County News Highlights From Decorah Area Suburbs
July 22 1918 items note Paul Reed’s trip to Decorah Dr W H Emmons went to Minneapolis Mrs Hannah Sharp buys Mrs Rice’s place Garnaville Darling returns to health many local visits and gatherings including chautauqua Red Cross work soldiers leaving for training and community events around Garnaville Decorah and Cresco region
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Reed
Decorah
W. H. Emmons
Minneapolis
Hannah Sharp
Rice
Garnaville Darling
Carl Pierce
James Wade
E. M. Reed
Frank Perry
B. M. Wicks
Wesley
M. W. Whitney
Brayton Whitney
Gene Casterton
George Young
Canton
Fred Lent
Cresco
J. Wemette
Emma Ackerson
Josie Cox
Jack Nolte
Arthur Smith
Ida Heckle
Evelyn Reed
Minnesota
Dakota
Robert Wicks
Bert Underbakke
Paul Ward
Chester
George Sullivan
Pearson
Red Cross
Oak Chapter
Kate McMullen
Abrahamson
Die McMullen
Local Folks Take Varied Trips and Social Calls
Spilled notes list residents and visitors with many auto trips to Decorah Festina Fort Atkinson Calmar Protivin Cresco and Little Turkey. Names include Heuser Swehla Mikesh Polansky Green Vana Huber Lusk Ho erold Kovarik Fisher Tuchek Klimesh Veetecka and others with attendance at dances chautauqua and family visits gathered around town and nearby farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kapinos
John Bernatz
Margaret Haug
Frank Vsetecka
Protivin
A. G. Fisher
Will Jirak
Near Jackson Junction
Frank Novak
Lewis Novak
Near Cresco
Anton Suchan
Clemence Herold
Jane
John Soukup
Ridgeway
Fisher
Calmar
Gust Meyer
Mary Shima
Carl Haug
John Fisher
Fred
Regina
Decorah
Jos. Fisher
Garnaville
Anna
Pocahontas
G. F. Heuser
Charles Andera
Will Tupy
Lewis Swehla
James Kulish
Camp Gordon
Jerome Huber
Paul Heuser
Walter Frey
New Hampton
Gustave Heuser
Camp Dodge
Tives
Iss
Viola Huber
Bert Frey
Herold
Cali
Vera
Lawler
Fimma Lusk
Charles City
Loesch
George
Eral
Hornberger
Near Ridgeway
Ve Heuser
Seifert
Adolph
Austin
Swehla
Jim Pecka
Conover
Leebs
Ite
Ik Kovarik
Fred Fisher
Kubish
Babe
Anovaky
Little Turkey
Frank Kovarik
James
Nockels
F. Feeuser
Davenport Sev
Grocers
Kovarik
Josephine Tuchek
Mason
Helen Klimesh
Ethie
Clemence Herald
Laura Veetecka
Protivia
Lillian
Loretta
Mikesh
James Mikesh
Ivin
U. S
Fort Atkinson social notes and visits
Local residents and visitors populate Fort Atkinson and surrounding towns with calls and visits. Names include W Kohout Ace Bush Miss Puta Miss Stephana Wandas Clara Hlubek and many more as travel, family gatherings, and military service loom through the week.
Cedar Valley social notes and visits reported
Sever Borsheim called on his brother Pete and Lars Rasmussen visited Decorah gatherings. Neighbors spent Sunday with friends and relatives, attended Big Canoe church confirmations, and a few joined an ice cream sociable at Canoe Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sever Borsheim
Lars Rasmussen
Pete
Lars
Iaiehe
Carl Ostenet
Canoe Ridge
Albert Peterson
Adolph Sime Inseen
John Sime
Adolph Sime
Ralph Peterson
Hattie Dinger
Barbara Borsheim
German Offensive Fails as Foch Builds Reserves
An official Swiss dispatch reports German newspapers acknowledge failure of the offensive on the Aisne Marne front. They say Gen Foch has formed reserves to strike from the rear, threatening Hindenburg's plans and potentially forcing Boehm's army to retreat under adverse conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Switzerland
Foch
Frankfurter Zeitung
Hindenburg
Aisne-Marne
Boehm
Strassburger Post
Reims
Munchener Neustenachrichten
France
America
Koennische Volks Zeitung
Amsterdam
Baron von Ardenne
West Front
von Boehm
Chateau Thierry
Soissons
War four years ago marked by first shot in Serbia
Four years have passed since Austria fired the first gun on Serbia signaling a global war that drew twenty six nations into conflict. Spain remains largely uninvolved, while the United States asserts increasing influence after a year in the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Serbia
Spain
German Crown Prince Narrowed Withdrawal Path in Reims Pocket
Front reports the German crown prince faces a seven mile corridor for retreat as Allied bombardment tightens the Reims-Soissons salient. The Fere-en-Tardenois front extends about twenty five miles with the German lines under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Reims-Soissons
Fere-en-Tardenois
Propaganda myths debunked on tires and highways
The article refutes German propaganda claiming tire shortages and gasoline limits. It cites B F Goodrich data showing 100,000 tons overseas rubber guaranteed and 80,000 tons in reserve, plus no current gasoline shortage. It argues roads fail from poor construction, cites Connecticut’s well maintained highways and year round use after snow removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Great Britain
Sam
America
Goodrich National Touring Bureau
Connecticut
Farmer jailed after assaulting son with hammer
Eadward Burt of Belmond area was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to do great bodily injury after striking his 12 year old son with a hammer during repair work. The boy was left in a granary in a serious condition. Burt was bound over to the September term with bonds set at 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City Times
Eadward Burt
Belmond
Burt
Farmer Walks Quarter Mile After Arm Is Severed
Herman Ninneman a farmer living six miles north and four miles east of Sac City gripped the bleeding stump after his arm was cut between the elbow and forearm in a binder and walked a quarter mile to his home. Surgeons were summoned and he is recovering. Nin neman is six years old and father of four, living in Williams township Calhoun county near Sac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Ninneman
Sac City
Mr. Ninneman
Williams Township
Calhoun County
Sac
Ancient Montessori Methods and Attic Education Notes
Hlerodes trained his son Atticus with 24 child slaves named after Greek letters to spur learning. The tale reflects curiosity about early mnemonic methods. Valdez College in Decorah Iowa offers thorough courses for teachers in common branches. Programs prepare for Domestic Science Manual Training and Agriculture for 8th grade graduates with detailed catalog explanations.
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Hlerodes
Atticus
Valdez College
Decorah
Iowa
First Flag Over School Displayed in U S History
The article recalls the first flag hoists at U S schools, noting 1812 at Colrain Massachusetts on Catamount Hill, when a log schoolhouse raised the banner amid War of 1812 tensions. It mentions later early hangings at New Bedford and Chicago schools, with staff linked to the Woman's Relief Corps.
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United States
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Republic
Catamount Hill
Colrain
Mass
Great Britain
Fort Sumter
First Street Grammar School
New Bedford
Washington School
Chicago
Benjamin F. Cutter
Maine
Massachusetts
New York State
Calista Robinson Jones
Vermont
The
Woman's Relief Corps
Curried Potatoes Recipe from August Woman's Home Companion
Two potato recipes share the August Woman's Home Companion page. Curried potatoes mix onion, oleo, curry powder, lemon juice, stock or milk with boiled potato cubes, seasoned to taste. Potatoes with sausage fill hollowed centers with sausage, cap with potato rounds, brush with fat and bake until soft.
Shining Stone and Its Prophecy From St Sophia Mosque
The article describes the Shining Stone a translucent Persian marble slab set in St Sophia's gallery. It allegedly emits bright rays in times of Islamic prosperity or triumph and turns dark in times of Ottoman defeat or danger. It notes the stone has not darkened despite repeated Ottoman military setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Mosque of
St. Sophia
Persia
Advertiser Sprinkler Writes Water Ads in Osaka Street
In Osaka Japan a water powered advertising sprinkler on a two wheeled cart leaves Oriental characters on the road. A perforated drum mounted on the axle revolves with the wheels and sprays water to sculpt messages as it moves along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Osaka
Japan
Writer's Cramp Affects Prolific Writers In Midlife
The article notes writer's cramp as a disease for heavy writers in middle age with involuntary muscle control loss in the thumb and fingers. It cites the typewriter as a key aid for sufferers to continue writing tasks.
Alaska coal fields urged to fuel navy
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says the Matanuska coal fields in Alaska offer an inexhaustible supply for naval needs and urges government action to complete the railroad, open mines, and move coal to deep water without further costly Atlantic Pacific transport.
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United States
Daniels
Congress
Matanuska
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Atlantic
Pacific
Alaska
Navy
China Develops Seedless Dried Persimmon for Drying
China develops a seedless persimmon prized for drying. The fruit resembles a dried fig in appearance and flavor and is coated with grape sugar. Ripe fruit is peeled, hung on bamboo sticks to dry in sun and wind, then cured under matting as sugar forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Fine Canal Locks Highlight Waterford Series
The five Waterford locks form the greatest high lift series on the canal with a combined lift of 160 feet. Upper gates weigh forty tons and lower gates about 100 tons. You never can tell. sometimes the worst is the best thing that ever happened to a man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Barge Canal
Waterford
Panama Canal
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County News
Spillville
Fort Atkinson
W. Kohout
Ace Bush
Postville
Puta
Jos Zobal
Stephana Wandas
M. A. Kubish
Clara
J. C. Kubish
Julia Wandas
Jackson Junction
J. A
Waldo Reisner
Doubek
Mollie Beucher
Milwaukee
Cordie Glass
Strawberry Point
Clara Hlubek
Freda
N. D
Mahnomen
Weller
Army
Camp Pike
Johnsrud
Harold
Washington
Bush
Ed Peterson
Witte
Smith and Weist
Winona
Gabe Wiest
Fdna Peterson
West Union
Peterson
Humeston
Cedar Valley
Theo. Thorson
Wolff Bureau
Cologne Gazette
von Hindenburg
Lulendorff
Crown Prince
Far North
Studebaker
Peter Johnson & Sons
River and
Jefferson Street
E. Cutler
E. F. Bakken
Rt. 5
J. H. McDonald
Waucoma
Weny
Rud Bros
M. J. Soukup
Estes Park
Colorado
E. J. Parman
Ingvoldstad Lumber Co
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