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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
7
An Indiana woman from West Baden says Vinci cod liver and iron tonic rebuilt her health and eased nervous fatigue. The ad highlights its iron blood-building claims, no oil, pleasant taste, and a money back guarantee if promises fail, attributed to E. J. Parman of Decorah Iowa.
Local notes report Roy and Anna Prendler as guests, dances planned at the Grange hall on Feb 4 and Jan 31, plus updates on illnesses and recoveries. Several residents attend funerals for Otto Soltow and Mrs. Stockman. Many names and visits across Cresco Kendallville and surrounding towns are listed with brief remarks on health and family events.
Freeport notes show M. L. Delaney attending Waller college in Decorah on January 28 115 Harold Knorr of Decorah visited Harry Barker on Saturday Mr and Mrs B Hallman visited friends in Decorah on Sunday Dr Hall Thomas of Decorah called at the county home Last week no school in the place due to the teacher’s illness
Calmar reports a flurry of visits and social events including Prof Law visiting Hopkinton and Des Moines, Rev Cremer in Ossian, Frank Frana in Milwaukee, and Mrs Huber in Cresco. Social groups meet with Miss Becker Edith, Miss Stella Phillips, and the Whist club. families travel to Waterloo Minneapolis Mason City Decorah and Prairie du Chien. The Calmar Lawler H S basketball team lost 5 to 12 to Lawler, with two Calmar girls teams also playing as the community hosts dancers at the Calmar opera house.
January 28 1918 local notes record engagements visits and travel. Engbretson drove to Decorah. Nolan and Emery visited. Sibert hauled to Decorah. Brittendal hauled freight. Halse and Canoe connection. Mrs Reihl and Mrs Cameron visited. Cameron visited Jack Halse. Mamie Lynch visited Decorah. McCormicks visited Decorah. Jack Halse and Will Cameron hosts. Mary Courtney enjoyed an over Sunday visit. Will Keefe shipped turkeys to Decorah. Geo Thayer from Decorah visited H Sheley. local concern over bridge causing traffic shifts to Ridgeway or Cresco.
A brief note links February 2 to a rare combination with Quinquagesima Sunday and the groundhog’s emergence. The ad mentions Dr Thomas ric Oil for croup or sore throat, offered in two sizes at drug stores.
Local notes from Western Lincoln dated January 28 1915 recount ongoing snow delays but constant wheeling life. Residents like Mrs Sam Kratz recover from Mercy Hospital visits while social visits, church services and dances recur among families including Kratz, Armstrong and Walter. Several moves and visits unfold with neighbors from Decorah Freeport Strawberry Point Cresco and Sumner, plus trips by Overland auto amid ice and mud.
John Davis travels to Wisconsin while Mrs. Questad remains ill this week. Dr. Daly of Cresco called several times. measles affect Orleans. Clara Hovey to Mercy hospital. Farmers delivered hogs to town last week. community notes: Steenson and McCabe families visiting, Lenora Steenson home for weekend, Kate Fitzgerald with Cresco parents, and teachers, doctors, and patients named in Cresco district.
A western city bank clerk, long fond of collecting checks drawn on odd items, has amassed a display at his desk including a torn linen collar a piece of lath a cuff and other objects used to obtain money from the bank. The lath began the collection and was honored by the bank for 8250. A sawmill owner and his son later used a lath as a stand in check to pay workers, explaining to bank officers why a check could be drawn on such an item. The lath check was honored after discussion.
In a Seattle area Siwash village a famed basket maker Crooked Bear stands out with bright, large baskets. He saves his earnings from selling beads and baskets to tourists and shuns gambling. His goal is three white man luxuries a telephone a bicycle and a talking machine. He already has a telephone in his tepee and admires it daily though calls are rare. He rides a bicycle hauling baskets and plans for a talking machine as his next purchase.
A passage from Life in the Moslem East by Pierre Ponafidine notes that the Koran speaks of a future paradise for both men and women who do good works and true belief. It contrasts the common belief that women are excluded by pointing to a verse promising admission without injustice.
The article describes the Mackinaw jacket alongside Norfolk jackets in navy blue and white serge. It notes a short, single breasted design with two hip and two breast pockets and a gray worsted belt with brown and green blends. Some models feature a detachable hood and double faced poplin cloth for steamer or auto coats in light castor shades with white.
Rates list regular club prices for numerous magazines and papers paired with the Republican. Entries include Aeronautics, American Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Harper's, Youth's Companion, St Nicholas different editions, and more with prices shown beside publication names. The notice invites inquiries for other titles and notes limited youth and children options.
A gray stone statue of a medieval king rises in Westminster hall once from the Architectural Museum. Its crown and orb contrast with a vanished scepter while the king’s identity remains unknown. Experts note a 14th century craft origin, and Lord Beauchamp envisions replacing old kings in blind Gothic niches.
A wealthy resident’s English pheasants spread widely then surprised a reader by walking a precise one mile and a quarter from a snow covered yard. The bird’s trail remained unbroken from house to brush heap, suggesting a purposeful journey rather than for food. Walter Prichard Eaton, Harper's Magazine. First Week-End Guest joke follows.
During a Chicago pressmen strike, stores that advertise suffered but proved advertising drives sales. Eckert and Williams of Northwood Iowa regularly advertise in the Northwood Anchor and beat mail order prices, offering a buggy for 45.00 F.O.B. factory while big mail orders quote 49.60 plus shipping. Local dealers gain by proactive, homegrown messaging to attract buyers away from mail order rivals.
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