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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
6
Local notes report Ben Vopava and White visiting home folks, farmers harvesting, and a Chautauqua in Ridgeway. Dr. Hoffman Cresco and Rev Scholer Cresco share services. many neighbors call on friends, beekeeping woes, and an electric storm damaging crops. Visitors include the Vopavas, Reinharts, Kochs, and Stortz family. a Ford owner plans Montana trip.
July 24 1916 Kendallville reports visiting relatives and friends Albion residents picnicked here last week Steve Todd delivered cattle to Canton and a church lecture drew a crowd Walter Reuter and Mrs Harmony visited town Cornelia Barnes and Marguerite Brown attend Fayette summer school The L A B meets for picnic supper There was a tent show in town for three nights Weather was mostly favorable with a damaging storm Saturday causing silo and crop damage in nearby areas Local residents attended Birth of a Nation in Decorah Mrs Carrie Handke and daughters visited Barnes family A windy storm also felled corn and grain and caused hail damage beyond town
George Griebel spent Sunday with relatives in Decorah. Baseball at Clay Hill next Sunday Hesper versus Clay Hill. Miss Hazel Stortz visited Stella and Phoebe Sorenson. Mr. George Tyler spent last week in Decorah visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. John Stoskopf of Decorah visited her mother Mrs. Bleka last Wednesday. A number from here attended the Birth of a Nation play in Decorah. Mrs. Clara Klingenberg enjoys a visit from cousin Miss Hilda Haugen of Calmar.
Ossian notes numerous visits and travels among residents. Alec Harvey in Frankville. Dr C F Sobolik back from Stacyville. John Witt from Castalia in Ossian. several auto trips to Fayette Decorah Calmar Postville and Chicago. social events include Crusaders gathering and a church ice cream social. ball game plans and a battle cry screening. many visits between Ossian and nearby towns with extended family visits and weekend trips.
In Pleasant Township on July 24 1916 residents share social visits haying harvest corn tassels and optimistic crop prospects. Ole Ellis sells a 160 acre farm to D irks of Minnesota for 85 per acre and plans to move to Decorah. The item ends with an advertisement for Burdock Blood Bitters and health advice.
Local items recount social visits and travel among Ossian Festina and Castalia residents. Names include Lilia Jones Charley Daniels Henry Heiman and families, Frances Kipp, Rae Runkle Nellie Daniels Lydia Kipp Clara Kubish and many others with trips to Decorah Castalia Calmar La Crosse Festina Mason City and Fort Atkinson.
Calmar caller Herman Schroeder hosted Friday and Ossian visitors came to Ra-v e na Sunday while several families from Ossian and nearby towns made social calls to Postville Cresco and Decorah. Wind caused damage to small grain on Saturday afternoon and many residents spent Sunday with relatives or at local events.
Spilling together a string of brief visits and travels across Decorah Ridgeway Calmar and Cedar Rapids noting Will Hospy Carl Reihle Mrs Frank Kalee and family Emma Swehla and brother Sheriff Ellingson and deputy plus visitors from Chicago Kendallville Ind and Town City weekend travel and calls.
Local notices from Madison list numerous visits and gatherings as residents travel to Decorah, Ridgeway, and nearby towns. Names include Bergan, Durland, Haugen, Hovey, Josvanger, and Olson. Welfare mentions, church society events, and a cinema outing at Decorah accompany ads for Chamberlain's Tablets and California Growers canned goods.
F P Chizek made a business trip to Calmar Thursday. Mrs Chas Pavlovec and son Edward spent Thursday with friends at Calmar. Frank Zeman returned from Prairie du Chien after a few weeks away. Mr and Mrs Hrdlicka visited Mrs Bruha. Mrs Pete Peterson of Ossian spent Wednesday with Dr Bush. Frank Staska visited John Sluka in Ossian. Frank Kupka Sr died Monday July 24. Obituary next week for the Swailes and babe visiting the Krumm families in Spencer. Calmar baseball beat Calmar 12 to 9. Mary Hlubek and Wm Doubek marriage bans announced last Sunday. Mrs Frank Kuhn of Calmar visited her parents. Celia Houdek visiting in Charles City returned home. Carrie Budke of Waterloo visiting Ed and Mrs John Sluka. Frank Huber buys Hrdlicka property for 3500. Mrs Wim Foley and daughters return to Charles City. Bathen family guests of Bieber and Summers return to Fulda Minn. Wagner family news includes Milwaukee arrival for wedding. L D Goddard to Battle Creek with California niece. Philip Wagner and Julia Houdek wed at St John’s Church. Wedding dinner at Houdek home. The Wagners to live in his father’s house on the flat. A festive start to married life with best wishes.
Erwin Edie spent Sunday with his parents. A severe windstorm struck Saturday, uprooting trees, blowing down sheds and a windmill wheel, and damaging a barn and crops. many families sought shelter in cellars. Local residents attended visits around Decorah and Canton, with multiple trips and gatherings noted including car trades and visits by relatives.
Several residents are mentioned visiting relatives and traveling between Conover Spillville Calmar Oshkosh Ossian and Decorah. People include Mrs W Dimock Mrs A Pizenger Mr and Mrs Sobolik Geo Cummings and Miss Lalla Lee. An ad promotes Valder College courses and a health remedy ad closes the page.
Mrs L F E Evans returned home from Canton last week. Several residents and visitors were noted around Hesper, including Mr and Mrs R J White and family visiting Canton, John Allen visiting Kansas, and Miss Cecil Darrington of Decorah staying with Hesper relatives. Attendees at an ice cream social included the Ladies of the Missionary Society. A list of locals attended The Birth of a Nation in Decorah.
John Howe spent several days in Dubuque while Peter Meyer visited Des Moines on business. Miss Emily Tenold returns home for summer. Bertha Stenseth had dental work in Decorah last Thursday. Mrs. M. Blackmarr of Decorah visited her son Wm. Blackmarr Sunday. John Stenseth of Decorah stayed with his uncle John Howe. Ogan Barlow from Spring Grove visited his brother Iver. Alice and Johanna Numedahl stayed with Ed Ellingson near Ridgeway. Gena Gunval from near Ridgeway visited Miss Havel Caunderson. Josephine Uher and Lucy Fuka returned from Austin. Join Uher and wife returned from Prairie du Chien after homecoming. Mrs. S. Severson spent part of last week with her parents, the Wangsnesses.
A Wilmington reader and his wife praise Chamberlains Tablets for constipation and indigestion. The ad notes mild gentle action and urges a trial, with Engbertsons Pharmacy as seller. Also mentions a pocket dynamo light without battery and Foley s Honey and Tar cough medicine with a parental testimonial from Pottsville. Engbertsons Pharmacy advertises.
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