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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
7
Mrs. J. D. Wells of Decorah testifies kidney and bladder troubles caused sleepless nights and frequent secretions. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with cure after other medicines failed, and later notes continued good results when needed. Price 50c. Fos ter Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y sponsors.
County Board of Education of Inneshiek County Iowa invites sealed bids by 1 30 p m January 31 1916 for furnishing public school textbooks for five years starting September 1 1916. Subjects include readers spellers grammars arithmetic geography physiology civil government and more with about 3000 schools attendance noted. Samples must be kept on file with the County Superintendent. The board may reject any or all bids. Oscar Ger secretary.
Numerous short notes report visits and travel among Decorah residents and neighbors. Highlights include Lena Sandager and other locals visiting Decorah, trips to Austin Chicago and Garretson, a birth, a Calmar Fayette debate on minimum wages, a fire at L O Wangsness home, and community events such as dances and a surprise party at Isaac Peterson's.
Local residents from Burr Oak Mabel Decorah and nearby towns frequent calls and visits. Names include Hugo Noecker Frank Perry Halvor Ramlo John Foltz and many others visiting family friends and neighbors across Burr Oak Hesper and Steno areas.
Ossian society items list visits by Mrs. M J and Mrs Hollister from Minneapolis, people traveling to Calmar and Dubuque, a Rathbun home meeting, an embroidery club, and a leap year dance at the Ossian opera house. Funeral for Mrs. Leo Dessel and Forty Hour devotion at St Francis de Sales noted along with church clergy arrivals. An eye treatment report from Evansville, ind and a Foley’s Honey and Tar testimonial conclude.
Mrs R J White under a doctor's care. Decorah visitors Bert and Emil. District residents attend prayers and meetings. Students absent due to illness. Gannon returns from holidays. Moving picture machine to be dedicated next Saturday night. Assessors from Bloomfield and the town travel to Decorah for books and instructions.
Clay Hill resident Dr. Leonard was a caller last week. Will Foltz visited in Decorah on Friday. Fred Gross visited relatives in Cresco Saturday. Edolph Erickson visited friends in Decorah Saturday evening. Mrs. Sam Tolstad visited her mother near Decorah Monday. Louise Williams visited sister Mrs. J. J. Welsh in Decorah Saturday. Locals attended a party at John Quandahl's last Saturday. Fred Thompson of Decorah called on the hill last week. Rey Stortz and Lawrence Bolson went to Cedar Rapids Tuesday for a poultry show. Luella Stoskopt of Decorah visited relatives on the hill several days. Mrs. Caroline Gross went to Cresco Monday to see her son Henry in hospital. Henry Gross and Simon Broghammer had operations at Cresco hospital last week and are recovering well.
Castalia items report travel of Winfield Feltis to Burr Oak and various visits by locals. S A Hunter injures his foot while dropping a circle, Prof Phillips ill with his father helping in schooling, Nellie Vance visiting from Waterloo, Jessie Limbeck wiring Ossian residences for electric lights, Roy Richards Fred Shellhammer and Deem installing electric light plant equipment, awaiting lights by end of month. Swede Detective appearance noted at old opera house.
The week featured three clear days two partly cloudy and two cloudy with highs from 7 to 34 degrees. A light snow fell Tuesday and Wednesday brought northwest winds and a mild blizzard. The weekly average reached 16.2 degrees, 2.3 above normal. Businesses sheltered indoors except printers.
Wheat remains at 1.00 to 1.05 per bushel while barley ranges 60 to 65e for feed and 65e to Te for best making. Oats 40, corn No 2 yellow 78, No 2 mixed 77, town ear 67 to 70c. Hogs 5.75 to 6.50. Chicago receipts stay heavy with 88,000 Monday and 32,000 Tuesday. Eggs 25c and dairy butter 2e.
Lyric Theatre presents Renaphone motion pictures with vaudeville acts and live music. The program features The Money Master and other reels with stars Frank Sheridan Emmy Wehlen Billie Ritchie and Charlie Chaplin rivaling acts. Matinees and evening shows run daily with additional vaudeville at Lyric Circuit bookings.
A Philadelphia man recounts severe bronchial cold with headaches backache and nausea last fall. After trying several medicines and a doctor without relief he found relief with Vinci cod liver and iron tonic. The testimonial endorses Vinci for chronic coughs colds and bronchitis from R A Engbertson a Decorah druggist.
Beginning yesterday trains Nos. 1 and 8 on the Milwaukee Road I and D division will be electric lighted. Equipment from the Chicago Council Bluffs line has moved to the Chicago Chamberlain run with new cars for the former line. The note ends with a wish to retire back number coaches, including 234 used on No. 8 last week, to the tall uncut.
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