Postville and area social notes January 1917
Postville visitors include J A Peck Francis Padden and Mrs L C Spaun. Ossian and Decorah guests attendances are noted with many local names. Illness grips area with pneumonia and grip counts. W C T U and church groups plan meetings. A correction clarifies Walter Kuntz misreport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Peck
Postville
Francis Padden
Chris Waters
Ossian
J. Irvin Hughes
Waterloo
Mr. Gregg
Ray Waters
Decorah
L. C. Spaun
John Murphy
Harry Waters
Harold Spaun
Carl Letchford
Walter van Wey
J. E. Kneeskern
Krogsund
I. E. Ericson
North Dakota
Queen’s Garden
S. S
Myrtie van Wey
Irving Crawford
Robbie Waters
Chris, Waters
C. H. Waters
Fred Rckwards
Centennial
Bert Overhouse
M. H. Stegen
Evelyn Brouillet
Ruth Weikle
Robert Waters
Peter Ramlo
Hesper
T. J. Crawford
Fred Waters
West ern Lincoln notes and social items from Cresco area
January 15 1917 column records visits calls and community life in Cresco and surrounding towns. Personal visits by Kratz Schild Aegerter and others. hog marketing church meetings baptisms and preaching announced. weather and roads noted. local schooling illness and leisure remarks.
Spillville News Briefs From January 1917
Local items from Spillville include visits from residents and travel to Decorah Fort Atkinson Calmar and Cresco. Obituaries note the deaths of Matt Klema Thomas Malek and Wenceslaus Balik with funeral details and family remembrances. A masquerade dance is planned at Fisher's hall with prizes and oyster supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Benn
Conover Saturdatt
James Novak
Conover
Decorah
Pletka
Jackson Junction
Lewis Smith
Valdez College
James Kulish
Protivin
Lewis Mikesh
Wm. Mikota
Will Hues
Anton Smith
Mason
Joseph Souken
Ever Ridgeway
Mary Chyle
Near Cresco
Matt Klema
Frank Kapinos
Pauline Haug
Bessie Tuchek
Janovsky
Helen Shevik
M. Moravetz
Gertie Kapler
Lizzie Williams
Ed. Winn
Calmar
Thomas Malek
St. Wenceslaus
P. J. Herold
Cresco
Fisher
Oysterper
Wenceslaus Balik
Zared
Europe
America
Chicago
Spillville
Mary Jarosh
St. Wenceslans
Iville
Broz
Balik
James
Joseph
Charles
John
Frank
Lewis
Anton Balik
Mary
Hogs and Visits Reported Across Ossian and Nearby Iowa Towns
Local farm commerce and social calls fill Ossian area notes with multiple hog markets in Ossian Cresco and surrounding towns. Residents such as Joe Remke Leo Barthelme and Herman Lansing are listed trading hogs hauling corn and wood visiting friends and attending meetings. Public figures and families including the Barthelme and Nygaard households appear in travel and social lines amid creamery and Nordness meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Remke
Ossian
Hans Nygaard
P. L. Barthelme
Leo Barthelme
Spillville
Eldo Peck
Orlando Tovson
Signe Towson
John Moen
John Barthelme
Cresco
Wenzel Lansing
Postville
Barthelme
P. L
Ben Eimers
Calmar
Chas. Schweinefus and Sons
Frank Schweinefus
Herman Lansing
Julius Brown
Nordness
Will Boeckman
Mat Wiltgen
Vena
Phil. Barthelme, Jr
P. Barthelme, Jr
Steen Johnson
Leonard
Fwood
Barney Holtey
Chas. Lair
Near West Union
Florence
Thelma Thornton
Viola Mundt
Anna Nygaard
Helen Eimers
Herman Bush, Sr
Frank Schweinerus
Pat Finnegan
Local notes from Looking Glass Prairie residents
Ole Anderson is described as a grip victim while Anna Osgaard visited Ida Berges. Philip Young hauled hogs to Decorah. Vernie Bender and Peter Leseth visited Mabel Sears. Olaf Eggen has improved after illness. Mr and Mrs Helge Jacobson visited Philip Young. others attended events in Decorah and at Burr Oak hall. Measles and pneumonia illnesses are noted among locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infield Kratz
Cresco
Elmer Schild
Chas. Vrba
Wesley Kratz
Rollie Kratz
Deno
Elizabeth O'Brien
Deno Kratz
Sumner
Anna Hopperstad
W. A. Scholer
Rollie Kratié
Chas, Bencher
Ridgeway
Ralph Schild
Otto Ernest
Alfred Peter, Jr
Howard County
M. F
John Bury
Decorah
John Aegerter
W. B. Wiedeman
Walter Kratz
Abo
Florenceville
Ole Anderson
Anna Osgaard
Ida Berges
Philip Young
Vernie Bender
Peter Leseth
Mabel Sears
Olaf Eggen
Helge Jacobson
Hadley Larson
Mabel
Chris. Ras
John Foltz
Selma Osgaard
Centennial Notes Show Local Visits and Travel
Centen nial residents and visitors are listed with trips to Ossian Decorah and Calmar. Names include Mrs Will Wiltgen Claude Kirby Jane Townsend Anna Daniels Rae Runkle and families along with Leo Arpadel Selma Ginapp and George Allen. A local ad promotes Deans Pills for constipation with a brief medical claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bush
Near Festina
Will Wiltgen
Claude Kirby
Stevens
Theodore Rosa
Ossian
Jane Townsend
Leo Atpadel
Selma
Gipp
Centennial
Walter Rosa
Oxsian
Charley Ginapp
H Wep
Tackla Boeckmann
Victor Ehler
Joe Ehler
Anna Daniels
Decorah
Rae Runkle
Kawin Ginapp
Amanda
Leo Arpadel
Fred Westphal
Castalia
Leo
Iowa Legislature Organized and Roads and Liquor Debates
The Iowa Legislature convened with action on transportation and liquor delivery reforms. Reports discuss a push to redefine delivery locations, restrict liquor procurement, and classify sales violations as felonies. Road legislation dominates discourse, with proposals for county bonds, state funds, and convicts used in road material loading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Committee On the
Highway Commission
Better Road Commission
Clarke
The
People Authority
State Highway Commission
General Assembly
Kidney Pills Help 87-Year-Old Find Relief
Ht H Adams of Springfield Missouri says at 87 he suffered a severe kidney attack. He tried different treatments but Foley Kidney Pills gave the best relief. Foley Kidney Pills build up weakened kidneys and ease bladder troubles, adv Engbertson's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Adams
Springfield
Foley
Adv Engbertson
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County News
Frankville
Rob Waters
T. Z. Crawford
Farmers’ Insurance Co
Geo. van Wey
van Wey
Grip
Earl Livin
Henry Hager
Kneeskern
Dean
Gerald Moose
Lorem
Esther Snitker
Lily May Nash
Evangelical Church
W. C. Lang
M. E
W. E. Wiedeman
Oscar Moe
Town City
Sumner [Ing
W. A. Seholer
Theo
Lincoln
Spain
Ravenna
Looking Glass Prairie
House
Senate
Pitt
Thirty-Sixth General Assembly
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Farmers’ Mutual Association
Ness
Mackinaws
Lamb’s Wool Union
Comet
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