County News Chronicle Of Local Happenings And Illnesses
Local notes report Mike Kratz caring for a sick horse and ongoing ill health across families including Haakenson and Vopava. Revivals, church meetings, poetry of weather, and busy blacksmiths mark a week of icy roads, hospital visits, and community social events in Ridgeway and Cresco area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Kratz
Sam Kratz
Jim Armstrong
Ridgeway
C. Schild
Haakenson
Cresco
Reinhart Haakenson
Mercy Hospital
Mike Hruska
Rollie Kratz
Tom Moe
John Aegerter
Merrill Haakenson
Robert Haakenson
Koch
Robert Vopava
Viola Koch
Mary Kratz
M. E
Oscar Moe
Theo, Kratz
Master Merrill Haakenson
Abbie Lukes
Waterloo
L. N. Day
Hopperstad & Brekke
Henry Vatthaner
Chris, Haakenson
Carl
Byron Lewis
A. F. Schild
Florenceville
Rev
Faust
Frank Kuntz
Decorah
Charley
Elsie Schourer
Lincoln
Lestie Ely
Kerwin
M. EB. Ehurch
Muscatine
Monticello
Decorah visitors join Dr Dab in Freeport outing
Freeport on January 11 1915 saw Dr Dab of Decorah as a professional caller. Percy and Clifford Kniss of Alen Minnesota were visiting their sister Mrs Arthur Crane near Decorah and were part of the same gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dab
Decorah
Freeport
Percy and
Clifford Kniss
Alen
Minn
Arthur Crane
Death of Mrs Stoskopf Removes Longtime Locust Resident
In Clay Hill on January 11 1915 residents report the death of Mrs Diebold Stoskopf after two weeks illness from heart trouble at her Pleasant township home. Born Catherine Kern in 1839 she wed Diebold Stoskopf in 1856 and lived in Winneshiek county. Survived by twelve children forty grandchildren and twenty one great grandchildren, with a large kin and friends circle. funeral held January 6 in Locust Lutheran church with Rev Seehaus officiating. six grandsons served as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Bleka
Bessie Foltz
Oscar Anderson
George Frye
Laverne Bolson
Oscar
Olaf Anderson
Vine
W. C. Sheetz
A. J. Headington
Axel Quist
Riverbend
James Hogan
Decorah
W. Malls
J. Kraby
John Barthell
David Biddinger
G. T. Pearson
Friends
Clay Hill
Julia Bolson
John Kraby
Arthur Lennon
Clay Hill Friends
Leona Sorenson
Sam Tolstad
Sam Goettleman
Mildred Glover
Valdez College
Lewis Neste
Ruth Dinger
Ossian
J. J. Limbeck
Tom Hogan
Wm. Malli
Dubuque
Halvor Ramlo’s
Hes
Marie Jaastad
Frankville
McKinney
Pump Men of Decorah
Gilbert Pearson
Ruth Noecker
Hesper
Phoebe Sorenson
A.J. Headington
Caroline Gross
Catherine Stoskopf
Locust
Lawrence Belsen
Roy Stortz
Diebold Stoskopf
Pleasant Township
Catherine Kern
Siberingville
Canada
Diebold Stoskepf
Winneshiek County
Mary Barth
Emma Thomann
Clara Severson
Frances Levi
Samuel, Diebold
John
This County
Julia Korstad
Sioux City
Iowa
Katie Koehler
Josephine Voegel
Spokane
Wash
Stoskopf
Winneshiek
Lutheran Church
Seehaus
Wallace Waters
Wallace
Farmers’ Cooperative Association
Landon Rose Letchford
Landlew Township
Letehford
Isto
Billa M. Bailey
Estherville
James Rollman
Sheldon
Letchford
Rochester
Cresco
Waukon
Postville
Presbyterian Church
Mellett
M. E
Uncle John the Happiest Man on Earth
A humorous tale recalls Uncle John's feet aired at night, provoking a health officer threat of quarantine unless he stopped. He chose to fish or cut bait and turned to Barker's Antiseptic, leaving his feet described as finer than silk. Sold by John J. Schimming and R. A. Eng bertson Ady. The dollar was thaler, German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Eerah
Charley
Barker
John J. Schimming
R. A. Engbertson
Ady
Frankville Notes Take Up Ice and Visits Across the Region
A long list of Frankville residents report placing ice, visiting Ossian Decorah Postville and Ravena, and attending events. Many names frequent the records including Crawford Waters Brandt Shattuck and Letchford. A May 1915 death of Landon Letchford is noted with details of kin and funeral services.
Iowa Farmers Living Shows Home Production Beats Cash Receipts
The study finds Iowa households rely on home raised pork and beef, eggs and milk, with substantial fuel from the farm. Half of fuel comes from the farm. wood and corncobs supply $30 value. Cash crops are not always the main family support. increasing home production can cut expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ohio
Kansas
Vermont
New York
Towa
Patents Granted to Iowans January 5 1915
A list of Iowa residents receiving patents in the week ending January 5 1915. Names include Charles P Beardsley Reinbeck for a power driven hair clipper Edward H Neller Fairfield time controlled shifting mechanism assigned to Louden Machinery Co and others across Mitchellville Slater Des Moines Clinton Boone Waterloo Davenport and more with inventions ranging from moving picture apparatus to silo doors and fence posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
Griffity
J. M. Ferguson
Des Moines
Gothard Headwell
W. F. McNew
Boone
Town
Fred H. Heiss
Manson
Hans P. Holm
H. H. Vogt
Davenport
Clarence H. Howard
Ft. Madison
John Jackson
J. A. Lubbers
C. L. Bell
Clinton
J. Kliebenstein
D. F. Arnold
Marshalltown
Arnold
Kliebenstein
Henry J. Kuhlman
Colesburg
J. W. Holscher
Earlville
Geo. A. Leonard
Sheffield
District Court Jurors for February 1915 Grand jurors to appear Feb 1
The February 1915 term lists grand jurors to report February 1 at 2 00 PM A UL Bledel Fremont A Barth Pleasant W PRG ates ie wins ad psne Lincoln M stokes vaI ep ealte ahaie Hesper A H Birkeby Decorah 2d Richard Greenslade Muffton Gus Johnsen Glenwood Wein NS Calmar Springfield Fred Etteldorf AMON 5 vata seckuy Military Wen Albright Bloomfield Petit Jurors to appear February 2 at 2 00 PM Kehoe Jas Headington Maus per L K Bierge Bughland Eben Teetshorn Olaves Fulsaas Cis agana ed ceds Thos Sexton Joe Goettelman John EK Forde Joe Hopperstad Lincoln Me Magnus Guttormson Madison Ai De TNR estas bones okie ED Wm Hauswirth Decorah Blass Decorah Ist J W Ward Decorah 1st Oscar Norgaard Decorah 4th A FP Porter Decorah 4th A Lincoln Issee Decorah 4th file T Thompson Decorah Sth Sever Olson Decorah Sth Carl Evenrud Glenwood Otto Wikesland Joseph J Liska Calmar Ist John Shimek Calmar Ist James Tuchek Calmar 2nd John Humpal Springfield Carl Jacobson Springfield Ole Berg Springfield Grant Tullman Frankville O Daniels Frankville William Shekelton Jackson Alew Lawrence Casper Arise Jackson Schiasel Washington Ist Military Lester Enn Annual Telephone Meeting notice for Winne shiek County Co operative Telephone Co to be held at Court House Decorah January 7 at one o clock The Ethics comes from ethos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bledel
Fremont A
Barth. Pleasant
PRG
Ates Ie
Lincoln M. Stokes
Hesper
A. H. Birkeby
Decorah 2d
Richard Greenslade
Ease Muffton Gus
Johnsen
Glenwood Wein NS
el Calmar
Springfield
Fred Etteldorf
AMON
Vata Seckuy Military Wen
Albright
Bloomfield Petit
Fiere Ae
Haberdaanss
Kehoe
Headington
Maus Per
L. K. Bierge
Bughland Eben Teetshorn Ka
Olaves Fulsaas Ee Cis Agana
Ceds
Thos, Sexton
Joe Goettelman
John EK
Forde
Joe Hopperstad
Lincoln Me Magnus
G. Guttormson
Madison Ai de Tnr
Bones Okie
Wm. Hauswirth
Decorah A
Aeingee
Calmar
John Shimek
James Tuchek
John Humpal
Carl Jacobson
Ole Berg Teehee
Grant Tullman
Frankville
O. Daniels
Csees
William Shekelton
P Jackson
Alew
Lawrence
Jackson
Casper Arise
Wees
Jackson Ee
Schiasel
Washington
Lester
Note Good For New Or Renewal Publications Offer
A brief notice states note-good authorization applies to renewals or new subscriptions to five publications. Remittances should be sent to the specified address.
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