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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
7
County News for January 17 1916 lists Kelso Webster visiting Castalia Monday along with numerous residents and visitors from Postville Decorah Waukon Mason City and nearby towns. It notes social visits business trips illnesses and community events including meetings of the Equity society the Marguerites and the Ladies aid plus a blizzard period and a WCTU debate on liquor versus war.
August Lansing called at Decorah on Sunday. Anton Anderson hauled corn from Omwsion Friday. 5oe Meyer of Postville called at J. Meyer’s Saturday. Julius Brown stayed at Decorah several days last week. Nick Etteldorf of Lenox visited Ravena relatives on Tuesday. Herman Lansing hauling barley to Ossian all week. August Larsing sold a horse to Pat Roman at Decorah Saturday. Geo Bloomers of Letts visiting friends here. Herman Lansing visited Ed Scheidemantel’s week of Ossian. Wiltgen Bros. sawed wood for Frank Schroeder Tuesday. Philip Barthelme Sr spent Sunday with Clem Broghammer at Ossian. 38 below were here last Thursday the coldest this winter. Clarence Meyer of Postville spent Saturday and Sunday at John Meyer’s. Otto Schnecker and Henry Eimers spent Sunday with friends at Charles City.
Western Lincoln residents prepare to witness the eclipse of ice moon this week on Wednesday. Sleighing returns but ice skating hampered by heavy snow. local residents and visitors noted during the past week.
A health notice recommends avoiding meals closer than five hours. It advises adjusting breakfast lunch and dinner to allow digestion and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for relief. Sold by R A Engbertson.
Dozens of local residents, including J C Steno Wingate and J J Steno, are listed visiting Mabel Decorah Burr Oak and nearby towns with many on Sunday calls Miss Muriel Foltz returns to teaching following family illness and Miss Jilda Ramlo visits Steno home The grippe and blizzard tempests are noted with local efforts at farm work school reopened and a masquerade ball draws large crowds in Hesper area local marriages and illnesses are reported with community optimism for recovery
ill health and recoveries marked the week with Mrs. Quen and Mrs. Fifield improving Mrs. Sloan visited the Goldsworthy home Arthur Quen returned from Spring Grove and Linus Curtis spent Sunday at the Moore home Shoemaker of Ridgeway stayed with Arthur Curtis while Burton Stephenson recovered from tonsillitis John Clink valued a horse after a kickoff incident Walter Dasham family visited Clifford Eddy home Mrs Ellingson returned from caring for her mother in Orleans Others attended the Norwegian L A S at Ole Peterson home Willie Saunders injured his hand while near Kendallville
January 1 1916 news from Clay Hill records social visits deals and weather. Mentions Wm Malli cattle trade Decorah visits Oscar Anderson business in Wisconsin, C E McKinney wind mill Ed Bolsen, Caroline Gross Decorah relatives, J J Walsh Decorah visitors at Williams, Sam Tolstad family at Fred Sheetz home, Albert Otto Levi Pleasant Valley visit, Edward Larsen Canoe Ridge with sister Ed Bolsen, Sam Stoskopf Decorah nephews Fred Edwin Gross, Hilda Bolsen Valder college weekend with Leona Sorenson, thermometer 12 to 34 degrees below zero. Herbert Gross Cresco hospital visit, Luella Dresselhaus Eileen Dirks visit Decorah with Luella Stoskopf, Amond Bleka Florence Olsen Torkel Martinson Glenwood, Chas Broghammer son Dr F J Broghammer Superior Wisconsin visit, Lawrence Bolsen Roy Stortz returned from Rapids poultry show prizes won.
Nebraska Experiment Station reports alfalfa and corn feed for wintering sows at Nebraska prices costs about 87 per sow. ground alfalfa tea improves pig gains over water slop, and cooked alfalfa outperforms dry hay. Farmers may save 25 percent on mixed feed by growing and processing alfalfa themselves. The ad then notes dangers of untreated coughs and promotes King's New Discovery for lung ailments.
Solomon Bequette of Fiat Fiver Missouri claims a 50 cent box of Foley Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble after two years of back pain. The ad touts relief from rheumatic aches and bladder issues via Engbert's Pharmacy with a local note and a slogan urging readers to trade at Smiller's.
A 1600 resident Amana community on 26000 acres near Ilowa City lives under a religious communism. All earnings go to a common treasury and no member holds personal property. George Heinemann heads the group which bans hair ribbons, moustaches, sunbonnets replace lats, and bars dancing cards and competitive sports as worldly.
Cyprus gave its name to copper used by Romans as cypriu maes and cuprum. The island also produced a tree called cypros from which a valuable wood was made, better known as gopher, the Hebrew name for Noahs ark timber.
A vintage health note urges parents to check stools for worms and treat with Kickapoo Worm Killer. It claims the remedy kills worms, acts as a laxative, expels worms and poisonous waste, tones the system, and restores health, selling for 25 cents at druggists.
Switzerland is described as ancient next to France and Germany, tracing its political changes from 1803 union under Napoleon to 1848 federal confederation, 1871 constitutional centralization, and Vienna’s neutrality pledge. Other nations’ independence dates follow, ending with a Doan’s Ointment advertisement for eczema relief.
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