Ossian Residents Active Around Decorah and Calmar
County News reports July 8 1917 visits and social events across Ossian Decorah and Calmar. Notable items include Andrew Nelson owning a Buick six and a Chevrolet, various calls at Kelseth and Sjoboen homes, Grieg singing reception for the Remmen pair, and community gatherings such as a Grieg ice cream social and the Norwegian Ladies Aid event. The wedding of Selma Jacobson to Carl Mullum near Decorah draws congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Aakre
Ossian
E. Danielson
TI. Bernes
H. Kolseth
D. Sjoboen
Selmer Bee
Nelson
Clarissa Rovang
Decorah
Andrew Nelson
Selma
John Peterson
Grace
Paul Odeoes
Elsie
FE. Danielson
Jean
Ness
Messrs. Goodwin
Herbert Lee
Hijalmar Kelseth
H. Baardson
H. Kelseth
Tom Holverson
Calmar
Ole Holverson
Josephine
Laura
Anton Lee
Ole Orange
Oliver Nelson
Adolph Gullickson
Little Orville
Nordness
Ole Lomen
Andrew Grimstad
Torah Halverson
Anton Larson
Babes
Danielson
I. Bernes
Blooming Prairie
Hans Teslow
Howard Teslow
James Gullickson
Grieg
G. C. Remmen
Koren
Griegs
Remmen
Florence Price
M. E
Willard Peacock
A. A
Harmony
Lutheran Eel
W. Jacobson
Ida Ramlo
Austin
Minneapolis
Burr Oak Social Notes From July 1917
Dr. Dahl of Decorah visited Burr Oak on Thursday. L. A. 8 event planned July 12 at Marion Price home. Various residents visited neighbors or traveled to Decorah, Canton, Fort Atkinson, and Canton. notes include illness pink eye and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Dahl
Decorah
Our Town
L. A
Marion Price
Arthur Smith
E. M. Reed
B. M. Wicks
Lottie Stockman
E. M. Wicks
Carl Pierce
James Wade
Gossman
Fort Atkinson
Mr. Todd
Minnie
C. A
C. Ward
Marjorie
Willard Peacock
Evelyn Reed
Clem Headington
Canton
Frank Nash
Vd. Wicks
T. M. Wicks
W. J. Masters
Walnut Grove
Minn
J. F. Masters
N. Masters
C. H. Pierce
Hesper Social Notes From July 3 1917
July 3 1917 Hesper notices report visitors and homecomings. Arlie Griswold Miss Effie Wold Myra Sayles Nina Johnson and others travel to Decorah La Crosse Winona and Mabel. Local couples attend a silver wedding at Rotvold home and Granville Bates visits Anna Robinson with children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlie Griswold
Spring Grove
B. M. White
Nebraska
Effie Wold
Minneapolis
Verniee Darrington
Decorah
John Bryant
la Crosse
Frank
Howard Wold
Alonzo
Winona
Lawrence Stortzt
Burr Sinclair
Oscar Hutchins
Rushford
Granville Bates
Mabel
Anna Robinson
Weekend visitors and local calls noted across Decorah area
A parade of neighbors from Decorah Austin Minneapolis and Lanark visited friends and relatives in the area over the weekend and last week. Names include Eva Stohr Knoke Geo Rook John Stoskopf Arthur Crane Logsdon Gripman Lemen and Sweitzer among others with several called to Ft Dodge for a funeral and churchgoers from Clay Till attending servicesSunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Stohr
Decorah
Miss Knoke
Geo, Rook
Minneapolis
John Stoskopf
Denan
Velatbien
Seekatz
Arthur Crane
John Logsdon
Monona
J. H. Logsdon
Silas Gripman
Austin
W. A. Leach
Elnore Kirkland
Chester Sheetz
Postville
Everett Lemen
Dubuque
W. D. Gross
Frank Roney
Springwater
Wm. Kreutzer
Clay Hill
A. K. Sweitzer
Dan Sweitzer
Lanark
N. Drake
Caddie
Jamie Price
M. Bresnahan
Frank Malli
Ft Dodge
John Malli
Independence
Caroline Sorenson
Clay
Stella
Phoebe
Leona Sorenson
A. L. Tyler
Hans Sorenson
Thomas Malli
Ja Blakeman
Mra
C. F. Bertone
Sire
BE. Bectosta
Local folk travel and visits noted in Decorah area
Decorah area residents and visitors are listed with trips to Decorah Cresco and Nashua. Names include Tom Torkelson Frank and Laura Kuntz Walter McCauley and families, Brekke and Schuetz families, and others. A July 4 Vernon Springs picnic is planned by Rev Shoemaker and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Torkelson
Decorah
Frank Kuntz
Walter McCauley
Bluffton
Arthur Kuatz
Near
Cresco
Spencer
Alice Bakken
Miss Thompson
Anton
Marguerite Brekker
J — Gullickson
Calmar
Mr. Luhman
Dorothy Schuetz
Nashua
Hubert Luhman
Montana
Anton Anderson
Baker-Johnson
Selmar Aga
Allen Butz
Geo. Armstrong
R. A. Griswold
Ed. Ellingson
Steen Johnson
Norma
Dejeorah
Otto Ernest
Alfred Peter
M. C. Libbey
Grace Guilickser
Marguerite Brekke
M. E. Church
Harry Wiedeman
Kendallville notes include rattlesnake tale and social news
Local column reports Paul Brown trapping a large rattler near town and Walter Dasham visiting with a new car. Ed Barnes and Emma Ellingson details appear, plus multiple visits, dances, and church gatherings. Weather a storm caused hail but no major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Brown
Fayette
Ba Ring
Walter Dasham
Minnie Todd
Cresco
Ed. Barnes
Morgan L. A
Roy Greenhalgh
Helen Todd
Emma Ellingson
Mercy Hospital
Dorothy Davis
James Sobolik
Barnes
Charlie Curtis
Ferdinand Walters
James Lester
Owatonna
South Dakota
Hazel Pifield
Ray Warburton
Merrill
Riceville
Arthur Curtis
Mr. Lynch
Kendallvile L. A. S
Steve Todd
W. C. Fifield
Leslie White
New York
Elizabeth
W. A. Dasham
Margaret
Mrs. C
Logs found on island restore Linus Curtis area bridge work
Stones and logs intact on an island near Linus Curtis place await disassembly for transport. W A Clink notes a devis and clevis recovered after high water. Dam approaches and cement bridge over the race suffered damage, delaying repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linus Curtis
W. A. Clink
Devis
Clevis
W. A
Fort Atkinson Notes and Obituary Fragments
Fort Atkinson items list visits from Calmar Charles City Cedar Rapids and other towns. The brief obituary reports the sudden death of Philip Binwalter of Albert Lea with details of his family and funeral services.
Local residents active in Spillville and Calmar area visitations
July 1817 notes list residents and visitors in Conover area including John Shimek Wagner Flaskernd Olson Klimesh Hornatz Calmar trips to Spillville Decorah and Spillville for shopping work and social visits. Mentions Celia Klimesh George Cummings Frank Kuboushek and others with scattered movement and host events. A Bible missionary from Chicago sold books in Spillville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shimek
Mr. Wagner
Joe Flaskernd
Ae ‘Olson
Calmar Thure
Klimesh
Mr. Hornatz
Spillville
Christ Fulness
Frank *Pecka
Calmar
Robi
Klimesh, Jr
Klimesh, Jr. Was In Town One Day Last Week, Fixes Celia Klimesh
Rank Phillips
Tom Erland
Geo
Cummings
Anderson
Geo. Cummings
John Zoulek
George
Decorah
Frank Kuboushek
Mrs. Collishek
Richard
Exemption Categories Under Federal Draft Act
The text lists exempt classes including officers federal state and local. customs clerks. armory yard workers. ministers and divinity students. those in US military service. German subjects. pilots and merchant seamen. dependents status. moral deficiency. members of pre May 17 1917 religious sects opposing war. Applicants must prove necessity of the enterprise and their role, with lack of replacement harming the enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
District of Columbia
Germany
Dan Patch Road Sold No Bid At Public Auction
Federal court ordered public sale of the Dan Patch line to satisfy creditors. Howard S. Abbott reported no bids after last Thursday's auction. If repeated court action follows, the road may be liquidated or another sale ordered, ending a project once promoted by M. W. Savage and leaving stockholders and bondholders to losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Tribune
Howard S. Abbott
Abbott
Minneapolis
Northfield
Faribault
M. W. Savage
Dan Patch
June Weather Report Describes Unusually Cold Wet Month
W F Baker reports June was colder and wetter than normal with a mean max of 75.3 degrees and min of 52.5, rankings only matching 1912 and 1913. Peak highs reached 86 on three dates, lows 39 on two, 6.36 inches of rain over 15 days, heaviest 2.46 inches in 24 hours, and northwest winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Baker
Prepare for potato blight warning and remedies
Ames authorities warn of possible late potato blight similar to 1915 losses and outline detection and prevention. The alert urges Bordeaux mixture application and careful crop rotation, intertilled crops, and soil fertility to reduce spread and protect tubers and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Dope Fiends Taken for Cure After Decorah Incident
Sheriff Ellingson transported the dope fiends arrested for entering doctors offices to the Watertown sanitarium for treatment of their malady. They admitted seeking morphine or opium to relieve withdrawal while denying burglary in Decorah. Ellingson also retrieved and returned dental crowns stolen from a Charles City office after identifying them by serial numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellingson
Watertown
Decorah
Charles City
Corn stalk from P Johnson farm draws county attention
A three foot ten inch corn stalk on display in Ochler and Hiller's window from the P Johnson farm north of the city attracts much attention. The sample indicates the county’s corn is not uniformly ahead. A finer specimen had not been seen in the section at this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ochler & Hiller
P. Johnson
Administrator's Notice for Estate of O. O. Hove
Dated 1917 Decorah Iowa notice announces appointment of D P Howe as administrator of O O Hove deceased intestate from Madison township Winneshick County. Creditors must file claims and debts settled by administrator Psi D P Howe with attorney K F B Portman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. O. Hove
O. Hove
Madison Township
Winneshick
State of
Iowa
Psi
D. P. Howe
Decorah
Kk. F. B. Portman
More Liberty Bond Subscribers Named in Omitted List
A补 corrected roster lists Liberty Loan bond purchasers omitted earlier, including Eastman, Mrs L C Gayle, PLR, Green, Harry, tievella, OMe Ravre, di, K Wilcox, Helen M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Eastman
L. C. Gayle
Plr
Green
Harry
Tievella
Ome
Work Begins on New Catholic Church Structure
The new Catholic church foundation was finished last week and George Schulee and his crew are laying brick. Construction progresses toward visible proportions as the building gathers shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schulee
Gang Ao
West Union colonel elected to Upper Town university board
Col J W Bopp of West Union is elected a member of the board of trustees of Upper Town university. Charlie Emmons of Nashua is fined $100 and loses his license for drunken driving. Short skirts prompt notice that many girls are not properly built to wear them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. J. W. Bopp
West Union
Upper Town University
Clin
Charlie Emmons
Nashua
Decorah Readers Reaffirm Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsements
Decorah testimonials confirm the merit of Dean's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney issues. Edw B Herwig, barber, Maple Ave, testifies to relief and repeated endorsement from 1912 and 1915. Pills priced 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co is the product owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Dean
B. Herwig
Maple Ave
Wangler
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County News
Hesper
Freeport
Ridgeway
Kendallville
Paul Krumm
Soboltk
Jos
Leo Huber
Philip
Seth Balk
Prairie du Chien
Roy Gossman
Burr Oak
Christ Schneeberger
Herman
James Puffer
Valentine
Caroline Pavlovee
W. Kohout
May
Jeremiah
Harris
V. J. Martinek
Is. Jos. Neuzil
St. Paul
Grandma Einwalter
Geo. Summers
Guy Scoffield
Ueberry Point
Lloyd Weiler
Marguerite
Vivian
Weiler
Boyer
Arlington
Wm. Summers
G. A. Bieber
Sadie
Eastern Star Lodge
Waucoma
H. J. Etteldorf
Henry of
Rinwalter
Albert Lea
Olive Keppell
Milton
Cedar Rapids
Paul
San Francisco
Fred
White
Walker
Strawberry Point
G. F. Summers
Wilett
Kinwalter
Conover
Dan Patch Road
Kale
Liberty Bond
the New Catholic Church
M. J. Soukup
THE
Adams Seed CO
Marsh Buiding
B. A. Stockdale
Des Moines
Wesceso
Stockdale
A. B. Stockdale
Utica
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