Hogs Poultry and People in Ridgeway and Decorah
County News from January 11, 1915 notes C O Blekeberg marketing hogs in Ridgeway and Halvor Skadeland selling poultry there. Alfred Gilbertson and Nels Hellerud hosts share social events. EC visits include Decorah trips by G A Bakken, Jor dah, Nilsson, and neighbors. A Lars Erickson auction sighted Helmer Engen buying the farm and Lewis Bluffen timber lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Allison
Decorah
Theodore Kvale
Miss Julia
T. J. Jualley
Thomas Nilsson
Rev. Nilsson
Rev. Jordahi
Jordah
N. RB. Groff
C. O. Blekeberg
Gilbert Blekeberg
Orleans Township
Nnto
Lars Erickson
Helmer Engen
Lewis Bluffen
Clarence Christen
North Madison
Magnus Larsen
Lewis Bluisen
Carl J. Hovden
G. A. Bakken
B. C. Bakken
Hilda. O. C. Olson
Elmer Gilbertson
H. G. Hoevden
Fred Nelson
M. O. Haga
Gena
C. C. Pilgrim
Knute Freestad
Ole Berg
Spillville Community Notes From January 1915
January 1 1915 records in Spillville show locals and visitors ranging from ag G Fisher at Pretivin to Ed Novak driving to Fort Atkinson bay. Many residents travel to Calmar Fort Atkinson Vernon Mason City and nearby Ridgeway while attending visits business calls and social events with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Fisher
Pretivin
Calmar Shoppers and Local Notices From Spillville
Frank Swehla and sister were Calmar shoppers Monday Miss Kapler of Cresco visiting Mrs John Huber Clemence and Jos Herold moved to new home west of town last Tuesday Miss Lizzie Lukesh returned to Protiva after visit with Mrs Anton Fisher A dance at Fisher's hall Monday Jan 18 Music by Fisher's orchestra Andrew Herold ill Regina Soukup returned home near Ridgeway Adolph Fisher of Cedar Rapids jeweler visited home folks John Hospodarsky died at 71 funeral Jan 6 pallbearers named Balik director Born in Drahov Bohemia married 1866 at Spillville leaves wife six children two brothers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Novak
Fort Atkinson Bay
Pref. Kruchek
Fred Herold
Calmar
Jos. Mikesh
Fort Atkinson
James Mikesh
Jos. Slepichka
Oscar Bordorf
Vernon
Swebla
Heuser
St. Joseph's College
Dubuque
Celestine Seifert and Son
Clara Soukup
Ridgeway
John Janovsky
Will Reihle
Jos, Lawrence
Duncan
Lewis Kulish
Marion
Iss
Regina Fisher
Thos. Ballon
Dubugue
Broz
John Swehla
Ermawehla
Mason City
Will Soukup
Nearidgeway
Jos, Ptachek
Ida Swehla
Deorah
Svertingdaht
Protivin
Clemence Herald
Frank Swehla
Kapler
Cresco
John Huber
Clemence Herold
Lizzie Lukesh
Protivia
Anton Fisher
Fisher's Hall
Fisher
Clemence
Jos. Herold
Andrew
Andrew Herold
Regina Soukup
A Ij Fisher
Adolph Fisher
Cedar Rapids
John Hospodarsky
Bohemian National Cemetery
J. C. Chekal
John Polansky
Jos. Vopava
F. Hrdina
John Nemetz
J. B. Macal
Anton Balik
Drahov
Bohemia
Austria
America
Baltimore
Spillville
Mary Sykora
Mary
Neybaur
Pine City
Minn
Anna
Frank Korbel
Mahnomen
Emma
Lewis Kovarik
John
Ventura
Towa
James
Montana
Will
Martin
DeSoto
Wis
Frank
Joseph
Ravena and Surroundings Social Notices and Visits
Local residents from Ravena Decorah Ossian Calmar and nearby areas report numerous callers and visits. Names include Knut Towson Ole Benson Anton Anderson Julia Brown and many others with movements to Ossian Lawler Postville Castalia and Washington Prairie. Transportation and sales notes include hog delivery to the Asian market and a horse sale to Will Mullaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knut Towson
Calmar
Ole Benson
Anton Anderson
Decorah
Julius Brown
Frankville
Ben Eimers
Ossian
Nick Feil
Chicago
Barthelme
Tomine Ness
J. A. Juen
Ravena
Philip Barthelme, Jr
Will Mullaney
Hershel Lennon
Washington Prairie
Tosten Tangen
South of Ossian
Joe Broghammer
George Cremer
Henry Miller
Julia Brown
Herb Kleisart
Wenzel Lansing
Red Oak
John Meyer
Taylor
Postville
DeConaml
Castalia
Eber DeCou
August Lasaieg
Lawler
Herman Bush
Pen Rimers
Andrew Barthelme
Peter Feil
Cosian
Herman Schroeder
Andrew Ettelert
J. W. Lynch
Albert Peyer
Henry Schweinerus
Henry Huber
Calm
Win
Schweinerus Sale
Eber DeCon
Eilith
John V. DeCon
Edith Deton
Embroidery Club
Osajan
Frank
Cecelia Lansing
Animals Live Without Drinking On Rainfall Island
In the London Field Dr Ro E Drake describes gavettes on Sad ad Din island off Somaliland where no fresh water exists and annual rainfall is under two and three quarters inches. The piece argues that some species can survive without drinking water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ro E. Drake Rock Man
Sad-ad-Din
Somaliland
Centennial News Roundup Involving Castalia Ossian and Decorah
January 12 1915 Centennial Iowa notes report a string of local visits sales and calls. People include Mrs Geo Allen Nellie Daniels Archy Jones family Louis Felke Youmans Schoonmaker Youmans Jeeun Nessett and others visiting Castalia Ossian Festina Decorah and Frankville. Several business trips and social visits are listed with daily chores and farm work among neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Allen
Louis Felke
Castalia
Mr. Hahn
Will Wilm
Izra Schoonmaker
L. Felke
Nessett
Ed. Youmans
Joe Ehler
Ossian
Rae Runkle
Festina
John Murphy
Frankville
John Witt
Guy Oxley
Minot
N. D
Fran Youmans
Son Ed
Archie Jones
Will Duff
Lee Peck
Nels Schoonmaker
Webb Rosa
Gunder Tinderhold
Chas. Ginapp
John Uhlenhake
Will Wiltgen
Chas. Moore
Moneek
Otto Anderson
Virgil
Chester Meeker
Dan Schoonmaker
Nordness
Dr. Nash
Carl Letchford
Gerald Moose
Frannie Padden
Maude van Wey
Ed. Yournans
Elizabeth Kipp
Butler
Minn
Anna Daniels
Jesse Limbeck
Ruth Dinger
Decorah
Messrs
Henry Heiman
Chicago
Louis Heiman
Castalia Local Roundup and Social Notes
Castalia town reports a busy week with visits from Marshall Bellows and Geo Lamke, a school hover tag replacement, and numerous social outings. Residents attend plays, trips to Dubuque and Milwaukee, and a birthday baby arrives. Community events include a Camp Fire Girls play The Rainbow Kimono and a church chicken pie dinner upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Bellows
Mr. Crashw
Dliners
Mia
Wirseching
Amy
Lucy Mewer
Dubuque
Karl Haefner
Cleo
John Schwette
Chas. Winn
Drayman
Frances Kane
Prairie du Chien
Harvey Uros
John Schara
Milwaukee
Fred Balte
Luana Het
Gentz
Postville Mormlay
Timmerman
Velma Meyer
W. C. Winn
Albert
Christofferson
U. BL
D. B. Harvey
H.W. Battenberg
Dance and social notes tease January events
January 15 notice invites ladies to bring baskets and 1¢ admission with 15e at the door. Last Friday’s dance was well attended and pleasant. A masquerade dance is planned for Thursday night January 21 with a general invitation to all dance lovers. Fred O Boy received a full check from National Travelers Accident Insurance Co after a fall from a scaffold kept him sidelined for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred O'Boy
National Travelers’ Accident Insurance Co
Fred
Local Notes From Kendallville and Nearby Areas
Community brief recaps illness and health updates for locals including Max Elliott, Lucile Culbert, Walter Eddy, and a guest visit from Eldon Hoiness. Mentions of farm wood supplies, social calls by the Pierce and Handke families, a meal planned by the Morgan L. A. 8, and weather shifts with a thaw and a rain. Minor accidents reported as Arthur Curtis’s sleigh mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Elliott
Grandpa Fifield
John Stockman
Moorhead
Minn
Lucile Culbert
John Pierce
May Handke
Eldon Hoiness
Harmony
Elias Hoiness
Walter Eddy
Cresco
Verle Kniel
Wim. Stockman
Elgin
Ellingson
Calmar Notes On Visitors And Club Meetings
Calmar residents report social visits and activity including Ruth Borset with pneumonia, Eugenia Humnker returning to Clinton, and multiple visitors from Ossian Decorah Fort Atkinson and Charles City. Local clubs met, travel to Decorah for Fayette Lather game noted, and a funeral held for Mrs. B J Dyrland at Conover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Borset
Eugenia Humnker
Clinton
M. J. Klein
Ossian
Emma Kafka
Austin
Will Eppens
Devorah
W. B. Miller
Decorah
Virgil Winn
Spillville
Col. Weiser
Decora
Mothers’ Club
J.P. Muniker
Ina Stribley
Cordie Glass
Fort Atkinson
T Spillean
Edwin Peterson
Kensington Club
Misses Andring
Nellie Dyrland
J. Dyrland
Conover
Calmar
Staly Club
M. Gilmartin
Frank Hawker
Hawker
Hegner
J. Andersen
Clara Nelson
Charles City
Bidie Grondebond
Simdey
Andrew Vielmeland
Fertile
tSatursay
Enele
Vielneland
Jennie Christianson
Ocwrtoune
Will Kranger
Frances Reisner
Nor Sorin
Viola Reisner
Sadie Sumner
H. Miller
Gertrude Eppes
Postville
Mabel
Carrie Miller
Richard ‘Moen
Andrew
Julia
Milfred Ode
Dakota
Joseph
Albert Shindelar
Payette
Luther College
BJ. Dyrland
Caley
John Dyrland
Making Emergency Currency: How Govt Shaped a 500 Million Bill
This article recounts the U S Bureau of Engraving and Printing response to the wartime need for 500 million dollars in emergency currency. It details the manufacturing feats, unprecedented production increases, worker dedication, and improved working conditions including ample light, air, dining rooms, roof gardens, and cooperative lunch programs. It highlights director Joseph E Ralphs leadership, the building design prioritizing efficiency and welfare, and the economic efficiency proven by lower costs and profits for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic J. Haswin
Buvreau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
National Money Factory
Bureau
Joseph E. Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Print-ing
Scullion
Tezard
Berry the Hangman and His Extraordinary Career
Berry, the famous English hangman, rose from carpenter and printer to police work and finally held the post after beating 1,400 applicants. He defended hanging an innocent man under pressure but quit after two miscarriages of justice. One case involved a farm lad executed for shooting a policeman, and the other Mary Leffley of Lincolnshire hanged for arsenic poisoning. Years later a farmer confessed to the Leffley crime, revealing the deaths were misjudged. The strain led Berry to become an evangelist, as recounted by London Tit-Bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Marwood
Calcroft
Sheriffs of London
Netherby Hall
Mary Leffley
Lincolnshire
John Leffley
John
Mary
Bradford
London
Concentrated Expectorant Promises Big Savings for Coughs
An Iowa ad touts Schiffmanns Concentrated Expectorant as a cost-saving home-mixed remedy for coughs colds bronchitis croup and hoarseness. It claims two ounces mixed with sugar and water yields a full pint and contains no narcotics. Local druggist C J Wangler Decorah offers a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schiffmann
C J. Wangler
Decorah
Iowa
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County News
Alfred Gilbertson
C. O. Haga
Albert Fulsans
Halvor Skadeland
Anton Skaalia
Lake Mills
Anderson Bros
Halvorson
Minnan
Phoebe Lincoln Chemical Co
Morr & CO
A. J. Sorenson
Parman
Imogen Lincoln
Centennial
Kendallville
Sam
Bureau OF Engraving & Printing
Model Engraving Plant
Philippine Islands
Berry, the Hangman
B. A. Stockdale
Stockdale
Wea. B. A. Stockdale
Utica
Des Moines