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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1915
Page
5
Billy meets a tiny elf named Tinker Teedle Tee in the cold White Forest. The whimsical fairy, claiming ancient wisdom, warns Billy not to suppress his laughter as they form an unlikely friendship and hint at future adventures.
A boiled ham is prepared for stuffing with bread dressing and herbs. The process includes removing skin and bone, filling the cavity with a seasoned bread mixture, adding sugar, and slow baking with the cooking liquor for several hours.
Federal forces near Pocotaliga bridge South Carolina captured 2000 rebels and artillery. General Grover takes Savannah command from Geary. Mosbys gang killed thirty negros at Simpsonville Kentucky guarding government cattle. A Frenchman plans Notre Dame tower flight with a self invented machine. Four rebel ironclads raid James river. one destroyed two disabled two aground by Fort Parsons. Tri weekly mail between Elkader Clayton and Monona. W P Sanford retires from Winneshiek. J W Sleeper succeeds. Sherman reportedly advances on Augusta Georgia.
Decorah notes a sparing supply of top tier entertainment this season with several original companies. Local audiences recall Thomas W. Ross from The Country Boy and his Chicago Cort Theatre co stars in The New Henrietta while The Herald praises his Bertie performance as witty and well drawn.
The chronology lists multiple dates and incidents in Winneshiek County including marriages, deaths, a school bond vote, a fatal train accident, and injunctions against liquor violations. It also includes a sausage cakes recipe with measurements and cooking steps.
The London Globe notes a Napoleon I monument near Alzeny in Hesse Germany. A three sided dwarf pyramid sits at a wooded hill summit called Napoleons garden near Vorhols lodge. Inscribed in Latin French and German it marks Napoleon I and Marie Louise's marriage on April 1 1810.
Local items report illnesses including measles progress for Mrs Lulu Moore and Miss Linda Elliott, community events such as a chicken pie supper clearing 15, evangelistic meetings led by Evangelist Wood and Mr Brooks, and school resumes after Christmas. Other notes mention visits, travel, farm work, and upcoming revival services at the German M E church.
Community updates from Cresco Ridgeway and Theo Kratz area mix social visits, religious services and entertainment plans with weather notes and new year resolutions. Local families host guests, teachers plan sub district events, and residents anticipate sleighing and school term resumes.
Community updates from Clay Hill list visits and travels among Decorah Cresco Freeport Hesper Locust and Franklin Prairie residents. Names include Rupple Haugen Ericks Bolson Dinger Stortz Gaffney Pearson Malni Ty ler Stoskopf Seegmiller and others with New Year gatherings and funeral details.
Ole Levi spends a few days with home folks to start the year. Albert Ellingson visited brother Marvin, Olias Erickson and Earl called at the Iverson home. School resumed at agua No 5 after a two week vacation. The Ellis home hosted Narve Narveson and family, Hans Erickson and sons, Lille and Florence, and many others from the community including the Ericksons Valle Iversons and Halversons. Clarence Hoyt of Minneapolis visited for a few days with the Andersons. Ole Ellis returned from Minnesota with updates from relatives and friends across town.
Freeport reopens after holiday. Local residents visit, recover from illness, and travel to nearby towns. Notable items include the weddings of Lily Anderson and Alfred Weiss, Richard Tyler's death after a long illness, and a large funeral attended by relatives from several towns.
A Western Pennsylvania note urges protecting skunks to protect crops and trees. It cites ground mice destroying trees, locust bark loss, and hay and corn losses, arguing skunks reduce pests and benefit farmers. The piece concludes with a New York Sun reminder to give wildlife the benefit of the doubt.
The Stone Houses of Easter Island are built against a terrace of earth or rock forming back walls. Constructed from small slabs of stratified basaltic rock with no cement, most have irregular plans. Typical measurements include 4 ft 6 in ceiling height, 4 ft 10 in wall thickness, 4 ft 6 in room width, 12 ft 9 in room length, doorway heights around 20 inches and widths near 19 inches.
Towns on the Italian side of the Swiss Alps enjoy many sunny days. Carabietta and Pentilino near yeano record 327 and 331 sunny days a year. High sunshine may boost longevity in Tessin with forty ten thousand over seventy and ten per thousand over eighty.
For Decorah readers, the preparation Adler-i-ka, a mixture of buckthorn bark gly cerine and other ingredients, is claimed to drain old foul matter from the body and usually relieve sour stomach gas and constipation in one dose. R A Engbertson, druggist.
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