling on Gjermond Haugen, and Miss Mabel Nerlie visiting her sister. Mr and Mrs E Nerlie joined J Iver Gunderson guests. weather jokes punctuate the column. Dena Uggen marries Holver W Thune at Hudson Wis last Thursday. Clarissa Rovang returns from Decorah business college before spring teaching. Andrew F E Lee hosts a large gathering with a midnight supper of cheer.
Northern Canoe reports on local visits and events in Hesper township District No 4. Mentions include the Stoskopf family, visiting relatives from Denmark, school closings, sickly children, a funeral, and a list of punctual residents for January 30th.
Alson Daskam visited Saturday as Myrtle Ellingson recovered from illness. Frank Curtis missed school due to sickness. Mrs. W. G. Eddy of Cresco visited the E. B. Eddy home. Albert Nichols of Albion and Clifford Eddy hosted a Sunday visit with family. Edna Burton stayed with the Bert Yates family in Canton. A sale at Will Drew’s on the Betts place drew many locals. Mrs. W. C. Fairfield stayed in Cresco with her daughter at Mercy hospital. Wm. Howard and wife of Orleans welcomed a baby girl born Friday February 6. Mrs. M. H. Culbert of Cresco visited at son M. Culbert’s home. Max Daskam visited from Cresco for a weekend and the literary program. John Dugan returned from Chicago with granddaughter Adelaide Lockwood to be cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Doe Clink. Phil Told’s friends from Kendallville hosted a surprise welcome party. Wendell Todd started to Cresco with his brother. their cutter capsized near Joe Goldsworthy’s.
The article records a cutter incident with a frightened horse causing minor damage but no injuries. It notes improving health of blacksmith Mr. Ellingson, a women’s aid picnic, wood brought to church, Mrs. John Todd’s move to Cresco, and a Kendallville literary society gathering. It also reports the Pearl Gwen Evans and Philip J. Todd wedding and future plans.
Local notes report asthma illness of J A Peterson and a well attended temperance meeting on Friday. Mrs W Dickinson visited with Mr and Mrs Richard Tyler. Miss Anna Lane stayed with Miss Hattie Kirkland. 41 loads of ice moved toward rah. Dance at Erickson home on Clay Hill. visits to Will Kreutter and Mrs Kreutter’s illness. J H Coughlin and Mrs Coughlin visited Clay Hill to see Mrs Will Kreutter. Mr and Mrs Sylvester Warn returned from Cedar Falls. magazine poets praised for not needing to think.
The department of agriculture urges spring not late summer road work. Damp soil in spring allows easier shaping and a durable crust, reducing dust in summer and mud in winter. A light split log drag eases maintenance on earth and gravel roads.
The article discusses ash cues with lighter handles and balanced feel, notes butt and shaft wood contrast, and comments on leather cue tip making as a historic peasant craft in France. It ends with reflections on battleships needing protection and people admiring clever women who marry them.
A fragmented note discusses several queens who could earn incomes in various roles such as painting on china, medicine, authorship, secretary work, language skills, shorthand, bookbinding, and millinery. It cites Queen Mary, the Belgian queen, Carmen Sylva, the queen of Norway, the German empress, and Queen Wilhelmina of Holland as capable of supporting themselves through expertise in arts, medicine, writing, or crafts.
An illustrated offer explains the Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer delivers top world news stock markets and features from Chicago papers. It highlights departments from Home Health Club to Sunday School Lessons and sets a two-paper yearly price at 1.85 dollars, with renewal required to continue.
A Tokyo primary school study finds babies from middle and lower population segments more developmentally advanced than their wealthier peers, challenging theories of heredity and hygiene. The piece notes a persistent gap between scientific theory and observed outcomes.
Travelers note Moscow bans whip use by cab and carriage drivers as a humane law. Horses appear well cared for and sleek, reflecting the rule’s success in the city’s mobility scene.
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