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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1915
Page
9
An old style cough remedy is wasteful and costly. Buy Schiffmann's Concentrated Expectorant in 2 ounces, mix with sugar and boiling water to make a pint of home made medicine. It relieves coughs and is free of narcotics, with a money back guarantee from C J Wangler, Druggist, Decorah, Iowa.
F W Fitch argues dandruff stems from a dirty scalp not microbes and promotes Fitch Dandruff Remover. The treatment involves applying the product to dissolve flakes then washing and repeating at roots for a clean scalp and glossy hair. Available in 50 cent, 1 dollar, and 2 60 bottles from druggists or The Fitch Co Boone Iowa.
A county update recounts visits and weddings in Burr Oak and Decorah areas. Residents include Gordon Reed and friends visiting Rev Edie. Roy Wanless at John Masters. Aggie and Frank Darling in Decorah. Bernice Cox with Kathleen Reed. Roy Gossman at J B Reed. and others at Reed, Smith, Seelye, and Ward homes. A baby boy born to Lawrence and wife on January 14 marks recent joy. Community events include a sewing club gathering and a Rebekah lodge installation with officers listed. Weather brings good sleighing and passable auto roads with recent rain turning to snow.
Notes from Highlandville dated January 18 1915 record visits baptisms measles and community events. Howard Sherven weed cutting, Miss Dorothy Bjerke and Hattie Olson visits, church gathering planned, and many neighbors visiting relatives and attending sales and socials. Infant Margaret Charlotte born to Mr and Mrs Martin Akre. Dr Browning leaves Highlandville after practice decision. numerous calls and friendly visits mentioned among locals.
Madison township reports a flurry of visits and small events. sick Anna Donlan and Ina Bergan’s illness appear among many calls and family gatherings. residents attend Y P S at Decorah, service visits, and farm dealings with neighbors from Decorah to Mabel, including the sale of a Run ning farm and cattle deliveries. a death in Madison township marks a somber note as Ellen Larsen, longtime resident, dies after a life spent here with family and siblings.
Quick action of buckthorn bark glycerine and Adler-ika astonishes Decorah residents. One dose of this bowel and stomach remedy relieves sour stomach gas on the stomach and constipation. R A Engbertson druggist.
Calmar updates list numerous visitors from Decorah Ossian and Dubuque including Catherine Frerich Adolph Wangsness and John Hruska. Local social events feature lectures and club entertainments. A death and a birth are noted alongside travels to Fort Atkinson Nora Springs Ridgeway and Owatonna.
Decorah and Hesper residents are listed visiting relatives and attending games, with reports on baptisms, auctions, Sunday school plans, and a Philomathian library meeting. Names include Burreson Sayles White Talbert Humphrey Darrington and Keats. events span church services, a convention in Mabel, and a Jan 30 library election.
Fort Atkinson notes busy social and business week January 1915. Local residents. John Frantzen, Mrs. Veverka and Celia visit Calmar. Einwalter, Doubek, Capp transact business in Calmar and New Hampton. Rausch brothers visit Alta Vista. editor Schmitz from Ossian promotes the Bee. J A Wandas visits family in Jackson. Ten pound birth at Summers home. Schissel land sale to Bert Schissel. Frank Vaetehka to move from Wauban. Ice harvest active. haulers fill ice houses at Smith and Houdek. Dr Bevins and colleagues operate on Hubert Berst. patient recovering well. Schissel Bros. sell implement business to Vaetehka.
Centennial district social and visiting news list residents and neighbors from Cen tennial and nearby towns. The column records calls and visits among Lange Felke Rosa Daniels Daniels family Limbeck Loomis and others, plus illnesses, trips to Ossian Decorah Castalia Ma som City and Minneapolis, and a local basket social notice. An advertisement for Deans Ointment is included.
A London scientific convention discussed Surinam toad development in which eggs are laid and carried on the mother's back. The eggs attach to the skin, form protective membranes, and incubate while the mother roams, with up to about a hundred young emerging as fully formed toads later.
A seventeenth century Dutch inventor Cornelius Drebel reportedly built an underwater boat and made trips from Westminster to Greenwich. James I valued the work and granted Drebel an apartment at Westminster Palace, seeking updates on further developments. A contemporary writer claimed the craft allowed reading underwater without candlelight.
An advertisement for Dr. King s New Discovery promotes treating children's colds, croup, and whooping cough with a remedy that soothes coughs reduces inflammation and kills germs to aid natural healing. It urges readers to consult their druggist and buy a bottle today.
Independence Belge profiles wives of French presidents and highlights Mme Sadi Carnot as a youthful 20 year old who allied influence with restraint. It notes one favor asked to Delcasse, her charity actions after Carnot’s death, and her refusal of a pension.
Thousands suffer neuralgia without relief. Apply Sloan's Liniment to the surface over the painful area without rubbing in. It penetrates quickly to soothe the nerve and reduce inflammation. Bottle costs 25 cents at any druggist, with a money back guarantee for fast relief.
The spring ceremony of blessing the rice fields in Bhutan features a mud and water fight where women try to block men from an inundated field. John Claude White, former political officer, describes the event in a National Geographic society communication. Victory for women signals soil fertility and increased livestock for the season.
An old time advertisement touts Barker antiseptic claiming to remove perspiration odor from feet or arms in 15 seconds. Sold by John G Schimming and R A Engbertson.
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