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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
3
Oneota Rebekah Lodge No. 175 will hold initiation and installation Friday evening May 16 in Corah Iowa. A picnic lunch will follow the meeting and full attendance is desired.
Agent Thompson of Milwaukee reports December stock shipments from Decorah station at 75 cars. Including Rock Island cargoes, the total exceeds 100 cars, a figure described as hard to beat.
Nick LaFazan of Waterloo joins Decorah business circle as he prepares a shoe shining and hat cleaning shop in the Topliff building on Winnebago Street. The modern-equipped establishment will focus on shining ladies' shoes and will open after fitting out the space.
Rescue Hose Company No 1 plans a dance for around the 12th of next month. Previous dances by Rescue have been delightful and this one is expected to be equally good or better.
Frank Pilgrim bought four carloads of feeding cattle totaling nineteen head in St Paul and brought them home to Madison Township. With existing cattle the herd reaches about 150 head to feed over winter. After summer grazing in Iowa the cattle will be shipped to market as prime beef.
Tavener Bros report a valuable horse drowned last Monday morning after slipping on thin ice while plowing a channel to run ice to the house. The animal fell through into about fourteen feet of water and could not be saved despite attempts to free it from the harness. The loss comes at a critical time for the brothers.
Decorah high school basketball opened Monday night at the gym with alumni teams defeating the current squads. Girls won 22 to 9 and boys 48 to 18. Tomorrow New Hampton teams visit for a double header at 7 30 p.m. admission 25 cents.
Monday evening January 19 St Olaf visits for a college basketball showdown at 8 o clock in the college auditorium. Luther seeks another win in its unbroken record while St Olaf aims to challenge top Minnesota teams and earn a season highlight. Special music is planned and fans are urged to attend. Admission ten cents.
Winneshiek County Bank announces it is preparing to act as administrator or executor of estates guardians of minors and trustees under new legislation. Bank officers are answerable to the state and court supervision privacy is highlighted and the bank notes it already handles about twenty five estates.
Doctor P M Jewell longtime Winneshiek Iowa district physician and senator died January 8 at his East Main street home after a yearlong illness from intestinal cancer. Born January 1 1848 in Mount Vernon Ohio he practiced in Whiteside Ill Ossian Decorah and served as county coroner pension board member and state senator. Survived by wife Nama Livingston seven children including Dr M and Miss Effie and Gladys Jewell. Funeral held February 2 with Rev M Willett officiating and burial at Phelps cemetery. Knights of Pythias escorted remains.
The Congregational church annual meeting reports strong overall finances with a net gain for the year. Total receipts from all sources amount to 3627.11 dollars, though the general fund shows a 354.51 dollar indebtedness. Expenditures include 385.75 for music and 192 for a new furnace, while the Sunshine society sent funds to the Hadjin school in Turkey.
The Poultry Show awards honoring winner Glen F Richards as chief judge draw praise. Richards from Le Grand impresses with expert scoring across breeds including Barred Rocks White Rocks Partridge Rocks and Wyandottes. The list of prizewinners features names such as E J Stoddard W D Fligge Wyckoff Minn H V Keeler replaced by federal duties and many local exhibitors across multiple classes.
Following supper on January 7 1914 Col Hughes W R C No 58 held installation services. Lizzie C Baker P G W President installed as officer. Della G Miller named President and other officers listed including Phoebe Lincoln Lena Bollinger Jessie Melkay Jennie Trzcinski Anna Cadwell Theo Engbretson Mary F Linn Mary Hilleman Minnie Abbey Margaret E Draper Edith Hauswirth.
Madame LeBrun, star of the Sheehan Opera Co, returns after eight years in Europe to sing prima donna roles at the Grand Opera House on Jan 23. Joseph F. Sheehan, famed for English opera, is highlighted as the leading American tenor. Both were once in Henry Wu Savage’s company twelve years ago.
M FE Church announces Thursday evening evangelistic service at 1 30 PM with The Survival of the Unfit Sunday services start at 10 30 AM including communion and Distant Discipleship The evening sermon is A Strange death by own action Special music All cordially invited Next Sabbath morning subjects The Tendency to Faint and The Peril of Isolation and Loneliness Seats free Everybody welcome
Miss Hanson and her brother were driving toward Decorah when a passing vehicle frightened the horses causing their rig to overturn on the frozen ground. Miss Hanson sustained a scalp wound from eye to back of head. Dr M D Jewell attended and dressed the injuries.
Ed K Howden sold the Andrew Anderson house on Washington Street last week to Peter Ask who occupies the Beard house now recently purchased by George Bucknell.
A long list of poultry prize winners from Independence and Decorah items precedes an all about Mac's Place feature. The Decorah bakery and delicatessen promotes quality candy and party catering with thirty years of experience and plans for shop expansion.
A Good Attraction drew a large audience at the Grand on Saturday evening with many patrons from surrounding towns. The play had mixed appeal but the company showed exceptional strength and earned hearty curtain calls after each act.
L E Katterfeld, former manager of the Socialist party lyceum department, will give a lecture Saturday evening the 17th at the Baptist church on How to get what you want. The speaker is described as an interesting presenter.
Rev J R Birkelund of Chicago will give an illustrated lecture at the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church next Sunday evening under Luther College Sunday association. The subject is expected to be Chinese missionary work with pictures showing customs and conditions of the country.
Theodore L Quan dahl and Addie Brandt both of Canoe township were married Monday January 12 with Justice H F Barthell officiating.
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