County News items mingle visits and social calls
July 17 1916 county notes recount Mrs Smith Curtis visiting Cresco area relatives Fred Todd came from Decorah for a visit Several attended an ice cream social at John Clink home Edith Yates and Mattie Burton finished a Milford visit Flossie Handke returned to Cresco from Todd home and Mrs Pearl Todd visited Cresco relatives Frances Darrow spent days with Chase family Wilma Stetler visited from Cresco Ruth Damon and son Reese stayed with sister Mrs Todd Belle Daskam visited and returned to Cresco W A Clink drove to Calmar to pick up Mattie Burton and Edith Yates after train delay A storm caused heavy rain wind and lightning with no reported damage Multiple local residents visited family and friends Kendallville L A B met at W A Clink home to plan a picnic Two weeks later A strong storm reportedly toppled a silo and moved a barn at the old Flemming farm but no gusts mentioned elsewhere Mr and Mrs Pred Goddard visited from Nekoosa Wis then left for Decoyah with son Fred joining them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Curtis
Crescot
Morgan L. A. S
Johnink
Fred Todd
Decorah
John Clink
Edith Yates
Mattie Burton
Milford
Flossie Handke
Todd
Cresco
Pearl Todd
Mrs. Evans
Frances Darrow
Chase
Wilma Stetler
Ruth Damon
Reese
Belle Daskam
H. M. Daskam
W. A. Clink
Calmar
Mary Porter
Weston
Winnie
Doris Lehmann
W. A. Dasham
Glen
C. C. Brown
Hawkeye
Walter Robinson
Minnie Todd
Helen
Flemming Farm
Mr. Entgminger
Pred Goddard
Nekoosa
Wis
Decoyah
Fred
Homecoming Date Set As Community News Flows In
Frankville notes a busy flow of visits including J Van Wey and Mrs Van Wey in Postville Decorah and Waukon alongside several local calls. Storms last week caused losses. Aug 24 homecoming plans are announced with committees in place and a Rex Amusement Co. showing four nights next week.
Highlandville Local News Highlights and Social Roundup
In Highlandville a half finish on moving in, neighbors report visitors from Decorah Mabel and Quandahl. A rain postponed the Ladies Aid picnic at the parsonage while a town dance drew a large crowd and a new local orchestra formed. Nearby, grain lodged badly after Friday’s storm and a Sattre–Highlandville ball game was postponed to next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verven
Perry Olson
New House
Oscar Liquin
Quandahl
Harry Grindeland
Decorah
H. O. Bentey
C. P. Marsh
Leila
Ben Marsh
C. P. Olson
Clarence Mestad
Leva
Nora Tranen
J. N. Mestad
F. Ambli
K. N. Mestad
Sattre
Highlandville
Saxvik
Mabelleslege
Lewis
Mr. Melby
Mabel
Albert Sayles
Hak
Esten Engen
G. A. Gjere
8. O. Ness
Mons Askelson
Tedman
Telford Holven
Oscar Sevarvid
Clarence’ Anderson
Selmer Strinmeven
L. K. Bjorgo
C. F. Ambli
Thelma
Oleen
Theo
Sehjeldahl
Ms Grove
Savertinden
Chautauqua
Jour Burg
LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE SUMMER SHARE OF LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Local notes report warm weather and social calls. Residents visit, host, and ride in new cars while farm work continues and crops respond to recent rain and a wind storm.
Local social notes from Clay Hill area
Farmers busy at work. Norman Tolstad owns a new buggy. Various visits and social events across Decorah, Castalia, Freeport, Madison, Fayette, Cresco, and Decorah include Mrs. A L Tyler with Mrs. Ed Bolson, Miss Madeline Rastetter, Ewart Lenen, Miss Luella Stoskopf, Mrs. d G Matter, the Haas family, and Harold Dinger. Wedding of John Griebel and Alice Daniels celebrated in Decorah with congratulations extended. Mrs. Walsh improving after hospital stay in Cresco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Tolstad
A. L. Tyler
Ed. Bolson
Jim Ward
Decorah
Gross Bros
John Mall
Castalia
Madeline Rastetter
Elizabeth
Hattie Gross
Ewart Lenen
Freeport
Clay Hill
Madison
Stella Sorenson
Fayette
Leona
Florence Olsen
Sam Tolstad
Ed. Olsen
Mike Griebel
George
John
Alice Daniels
Lizzie Williams
Crescot
J. J. Walsh
Western Lincoln Notes Report Local Visits and Happenings
Miss Otilla Soukup reported sick last week while Ole Sanderson helped Fred Koch market hogs. Multiple residents visited relatives, a nurse aided Mr. Wagner after an injury, and Winfield Kratz bought a new Dodge in Cresco. The heat blessed corn but tired people and beasts. several locals dropped by the Schild home for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otilla Soukup
Ole Sanderson
Fred Koch
Tomann
J. G. Kirschman
Fred C. Koch
Ames Koch
Chas, Baucher
Albert Koch
Ridgeway
Nettie Koch
Ross Kirsehman
Henry Haakenson
Wagner
W. E. Wiedeman
J. G. Kirsehman
Carl Haakenson
Amel Koch
Winfield Kratz
Cresco
Verna Sanderson
Ingloid Anderson
Anna Anderson
Charley Kuntz
Ed, Kuntz
Emma Kraty
Sam
Karl Kirsehman
Vern
Sehild
Anne
Spillville
A. Mahlkuck
Madison
Wis
CG. Schild
Residents Describe Week's Weather and Local Cullings
Name Roy Sanderson returns home before week’s end while a rain shower breaks last week’s heat. Local social notes log calls among Schilds Kratz and Hruska families, moving pictures planned by Rex Amusement Co, and a W M S rally at Cresco. A storm southeast caused grain damage and corn to twist. several trips to Decorah and Des Moines are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Sanderson
Alma
Clara Kuntz
Ruth Mealy
Elma
Schild
Evangelical Church
O. R. Thomann
Elmer
A. F. Schild
Cresco
Leslie Bly
Arthur Kratz
O. R. Tomann
Des Moines
Council Bluts
Omaha
Wm. Kratz
Winfield
Fred Falck
Robert Vopava
Sumner Township
Bessie Haakenson
Decorah
Carl Haakenson
Fred Albertson
Robert Kratz
Montana
Winfield Kratz
Tom Moe
Oscar Moe
Ridgeway
Theo
Kratz
Anna Wiedeman
Here
Sam Kratz
Howard County
Emma Kratz
Wenzel Wagner
Harry Weideman
Mildred
Vern
Edward Weideman
Chas
Hornberger
Frank Wilson
Fred Messer
Hilleman
Sumner
H. Schlessel
Man
Clinton
W. A. Sehale
Pleasant Township Notes Warm Week and Local Happenings
July 17 196. Otto TB Levi spent Sunday with home folks. Miss Florence Foss and many locals attended church. A bowery dance at J Bergs and a book agent visiting the area are noted. A thunderstorm damaged crops. a wolf sighting near Iverson farm is recounted. New York City is cited as a large borrower and land owner. Fly Nets line advertised at DP WW Sehlatter’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto TB. Levi
Gladys Foss
Pearl Ivers
Hans Erickson
Cresco
Clarence Ellingson
Elvin Kilis
Haying
Albert
John Vick
Searvie
Florence Foss
Theo, Anderson
Dirks
Ole Ellis
N. Steine
Theo Anderson
Marvin Ellingson
Elvin Ellis
F. Iverson
Iverson
Bowery
J. Berg
Albert Ellingson
Arthur
Decorah
N.C. Narveson
H. Erickson
Harry Erickson
Sarah Valle
T. ‘Iverson
Pleasant Township
Mr. Iverson
Mr. Wolf
German Americans prove patriotism in wartime rosters
The Burlington Hawk-Eye and Dubuque Times-Journal cite rosters showing many soldiers with German and Emerald Isle names among 146 Des Moines officers and men and a 150 strong Dubuque company. They challenge claims that German birth equates to disloyalty, arguing action tests loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Burlington
Hawk-Eye
Dubuque
Des Moines
Emerald Isle
Shultz, Myers, Schuster
Murphy
O'Toole
Dempsey
Weather and Crop Bulletin July 18 1916
Week of high temperatures and sunshine with local showers. Corn grows rapidly. tassels appearing on early fields. Haying and harvesting favorable. clover and timothy good. winter wheat and oats shocked in southern counties. harvest starts in central and northern counties. Rain needed for late oats potatoes pastures and fruits. Temperatures 90s. Forecast cooler with possible storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. M. Chappel
Bigamy charge leads to arrest in Fairbank
Sheriff Henderson of Black Hawk county arrested John Hamilton alias Dawson in Fairbank and moved him to Marshalltown on a bigamy charge. Hamilton's wife and infant child were also sent to Marshalltown as witnesses. Authorities allege Hamilton has a wife and two children in Marshalltown and a third wife in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delwein Jonaian
Henderson
Black Hawk County
John Hamilton
Dawson
Fairbank
Buchanan County
Marshalltown
Hamilton
Missouri
Child Dies After Scalding Fall at Farm Home
Fern Schurbon, age S, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Schurbon, died Sunday evening after falling into a tub of hot water on the kitchen floor while cleaning chick pens for dinner. The accident occurred Sunday morning and the fall was not noticed until after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern
Henry Schurbon
Here
Two Children Die In Home Fire North Of Fort Dodge
A house fire two miles north of Fort Dodge killed two children when an oil stove exploded. Their mother Mrs. John Kaveland was on the porch, saw smoke, rushed inside, and was severely burned while trying to save them but she is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
John Kaveland
Amoke
Child Froze Eye Injury From Railway Torpedo Blast
Ronald Frederick Delwein Towan, six years old, of Oxford, found a railway torpedo on the Northwestern right of way. He threw a stone at the device and it exploded, wounding his face and chest and cutting his right eye and left eyelid. doctors fear possible loss of sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Frederick
Oxford
Caring for Soldiers Fund Supports Town Guard Units
A Fort Dodge subscription provides $261.50 monthly for Company E and Gy of Town National Guard. Seventy four contributors support the fund, expected to rise next week. An overweight woman on half rations loses two ounces in a week, then gains three pounds after an ice cream soda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Town National Guard
First Silver Wedding Origins in French King Story
A narrative from medieval France explains how Hugues Capet rewarded a loyal elderly couple with a dowry farm and a wedding ring to symbolize a silver wedding after twenty five years of marriage. The tale popularized the practice across France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugues Capet
France
Hugues
Patrolman Finds Old Insurance Certificates Worth Thousands
A Jersey City patrolman recovered old certificates of profit from a New York insurance company valued at $18,000. A police judge ruled they entitle him to a share of invested profits. The certificates were bought sixty years ago by the patrolman’s grandfather, and his grandmother once feared they would be burned as waste paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
New York
Cucumber Fritters a Quick Seasonal Use
If cucumbers are plentiful they make a good change when fried as fritters. Slice cucumber quarter inch thick and dip in a batter of one beaten egg half cup milk and flour to a dropping consistency. Fry to a nice brown and serve hot.
Screwless Lock Aims To Enhance Home Security
A screwless lock designed to resist picking offers comfort to timid housewives. The clamp like device uses a tongue to fit the door jamb plate and is held by a thumbscrew. It can also be fitted on window sashes dumb waiters and transoms.
Notice to Bidders for Burr Oak School House
Notice is given that bids for erecting a school house in Burr Oak Independent District No 8 Winneshiek County Iowa will be received until 1 PM August 12 1916. Contract goes to lowest responsible bidder with right to reject any or all bids. Plans and apaints sent by writing to County Superintendent or Secretary Alice Price 20 4 Prosper Minn July 18 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr Oak
Winneshiek
Iowa
Alice Price
Prosper
Minn
Where accordions are popular in Madagascar music scene
Madagascar natives favor music and accordions have grown in popularity. In recent years imports rise to about 20,000 instruments annually, valued around 150,000 francs. Nearly all come from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
Germany
County Supervisors Meet on Bridge Plan After Flood
Minutes from a 1916 special session show the Board debating bridge construction to replace flood washed structures. They considered bonds or loans, set budget limits, and ordered plans for Old Mission, Tangen, and Trapp bridges with intent to build them this year if funding allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Winger
J. P. Kuhn
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Kendallville
Frankville
Hans Stegen
Festina
J. van Wey
Postville
Geo, van Wey
Geo
van Wey
Hattie Lower
Waukon
Gene Owens
Dick Sams
L. C. Spaun
Mike Fitzpatrick
Nash
Claude van Wey
Harry Oleson
Wolf
Minneapolis
Chris
Waters
Rev. Healey
Messrs
Rob
Ray Waters
Carl DeWitt
Miss Cynthia
Gee
Willard Livingéod
Jefferson
Earl
Jessie Meikle
Toma
Bert Overhouse
Baby
Billa Letchford
Geneva Waters
Geo. A. Waters
Healey
Sonia
Jim Peyer
Chas. Miller
Ossian
Geo. Chandler
C. van Wey
Sherman Rollman
Estella Meikle
Jas. Kneeskern
Mia
Dean Flower
Sherman Bollman
Martin Oleson
Rufus Ewing
A. D. McKay
Geo. Sherman
Tom Bollman
Henry Webster
Emma Letchford
Rae Runkle
Joe Ehler
Theodore Rosa
Centennial
Harold
Hazel Meikle
John Stock
Sioux City
Addie Kneeskern
Shattuck
Amelia
L. K. Lower
Tradince Waters
Janie Lyons
Oelwein
G. L. Cunningham
Edward
Kenneth
Volga City
Cunningham
Harold Spaun
Walter van Wey
Blanche
Francis Everett
Glen Letchford
Strawberry Point
Rev. Lackland
M. E
Lackland
Canada
Herbie Padden
Merrill
Waterloo
John Swenson
Henry Meier
Rex Amusement Co
Electric Moving Pictures
Mate van Wey
eS —_ Auto Tire
P. H. Schlatter’s
Looking Glass Prairie
Rob Tillapaugh
Valentine Stoskopf
Col
A. T. Olson
Steno
Philip Young
Dick Young
Ple
Ed. Brenna
Andrew Anderson
Hazel Briggs
J. B. Reed
Ernest Foltz
John Foltz
Nora Bergeson
Cecil Linzenmeyer
Bertha Bender
Peter Dehning
Dorchester
Helge Jacobson
George Linzenmeyer
Cecil
Lincoln
Sehlatter
Weather and Crop Bulletin
Telegraph
Delwein Towan
Board of County Supervisors
Paramount-Famous Players
Miss Valentinec Grant
Bermuda
Burton Holmes
Norma Talmadge
Triangle Fine Arts Co
Ambrose
Paramount-Lasky Pictures
Metropolitan Grand Opera
Geraldine Farrar
Maria Rosa
Carmen
Lasky Studios
America
Yosemite National Park
Willard
Littlempere
Willard Service
Peter Johnson & Sons
Washington St
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