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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
7
County News for July 18 1916 records numerous Calmar visits and departures with Miss Anna Hyak from Waucoma and Miss Anna Kostoris from Calmar visiting relatives. The local ball team fell 7 6 to Calmar, and a fatal heart trouble ended Mrs Anna Ward’s life. A stolen Ford toured Decorah area with crashes near Frank Nash and Vin Rollins.
Castalia reports painting on the M E church by Roy and Haefner, visits from Ossian residents, a Birth of a Nation film event in Decorah, and a rural carrier’s stop after Cedar Rapids. Obituary for Jacob Dui born Simeco Ontario June 12 1896 died July 11 1916 aged 80 years 1 month notes his move to town at age 14 and funeral at the U B church with interment in Centennial cemetery.
Cummings and family were in Calmar on Saturday evening. Various relatives and visitors including Mike McSharke Celia Klimesh and Ed Swehla are mentioned visiting Conover and surrounding areas. Travel included train rides to Decorah and Cedar Rapids with several family gatherings and weekend trips to Lawler Spillville Montgomery and Spillville.
Community notes record visits and illnesses among residents including Arthur Morrison with Paul Reed and Kenneth Krumm's illness. Birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Milne on July 11 noted, with upcoming S A S meeting on July 27 hosted by Mrs. G W Kimball.
Miss Bertha Wold visits Spring Grove while Mrs Arthur Carrington stays in Decorah. Rev I C Dickinson visits Highland Minnesota. A host of Hesper residents and guests travel to Mabel and Eau Claire for events and relatives. Arthur Darrington moves into a new residence. Spring Grove boosters tour to advertise the chautauqua and the Mabel band stops for a concert.
Mrs Warn spent Friday with Decorah friends while Mrs Delaney and Mrs Delaney visited Decorah. Local residents attended gatherings at various homes and churches, with an ice cream social planned for July 21 to aid a cemetery fence. Dr Lackland and visiting relatives from Canada attended services last Sunday.
July 17 1916 extracts list visits and social calls in Ravena Decorah Ossian Calmar and Guttenberg with a weather note a heavy rain and multiple residents staying with relatives and attending events in the region including Edith DeCoy and Mary Schroeder at Decorah and Prairie du Chien deployment of guests at various farms and homes.
Seraphia Figge agtoed to Decorah with Henry Duvee as a Guttenberg passenger Friday and back Saturday. Steen Johnson and daughter Mabel near Ossian called in Ravena last week. Lalla Lee of Ossian sews for Mrs. Andrew Etteldorf. Herman Lansing and sons manured the Will Mullaney farm near Ossian, with John V. DeCou and family near Castalia and Miss Schweinerus visiting. Irene Black of Guttenberg to stay with John Duvee, Walker DeCoy and Oliver DeCoy, August Lansing and families visited Joe Broghammer. Roads dragged several times recently, now smooth. Ossian Bee criticized once and praised the response.
Miss Nelle Daniels spent Tuesday night in Ossian. Many locals, including Mr. and Mrs. Win Rathbun, visited Mrs. Daniels the past Monday. The Daniels and Ehlers had guests and calls across Ossian, Decorah, and Castalia. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Youmans on Tuesday July 18 2016, and Jake Duff was laid to rest in Centennial Cemetery Thursday.
Several families and individuals are noted visiting relatives and friends in Spillville Ossian Riceville Waseca Austin Dubuque Fall River Kyoto and Washington Prairie. Visits include Anna Reisdahl Bessie Krist Trene Rosebrook and many others with trips to Spokane St Paul and New Hampton.
The 1915 payrolls reveal the average yearly wage payments to Western railroad employees, including those who worked only part of the year. The data indicate the lowest, highest, and average wages across all workers, reflecting the distribution of earnings among train crews and related staff.
Ossian residents traveled to Decorah Cedar Rapids La Crosse Dubuque Mason City Red Wing and Alta Vista for visits picnics and vacations. The M E Sunday school girls held a park ice cream sociable and the band played several selections. Mr and Mrs Philip Wagner and Rev P J Wagner returned from La Crosse for a vacation.
SPILLVILLE lists neighbors traveling to Conover Fort Atkinson and Chicago and visiting friends in Mason City Decorah Cresco and Calmar. Names include A A Novak J Zoulek Chas Wagner Mrs Frank Kalee Simon Michael Jake Capp John Bernatz Fred Bernatz Lena Klimesh Anna Hron Helen Shevik Albina Mikesh Jake Kubish Jr Mads and Velers family. Extended stays noted in Dakota and Chicago trips.
Miss Mary Shevik spent last week at the J. Janechek home in Conover. Fort Atkinson visitors include Mr. Puffer and Dewey Chizek with John Pavlovee. The Birth of a Nation drew crowds in Decorah. Stella Klimesh stays with James Wagner near Ridgeway. Mrs. J S Klimesh and children returned to Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Albina Mikesh vacationed near Protivin and visited Helen Shevik. Emma Mikesh visited Fort Atkinson. Prochaska family hosted Carl Haug home. Kruchek and mother came from Montgomery, Minn. to visit relatives. Mrs. W Coy and Mrs. F Wenzel went to West Union then Calmar with Hiram Cooper and Irene. Kaseel family from Minneapolis left for Marlin to visit relatives.
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