County News 1914 Hesper notes and localHappenings
County News from February 24 1914 reports illness changes and social visits across Hesper Mabel and Canton. Prominent items include Frank Johnson road work election reaffirmation, Isaac Fawcett hog shipment and ice house filling, local arrivals and departures, church and school activities, social events and farewell gathering for the Tweeten family with a move to Minnesota.
Burr Oak Social Links and Local Visits
Mrs I N Reed visited Mrs Alice Morris on Tuesday afternoon. Cr Reed bought a team from Joe Moran last week. Miss Alice Seelve spent Sunday with Miss Florence Reed. Mrs Bundle visited brother W C Reed Tuesday. Mr and Mrs BE Reed and son Paul visited Frank Perry’s home. M D Whitney returned home Friday after a short course. Geo Gates family visited relatives in town last Sunday. Local youths attended a play in Decorah Thursday. Dr W H Kromons Einer Kippe and Frank Sullivan planned Decorah trip last Saturday. Teddy Emmons and Paul Reed attended a Wade school shadow social Friday. Mrs Hall of Austin, visiting her father Mr Thompson, returned home Friday. Harry Cox now drives a buckskin team bought near Canton last week. Several cars for ice arrived in Prosper last week for the creamery with many teams helping.
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Frank Johnson
John Allen
J. W. Welch
Ed. A. Griswold
Roy Hiatt
Gracie Street
Ed. Griswold
John Burgeson
Will Darling
Miss Hilleman
W. A. Plunkett
Willie Robinson
Frank Welch
Harlan Talbert
Haldor Johnson
Howard Haines
T. W. Bryant
Byron Darrington
Decorah
Lillian Fawcett
R. J. White
Arthur Carrington
Roy Miller
Humphrey
North Dakota
Fawcetts
Major Hendershot
Rappahannock
Hesper
Isaac Fawcett
Albert Sant
Mabel
Dr. Worth
Granville Fawcett
Casterton
Frank
Nina Johnson
Lila Carter
Cyrus Burt
L. A
Tweeten
Ivanhoe
Lincoln County
Minn
Burre Burreson
Prosper
Canton
Burr Oak
Lottie Olson
Maude Rice
Fremont Cox
Geo. Smith
Guy Sheley
G. Darling
Gene Headington
Alfred Jewell
Lindsay
Wingate
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows
Knight of
Harmony
Burr Oak Lakes’ Aid Society
Prosper Ladies’ Aid Society
L. Healis
P. C. Olson
Healis
Clifford Reed
Towa Telford
Cox
Stone Tweeten
Mr. Tweeten
Minnesota
I. N. Reed
Alice Morris
Cr. Reed
Joe. Moran
Alice Seelve
Florence Reed
Bundle
W. C. Reed
BE. M. Reed
Paul
Frank Perry
M. D. Whitney
Geo, Gates
Little Son
W. H. Kromons
Einer Kippe
Frank Sullivan
Teddy Emmons
Paul Reed
Wade
Hall
Austin
Thompson
Harry Cox
Clara Pletka
Casey Jones
Wm. J. Cremer
Ole O. Hauge
W. E. Straver
Fayette
Rudolph Novotny
Selmer Boe
Charles City
Fred J. Rilling
Fort Atkinson
Albert Schissel
Attorney C
Boice
Messrs
Giesen and
Skor
Henry Wesselmann
Elkader
Louis Deily
Dubuque
J. D. Becker
Chicago
Marie Ebert
Warren Hurlbut
A. O. Flaskerud
John Humker
Fred Houdek
Ossian
Ben Bear
John Holm
Kate Parsons
Milwaukee
Hilda Holm
Bertha Hegg
Randy Kittlesby
Anna Valenta
Waterloo
Frank Valenta
O. P. Ooe
Des Moines
Elsie Smith
Opera House
Albert Minaschek
Cedar Rapids
Frank Novotny
Celia Gustafson
Edna Meyer
Ridgeway
Waldo Reisner
Mr. Stribley
Willis Giesen
H. J. Giesen Co
Freda Law
O. B. Law
Hopkinton
Elizabeth Ryan
Omaha
Olga Ode
Helen Kaye
Grinnell
Young People's Society of the
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Winger
Ossian Visitors and Calmar Trip News In Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson residents record a flurry of visits and travels. Ossian guest John Wagner stopped by while Peter and Bennie Smith visited Osian Friday. Calmar trips included Jake Cap on business and Miss Ida Doubek visiting for a dance. The FHBG club met with Creter Smith as two hundred plus attended a hall event that raised sixty six dollars for church debt. A sad accident left Joseph Doubek with two fractured ribs as Leona Rogers faced a sudden bereavement back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wagner
Ossian
Peter and
Bennie Smith
Jake Cap
Calmar
Bevins
Hawkeye
Altar Society
Louis Meyer
Ida Kubish
Etta Reihle
Leo Dostal
Helen
C. D. Horton
Geo. Bieber
Des Moines
Will Svestka
Jackson
Joe Wandas
Clem Burns
Jackson Junction
Jos. Shima
Decorah
Ida Doubek
John Humker
Ed. Valenta
Fred Houdek
Drs. Hennessy
Horton
Creter Smith
Frank Berst
Stella Jarosh
Crescet
Korbel
John Jones
Tom Schneeberger
Cresco
Father Dragoon
Kremer
Ballon
Spillville
Marie Brockamp
Fred
Frank Schrieber
Summers
Geo. Ferguson
Dubuque
Oliver Berg
Son Idoyd
West Union
No Backache or Kidney Pains Remedy Ad
An older herb remedy claim promotes Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf as a tonic laxative and preventative for back pain urinary bladder kidney trouble dizziness and low energy. Sold by druggists or by mail for 50 cents with free sample offer from The Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York dated May 3.
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Decorah Visitors and Local Business Notes
Calmar and Decorah residents frequent towns for business and pleasure. Notables include Clara Pletka, Rudolph Novotny, Selmer Boe, and Marie Ebert visiting Decorah. J. D. Becker heads to Chicago on business. Henry Wesselmann visits Elkader. trains, plays, and dances draw crowds in Fort Atkinson and Osian. Local property changes, millinery trips, and a theater show highlight community life.
Kendallville Community News Briefs February 23 1914
Kendallville S A S plans a Saturday meeting while illness touches many residents. Myrtle Ellingson and Peter Ellingson recoveries are noted. Mr and Mrs Steve Todd attended a Cresco armory dance. Tom Elliott traveled from Monticello for his brother Andrew’s funeral. Several visits and illnesses fill the week with church and school disruptions. The Yates orchestra will play at a Grange hall dance. Will Kendall recovers from appendicitis in Milford. Mrs G W Dusham returns from Canton to Kendallville. Henderson, a young Howard county resident, dies at Decorah. family receives heartfelt sympathy.
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Kendallville S. A. S
Myrtle Ellingson
Peter Ellingson
Clifford Eddy and Son
Harry Goldsworthy
Jacob Matteson
Steve Todd
Cresco
Tom Elliott
Monticello
Andrew
W. A. Clink
Steve Porter
Minnie Porter
Karl Curtis
Mattie Burton
Plummer
Grange Hall
Yates Orchestra
Canton
Milford
Willie Kendall
Retsey Peterson
Siblings visit Cresco hospital and town notices
Mrs Olive Goldsworthy and Edna Fifield visited their sister Mrs Viva Howard and infant at Mercy hospital in Cresco. Bert Yates and wife and daughter traveled from Canton for a visit. Yates returned home and the baby stayed longer. Florence Bents and daughter from Sioux Falls visited Mrs Jennie James en route to Chicago for millinery. Andrew Elliott, ill for years near Monticello Minn, died Wednesday. his funeral was held in Monticello and burial at State Line cemetery. A curious accident at Elias Holness farm drowned a heifer after its horns became trapped in a water tank. Burial followed services at the Fifield home. Barker's Remedy advertised as best for coughs and colds at local druggists.
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Olive Goldsworthy
Edna Fifield
Cresco
Viva Howard
Babe
Mercy Hospital
Bert Yates
Canton
Yates
Baby
Florence Bents
John Haas
Sioux Falls
Jennie James
Chicago
W. C. Fifield
Andrew Elliott
Mr. Elliott
Elias Holness Farm
Monticileo
Minn
Monticello
Fifield
State Line
Elliott
Freeport social notes mix visiting doctors and calls
Freeport residents report visits from Decorah physicians Dr. Dana Jewell and Dr. H. H. Thomas and calls by Mrs. O W Deremo. Ruth Stewart visits D H Leach in Decorah. Clark Tillinghast stays with James and Mrs. Tillinghast in Springwater. A pastor on sick list caused no church services. a Rochester trip ended with Arthur in hospital. Fire on Mrs. Deremo’s roof caused brief alarm. family moved to Mrs. Banning’s father's home.
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Trving Miller
North Dakota
Dana Jewell
James Tillinghast
Casterton
Decorah
Dr. Woodward
O. W. Deremo
Freeport
H. H. Thomas
Ruth Stewart
D. H. Leach
Clark Tillinghast
Springwater
Lackland
R. T. Robinson
Rochester
Arthur
Ed. Banning
Osian Social Notes and Local Events Highlight Week
Osian social page records visits from John Bucknam of Osage and Miss Anns Becker from Charles City. Local dances and theater outings with Harringtons orchestra and The Girl of My Dreams in Decorah attract crowds. Community groups meet nun days, Red Men basketball beats Lawler 53 to 24, Mardi Gras plans in the south, Washington birthday party at M E church raises 76 cents, and local embeds hold supper. Advertisements for Downs Regulars laxatives and Doan's Ointment appear among notices.
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Max Fan
Westville
John Bucknam
Osage
Theresa Schulze
Elmb
Harrington
Decorah
Miss Thoma
Postville
Carroll Bullard
Embroidery Club
J. B. Schneeberger
T. P. Schmitz
Elks
Louis Uoebelherr
Leonard Logsdon
Dave Weitgenant
Anns Becker
N. L. Frodden
Charles City
Lawler
Wm. Mullaney
South
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Artalinda
Regina Meyer
Prairie du Chien
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M. E. Church
Opera House
Frank Limbeck
Babe
West Union
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Mesdames
M. J. Klein
Barney Holtey
Fred Figge
L. A. Meyer
Arthalinda
Faye Gilbert
Frankville Notes From Ossian and Nearby Towns
Local notices from Frankville dated February 22 1914 record visits among residents Ossian Postville Decorah and Waukon. Social calls include Kelse Webster Ray Waters Mrs Sherman Bollman Frannie Padden and Miss Mary Kneeskern with multiple trips to Postville Decorah and Ravena. T J Crawford bought a new Overland auto. a village dance attracted over sixty tunes. community members bought and sold horses and brick tiling for spring projects. a Dramatic club presents Bound by an Oath on March 3 benefiting city improvements.
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Jas. Ryan
Walter Ryan
South Dakota
Mason
John Malone
Strawberry Point
Lester Davis
Bruce
Wis
Walter Brandt
T. J. Crawford
Sanborn
Estherville
Vern Zeeman
Postville
Brandt
Birdsell
Sarah Ryan
Mitchell
Mesdames
J. A. Peek
L. C. Spaun
J J. van Wey
Sepha Peck
C. H. Waters
Lydia Padden
Alma Leer
Evelyn
Jnice Brouillet
Calvin Birdsell
Elkader
McGregor
Amon
Ole Walby
Esther
Minneapolis
Kongsbak
J. A. Peck
G. D. Bollman
Rev. Mason
Ray Waters
Ruth Marsten
Stella Crawford
C. WH. Waters
A. Peck
Fred Waters
Lynn Crawford
John R. Mott
Fred Duval
Ludlow
Philip Raymond
Miller
Alfred Crabtree
Jacob Johnson
Irvin Hughes Seth Randolph
Sherman Bollman
Edward LeRoy
Mabel
Walter Pilgrim
Elias Amsden
John Leer
Ravens greet visitors and local calls noted in Decorah area
In Ravenna ny Herman Lansing made calls at Calmar on Saturday. Anton Anderson visited Decorah last August and Lansing called at the Decorah mill last Thursday. Albert Peyer of Ossian spent Sunday at Wenzel Lansing’s. Oscar Johnson of Decorah spent Sunday with home folks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Lansing
Calmar @n
Anton Anderson
Decorah
August Lansing
Decorah Mill
Albert Peyer
Ossian
Wenzel Lansing
Oscar Johnson
Ossian Area Social and Callers Move Through Week
A rundown of social calls and visits from Ossian and nearby towns includes Ole Benson delivering ice from Ossian, visits to Clem Hemesath and John Meyer, and calls by Mr and Mrs Joe Remke Clem Zweibhohmer and others. Neighbors gathered for a euchre party at Ossian and Julius Brown celebrated his tenth wedding anniversary with friends and family.
Mary Stuart Chapel at Roscoff Nurtures Wind Lore
In Roscoff Finistere lies Mary Stuart's house built as a chapel named St. Ninian to mark Mary Queen of Scots landing in 1548. Local Roscoff women gather dust from the chapel floor and blow it away from seaward to bring a fair wind home for fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stuart
Roscoff
Finistere
Mary
St. Ninian
Time to Call a Halt Vacation Advice
A busy man should take a vacation when he can no longer sit for an hour without doing nothing. The New Orleans Picayune notes this standard goal of rest and escape from constant activity.
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