Local Notables and Visits Highlight Postville Notes
Harry Olson agreed to Postville Sun day. Grant and Sherman Pullman posted a fee last week. Mr and Mrs John Snitker were Postville visitors Saturday. Mrs Francis Padden enjoyed a visit from her brother Earl Ferris and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Klegseth
Spring Grove
Claude van Wey
Postville
Carl van Wey
Ed, Youmans
Ravena
Carl Letchford
Lynn Crawford
Decorah
Lee
Harry Waters
Harold Spaun
Waukon
Chas
Barrett
Lew Meikle
Miss Ruth
Wauk
T. E. Kirkbride
Free- Port
Florence Burtis
Fred Waters
Ruth Bollman
Fire
Earl Ferris
Ossian
Lonto
Mabel Waters
L. A
Phil Brouillet
Krogsund
Caroline Sebastian
Arthur Topel
Valdez
Herbie Padden
Waterloo
Louise Meier
Lansing
Claude Kirby
Geo
Paul Swezey
Chester Peek
Sherman Bollman
Billa Letchford
Centennial
Loren Bonn
Helen Rotz
Carl DeWitt
Mildred Owens
Bessie Bird‘sell
Hattie Lower
Hans Stegen
Ruth Meikle
Willard Livingood’s
Russell Healey
Dubuque
J. E. Healey
Ruby Nash
Wykon
Minn
Walter van Wey
M. E. Church
Glen Letchford
Strawberry Point
Tier Brother Park Everett
Christian Endeavor
Cynthia de Witt
A. Waters
Berrall
Robbie
Nash
Ray Waters
Irvin van Wey
Presbyterian Sunday School
W. W. Tubbell
Henry Hager
Evelyn Brouillet
Daisy van Wey Treas
Jessie Meikle
Misa Ruth Bollman
Walter Pilgrim
Harry Olson
Grant
Sherman Pullman
John Snitker
Francis Padden
German Newspaper in Belgrade Announces New Daily
Belgrade now hosts a German daily newspaper, the Helgrader Nachrichten, six pages long. The first issue proclaims Belgrade will stay under Austro Hungarian rule indefinitely even if Serbia vanishes from the map, a reflection of tense regional dynamics and shifting loyalties.
Calmar and Decorah Social Notes January 9 1917
Calmar and Decorah locals share visits and callers Mrs. Peter Meyer ill but improving. Wangsness and family host and visit relatives in Washington Prairie Ridgeway Ossian and Decorah while students return to college. Music teachers Hulamichek and Shindelar return from Chicago to pursue violin piano harmony and elocution work in Hampton Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Wangsness
Decorah
R. J. Becker
Chicago
Irene Johnstone
Peter Meyer
Spillville
Florence Yager
Jolly Six
Calmar High School
Adolph Wangsness
Albert Lea
Ridgeway
Elsie Case
Manchester
Calmar
L. A. Wangsness
Edgar Clement
Washington Prairie
Thea
Anna Bjerke
Tollef Istad
Theodore
Robert
Dubuque
John Schmidt
Meyer
Hampton
Town
Western Lincoln News Notes From Ridgeway to Protivin
Local items report Alfred Peter Sr selling hogs in Ridgeway and John Aegerter visiting the Schild home. U S of E meeting at Protivin, Otter Creek line tested, and Creco store clerks announced. Lincoln creamery now running full speed. Neighbors visited, skaters enjoyed an eight mile river spin, and several residents made calls in Ridgeway, Cresco, Vernon Springs, and Spillville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Peter, Sr
Ridgeway
John Aegerter
Schild
Lawler
U. S. of E
Protivin
Otter Creek
Carl Haakenson
Louise Mzik
Fort Atkinson
Howden
Will Kuntz
Vernon Springs
Chas, Hornberger
Ames Koch
Nettie Koch
Carl Hankenson
Calmar
Amel Koch
J. J. Kreitzer
Fred
Lincoln Creamery
Mra
Theo
Kratz
Charley Verba
J. J. Kreuser
Alma Kunte
Farmers’ Alliance
Creaco
Joe Sobolik
Fred Koeh
Cresco
Rollie
Winfiell
Will Wagner
George
Spillville
Chas, Kuntz
Charley Kuntz
Newards County
John Kirsehman
Leonard Kreitzer
W. A. Scholer
Esther
Elsie
Fred Falck
Fred Koch
Farmers’ Equity
Kirschman
Fred C. Koeh
Ole Sanderson
M. E. Church
Cg Kuntz
Margarette Brekke
Jim Soukup
Jim
Evangelical Church
Ollie
Opel
Near Ridgeway
Chas. Kuntz
J. J. Hornberger
Charley
W. E. Wiedeman
Ray
Roy Koch
Nettie
Leona
Lizzie
Carl Hankinson
Sumner
Sumner Last Week To Visit Friends and Relatives. Mr. Aegerter
Curious fishing method used by Samoan villagers
An article describes a Samoan fishing bee where cocoanut leaves are woven into a long chain across shallow water. The chain drives fish ashore as the tide recedes, with natives using paopaos canoes to assist. Large catches are common, and fish are speared as needed. Los Angeles Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
City Improvements Highlight Forest Study Across New York
The College of Forestry at Syracuse University maps 26 New York cities and towns and finds 20 000 miles of streets suitable for 5 000 000 shade trees. Potential value rises to 100 000 000 in property, with Buffalo alone spending about 75 000 yearly on planting and conservation of street trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Forestry
Syracuse University
New York
Buffalo
Voracious Creature and Proportions of Insect Appetite
The text compares daily food intake of a caterpillar and a horse to illustrate proportional eating. It notes flesh eating larvae consuming 200 times their weight in a day and speculates a newborn infant could eat 1,400 pounds of meat in its first day. A silkworm reportedly eats 86,000 times its weight in fifty six days.
Habits that Induce Sleep and Hair Color Fact
Workers who sleep best quit work by 4 p m and rest quietly outdoors for three hours then eat a light mixed diet. They sit in open air until 10 p m. One in 160 asylum inmates has red hair and four have light hair and complexion.
Misuse of Twenty Dollar Gold Coins Alarmed Uncle Sam
An old time jeweler recalls how the government stopped the melting of twenty dollar gold coins for gold jewelry about four decades ago. Jewelers used coins for metal, then iridium peppering and other safeguards left the coins unmelted or speckled, warning makers and banks. The piece notes how this practice led to tightened controls and better coin screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York Times
Hammocks and Harbors Aboard Amazon Vessels
Report describes Brazilian riverboats relying on deck hammocks for passenger comfort with many costing 100 to 500 dollars and made from maqueria grass or native cotton. Indian artisans on the upper Rio Negro are famed for hammock craft while German cotton hammocks offer cheaper comfort. A European tourist season promises new ruins to explore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon River
Rio Negro
Maracaibo
Dean's Kidney Pills Advise Decorah Readers
Local readers in Decorah Iowa are urged to use Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney discomforts including back pains headaches and swelling ankles. Testimonials from Chas O Moore describe quick relief after taking the product purchased at Wangler's Pharmacy with price mentioned and prompts to ask for the same remedy from dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Decorah
Chas. O. Moore
W. Water St
Towa
Wangler
Mr. Moore
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
What Home Folks Say About It
A 1920s style testimonial from Mrs. Stark of Oelwein Iowa promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women ailments. The ad claims restoration of health vigor and cheer with a warning about deranged womanly functions tied to backache headaches and sleep issues. It touts non secret herbal ingredients and offers mail order or free literature from Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Iowa
Public notice advertising medical book offer
An ad offers a revised copy of a physiology and hygiene book by mail. It requests a dime or stamps as payment and an enclosing notice to Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York, promising delivery of the copy and mentioning sickness or accident related content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N.Y
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County News
Casper Degro
Monay
Car Moe
Seymore Fosse
James McDonald
John Hospodarsky
En Fosse
Margaret
Jeanetta Albertson
Lien Butz
Cavour
Lien Fosse
Schley
Dr. Kessel
Vangsness
Carl Blomgren
Blooming Prairie
Lanesboro
Henry Meyer
Gordamer
Charlotte Finnestad
Canada
Edna Gullickson
Anton Olson
G. W. Brinkman
Henry Butz
Cres- 0
Nettie Brenna
Alice Albertson
Anton Brekke
Grace Gullickson
C. A. Fosse
Madeline
Mason City
Littleport City
Lena Bakken
Brother Henry
Marguerite
Oscar Forester
Bersher
Austin
Hazel Blackburn
Monroe Lund
Lura
P. L. Gordanier
Henry Fielstul
John Linde
Isabel
Torkelson
Eugene Armstrong
Alma Odden
Anna Brekker
Missionary Society
Sam
Rose Meyer
Chi
Laura Kuntz
Jordahl
Utica
Forest City
Spencer Anderson
Olson
Babe
Minneapolis
Grace Powers
Milly Orum
Morgan
Helga Sautan
Decorah Hospital
C. Olson
Prairie du Chien
Butz
Huron
Jacob Butz
Freitheim
Plentywood
Mont
Chris. Vangsness
J. J. Bakken
Joice
M. E
Epworth
Epworth Herald
Stanley Johnson
John Moe
Mr. Hughes
Littleport
Becker
Lorethey Becker
Frankville
Belgrade
Calmar, Wedd Geberdeq
Papp
Western
Lincoln
Uncle Sam
Decorah Music Shop
The
Adams Seed Co
Marsh Building
Republican
B. A. Stockdale
Des Moines
Stockdale
A. B. Stockdale
Bidg
Des Moines, Iowa
California
Golden California
Golden State
United States Mail
Colorado
Salt Lake
L. R. Schrempf
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