Improving Decorah Branch Rail Line To Use 70 Pound Steel
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes plans to relay the Decorah branch of the Rock Island line with 70 pound steel rails and replace ties as part of a broader roadbed overhaul. If funded this year from West Union to Decorah and next year to the line’s end, the improvements aim to reduce derailments and delays, boost earnings, and increase shipper goodwill, turning a once neglected branch into a lively part of the system.
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Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Rock Island
West Union
Decorah Ranch
Fifteen Days with the Sheriff
Two men registered at St. Cloud last Thursday and sought work after a day of whisky. One wore an overcoat, the other did not. A lodge overcoat was stolen from a room, and the culprits were found asleep in Calmar depot. They were brought to Decorah and the coat owner faced Justice Bar-th ell, receiving fifteen days with Sheriff Flemming.
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St. Cloud
Austin
Calmar
W. C. Duffy
Decorah
Justice Barthell
Flemming
First Snow Storm Reaches Wide Region
The first real snow storm of winter hit Friday the 21st with about eight inches falling and high winds. It blanketed the northwest, Missouri, and Chicago, aiding crop moisture. A late evening surge neared blizzard speed as Decorah’s train struggled home. Supervisor Morton reports passable sleighing on east and west roads, while north and south routes are mostly drifted or impassable.
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Missouri
Chicago
Decorah
Morton
Orleans Township
Another Car of Horses Shipped by Anderson Bros
Anderson Bros. last night sent another car of fine horses to East Williston. The unusually fine car adds to nine shipped by United States Express since January. Each car carried twenty eight horses at an average price of two hundred dollars, totaling over fifty thousand dollars worth of horses sent from Decorah in under two months.
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Anderson Bros
East Williston
S. I
United States Express Company
Decorah
Train 203 Delays Into Decorah After Brake Box Break
Train No 203 of the Milwaukee line was due in Decorah at 8 15 am on Monday but arrived after 10. The brake box failed about three miles from Conover, preventing back push. The engine could not pull the train so a six driver freight was sent to assist. no one was hurt.
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Decorah
Milwaukee
Conover
Princess Theater Sold to Waterloo Investor
Last week Bailey and Ward transferred their interest in the Princess theater to Glenn Wilson of Waterloo. Wilson has strong experience in the moving picture business and is known as a hustler.
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Messrs. Bailey
Ward
Princess Theater
Glenn Wilson
Waterloo
Mr. Wilson
Mock Congress Adjourned Due To Weather At Church
Inclement weather kept many away from the mock congress at the Methodist church last Friday night so no session was held and an adjournment was taken until tomorrow night. A married suffragette is defined as a woman who carries a night key and her husband doesn't.
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Methodist Church
Winneshiek County Birth Totals Indicate 336 for Year
The county clerk table shows 336 births in Winneshiek County across townships, indicating no race death by own action in this section. It notes an average of twenty eight births per calendar month, nearly one per day, for the year.
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Fremont Burr Oak Highland NE
Assist Xaesaebsseaenes
PME
Lycb
Acadaiscans
Ie Hee Brie
Iee
van Sonar Enn Carrer Ee Bee
Edhse
Whada
Tserigd
Frankville Oo
Datars
Tan Cele
Washington
Ridgeway
Springfield
Noe Dassaguls
We and Our Neighbors News Briefs Then and Now
A scattered Iowa roundup notes Old Winter waking, a new rod and gun club in Postville, and Milwaukee Road testing a gasoline motor on the Waukon branch. Mason City votes April 12 on a commission form. Anamosa approves a $60,000 school tax. wild ducks seen at Hampton. several local incidents and updates follow, including crimes, fires, rescues, industrial notes, and a short ads snippet.
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Postville
Milwaukee Railroad
Waukon
Mason City
Hampton
Anamosa
Charles Gray
Sharrow
McGregor
Roald Amundsen
Cedar Falls
Garner
Thes
Conly
Elkport
Delaware County
Lee Bayless
Independence
A. J. Muriel
Cedar Rapids
Tessie Oval
Northwood
Obituary: Mrs L K Lower Dies At Decorah After Illness
Mrs L K Lower died at 10 20 am Tuesday February 18 1913 at 601 Winneshiek Ave Decorah from bronchial pneumonia and heart weakness. Elenora Peck born April 18 1858 Oswego County New York moved to Winneshiek County as a child then married L K Lower December 24 1874. She leaves husband one son Frank Lower and two daughters Mrs J W Waters and Mrs Lester Lowery, plus three grandchildren. Funeral held at 10 am Thursday at her residence with Dr Willett. interment in Frankville cemetery. joined Congregational church years earlier.
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L. K. Lower
Republican
Winneshiek Ave
Decorah
Elenora Peck
William and
Julia Peck
Oswego County
New York
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Washington Prairie
Frankville
Maude
Frank Lower
J. W. Waters
Frankville Township
Lester Lowery
Wells, Minn
Willett
J. 8. Brawford
Estherville
FE. E. Peck
Des Moines
Wells
Jas. M. Lower
Waukon
Death of A H Freer in Aitkin County Minnesota
Obituary notice for Abram H Freer born May 29 1840 in Whiteport New York. Enlisted 1862 in the 16th U S regulars and served as commissary sergeant until 1865. Lived in Frankville Iowa and Jackson County Minnesota before moving to Aitkin County in 1901. Died February 2 1913 at age 72 with widow Julia Hubbell and three surviving children. Comrade Freer and Mrs Freer members of B F Sweet Post and RB F Sweet Post offer sympathy.
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Jackson
Minn
County Times
Newton Freer
A. H. Freer
Aitkin County
Orrie
Palisade
Abram H. Freer
Whiteport
N. Y
Frankville
Iowa
U. S. Regulars
Julia Hubbell
Jackson County
Freer
B. F. Sweet Post
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Sympathy
The undersigned thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during their recent bereavement. L. K. Lower and family extend gratitude amid their loss. The line about Flattery appears in the text but is not part of the notice.
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L. K
Fifty Years Ago War News From Vicksburg And Local Notes
Fifty years ago reports from Vicksburg note Gen Grant advancing with captured Haines Bluff and 57 pieces of artillery after heavy fighting with Pemberton. Prisoners taken on both sides, bridges burned, and McClernand and Logan opposing Pemberton. Local items include a mobbed West Union Pioneer office, South Dakota troop letters, Madison bear sighting, Sophia Relf’s death, and butter rising to 12 1/2 cents per pound.
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Haines Bluff
Pemberton
Jackson and
Baker's Creek
McClernand
Logan
al. McKay
Sixth Town Cavalry
South Dakota
West Union Pioneer
Madison Township
Sophia S
James Relf
A Modern Eve at Grand Opera House Friday March 14
The Grand Opera House presents the musical comedy A Modern Eve noted as among the best road shows. It ran long in Chicago where two local citizens saw it and praised it highly. The show debuts Friday evening March 14 with headlines claiming it caused a Windy City sensation.
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Grand Opera House
Singer
Chicago
Prescription for a long life from a Connecticut nonagenarian
An elderly Connecticut man offers life advice and urges temperance calmness and regular outdoor exercise. An advertising pitch extols Vinol a cod liver oil tonic as a strength builder for the aged claiming great results and promising refunds if unsatisfied. Endorsed by Mrs Mary Ivey of Columbus Georgia and attributed to E J Parman of Decorah Iowa.
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Mary Ivey
Columbus
Vinci
E. J. Parman
Decorah
Iowa
This Will Interest Mothers Powder Ad
This advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to relieve feverishness headaches and stomach issues. It claims teething relief bowel regulation and worm destruction with a 24 hour cold break, used by mothers for 22 years and available from A. S. Olmstead LeRoy New York. A second line warns the wife who sticks to her husband may help him mend his ways.
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Gray
A. S. Olmstead
LeRoy
N. Y
Tyburn Tree Site Marked On Edgeware Road
The old Tyburn Tree site near Edgeware road is located with a brass triangle set in the asphalt marking where the triple gallows stood from 1196 to 1759. Estimated executions at Tyburn field of blood reach about 50,000, most being petty offenders.
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Tyburn
Edgeware Road
Household remedy Dr Thomas Electric Oil ad
For baby's croup Willie’s daily cuts and bruises mamma’s sore throat grandma’s lameness Dr Thomas Electric Oil the household remedy. 25¢ and 50c.
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Willie
Grandma
Thomas
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