Personal notices of Decorah area residents in winter
A long list of local movements and visits across Decorah and nearby towns. Residents travel to Cresco St Paul Grinnell La Crosse Ames Chicago and Martin home places with family visits and business trips noted. Names include Hans Jarland T A Wold Mrs W Dickinson Miss Amelia Mikkelson and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Wold
St. Olaf
Grinnell
E. W. Tullock
St. Paul
Ray Algyer
Derwin
Paulina
Elizabeth Maroney
James
Ed. Trzcinski
Glendive
Mont
Chas. Trzecinski
Ella Coward
Cresco
Frank Sayre
Arthur Ingvoldstad
Roy Larson
Minneapolis
E. R. Haines
Britt
Decorah
Maria Haugen
Rey
Lauritz Larsen
L. Bullis
Levi F. Bullis
Detroit
Minn
John Betts
A. J. Morris
Rochester
B. Harmon
Kirksville
H. B. Lathe
P. M. Jeng
Ridgeway
Wm. Gellerman
Fisher Shipp Concert Company To Perform At Grand Opera House
Next Tuesday evening the Fisher Shipp Concert company appears as the fourth Lyceum number at the Grand Opera House in Decorah. The group includes Miss Shipp soprano and reader, Lloyd A. Lear mandolin and mandovista, Miss Pauline Harrington accompanist and vocalist, plus a violinist. The program is varied and entertaining, and season ticket holders should bring Coupon No. 4. The Steiner lecture coupon will be honored for Col G C Shields on February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Shipp
Grand Opera House
Decorah Lyceum
Miss Shipp
Lloyd A. Lear
Pauline Harrington
Steiner
Col
G. C. Schields
Carver Strong Takes Over Cincinnati Price Current
J. Carver Strong assumes management of the Cincinnati Price Current a leading grain trade authority now in its 41st year. The move follows his expanding role at Hay & Grain Reporter and his prior Chicago publishing ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Price Current
J. Carver Strong
Strong
Hay & Grain Reporter
Chicago
Passing of a Pioneer in Rock Island Railroad Work
W C Byers a pioneer engineer of the Rock Island railroad long associated with Decorah Cedar Rapids is severely ill at his Decorah Rapids home. Doctors and friends have given up hope as Byers who was prominent in railroad Y M C A work in Cedar Rapids and spoke at Decorah revival meetings last winter brings a noted figure in regional railroad history close to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Byers
Rock Island Railroad
Decorah
Cedar Rapids
Decorah Rapids
Byers
Marrying in Des Moines a New Decorah Couple
In Des Moines last evening Mr. R. McGinty and Miss Mildred B. Goldsten were united in marriage. Mr. McGinty is a traveling auditor for Wells Fargo express. The couple plan to reside in J. J. Marsh house in West Decorah with his four year old son, becoming permanent Decorah citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
R. McGinty
Mildred B. Goldsten
McGinty
Wells Fargot Express Company
J. J. Marsh
West Decorah
School of Instruction For County Assessors
County Auditor Shea called a meeting at the courthouse for Thursday January 11 1913 to instruct assessors on duties for the coming year. The board of supervisors will designate days for road supervisors instruction as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shea
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Arthur Holm Weds Alberta Oviatt in York Christmas Eve
The York Daily News reports the marriage of Arthur J. Holm of Waterloo formerly Frankville and Decorah to Miss Alberta Oviatt of York. Rev. Ritchey of York Christian Church presided before about seventy five relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Neb
Arthur J. Holm
Waterloo
Frankville
Decorah
Alberta Oviatt
Albert Oviatt
Ritchey
York Christian Church
Valves Ordered For Keokuk Dam Expansion
R. M. Law of Swenson Valve Co reports a mail order for just over one hundred valves for the Keokuk dam. After initial competition, all subsequent orders have gone to Decorah, marking the third sizable order for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Law
Swenson Valve Co
Keokuk
Decorah
High School Basketball Opener At Steyer Opera House
Tomorrow night fans will see a double header featuring the alumni versus regular teams for both boys and girls. Both sides are determined to win and the event promises a good time for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steyer Opera House
Thirty Hens Turn In 318 Dozen Eggs For The Year
Mell Blackmarr of Decorah raises Plymouth Rocks averaging thirty hens. His flock laid 318 dozen eggs in the past year and he has sold about $32 worth as poultry. Ilohn T. Aaker of Velva N D visited relatives at Ridgeway and reports Luther College alumni prospering in Minot Velva and nearby areas. Mrs B Maas of Dubuque visited Decorah friends and then went to Freeport Illinois Monday to visit her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Savold
Nels Refstad
Hills
Minn
B. C. Solstein
Minneapolis
Knut Nelson
Stella Forde
Beatta Anderson
L. Hanson
Albert Lea
Walter Adams
Ames
Adams
Norman Bradish
E. A. Tate
Frankville
Shelby
A. N. Christenson
H. A. Durland
Ridgeway
Lilian Winter
Charles City
Mason City
H. E. Miller
Storm Lake
Chas. Webber
Fred Stihring
Jamestown
N. D
Sivert Ringoen
Margaret
N. H. Adams
E. R. Webster
Ossian
J. H. Hiatt
Mabel
Mell Blackmarr
Plymouth Rocks
Ilohn T. Aaker
Velva
Decorah
C. D. Aaker
A. O. Anderson
Luther College
Minot
B. Maas
Dubuque
Freeport
Ill
Mra. J. Biedermann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hans Jarland
Lawrence
Oscar Graves
Bowman
L. Haavik
Menominee, Wis
Geo. Smith
Burr Oak
Lucille Korsrud
Christine Skjernheim
Locust
G. Gjere
Highlandville
Mrs. Pollitt
Lomo Ammuity
Kate Deming
Fort Atkinson
Ida Henderson
Alma Hover
Ethel Trzcinski
Austin
Myrtle Engbretson
Mae Rice
P. Bloomfield
Agnes Tofte
Galena
Andrew Tofte
Will Rima
Wazeka
Wis
Starka
Peter Morton
Or— Leans Township
R. A. Engbretson
Minnie Thompson
Sioux City
C. T. Thompson
C. A. Strayer
C. Petterson
E. J. Heatekin
Independence
Spillville
W. C. Chekal
Decorah Tuessday
Helen Curtiss
Dean C. F. Curtiss
Louise Curtin
Rose Ellingson
Arthur
A. J. Braun
Boice
Ann Arbor
Harry Dial
Waukon
Canora
Canada
Noel Bullard
New York
Bullard
Bayonne
N. J
Earl Stoddard
C. H. Bromley
Marshalltown
Edwards
Fred Nolte
Maryion
Genevieve
Ed. Knight
Anoka
L. Keefe
J. Bollinger
Brookhaven
Miss
Fred Thomas
Georgia
Moses Greer
Moses
Fred
Carver Strong
School of Instruction
Arthur Holm Maried
Keokuk Dam
Basket Ball
Citizens Savings Bank
Iowa
E. J. Curtin
B. J. McKay
Cashier
F. F. W. Conover
Casterton
E. Cratsenberg
Portman
John Curtin
Karl D. Fisk
Optometrist
St. Cloud
Wangler Bros
Nemo
Columbia Yarns
Wayne Knit
Mott & CO
Skinner
McCall's
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