County News items from Cresco area January 16 1917
Local notes report numerous visits and travels including F J Potter sick list, visits by Philip Seelye, Clarence Ward and others to Mabel Ludlow Decorah Minneapolis and Cresco. Social events include masquerade night, Loyal Workers gathering, and a spelling contest January 19. Obituary for Sophia LaValley details birth in 1844, marriage 1865, nine children, and burial near Burr Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Potter
Philip Seelye
Mabel
Clarence Ward
Ludlow
Guy Bovee
Marion Price
Geo. Smith
Will Hilleman
Geo. Ulrich
Herbert van Vleit
Ezra Reed
G. H. Kimball
Minneapolis
Claude Decker
Iowa City
John Wicks
Hazel Briggs
Edna Butler
Howard Rollins
Bessie Manuel
Carl Mullum
Harmony
M. Jacobson
Fa Wicks
David Bowman
Pine River
Minn
Cresco Hospital
George Smith
Hazel Br
Merle Smith
James Wade
I. N. Reed
E., Reed
John Rollins
Decorah
Wm. Glise
Elver
Dubuque
BE. M. Reed
Vernon Manning
Prosper
Dorval
A. A. O'Brien
Cresco
Roy Gossman
Charles Straate
Lawrence Brandon
Sanaker
Bertha Gates
Rhoe Darling
Blanche Thompson
Leah Roberts
Lucille Emmons
Selma Jacobson
Charles Pollitt
Herbert Pierce
Henry Price
E. M. Reed
John Milne
Rube Wilbur
Bluffton
Hawarden
Can
Will Peacock
California
Star Theatre
Joe Moran
Jack Nolte
A. M. Morrison
Cliff Reed
Lloyd Decker
F. FE. Potter
Vincert Kimber
Bessie Feltis
South Dakota
A. B. Wanless
John Gates
P. C. Olson
Murray Marsh
C. F. Lodge
Harry Cox
J.B
Reed Point
Mont
Leonay
Death at Cleveland man’s father delays funeral
The item in last week’s Hesper stated A. B. Street’s father died. that was an error due to proof reading. Street was critically ill when his son arrived and died Monday. Funeral will be Thursday afternoon.
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Hesper
A. B. Street
Cleveland
Republican
Mildred McIntosh
Tha Josvanger
Ferdinand Bakken
Della
Paul Twenge
Ed. Wood
Ben Engen
C. P. Hovey
G.O. Hovey
Decorah
Fred Donovan
Rcor
Carl Owen
Norman
O. P. Hovey
Edwin Durland
Pete Gayle
Gunder Halvorson
TH. A
Albert Hovey
H. J. Fretheim
P. Hovey
O. O. Hove
G. O. Hove
Anna
Theo. Bierke
Calmar
Theo
Istad
Selma Guttormson
St. Paul
Julius Flaskernd
C. Neste
H. A. Halvorson
Amund Blekeberg
Tinka Odden
Julius Woldt
Fred Foltz
A. T. Istad
Theo. Istad
Madison Church
Christ Morgen
Jordahl
Asles. Myron
North Dakota
Asleson
Manchester
Minn
Helge Laueton
Peter Engen
Burr Oak
Betsey Engen
Woods
Willie Grindeland
Highlandville
Ole Haugen
Alex. McIntosh
Lewis Williams
Martin
Adolph
Oscar Martinson
Emil Gulbrandson
Carl Gulbrandson
Ole O. Haugen
Mr. Haugen
Norway
O. N. Haugen
Helge Saueton
Decorah Hospital
Sigdal
Norwago
Local Notables Attend Multiple Sunday Visits and Funerals
Madison area residents visited relatives across Decorah and nearby towns. Theo Istadee and Helge Saueton deaths prompt funeral services. extended families gathered, with numerous tributes and flowers.
Ice Patrol Keeps Up In Dangerous Grand Banks Watches
The article describes U S Coast Guard ice patrols at Halifax and the Grand Banks, detailing two cutters on 15 day patrols, daily wireless ice warnings, and the 1914 cost and international sharing. It notes Arctic currents, ice types from slob to pan ice, and ships like Vaderland thanking American warnings.
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Grand Banks
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
United States
France
Germany
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Russia
Sweden
Coast Guard
Labrador
Halifax
N. S
Cape Race
Boston
New York
Iee
Vaderland
Siam
Atlantic
Early Aeronautics in Warfare and Balloon Use
The article traces the first military use of aeronautics to observe enemy positions during the French Revolution. Dr Coutelle produced hydrogen from water, faced opposition, and his balloons were deployed at Bonn Coblenz and Andernach. General Bernadotte refused to fly, citing the road of the asses. Bonaparte closed the Meudon aerostation school after Egypt.
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Coutelle
Jourdan
Sambre
Meuse
Duquesnoy
Paris
Bonn
Coblenz
Andernach
Bernadotte
Sweden
Meudon
Bonaparte
Egypt
Cri de
Rough on the Surgeon in Mesopotamian Law
Ancient Mesopotamian penalties warned surgeons against failures. If a patient died the surgeon lost both hands, and for slaves, replacement to equal value. A slave’s eye loss cost half the slave’s value. A successful veterinary surgeon earned one sixth of a shekel, while a death required repayment of one sixth of the animal’s value.
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Mesopotamia
Body's Need of Liquid in Daily Health
The article highlights water as essential for the human body which is largely composed of water. It notes blood and muscles contain high water content and stresses constant replenishment through drinking to support bodily functions.
Bad Habits Fuel Indigestion Warns in Health Column
A health note warns that breakfast after eight, lunch at noon, and six o clock dinners disrupt digestion. It urges five hours between meals and recommends tablets to strengthen the stomach. Ad by R. A. Engbertson. Also mentions fumes affecting garages and a European frontline hint for a grand motor brigade charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Engbertson
Adv
Europe
Grand Motor Brigade
New Sparrow Trap Demonstrated With Simple Design
The article describes a square versus round sparrow trap by August Tshirky of Napanoch New York. It claims the square trap yields about 60 sparrows daily and 20 000 yearly while outlining construction from No 20 wire netting and wooden supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Tschirky
Napanoch
N. Y
The Kongo River and Basins Compared
The Kongo River runs about 5,000 miles with a mouth twenty miles wide. It is one of the world’s great rivers second only to the Amazon in discharge. Its basin spans over 1,400 miles in breadth and covers more than a million square miles, larger than the Mississippi basin.
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Amazon
Kongo Basin
Mississippi
Decorah Testimony Boosts Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsements
Edw B Herwig of Decorah, a barber, reports back pain and heavy kidney secretions eased by Dean's Kidney Pills from Wangler's Pharmacy. He repeats his strong endorsement in 1915, urging use for kidney ailments. The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
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Decorah
Dean
B. Herwig
Maple Ave
Wangler
Different Kinds of Coughs in Historic Indiana Ad
Colds produce various cough types such as dry cough winter cough la grippe cough bronchial cough and asthmatic cough with racking painful coughs to raise phlegm. Enos Halbert Paoli Indiana sought relief from Engbertson's Pharmacy with Foloney and Tar claims to ease symptoms.
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Enos Halbert
Paoli
Ind
Engbertson
New Iowa Reader Praises Doctor Pierce Tablets
Dear Readers I suffered from backache and kidney trouble for years. I tried Doctor Pierce's Anuric Tablets they cured my backache and do all that is required of them. I hope others troubled with backache will give them a good trial. Yours sincerely Mrs GEO Demina Avoca Iowa.
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Doctor Pierce
Mrs. Geo, Demina
Avoca
Iowa
Anuric Tablets Promoted by Dr. Pierce in Buffalo
Townsfolk praise Anuric as a uric acid solvent helping back pain headaches and rheumatic symptoms. Ad claims thirty seven times more active than lithia and offers samples for ten cents with a 50 cent box available from druggists. Also cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as trusted remedies.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Horen and Sureican Institute
Buffalo
Pierce
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