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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
7
County News item highlights community life with visits from relatives, illness and recoveries, funerals, social events and local gatherings. Names include John Reuter Steve Todd Flossie Handke Evigene Barnes and many more amid travels between Kendallville Harmony Decorah Rochester and Cresco. The piece notes a cemetery fundraiser and a Kendallville L A S meeting with a two week gap before the next gathering.
J A Peck was at Castalia Monday. The flagstaff is being erected today. Many locals visited Decorah and Ossian this week. Travel included John Leer from Waukon, Irving Crawford and Lynn Crawford from Postville, and others from Ravena, Ravena and Decorah. The Red Cross Pig club held a patriotic meeting with a band concert and an address by Atty. Nelson. WCTU served ice cream to aid soldiers’ hospital funds.
A string of social calls fills Decorah and nearby homes as residents including Ole Christen Martha Christen Anna Haga and Mrs A Fulsons visit G G Hovden Halvor Ska deland and other neighbors. Church aid meetings and sewing errands appear, with guests noted at the hospital and various homes.
A series of brief endorsements tout Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as highly effective for stomach ailments. John F Janteen of Delmeny Sask and a Detroit Texas justice of the peace praise its use for family relief and kidney issues. Additional notes mention bread with butter resistance and a claim about Foley Kidney Pills as best for backache and rheumatic pain.
Freeport notes list numerous visitors from Decorah, Clay Hill, Burr Oak and Austin, with locals Chester Delaney and John Dinger among those observed in town. Fillmore Miller is ill with blood poisoning. Families from Decorah, Burr Oak, Pleasant and Marshall visit the Leach, Miller and Sweitzer households. births, travel, and social calls fill the week as residents attend a Decorah chautauqua and nearby events.
Fort Atkinson dated July 2 1918 reports a busy social scene with numerous visits from Calmar New Hampton and Ossian residents. It notes deaths for Frank Skoda of Manly and Mary Loesch Rausch of the town, with funeral details and survivor lists. Also covered are travel updates to Camp Dodge and local family visits, and praise for improving health of a local resident.
Castalia items list visitors and locals with plans for the 4th of July events. Mrs. Harvey visits Decorah. Harveys enlist in navy. Red Cross dance nets about 115 dollars. drew from township for June allotment. Nellie Vance Brown arrives from Waterloo to visit family. cornet band to play at Frankville celebration. U B parsonage dedication slated for July 7 with a picnic July 8. funeral arrangements for Mrs. Windell in Algona with funeral Wednesday at 2 30 p m.
July 1 1918 notes list Emmar shoppers in town Albert Sobotik visiting Calmar Wednesday Mrs Ed Swehla in New Hampton with relatives Sam Swehla passenger for Calmar Sunday Joe Baburek of Calmar visited family Agnes Dyste Forman N P visiting Broncrud home Little Miss Helen Humpal of Calmar visiting aunt and uncle Wm Phillips with Wm Sobotik to Prairie du Chien Friday Mrs Joe Liska and sister Spillville shoppers Friday Conover boys fished near Theo Thompson's catching 14 fish Adolph Houdek Fort Atkinson staying with grandmother Mrs Krall James Humpal and family near Conover visiting Stella and Win Phillips Joe Kafka family and wife's sister from Calmar spent Sunday here Mrs John Bernatz with Decorah visitor Saturday evening Geo H Cummings family attended Calmar movies Lawrence Bjonerud and siblings with Agnes Dyste to Calmar for movies Sunday
Relatives and friends celebrated the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Theo Gullickson on Sunday, June 30. The Standard Bearers' society of the German M E church met June 27 at the Goth home in honor of Miss Carrie Goths birthday. Mrs. Anna Wampler, formerly a local teacher, wed June 22 in Seattle to C H Clifton, an electrical engineer. the couple will reside in Seattle.
Monrad Nygaard spent Sunday at Ossian. Many residents visited relatives and attended events including the Red Cross unit meeting with Mrs. T Anderson and chautauqua at Decorah. A mix of social calls, community activities and local transactions are listed with numerous names and places from Ossian, Decorah, Mason City and nearby areas.
Local residents visited Cresco Decorah and nearby towns throughout the week. Birth recorded a son born Friday June 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Soukup. Various visits include Christina Owen Beulah Libbey and Prof Dickman visiting. confirmations and class pictures at synod and United Lutheran churches. A moving picture Ten Nights in a Bar Room shown July 1. services announced for next Sunday at the M E church.
Geo Young, Mabel and Canton gatherings appear in this clipped rural record. Henry Barth and callers visit Mabel on multiple days while Perry Kinyon raises a barn with help. Shoppers include Mrs Smalley and daughter Elsie, Gertrude, George Young, and Ray Smalley. A German inventor claims an artificial wood from sawdust and magnesium chloride.
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