Purely Personal News From Decorah Dated Read
Purely personal notices list numerous Decorah area residents and friends visiting, traveling, or returning home from trips to cities including Minneapolis Chicago Milwaukee and Madison. It names James Novak Jo Lyons Waucoma Ben Bear Ossian and many others with short notes on Their movements and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Novak
Spillville
Decorah
Jo Lyons
Waucoma
W. C. Fifield
Orleans Township
Ben Bear
Tracy, Minn
Thomas Boyle
Ossian
Joe Morton
Calmar
Henrietta Preus
Twin Cities
New Birth Returns Under New Law Report
Under the new law doctors and midwives must file full birth returns or face a 100 dollar fine or imprisonment. By Tuesday noon three returns were recorded at the county clerk's office: January 1 a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tyler. January 2 a boy named Daniel Lawrence McGee born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McGee of Decorah. January 5 a boy born to Mr. and Mrs. M. McCabe. The county clerk also reports 150 marriage licenses issued during the year. The editorial notes the data available and suggests no comparisons with other counties are possible at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Tyler
Daniel McCee
Decorah
Daniel Lawrence McGee
M. McCabe
Bey
Soldier Letters From France 1917 Christmas Wishes
A collection of WWI letters from Pat Bernatz and companions detailing life in France including snow, pay, Thanksgiving and Christmas meals, Salvation Army visits, cigarett es, and hopes for home letters. The writer notes front duty, censors, upcoming passes, and plans to buy gifts in Toul while sending wishes for turkey, cranberries, health, and a joyful New Year to family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
O. K
Kathryne
Salvation Army
Carl
Henry Blaess
New York
Armand
Agnes
Toul
Paris
Karl
Decorah hospital shower asks for canned goods donations
In Decorah 264 blocks, a call goes out for one can per block to yield twenty two dozen cans for convalescents. County farms urged to match with a year’s stock. Donors may bring canned fruit vegetables pickles or preserves by Saturday Jan 12 to Decorah Furniture Co display window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Decorah Furniture Co
Chicago Shoe Dealers Convention Attendee Hexom Seeks Benefit
Chas Charles Philip Hexom attends the national convention of retail shoe dealers in Chicago. Observers show interest as attendees stay at the TaSalle hotel and sessions continue through the week. Hexom is expected to gain the most from the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Philip Hexom
Chicago
TaSalle
Hoexom
Save Used Postage Stamps For Government Recovery
A Decorah drive urges saving used postage stamps reading and tearing off cancelled stamps after reading letters. Sparks interest from Mrs Hall Thomas and local women organizing, collecting stamps in old boxes for Rest room and forwarding to government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Hall Thomas
Rev P A R Tierney Dead In Dubuque
Rev P A R Tierney longtime Ossian Catholic priest died Friday night in Dubuque where he had lived two years. Born February 24 1855 in Chickasaw county he studied at St Francis Seminary in Milwaukee and was ordained July 29 1870. He served missions including Ossian Granville Spencer Whitmore Centrali St Joseph s Dubuque retiring two years ago. Remains shipped to New Hampton for interment Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. R. Tierney
Ossian Catholic Church
Dubuque
Tierney
Chickasaw County
St. Francis Seminary
Milwaukee
Ossian
Granville
Spencer
Whitmore
Centralia
St. Joseph’s
Archdiocese of
New Hampton
Carleton College to meet Luther on local court tomorrow
Luther College hosts Carleton College on the Luther floor tomorrow at eight o clock. Carleton, regarded as Minnesota’s strongest college team in basketball, seeks another win on Luther’s home court after a demanding series of performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther College
Carleton College
Carleton
Minnesota
Luther
Northfield
Cold Year of 1917 Earning Frosts and Crops Anecdote
The year 1917 was the coldest in over twenty five years with mean highs around 50.14 and lows near 40.9. Precipitation totaled 32.48 inches, about 0.21 inches below average. Despite the chill, crops thrived except for corn which suffered from an early frost.
Tragic Suicide Reported in Hesper Township
Mrs. Knut Sanden of Hesper township took her own life on Tuesday. While her husband and others hauled wood, she was found hanging from a joist in the cellar. Ill health is thought to have caused the act. She was about fifty and survived by her husband and five children, youngest about fifteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knut Sanden
Hesper
Death of Henry Hanson in Montana
A telegram to Mr and Mrs Gust Hanson announced the death of their son Henry at his Denton Montana home. He was in his fifty first year and survived by his wife four children his parents two sisters Mrs W B Coup and Mrs Harry Tholmes and one brother Louis Hanson. Interment was at Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Thompson
Fort Riley
Ina Makepeace
Cresco
John Dell
8. R. Ringoen
Margaret
Chicago
Marion Paine
Rochester
Kilbert O. Nelson
Fort Sheridan
Pred Nelson
Bluffton
Anna Enke
Prairie du Chien
H. Landmeyer
F. M. Hughes
California
K. T. Haugen
Minneapolis
Ed. Farrington
John Billow
Red Wing
Decorah
Joe
Decorah Hospital
Virginia Soukup
Dubuque
M. J. Soukup
Ates New
And
Mirs
Albert Kiel
J. N. Ramsey
J. D. Hexom
Crookston
Minn
Leonard Beard
Gust Hans
Henry
Denton
Mont
W. B. Coup
Harry Tholmes
Louis Hanson
St Paul City Salesmen elects R Gove president
At the annual meeting of the City Salesmen's association of St. Paul last week R Gove a well remembered Devorian was elected president for the current year. Gove has worked with Washburn Crosby in St. Paul as a salesman. Now is the time to start a Christmas Savings Account at Citizens Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Salesmen's Association of
St. Paul
R. Gove
Gove
Washburn-Crosby
The
Citizens Savings Bank
Obituary notices of Mrs. Miller and Aaron K. Drake
Mrs. Cynthia L Stratton Miller dies at seventy nine in Decorah after long illness. She was born in 1888 in Conneaut Lake Pennsylvania and married to Robert A Miller in 1861. Four of five children survive including Fred Miller J E Bullock E J Alleman and R H Miller. Funeral held with Rev A R Grant. remains at Phelps cemetery vault. Aaron K Drake dies in Minneapolis at age 82 after a long life including Civil War service and a 1866 Decorah marriage. Surviving children include Mrs Henry Haas and Mrs Walter Bolton. funeral at Earl chapel and Crystal Lake cemetery interment. Ends with bank Christmas savings note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lovilla Stratton
Conneaut Lake
Robert A. Miller
Decorah
Fred
Miller
Sioux City
J. E. Bullock
Minneapolis
E. J. Alleman
Platteville
Wis
R. H. Miller
Jennie A. Ellis
Emma Br, Caine
Ames
A. R. Grant
Phelps Cemetery
Aaron K. Drake
H. J. Mandery
New Jersey
Co. D
FE. I. Weiser
Elizabeth Cavanaugh
Henry Haas
C. FE. Drake
New York City
Walter Bolton
Norwegians Seek Admission for Two Sons to Luther College
A prominent Christiania citizen applied for admission for his two sons to Luther College. He states they plan swift travel to Decorah to pursue English language studies and American citizenship, drawn by the college’s English Norwegian program and commercial courses. Prof. C. K. Preus accepted the application by cable, and the brothers likely prepare to sail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther College
C. K. Preus
Christiania
Norway
Decorah
Preus
Industrious 84 year old Wells marks birthday and relief work
Mrs B H Wells aged 84, mother of Mrs Warren Hoyt, celebrated her birthday yesterday. A longtime Red Cross worker she is now knitting her twelfth pair of socks for the Sammies. The notice urges Christmas savings with Citizens Savings Bank, promising money helps at Christmas time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Wells
Warren Hoyt
Wells
Red Cross
Decorah Markets State Headquarters Change Notice
Burr Oak and Prosperitage headquarters move to the Commercial Hotel. C. C. Ward, proprietor, 40tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr Oak
Prosperitage
Commercial Hotel
C. C. Ward
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B. A. Slocum
Grace Malanophy
Lawler
Oscar Loystuen
Camp Dodge
Lillian Greer
Henrietta Naeseth
Gertrude Morton
B. R. Phillips
Ruth Maltby
Grace Klein
Bessie Anderson
Galena
Ill
Ashton Gregg
Madison
Emma Clark
Wm. Longstreet
Boscobel
Harry Pollitt
J. Wauchauta
J. Linzenmeyer
Charles Knorr
Wm. Knorr
Olga Olson
Grasston
A. J. Roseland
R. A. Engbertson
Peter Morton
Will Hexom
Walther Tolo
Hartvig Narum
Casper Austin
Luther Seminary
F. L. Thompson
Marion
Kas
Rex
Harold Thompson
Luella Lee
Aurora
K. P. B. Reishus
Caledonia
Austin Larson
W. BF. Teskey
Canada
Mary
Emily Christopher
Martha Halverson
Watertown
M. D
Clara
Gina Vick
Ida Lane
Waterloo
J. J. Headington
Otto Solberg
Glenside
Sask
Solberg
Ellen
Evelyn Asve
Julian Asve
J. B. Wist
Gail Torsen
Menomonee
Stout University
Ella Treat
Avis Bryar
Dagmar Sperati
Mason City
Sperati
Montezuma
Lewis F. Button
Outlook
Button
Florence Price
Delwe
Bert Lennon
Postville
Bert Gates
Guy Masters
Prosper
F. A. Germann
Mrrs
Belle Giesing
S. J. Sollien
Highland
C. P. Birkele
Fillmore
N. D
Waldemar Schmidt
L. Wennes
Highland Township
D. Young
C. Howard
Knut Vick
F. P. Adams
Sherman Bollman
Frankville
Honeymoor
Carl Selness
C. Glesne
United Lutheran Parsonage
Carl M. Selness
Maple Lake
C. A. Peterson
Nicollet
Agricultural College
N Amr
Soldier Letters
Anton Bernatz
Wm. Bernatz
3D Co
18Th Inf. Am. Exp
Shoe Dealers’ Convention
SAVE
Montana
Decorah Markets
Rex Beach
America
Star Theatre
Will
K. I. Haugen
BEN Bear CO
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