Calmar News Roundup January 1916 Visit remarks and events
County News for January 18 1916 records visits births illnesses and local happenings in Decorah Calmar and surrounding areas. Notables include visitors Miss Wanda Eppens Miss Ingrid Severson and Mrs Severson Miss Gena Gunval of Ridgeway and J A Wangsness returning from Minnesota. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Charley Weiser on January 9. Mrs Sophia Parsons travels to Taylor Falls Minn. for a sick aunt. A public dance set for January 19 at the Calmar opera house with Hosper orchestra. An eclipse of the moon on the 1th promises spectator interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Fischer
Chicago
I. H. Wangsness
Decorah
Anna Swehla
Spillville
G. B. Painton
Ossian
John Vance
A. H. Latimer
Milwaukee
Wanda Eppens
Mason City
Ingrid Severson
Sever
Severson
J. A. Wangsness
Albert Lea
Minn
Gena Gunval
Ridgeway
Charley Weiser
Ole Kiel
Mabel Bergeson
New Hampton
Bertha Hegg
Washington Prairie
Hans Evenson
Rae Runkle
Anna Daniele
Peter Schissel
T. H. Humker
Dubuque
Dr. Horton
Hennessy
500 Children to Wait on You at Child Labor Exhibit
A San Francisco visitor is told by Lewis W. Hine of the National Child Labor Committee that everyday items in fashion and food conceal child labor. He cites flowers, lace, gloves, buttons, underwear trims, cotton, threads, berries, oysters, peas, coal, glassware, drugs, newsboys, shines, bowling pins, and ushers as products of child labor, noting about 500 children contribute to one person’s comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
National Child Labor Committee
Lewis W. Hine
New York
New England
Maine
Red Light District
Littl
Mr. Hines
Conover Notes from January 18 1916 Local Scene
Local notes from Conover recount daily visits and travel to Calmar Decorah Spillville and Fort Atkinson. Residents such as Cummings Korbel Olson and Swehla are listed with brief mentions of business calls, visits, and train or bus trips. Obvious ads and local shoptalk appear alongside a teaser for Dry Thomas Feletic oil with price points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tree
Cummings
Calmar
John Korbel
Spillville
Anton Olson
Decorah
Tom Erland
Joe Klema
Ed. Swehla
Chas. Phillips
Geo, Chapman
Louis Krall
Bernard Swarts
Ed. Sobolik
Dejorah
Stella Phillips
A. Humpal
Dan Novak
Bhiestone
Minn
Gilbert Bionerud
Flandreau
Peter Bionerud
California
dJohn Durland
Lalla Lee
Ossian
Sumner
Smyrna the last stronghold of Christianity in Asia Minor
Smyrna, one of the seven Asia cities named in Revelation, flourishes while others fade. Polycarp served there and died a martyr in 155 A. D. Sir W. M. Ramsay notes Smyrna as the last stronghold of Christianity in Asia Minor, a bustling city of over 250,000. Westminster Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna
Asia
Ephesus
Pergamum
Polycarp
W. M. Ramsay
Asia Minor
Turkey
Westminster Gazette
Mystery Stones From Ancient Glacial Trails Found North American
The piece notes a longstanding mystery about precious stones, including diamonds from South Africa, being found along ancient North American glacier paths. It suggests a vague link to crystalline forms and the earth’s fiery interior, highlighting surprising geological connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Zeppelin Admits 1863 St Paul Flight Sparks Aerial Dreams
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin reveals he used the alias Count Steiner during a 1863 balloon ascent over St Paul with Marion Ramsey aboard. The voyage inspired his idea of directed airship travel as gas shortages and frontier conditions framed an early aviation frontier. The 25 year old inventor envisioned powered dirigibles, a vision he persisted pursuing into old age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Count Steiner
St. Paul
Germany
Zeppelin
Alexander Ramsey
Minnesota
Marion Ramsey
Miss Ramsey
C. E. Furness
Count von Zeppelin
Atlantic
The Pineapple in England Through Time and Taste
Pineapples reached England in the late seventeenth century and became a symbol of architectural luxury. Sir Christopher Wren used the fruit as ornament, even converting plans to place a pineapple on St. Paul’s dome. The motif spread to cast iron and streets, with Queen Victoria storing a pineapple seal engraved with a motto about glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Christopher Wren
St. Paul's
Wen
Wren
Victoria
Vall Mall Gagette
Communal ovens in Argentina kampo baked by gauchos
In rural Argentina natives known as gauchos still use communal ovens. Neighbors take turns heating and baking with a señora de la casa supervising a batch for many families. Sun dried cow chips serve as fuel where wood is scarce. Bakers' Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina Kampo
Senora De-La-Ceasa
Bunny Warren
Curious Fishing Customs From Madagascar Turtles And Hamby Fish
Natives catch Madagascar turtles at dawn using twelve foot barbed harpoons and long ropes. Turtles are butchered on shore in sea water to preserve sacred customs. Northwest coast locals describe the hamby a long arm sized fish with a sticky fin brush used to trap other fish. They keep it in a light cage at sea and pull in the catch by trailing a cord from a canoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
James Sibree
Northwest
Two Meals From War and Hunger
Ida M. Tarbell recalls two meals that stand out amid hardship. One, black bread and coarse cheese found after a long hunt at a FrenchWayside station. The other, two battered sandwiches rescued during snowy marching across a Swiss glacier. Hunger makes meager food taste like ambrosia and drive away self pity in pursuit of a clear goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Ida M. Tarbell
Causes of Ocean Tides and Digestive Advice Feature
The article explains the moon's gravity as the chief driver of ocean tides, with Earth's gravity opposing yet reacting to the pull. It then advises regular meal spacing to prevent indigestion and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for recovery, mentioning sale by R A Engbertson, and includes brief ads about alcohol production in the Philippines and various horse stock offerings from Grand Meadow Minnesota. It ends with a Miller’s ad urging sooner trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
R. A. Engbertson
Adv
The Gerrymander Cartoon by Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert Stuart, famed for Washington portraits, designed the Gerrymander cartoon. James Melvin Lee notes in Cartoons Magazine that in 1811 Democrats reshaped Massachusetts districts, producing absurd Essex County maps. Stuart likened the layout to a salamander, later renamed Gerrymander at Editor Russell’s suggestion, the term then gaining reproachful use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Stuart
Washington
James Melvin Lee
Cartoons Magazine
Mr. Lee
Massachusetts
Elbridge Gerry
Essex County
Massachusetts Sentinel
Stuart
Russell
Pain and rubber tires on street cars in 1915 notes
An advertisement extols Sloan's Liniment as a universal pain killer with a user testimonial from Mervin H. Leister of Berkeley after soaking wet feet at the Panama Exposition. It claims rapid relief from neck stiffness after two applications. The note adds a brief interjection about British discussions on rubber tires for street cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Mervin H. Leister
Berkeley
Cal
Panama Exposition
Coughs and Colds Danger, Promo for J Kings Discovery
A cautionary note warns coughs and colds can lead to lung disease. It touts J Kings New Discovery as a tested remedy used for over 45 years, urging readers to obtain a bottle from druggists. An additional line mentions China sending $30,000 worth of peanuts to the U S yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. King
Adv
China
United States
Habits of the crocodile and an Easter date note
The crocodile can stay underwater long without large lungs and can hibernate. In India they bury the reptiles in dried mud during the hot season, where the mud hardens and the animals remain torpid for long periods. Next Easter falls on April 24, an exceptionally late date this century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Battle of Whales Report From Long Beach Harbor
Capt J P Taylor Doctor Berkman and H W Cousins attest to a whale fight a mile offshore as two California gray whales battle a thrashing rival for over an hour. The thrasher whale purportedly wins in a dramatic marine clash witnessed from shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.P Taylor
Doctor Berkman
H. W. Cousins
Long Beach
California
Long Beach Dispatch
Los Angeles Times
Kickapoo Worm Killer Advertises Child Worm Remedy
An old advertisement warns that many children suffer from worms causing irritation and poor nutrition. It urges parents to examine stools and treat with Kickapoo Worm Killer, claiming it kills worms, acts as a laxative, and expels toxins. Available for 25 cents at druggists.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Claims Great Help
A customer from Lost Valley Ga reports Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy cures a hacking cough and colds after taking several bottles. The ad notes the product is for sale by Dr. A. Engbertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Ro Moore
Lost Valley
BR. A. Engbertson
Adv
Decorah Readers Praise Adler-i-ka Bowel Cleanser
Decorah residents tout Adler-i-ka a simple buckthorn bark glycerine remedy praised as the most thorough bowel cleanser. A local druggist Rh A Engbertson endorses its instant relief, claiming it relieves constipation and gas within moments without gripping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
A. Engbertson
Day of the Bottle in Scott and Public Advice
The piece discusses heavy drinking in Scotland and England citing Sir Walter Scott and his character Osbaldistone advising a "gentlemanlike quantity of liquor" and conceiving how to drink. It advertises Dean's Ointment for baby eczema and notes St. Louis as a top fur market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
England
Walter Scott
Roy Roy
Richard Osbaldistone
Francis
Rashleigh
Dean
Adv. Ee
St. Louis
Rexall Order Laxative Promoted as Family Health Aid
A druggist champions Rexall Order laxative as a safe gentle inexpensive home remedy. He argues it yields the greatest dividends for health and calls it the best family laxative in tasty candy tablet form appealing to men women and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
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