Road oiling discussed to protect county highways
Decorah Iowa observers report oil on hills improves drainage and reduces washing on streets. The county board will test oil on Marlow hill with Standard Oil backing, aiming to maintain dirt roads and ease travel while permanent roads are built.
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Decorah
West Broadway
Grove
R. Algyer
J. F. Conley
Standard Oil Company
Board of Supervisors
Pfister
Marlow Hill
Fayette Adopts City Beautiful Plan At Town State College
To Beautify Fayette towns, Fayette led by the town’s Commercial club and Town State College landscape architecture department plans surveys and grade standards for streets sewers and drainage. They aim to develop streets drives parks public grounds school grounds campus river fronts playgrounds community building street lighting paving and tree planting to enhance the town’s appearance.
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Fayette
City Beautiful
Department of Landscape Architecture
Town State College
Commercial Club
Bed Fire Ends Night For Local Man
K. J. Chickering dozed with a cigarette and woke at four to discover his bed afire. He raised the alarm and extinguished the blaze before firefighters arrived, saving the room. The bed was ruined and $30 in his trouser pockets was lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon Standard
K. J. Chickering
Land of Nod
Chickering
Bandits Captured After Corn Field Pursuit Near Dougherty
Three desperate men were surrounded in a corn field three miles northeast of Dougherty on the Beecher farm last Friday after a running fight with Town Marshal Tom Brady and a posse of about 15 citizens. They are charged with robbing Italian workers at Mason City, entering cars where the Italians lived and taking clothing and $35.
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Dougherty
Beecher Farm
Tom Brady
Mason City
Power from Upper Iowa Plant Lights Decorah Night
The Upper Iowa Power Co plant at Decorah supplied electric current for the first time last night. The lights were brilliant and rivaled those from the Ossian plant. The writer promises to report honestly on the contract’s performance and laments over the devil his dues line.
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Upper Iowa Power Co
Decorah
Ossian Plant
Winneshiek MOG Crop and County Hog Totals Decline
Winneshiek county hog returns for the year show 61,967 head, down from 100,287 in 1913, a drop of over 40,000. Cause unclear though no cholera present. breeder trouble and piglet losses noted. Crop value last year listed at $461,583 with township breakdowns. Summary also notes editor Homer P. Branch of the Sumner Gazette and his poem about The Switzerland of Iowa praising Winneshiek among four counties for scenic beauty.
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Winneshiek
Fremont Township
Hesper Township
Burr Oak Township
Highland Township
Orleans Township
Bluffton Township
Canoe Township
Pleasant Township
Lincoln Township
Madison Township
Decorah Township
Glenwood Township
Sumner Township
Calmar Township
Springfield Township
Frankville Township
Jackson Township
Washington Township
Military Township
Bloomfield Township
Homer P. Branch
Sumner Gazette
Winneshiek County
Uncle Ho
Switzerland
Towa
Old McGregor Town
Mississippi
Hosmer
Oriole
Switzerland of
Switzerland of Iowa
Fayette
Clayton
Allamakee
Iowa
Stolen Domino Sugar Box Found in Grove
Last Sunday J A Spaugy took his son and A L Petersons lads to a grove behind the brickyard for an airing. They uncovered a buried box containing sixty 2 pound cartons of Domino cut leaf sugar. The consignee name and shipment marks were removed, indicating theft.
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Postville Review
J. A. Spaugy
A. L. Peterson
Mr. Spangy
Burglars Hit Cresco Businesses In Night Raid
Burglars invaded Cresco last Saturday night tapping the strong boxes of four businesses. A total of about 60 dollars was taken with safes opened at C. S. Alexander's lumber office Burgess and Sons lumber office 8 A Hamilton's novelty works and J B Swenson's grubber factory. No clues found beyond a scent that bloodhounds failed to follow. The breakins appear the work of experts.
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Cresco Times
Cresco
C. S. Alexander
Burgess & Sons
A. Hamilton
Novelty Works
Fifty Years Ago in Iowa News and Notes
Harris the bloodhound keeper at Andersonville was arrested and jailed in the old capitol prison. Gen. Crocker of Iowa died in Washington of brain fever. Secretary Seward offered passports to rebels who leave and stay away. Des Moines liquor dealers pledged to back no one who won t repeal the prohibitory law. At the Republican county convention H C Bulis was nominated for state senator H B Williams for representative and G N Holway for treasurer. The stage began running to Conover to connect with the railroad. Grain buyers at Ossian mostly moved to Ossian. J C Woodworth began laying the depot foundation at Decorah. A temperance meeting at the Congregational church led many to sign the pledge for total abstinence. Or A Nelson ex miller to join Olson & Thompson Norwegian store. Ringheim Scoffstad sold their drug store to a Norwegian druggist from La Crosse likely H D Solberg.
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H. B. Williams
Hesper
G. N. Holway
Conover
Ossian
J. C. Woodworth
Decorah
Congregational Church
A. Nelson
Olson & Thompson
Ringheim & Scoffstad
la Crosse
H. D. Solberg
Carter and Schmitz Hurt In Office Accident
In Ossian last week T F Schmitz slipped in his office, injuring several ribs and making breathing difficult. A day or two later attorney M J Carter fell on stairs leaving his office, bruising and scratching his right leg with only slight injuries otherwise. Neither man seeks medical help.
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T. F. Schmitz
M. J.carter
Schmitz
Carter
John Miller Finds Pearl Worth Five Hundred Dollars
A Lansing Mirror note reports John Miller again finds a pearl shell yielding a five hundred dollar gem. Earlier he found a pearl worth fifteen hundred dollars and a smaller pearl valued at thirty five dollars. The writer expresses goodwill and hopes for continued luck.
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Lansing
John Miller
John
J. G. Cherry buys Tama strawboard mill
Cedar Rapids based J. G. Cherry company, with branches in Peoria and St. Paul, has acquired a strawboard mill at Tama Iowa and plans to invest $100,000 by January 1 to install new machinery and remodel the plant. The facility will produce up to thirty tons of straw board daily for egg case fillers.
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J. G. Cherry Company
Cedar Rapids
Peoria
St. Paul
Tama
Towa
Peculiar Accident Cracks Rib of Local Drayman
A Geene drayman, A. L. Sullivan, suffered a broken rib while lifting a hay rack onto his wagon. He felt a snap in his side and sought medical examination at once, where the injury was diagnosed.
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A. L. Sullivan
Stringent Censorship Across War Tides Reaches South Africa
A letter received by J. G. Hempel of Elkader from a relative in South Africa shows how wartime censorship blocks communications with colonial outposts. A pastor and his family, who travelled to Germany last year, cannot return due to the war. Members of the pastor’s flock sent a letter via Hempel to reach him, asking him to forward it.
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Europe
South Africa
J. G. Hempel
Elkader
Hempel
Germany
Father and Son Given Degrees at Graduation
F P Shaffer pastor of the Methodist church at Anamosa received the Doctor of Divinity degree from Upper Iowa University on the same day his son Lloyd Shaffer earned a Bachelor of Arts. The double honor fell on the elder Shaffer's birthday, recalling his earlier pastorate in Decorah. Tem pus fugit.
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F. P. Shaffer
Anamosa
Upper Iowa University
Lloyd
Shaffer
Decorah Methodist Church
Tempus Fugit
New Albin M. E. Church Home-Coming Week Planned
New Albin M E church schedules a home-coming week and Chautauqua from July 26 to 31 with a strong program. Proceeds are to fund the proposed new M E church.
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New Albin
M. E
Calmar Depot rises with frame and roof nearing end
The Calmar depot is progressing well with the frame up and the roof nearly finished. Stucco crews are expected next week to complete the exterior.
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Calmar
Headache and Nervousness Cured by Chamberlain Tablets
Mrs. Richard Olp of Spenceport New York writes that Chamberlain's Tablets cured her headaches and nervousness and restored her to normal health. The ads note sale at Engbretson's Pharmacy. At every stage of life he reaches man finds himself but a novice.
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Chamberlain
Richard Olp
Spenceport
N. Y
Engbretson
What the kidneys do and a kidney remedy
The kidneys filter all blood constantly. Proper kidney function keeps the body healthy, while illness leaves impurities in the blood causing backache and other symptoms. Doan's Kidney Pills are recommended by C A Allen of West Union Iowa who reports relief from backache after using the medicine. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Doan
C. A. Allen
West Union
Iowa
Dean
Mr. Allen
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Adv
Annual Dairy Cattle Congress Opens at Waterloo Exhibit
The sixth annual Dairy Cattle Congress runs September 27 to October 3 at Dairy Show Park Waterloo. It has grown into one of the two great U S dairy exhibitions and will be the only exclusive dairy show this year due to the 1915 National Dairy Show postponement, offering prizes to all leading American dairy breeds.
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Dairy Show Park
Waterloo
United States
Dairy Cattle Congress
America
Burdock Blood Bitters Tonic Promises Wellness
A vintage sales pitch touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a system tonic to improve strength, appetite, digestion, and sleep, with a price of 1.00. The ad emphasizes overall vitality and enjoying life through the tonic’s use.
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A. K. Barley & Son
Republic
Carter and Schmitz
Bay Strawboard Mill
Saxon Company
Coca
Saxon
D. Alstad
New York
Rance
Decorah Iowa
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