Darrington and Rolfshus Unite in Hesper Iowas Hymeneal
On Tuesday afternoon June 30 1914 at the Lutheran church Hesper Iowa Miss Ruth E Darrington and Mr Clarence O Rolfshus were married Rev Rasmussen of Mabel officiating The ceremony featured the Wedding March from Lohengrin and a ballad sung by Miss Marian Levi with accompaniment The bridesmaids wore white and pale blue while the couple received many gifts At a post ceremony reception at Frank Darringtons home the couple were feted with a lavish supper Earlier a June 20 1914 shower at the Weld home honored Miss Darrington with about fifty guests and many useful gifts The entire event reflected community regard for the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church
Hesper
Iowa
Ruth E. Darrington
Clarence O. Rolfshus
Rev. Rasmussen
Mabel
Frank Darrington
Dora and
Mayme Weld
Eda Young
Fannie Welch
Marian Levi
John Weld
Darrington
Monay
Amos Robinson
Decorah
D. B. Haines
John Allen
J. W. Welch
Mary Nelson
Mildred
Fayette
W. M
Elmer Griswold
Jack Carrington
Chas. Halsey
Stanley
Wis
Will Antrim
Montrose
Edna Carter
McGregor
Margaret Baker
Ogema
Minn
Fred Baker
Clarence Rolfshus
Ruth Darrington
Rasmussen
Tibbitts
Hon
Anderson
Fishing and snakes near Gillece and Trout rivers
Sunday anglers reported good luck on the river. Chris Qualley and Harry Graceman fished the Gillece bridge area with Graceman landing a three pound bass. Dr. Hall Thomas and B. F. Bucknell each caught sizable bass on Trout river while Bucknell also chased two large rattlesnakes nearby. A bystander story recalls Bud leaping into a corn patch after spotting rattlers, with one killed and another dispatched after discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Qualley
Harry Graceman
Gillece Bridge
Mr. Graceman
Dr. Hall Thomas
B. F. Bucknell
Bud
Can't Beat Winneshiek In Corn Field Pride
A Des Moines Register dispatch from Waverly notes corn planted May 8 reaching four and a half feet, hailed as best in the state. B E Jewell counters with five foot corn from May 15 in his field, while M I Toyen’s near the city hospital shows insect damage. The Winneshieks claim modest bragging but claim the cake when reaching for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register & Leader
Waverly
B. E. Jewell
Mr. Jewell
M. I. Toyen
City Hospital
A Good Sized Hog Sold For Thirty Five Dollars
Last Friday morning E W Cutting bought a 500 pound Duroe Jersey hog for the 4th. Mr Burreson weighed it and paid Cutting thirty five dollars. Also advertised are Sloan's Liniment benefits and Bucklen's phn for sores with testimonials from J R Swinger of Louisville Ky praising neuralgia relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Cutting
Sloan
Bucklen
Weather Crop Bulletin for Week Ending July 5 1914
The week saw ideal haying and harvest weather for fall wheat rye and early oats with average temps about four degrees below normal and scattered showers. Winter wheat rye and early oats are in shock in southern counties while central districts progress. haying widespread with fair to good yields except in the south. Corn laid by in good condition tasseling appears in the south and threshing starts in the South next week. Pastures good but southern counties need rain. Crop condition on July 1 shows corn 102 oats 94 spring wheat 96 winter wheat 95 rye 97 flax 98 potatoes 93 hay 88 pastures 95. VEO. M. CHAPPEL Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veo. M. Chappel
Local Showers Miss Rain At Decorah Storm
In Decorah a very warm day gave way to expectations of rain but the showers failed to materialize. Dell Morrison near Burr Oak described a heavy downpour with a foot of water in the streets for about fifteen minutes. Roads near Burr Oak and the James Marlow place remained muddy then cleared toward Haas place. A traveling man from Ossian reported a near cloudburst about five miles from Decorah. Some hail was seen below Trout Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Dell Morrison
Burr Oak
James Marlow
Lake Haas Place
Ossian
Trout Run
Canton Day Off Announces Summer Homecoming
A Canton auto sighting carried hand bills touting the annual Day Off on Wednesday August 1th. The event is a Canton homecoming and old settlers reunion with music games and a general good time if the weather cooperates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
July Fourth Echoes Across Mabel and Surroundings
July 7 1914 county column notes showers, haying, and a busy Fourth of July. Amos Robinson travels Decorah. Amos and Cyrus Burt host visitors. many residents across Decorah Ridgeway Cas t a lia and Mabel attend church, visit family, and celebrate with weddings and a large crowd. A July 30 Lutheran church wedding of Clarence Rolfshus and Ruth Darrington is recorded along with a serious Fourth accident nearby.
Wreck Near Anamosa Delays Calmar Line Train
A Calmar train on the C M St P from Calmar to Marion was wrecked near Anamosa at the fair grounds, with all cars derailed but no serious injuries. The incident happened Monday night about a mile beyond Anamosa. cause not yet learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar
St. P
Marion
Anamosa
Fair Grounds
Valder College Installs Two Year Business Course in 1914
Valder College plans a two year program beginning August 24 1914 offering practical subjects for a business career. The course covers arithmetic grammar geography US history spelling penmanship punctuation business letter writing commercial law rapid calculation and a complete business course with banking and office practice. It can be taken as a full two year program or by completing common branches alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valder College, Inc
Waldez College
Burr Oak Family Notes and July 4th Social Roundup
Local items from Burr Oak report Mrs. Clifford Reed improving from illness and Mrs. Zoa Reed ill with measles. A newborn baby boy blessed Clifford Reed and family on June 30. Numerous visits and travels mark the week with neighbors from Decorah Canton and Mabel attending events. July 4th gatherings, picnics, and family visits recur across households including Reed, Pierce, Seelye, and related families. The Ladies Aid plans a July meeting, and trips to Canton, Dubuque, and Minneapolis are noted among residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Reed
Zoa Reed
Abe Pierce
Rey Wanless
Mabel
Dah
Alonzo Pierce
Canton
S. Rice
C. N. Masters
W. Harvey
Alice Seelye
Florence Reed
Kathleen Shannon
Decorah
Thursor
W. H. Emmons
Oulwein
Helen Emery
Ltown
Peter Decker
A. B Wanless
Oliver
Minneapolis
Downs and Sons
E. M. Reed
W. C. Reed
A. Reed
St. Paul
Reed
Edith Saunders
Tessie Manuel
Id. Potter
F. J. Potter
BF. G. Reed
Luther Reed
Joseph Wemett
Mae
Tees Dubuque
Harry Harvey
Srister
Adrian Vail
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bette Kimball
John Reese
Waterloo
W. Arnold
Ben Shetey
James Wade
Bertha
Social notes from Cresco and surrounding towns dated July 7 1914
Fred Watthauer visited Cresco and many locals and visitors are recorded from Decorah Calmar St Paul and other nearby towns. Names include Velma Anderson Anita Johnson Coral Field Borgine Oen and Ernest Fretchie with travels to Lansing Sisseton and Portland plus an auto mishap near Frank Farnsworth farm resulting in a damaged car and minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Watthauer
Cresco
Julius Linde
Calmar
Velma Anderson
Decorah
Alice Bakken
Rey
Jordahl
St. Paul
Dorothy Peckham
Kemsallville
Anita Johnson
Julius Zeiman
Caledonia
Minn
Henry Albertson
Anteed
Leroy
Kansa
Lake Mills
Iowa
E. Kundbey
Isabel Bergan
Coral Field
Joive
Jon Bak
Ken
Borgine Oen
Sisseton
Oscar Hanson
Ernest Fretchie
Reeves
Lansing
N. Schuetz
New Hampton
Henry Butz
Portland
Hermiston
Ore
Harold Hoyt
Walter E. Hoyt
Madison Township
Fayette
Haga
J. J. Nalr
John. E. Hopperstad
Iver Benson
Blanche
Lillian
Pearl
Virginia Aga
Lime Springs
Lars Johnson
John Heighmiller
John Kirschman
Wadena
O. A. Posse
Elberon
Adele Mickey
Frank Farnsworth
Tom Mogan
John Brenne
Kena Anderson
McMoe
Bear's Bargains Offer Low Prices on Fine Suits
We are determined to give customers the best value at the lowest price. This Saturday we offer LY System and Society Brand suits valued at 18.00 and 20.00 for 12.00. No clothier in the region matches our bargains. Bear's trunks of every kind also available for travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear's
Ossian Notes Highlight Visits and Local Events
Ossian residents and guests share a busy week with many trips to Decorah and nearby towns. Several families, including Meyers and Barthelmes, travel for 4th of July visits while community groups plan meetings and a ball game era ends with Hugo Barthelme’s funeral after a drowning tragedy near Brainard Minnesota.
Centennial Notes on Local Social and Travel Updates
Ed Youmans acquires a new truck auto. Walter Koch visits Ginapp family. Ray Runkle buys a hay loader and delivers hay in Ossian. Charley Daniels conducts business in Decorah and visits Ossian and Castalia. Pierre Feltis attends a dance in Liana and later celebrates Fourth of July in Castalia. Families from Centennial attend a Prairie du Chien celebration. Myrtle Temple and the Temple family visit Ossian. Mrs. Elmer Lennon visits Algona Fort Dodge Sheldon. George Koppos visits near St Lucus. neighbors attend various visits and gatherings.
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Youmans
Frank Boeckman
Walter Koch
Ginapp
Ray Runkle
Charley Daniels
Decorah
Ossian
Geo. Cooper
Henry Nesset
Pierce Feltis
Liana
Frank Linderbaum
Postville
Centennial
Osian
Pierre Feltis
Mrs. Winn
Castalia
Elmer Rosa
Joe Weitgenant
Dave Rosa
Theodore
Prairie du Chien
Harry Harvey
Mason City
Charley “Daniels
Raymond
Mrs. Utphal
Fred Westphal
Elmer Rose
Chas, Daniels
G. W. Rathbun
Osshan
Joe Ebler
Hovckman
Myrtle Temple
Temple
Elmer Lennon
Algona
Fort Dodge
Sheldon
Ray Allen
George
Will Martin
Moneek
Geo. Koppos
Koppos
St. Lucus
Chas. Ginapp
Atphal
Daniels
Nellie Daniele
Local Families Attend Summer Gatherings Across Castalia Ossian and Postville
Ray Runkle and family hosted relatives from Jackson Junction and Jackson Minn while other neighbors guests visited at the Dick Berkness and Lubbers homes near Clermont and Postville. Several trips for the Fourth included Amanda Ginapp Nellie Daniels Arlan Crabtree and Claude Van Wey traveling to Waterloo and nearby towns for celebrations. Buy straw hats now at Bear's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Runkle
Pollitt
Centennial
Amanda Ginapp
Lewis
Fred Westphal
Henry Buggenhagen
Near Castalia
Chas
Ginapp
Richard
Frank Buggenhagen
Edwin Ginapp
Ed. Smith
Dick Berkness
Jackson Junction
Sammie
Barton
Jackson
Minn
Chas. Daniels
Mat Wiltgen
Winn Rathbun
Ossian
Clermont
Amanda
Nellie Daniels
Lubbers
Postville
Arlan Crabtree
Alfred
Lucille
Claude van Wey
Frankville
Waterloo
George Allen
Anna Daniels
Nellie
L. D. Burrows
Lucy Runkle
Theodore
Dave
Rosa
A. M. Jones
Castalia social notes from a busy holiday week
Castalia residents attended Ossian baseball games over the weekend. Virginia Zobolia of Geneva Wisconsin visits Frances Kane. Albert Harvey buys a building lot between the M E church and the lumber yard. W H Roe takes a La Crosse vacation with Mr Schultz. Bloxham wins coal contract for the schoolhouse delivering today. D C Harvey and wives plus Elmer Bost visit Lime Springs to celebrate the fourth at Orson Bush’s. Malloy family auto trip to Blooming Prairie and Beaver Creek for the Fourth. Mrs Winn and family return from Burr Oak to Castalia. Mrs Feltis hosted guests in Dubuque and W K Riggs’s home. Albert st takes W L Richards family to Waukon for the Fourth. Car accident injures no one. Bert’s car and Geo Peckham’s collide slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
Virginia Zobolia
Geneva
Wis
Frances Kane
Albert Harvey
A. F. Smith
M.E. Church
W. H. Roe
la Crosse
Schultz
Bloxham
D. C. Harvey
Elmer Bost
Lime Springs
Orson Bush
D. C
Auto
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A. K. Barley & Son
Hymeneas
County News
Anna Lane
Harry Pierce
Hawarden
Can
Stewart Oxley
A. B. Wanless
Paul
Fred Lent
Charles
W. C. Winn
Winfield Felti
P. H. Whitney
Milton Whitney
L. W. Bennett
Bert Kimball
Carl Pierce
Alice Pierce
Clark
Will Leonhart
Grandma
A. A. Seelye
Clark Manning
Cresco Hospital
A. Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Ray Darling
Dave Darling
L. B. Whitney
C. W. Burdick
Frank Cratsenberg
Frank
Claude Headington
Will Darling
Valder College
Ridgeway
Leo Meyer
Gene Malloy
Eileen
Crusaders
Embroidery Club
Eber
Hugh Sherry
Constance
Cooper Home
Ed. Limbeck
Leslie
Dr. Lynch
Milwaukee
Wm. Lund
Wm. Bradman
Luana
Uebelherr
Dr. Mackin
Clarinda
Jim Boyle
Katherine Holthous
Ashton
Calmar J
Chas. McGary
Hanson
Augusta Boyle
Clinton Sobolik
Ursula Meyer
F. A. Sobilik
Dubuque
Rose
Victoria Meyer
Rockford
Harry Barthell
McAloon
Elaine
Ferdinand Barthelme
Lidorado
Hugo Barthelme
Geo. Bloomer
Ely
Eber DeCou
St. Francis de Sales
Hugo Barthlme
Ambrose
Brainard
Andrew
Leo
Joe
John
Regina
John Einster
Phiellat
Chicago
Clyde Dolman
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ben Bear’s
John C. Hexom & Son
N. R. Groff & Son
Water St
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