Decorah Visitors and Holiday Arrivals Noted Across County
County News from December 31 1912 records numerous Decorah residents and visitors on streets and in homes. Entries mention O Peterson Ralph Lee Mrs Dickinson O W Deremo Harold Knorr and many others in Decorah Pleasant township Freeport Trout Run Ossian Oelwein Cresco Fayette and Harden with Christmas and New Year visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Peterson
Decorah
Ralph Lee
Ruth Stewart
D. H. Leach
Hazel Sheetz
Spring Valley
Linda Coughlin
J. H. Coughlin
Jennie Sanaker
Herman Logsdon
Trout Run
Abbie Smith
Harden
Cora
Amon Borsheim
Bulmer
Pleasant Township
Freeport
Lackland
December 30 1912 Kendallville social notes and illnesses
Local tidbits report Miss Green and Mrs. Green ill in Kendallville with other cases of sickness. Attendees include Phil Todd at Cresco, Dr. Kessel in Cresco visiting Mrs. Green, and many neighbors visiting relatives in Decorah, Cresco, and Orleans. Social events feature a chicken pie dinner at the C. C. Brown home and a Morgan church program. A fire on a north township house tested neighborly aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Green
Phil Todd
Cresco
Carlson
Charles City
Daskam
W. A. Clink
Decorah
C. C. Brown
Kessel
Bernard Davis
Orleans
Charlie Smith
Morgan Church
A. D. Patterson
Mann
W. A. Clinic
Emery Jones
Max Dasham
Miss Hurley
Joseph Young
Fort Atkinson
Solton
Marguerite Brown
W. A. Dasham
Morgan
Everett Clark
M. H. Culbert
Culbert
Roy Pfendler
Anna
Indianapolis
Ind
Burton Stephenson
Plummer
Willie
Clarance Clink
J. H. Warburton
Riceville
Meyers
Bonair
Bert Yates
Canton
Clifford Eddy
W. K. Barker
Frances
Ruth Handke
John Pierce
George Easler
Plymouth Rock Community News Roundup
A cheerful New Year greeting frames a local notes page. Residents and visitors such as Luana Ellin Stella Monsen Henry Steensen Cresco Anna Theodore Anderson and others are listed with visits and calls. News includes travel to Decorah, illness of Mrs Emery, a horse loss to blood poison, a Christmas tree program, and various family gatherings at Steensen Monsen Ellingson and Webber homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luana Ellin
Stella
Monsen
Mr. Helmer
Otis Webber
Henry Steensen
Cresco
A. G. Monsen
O. Monsen
Mabel Ellingsen
Mons Askelson
J. Ellingson
Nellie Pollitt
Walter Daskam
N. Ellingson
Walter Rhine
Oliver Ellingson
Cando
N. D
Anna
Theodore Anderson
A. Steensen
Miss Fitzgerald
Emery
Decorah
Susie Severts
Hayfield
Minn
A. Steenson
Ed. Wilbur
Jones
Lime
Henry Lovejoy
Lenora Steensen
Gladys Ellingson
Sever Steensen
Albert Lea
E. F. Severts
Turtle Lake
Clay Hill Social Roundup Faces Holiday News
Harold Dinger spent Sunday in Freeport. T Pearson sawed wood on his farm. Chas Goettleman hosted a straw hauling bee last Monday. Carl Erickson visited Henry Gross. Wedding bells rumored soon. Fred Tillotson visited his wife in Charles City. F J Broghammer home from Milwaukee. Herbert Gross returned to Cresco to resume school duties. Christmas and New Year wishes to Republican readers. Clay Hill school closed for eight days with a Christmas program and feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Dinger
Freertmg
T. Pearson
Tipeatey- Chas
Goettleman
Carl Erickson
Henry Gross
Freeport
Fred Tillotson
Charles City
F. J. Broghammer
Milwaukee
Herbert Gross
Cresco
John Mall
New Dam
Mildred Glover
Anita Holkesvik
Locust
Sam Sorenson
Alice Headington
Carol Tillotson
Roy
Wm. Malli
Pat Hogan
Decorah
Jesse Limbeck
Ossian
Albert Grinna
Sam Stoskopf
Canoe Township
Alf. Thoman
Nordness
John Matter
W. D. Grosss
Caroline Gross
Clay Hill
Willians
Det Bush
D. Sind Ward Hursh
Guetzlaff
Mendota
Nelle Neuenswander
Herb Banning
South Dakota
Bessie Allen
Postville
Geo. Schultz
la Crosse
W. H
Stephen Allen
Mason City
Frances Bickel
Woodbine
W. H. Haefner
Seim
Joe Duttina
Faribault
Dutina
Mia
O'Ray
Velma Bollman
Fargo
N. D
K. R
Toledo
John Winger
Winger
J. H
Fred Voelker
Farmersburg
Voelker
Pleasant ‘Ridge
Elmer Rosa
Anamosa
David Alspaugh
Alspaugh
William
Mary A. Kramer
Northwood
G. C. Toye
Nelson Gibbs
E. Pennington
Minneapolis
A. W. Kramer
Dixon, TL
Rev. Hursh
U. B
Holiday Visitors and Local News From Hesper
Mrs. Lida Evans visits her mother Mrs. Bryant while Lars Grinager shows a new buzz saw engine. Numerous locals from Hesper and nearby towns attend Christmas events, visits, and health updates. The piece catalogs guests, travel between towns, quarantine notes, wood-hauling, concerts by the Victoria Lynn Concert Co., and a parochial school Christmas program with a growing audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida Evans
Bryant
Lars Grinager
Lillian Fawcett
Mabel
Hesper
Bessie Johnson
Prof. Archer
Troy
W. C. Hutchinson
Mildred Nelson
Dennis Wiles
Alice Edmunds
Wyoming
Dr. Worth
Geo. Howe
Spring Valley
Minn
Oren
Sisseton
Alice Worth
la Crosse
Elijah Johnson
Charlie Casterton
Casterton
T. W. Bryant
B. M. White
Stone
O. L. Street
Lien
Caledonia
Welch
James Hutchins
Wm. Hutchins
Waiton
Wis
Leon Johnson
Decorah
Myra Halsey
Illinois
Elihu Halsey
Charlie Hiatt
Fair Oaks
Griswold
Galloway
John Welch
Nick Richert
Bennett Haines
So. Dakota
Indiana
Florida
Alvin Hawks
B. J. Taber
Pair Oaks
Cal
Frances Dillingham
Patter
W. M. Griswold
W. M
Win
Victoria Lynn Concert Co
Miss Lynn
Consolidated Calmar Visitors and Local Guests
Fort Atkinson notes list Otto Bock, Jos Sobolik and son Earl, Louis Dostal of Monona, Misses Emma and Stella Vsetecka, Frank Krall, Kathleen Morris, Clara Kubish, Frank Kuhn, M A Kubish, H J Huber, Miss Ida Svestka, Miss Ethel Pletka, Father Doeding, Rev Father Marshalek, Olga Kolee, Tom Houdek, Jos Schafer, Sister M Corona, Misses Sadie Summers and Kate Sluka, Mrs A J Schreiber, Mrs Gerholt, and others visiting or spending holidays in Calmar and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Bock
M. A. Kubish
Novak
Conover
H. J. Huber
Calmar
Ida Svestka
Jackson Junction
Ethel Pletka
J. A
Sadie Summers
Kate Sluka
Wancoma
A. J. Schreiber
Marguerite
Gerholt
Babe
H. C. Goddard
Waucoma
Jos
Shima
Decorah
Castalia Holiday Visitors and Community Notes
Castalia residents host and visit relatives during the holidays. Local clergy and town officials are noted. births, deaths, and burials are reported alongside social calls and church references. Community members from Mason City, Elkader, Mendota, Fargo, and Toledo appear in visits and travels.
Winneshik County Seeks Bids for County Farm Posts
The Winneshick County Board of Supervisors invites bids and applications by 1:30 p.m. January 6, 1913, for county physician, county farm janitor, overseer of the poor in Decorah, and Decorah city roles. Also seeks 20 cards of green oak and 20 of green poplar at the County Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Winneshick County
Iowa
Decorah
Rian
STROM
Cook
Nty
Northern Canoe Notes of Holidays and Hurdles
Local items report fine weather, family visits, and holiday travel as residents haul hogs, cut firewood, and celebrate. Health notes mention a light paralytic stroke and a medicinal herb remedy for women. Community scenes include gatherings, sleighing, and mail delivery by auto during Christmas.
Carvings of Christmas Flowers Reach Sabetha Sister
A reader describes a festive Christmas table with red pink yellow and white carnations sent by her sister Mrs. Mary Wrighton of Sabetha Kansas accompanying holiday decor and memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wrighton
Sabetha, Kas
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children sell cheap remedy
To Mothers in This Town, children who are delicate and feverish will get relief from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse the stomach and act on the liver. A pleasant worm remedy. At all druggists 25 cents. Address A S Olmstead Roy New York. Newport woman fined for stealing a dress hidden in her hat but it was a bathing suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Olmstead
Roy
N. Y
Newport
Tofj
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Believed to ease feverishness and teething disorders with a pleasant bowel regulating effect. Used by mothers for two years. advertised as a reliable remedy for worms. Sample offered free. address Olmstead LeRoy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olmstead
LeRoy, N. Y
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W. Dickinson
C. H. Stevens
Charles Hallman
Lily Alm
David Kirkpatrick
James
R. Tyler
Grundy Center
Charley Tyler
Fayette
Oregon
Mattie Stockman
Walter Robinson
Hawkeye
Margaret Brown
Sarah Stockman
Eugene Howard
Kendallville
Plymouth Rock
Republican
Krumm
Cochran
John Humker
Fred Houdek
Marie Etteldorf
Chas
J. Kubish
Albert Budke
John Sluka
Celia
Gabe Wiest
Winona
Witte and Wiest
Thos. Houdek
Joe Young
Ozias Lawrence
Hurley
Castalia
RE. W. Christopher
Geo. Foltz
Bennie Sheley
Hugo Noecker
Will Coy
Tenie Coy
Grace Noecker
Nettit Stoskopf
Perry Kinyon
Yton Reed
John Foltz
Annie Reed
Dora
Nettie Stoskopf
Florell Potter
Burr Oak
Cleona Stoskopf
Peter Mellen
Chris Rasmussen
Albert Wingate
Albert
James Smalley
Samantha Smith
Staggie Keane
Northern Canoe
Nieberline
Woodward
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
Dr. Pierce
E. Correy
Longstreet
Correy
Uncle Sam
United States
Ben
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