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Newspaper

Decorah Republican

Location

Decorah, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1915

Page

7

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Schiffmann C J. Wangler Decorah Iowa

Also Mentioned on This Page

Pecorah A. K. Bailey & Son 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
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