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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
7
An old medical ad explains uric acid causes gout rheumatism and neuralgia. It promotes Dr Pierce s Anuric claim of eradicating uric acid with highly potent tablets and urges readers to buy a trial package or consult a drug store.
January 2 1917 notes list a December 29 1916 club dance and many callers and visitors across Decorah Ridgeway Mason City and Dubuque. Entries name Bertha Stenseth Beatrice Becker Elsie Hoffbauer Celia Gustafson Louise Winger and others visiting relatives friends and noting illnesses and travels including a funeral near Plymouth Rock.
January 2 1916 updates from Kendallville and nearby towns recount social visits family news and travel. Edson Eddy spent Sunday with Cy Elliott near Harmony. Ellingsons and Fifields welcome new joy and visits. Mrs Curtis returns from Cresco. S J Moore resumes duties as County Clerk. Townsfolk attend church programs and a Cresco trip to see Civilisation. several ill or traveling relatives update community.
The Looking Glass Prairie column reports visits and gatherings across Decorah and nearby towns. Local residents Alfred Young, Dr. Reide, and families such as the Stenos, Jacobsons, and Petersens are noted visiting, hosting, or traveling for Christmas and New Year events, with several residents planning trips to California and Minnesota.
Ossian residents host relatives and friends from Decorah Castalia Cresco McGregor Calmar Waterloo and Cedar Rapids with a steady stream of visitors returning home or heading out Miss Irene Meyer returns to Chicago after two weeks at home Mrs N L Frudden and Joseph Becker celebrate New Year with family in Charles City Chas Green returns from hospital in Cresco and Bert Barr family visit Broderick home and Prairie du Chien treatment trips noted
Begeeded HESPER lists guests and visits among Mabel and Hesper residents. Names include Miss Edna Hutchins, Lawrence Flak, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Nelson, Miss Nina Johnson, and Rev. and Mrs. Hutchins. Several sick lists and domestic visits recur with communities in Hesper and Canton areas amid December social activity and a Christmas program at the U. S. church.
Miss Inga Forester was on the sick list last week as Ruth Gayle visited Mildred McIntosh. Many Madison residents hosted visitors from Decorah and Ridgeway, with numerous calls, parcel showers, weddings, travel for funerals, and hospital transfers. Names include Hovey, Fretheim, McIntosh, Skadeland, Tk., and others in community exchanges and illness updates.
A middle aged French peasant in a blue coat and red trousers stands on duty with a rifle across the railway to protect troops and supplies. He has mobilized since August 3, 1914 and misses trenches, while his wife and kin labor in the fields nearby caring for crops and hay. He stays near home to watch his family and serve la patrie.
The text outlines heart rate progression by age: at birth 165 to 104 beats per minute, ages 15 to 20 90 to 57, and ages 20 to 50 112 to 156, showing wide variation with development and adulthood.
A Burns letter to Mrs Dunlop from 1788 sold at auction for 1125 dollars. The note includes his private marriage admission to Jean Armour and describes his wife’s whims and traits. It recounts a wartime jail threat to secure his future paternal ties before a West Indian voyage.
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