Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad
A vintage ad urges attention to kidney health warning of dropsy gravel or Bright's Disease. Doan's Kidney Pills are promoted as proven for 50 years with a farmer testimonial from T. J. Hagen of Decorah and a price of 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY advertises.
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Bright
Doan
Dean
Decorah
T. J. Hagen
Engbertson
Mr. Hagen
Foster-Milburn Co
Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
Pleasant social calls mark Cresco district notes
County folks report numerous pleasant visits at Cresco and surrounding towns. many listed callers include Kratz, Koch, Mealy, and Haakenson families with social visits at Cresco, Ridgeway, Sumner township, and Calmar. weather disruptions caused overflows and impassable roads while a Ridgeway dance drew local youth.
Local social notes from Ravena and nearby towns
In Ravena and surrounding areas on January 24 1916 residents reported varied visits and activities. Ole Anderson called at Calmar last Thursday while Herb Kleisart of Ossian and others dropped by Ravena and Cresco areas. Local folks including Mrs Ole Anderson John Draves John Barthelme and Eber DeCou were mentioned visiting kin or hauling goods. A dance at Castalia drew Frank and Evelyn Schweinerus and Al Kimers, with multiple residents noted for visits and farm work during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Collins
Ted Anhafer
St. Paul
Ben Eimers
Lizzie Bush
Calmar
Herman Lansing
Ossian
Wenzel Lansing
Harry Schweinerus
Ole Anderson
Helen Eimers
I Bush
Eed Eimers
Henry Eimers
Herman Bush, Sr
Ravena
Conover
Herb Kleisart
Frank Boeckman
Centennial
John
Frankville community notes and events in January 1916
January 24 1916 Frankville notes record many local visits from Ossian Castalia Ravena Mason City Waukon Postville Decorah and Me nture and a long list of social events. Dance at Masonic hall weddings baptisms visits and trips to Castalia Decorah or Waukon are noted. community dinner planned. D Y N annual supper. theatre opening Kneeskern's in Castalia. Toy Shop operetta by Frankville school. debates on liquor and revival meetings announced at Presbyterian church led by Miss Page and Miss Janes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Snitker
Ossian Toy
John Johnson
Postville
Dr. Nash
Castalia
Ed. Youmans
Ravena
John Mullaney
Mason City
Ben Newell
Dan Steele
Waukon
Phil Brouillet
Gene Owens
Lynn Crawford
Earlham
Masonic Hall
Hattie Lower
Decoraha
Rev. Healey
Harold Spaun
B. Robinson
Clayton
John Leer
Alfred Crabtree
Jim Pever
Ossian
Ole Samuelson
Lydia Padden
Rose Stock
W. W. Hubbell
Washington Prairie
Chris Waters
Cora McNair
Decorah
Geo. A. Waters
Beebe
Mentyre
Will Schutta
Roy Sampson
Weanesday
Irvin Hughes
Fred Bronillet
Ravena Onunday
Bert McMartin
O. F. Miller
Perry Carter
Iris
Myrtle Barthell
Chris Leer
Sylvia Walby
Minneapolis
Lawrence Pilgrim
Alma Leer
Margaret Ryan- Witggerald
John Snitker
Dessell
Jas
Ryan
Maggie Fitzgerald
M. E
Mat Rodenkirch
Mike Fitzpatrick
Sherman Bollman
Will Pitzger
Jas. McNair
Dan Hawes
McNair
Frankville School
Adii
Lsion
Lie
Emma Lange
Prankville Township
Harmon Snitker
Landlow
Herman Lange
Kelse Webster
Allert Krogsund
Carl and
Vern Letchford
Trvine Crawford
Ole Olson
Joe
Howe
Wes
Frome Letchford Thursden
G. D. Rollan
Presbyterian Church
Miss Page
Bethel
Janes
Burr Oak News Busy With Visits and Marriages
January 25 1916 Burr Oak Iowa notes a flurry of social visits among Markle Perry Reed Seelye Cox and Ward families. The ME church held its first service in the new German church. Genevieve Manuel married Oscar E Wilbur with about eighty guests and a pink white decor, gifts and a $30 cash present. A big January sale at Burr Oak Mercantile, revival meetings by Mrs Gilmore evangelist, and numerous travels to Decorah Ossian and Prosper fill the week.
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Merritt Markle
Briton
S. D
Frank Perry
E. M. Reed
A. A. Seelye
Chas. Porter
Lou Cox
Ben Ward
J. B. Reed
Dough
Geo. Smith
Claude Wicks
Little Son
P. C. Olson
John Gates
E. Kippe
James Headington
P. H. Whitney
M. D. Whitney
E. G
Clem Headington
Gene Headington
Florell Potter, Jr
Renwick
Town
Paul Roberts
Fayette
Howard Whitney
Decorah
Edie Sanders
Will Stoskopf
Charlotte Anderson
Prosper
Late Cox
Clifford Reed
Kathleen Reed
Ulrick
Dorothy
Will Darling
LN. Reed
Clifford
Nellie Arnold
Lester Nelson
H. G. Ward
Harold Seelye
Will Osborn
Milford
Will Leonhart
Henry Haas
Misa Florence
Reed
A. E. Smith
Etmons
la Crosse
Fred Paul
D. M. Ward
Canistota
Burr Oak Mercantile
T. K. Kelly
Minneapolis
Elsie Smith
Lawrence Butler
Bessie Feltis
Ben Wicks
Wicks
Burr Oak Merc
Mra
Claude Hensington
A. BE. Smith
Jack T Nolte
Alberta Cox
Edie
Fred Wemett
Mabella
Joe Wemett
Gilmore
Evangelist
Oskaloosa
Iowa
W. H. Emmons Amd
Hessie Manuel
Korah Wilbur
Mareh Ist
Sexton Farm
Burr Oak
Centennial Society Notes January 1916 Update
CENTENNIAL column lists residents on sick lists including Tanne Dullix Miss Enna Heckman and Claire Emery with facial poisoning concerns. Local visits include L. D. Burrows at Geo. Allen home Clarence Crabtree at Frankville, and Tare Nesvik at Claire Emery's. George Allen and wife stayed with Isaac Dutt. Etta Stevens visited Ed Youmans. Ralph Carter and Ossian carpenters building a garage for Webb Rowa. other small social calls noted among Dull, Dullix, Dutt, Emery families.
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Tanne Dullix
Enna Heckman
Claire Emery
L. D. Burrows
Geo. Allen
Clarence Crabtree
Frankville
Tare Nesvik
Carpenters
Ossian
Webb Rowa
Theo
Rosa
Dave
John George Dull
Castalia
Jakeff
Mh Moore
Moneek
Elmer Lennon
Freeport News and Social Roundup in Decorah Area
Freeport notes cover a busy week of visits and socializing with Decorah friends. Highlights include parties planned at the hall, travels to Alene s for a time, and numerous calls among locals on Clay Hill and Decorah relatives.
Hesper notes show visits and local events in 1917
Decorah visitor Raigh Fawcett. Amos Robinson prayer meeting. Everett Fuller from Austin guest of Hesper friends. Mrs. R. J. White and Etta visiting Canton and Johnson households. Many pupils absent from sickness. meetings at Prosper. Fawcett trip to the coast. Griswolds moved west of town. J. Tavener funeral. 1917 society ball. domestic science and manual training updates. Mabel basketball win. new high school students and classes announced.
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Raigh Fawcett
Amos | Robinson
Everett Fuller
Austin, Minn
Hesper Friends
R. J. White
Canton
Etta
W. H. Johnson
W. P. Nelson
W. F. Johnson’s
Birdie Wells
Decorah
Mettam
Mabel
Dickinson
Prosper
Isaac Fawcett
Elmer Griswold
Laura Robinson
Alma Peterson
Inga Stensland
H. H. Worth
la Crosse
Lester Nelson
Burr Oak
Byron Darrington
Manuel Wilbur
Chas. Smith
Arthur Carrington
B. M. White
J. I. Tavener
Rah
O. L. Street
Mr. Tavener
Lutheran
Mabel High School
Hesper Boys
Lee
Madison residents share a week of visits and errands
Local notes list visits to Decorah and area homes including Mrs. Carl Oon and Miss Ida Josvanger, Esther Hovey's dental work, Eddie Fretheim and son Carl, Adolph Vick's family, board party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. P. Donovan, and other social calls. The Equity society delivered corn to Decorah, while Mildred McIntosh returned from Decorah and Marie Haga arrived from Ridgeway to stay with her grandmother Mrs. Sam Hanson.
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John Dalle
Decorahriday
Carl Oon
J. Oddan
Vick
Esther Hovey
Decorah
Eddie Fretheim
Carl
H. Fretheim
Ida Josvanger
A. Qualley
Adolph Vick
Ida
E. Vick
P. Donovan
D. Donaldson
Equity Society
P. Hovey
Helmer Engen
Sayre
O. N. Haugen
Myrtle Grindeland
N. O. Haugen
Tavener
Alex, McIntosh
Mildred McIntosh
Freda Josvanger
Evelyn Howden
Old People’s Home
Marie Haga
Ridgeway
Sam Hanson
Local residents gather for visits and events near Decorah
A flurry of social calls and visits fills the week in Decorah area. John Kirkeby and families drop by Franklin Prairie and Oscar Kirkeby homes while Theo Engen and Ben Engen call on W E Hoyt. Mrs. Walter Hoyt travels to Canoe and back. Many neighbors attend a Decorah masquerade and note farewells as relatives travel to Highlandville and Ridgeway.
Sloan's Liniment Featured As Pain Killer
An old advertisement advocates Sloan's Liniment as a universal pain reliever. A Berkeley reader reports neck stiffness after a wet Exposition visit improved after two applications, claiming rapid relief. The ad notes its price at 25 cents and urges readers to keep a bottle handy.
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Sloan
Mervin H. Leister
Berkeley
Cal
Panama Exposition
Marc
Foley promotional offer for trial package
An old advertisement urges clipping a slip and sending five cents to Foley & Co. in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup along with Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Pills from Engbertson's Pharmacy.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Engbertson’s Pharmacy
Adv
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Republican
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Cresco
Carl Haakenson
Koch
Roy Koch
Fred
M. H. Mealy
Rollie Kratz
Henry Halverson
Mike Hrushka
Sylvester Mealy
Etc. Jr
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C. Schild
Walter Kratz
Miss Hattie
Orville Tomann
Elmer Schild
Amel Koch
Wesley Kratz
Eddie Landswerk
Saude
Fred C. Koch
Roy
Sumner Township
Kratz
Ross Kirschman
Valdez College
W. A. Scholer
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Frien
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Robt
Opava
Fred Falck
Ollie
Ames Koch
Charley Vrba
Edward Haakenson
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Ellsworth
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Wek
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Frank Sobolik
J. Vopava
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Mercy Hospital
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Chris. Haakenson
Evangelical Church
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Waterloo
Anna Daniels
Nelle Daniels
W. P. Rosa
George Duff
Will
Claude van Wey
Archie Jones
Dr. Leonard of
H. Heiman
Rae Runkle
Eleanor
Henry Ginapp
John Uhlenhake
Frank Bushman
Ethel Thornton
Emma Heckman
Amanda Ginapp
Mary Harris
Henry Scheidemantel
Freeport
T. Robinson
Chester Sheetz
Alenes
L. Coughlin
Geo. Strayer
Leona Sorenson
Clay Hill
A. K. Sweitzer
P. C. Delaney
S. Sorenson
P. Roney
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J Is
de Barfoot
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Mike Sherry
Willis Lee
Wenry Omen
N. Dakota
Yeomen Lodge
Poe
R. T. Robinson
F. M. Sheets
E. ©. Erickson
J. Coughlin
Reebkah
Warn
Rowena
Coughlin
Adolph Riste
Lester Pearson
Elmore Kirkland
Mary Delaney
Hesper
Madison
John Kirkeby
FE. T. Bakken
Theo. Haugen
T. Brinksgjord
Tavlener
Nettie Fretheim
Ed. Fretheim
Walter Hoyt
J. Moe
Baby
Borseth
Alex
McIntosh
Haugen
Betsy Engen
Bertha Vangsness
N. C
Carl Oen
Norjman
Nels Oen
Archie Hoyt
Helen Engen
Gust Bakken
Rid Sway
Hans A. Halvorson
Hovey
Hilda Bakken
Albert Lea
Oscar
A. T. Istad
Anna Woldt
J. Woldt
Martin Haugen
Bertha Woldt
Elizabeth Istad
Julius Woldt
Alex. McIntosh
Maven
Cora Fretheim
J. H. Fretheim
J. Kirkeby
Truman
Florence
Rexakk
MO. G. Schimming
Rexall
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