New Dining Hall Planned for Luther College
The 1916 Synod session at Minneapolis discussed pension fund reforms for ministers, anti union minority guards named Swenson and Torrison, and approved a 90 by 45 foot dining hall at Luther College Decorah with a $12,000 cost. Students pledge $25 each plus seven year levies to raise funds.
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Synod
Minneapolis
J. A. O. Preus
St. Paul
State Insurance Department
Preus
West Hotel
Hauge
United Norwegian Lutheran Church
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
L. C. Thorpe
Willmar
Minn
D. G. Ristad
Fergus Falls
Minnesota
St Marys College to Close June 15 For Commencement
St Marys College Prairie du Chien announces commencement on Thursday morning June 15. The evening before the Amphion Dramatic club presents Six Times Nine and Schubert Song club sings The Bells of Corneville. The Catholic girls school is praised for complete equipment and strong courses on the Fort Crawford site gifted by Gen John Lawler. Teachers include Decorians recalling Mother M Seraphin sister of Mrs Hugh Sherry and J M Lennon.
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St. Mary's College
Prairie du Chien
Amphion Dramatic Cubt
Corneville
Schubert Song Club
Middle West
St. Mary's
Fort Crawford
John Lawler
M. Seraphin
Hugh Sherry
J. M. Lennon
Tornado hits Allamakee County near Rossville destroys farm buildings
A tornado twenty to thirty yards wide swept through Allamakee County near Rossville on Thursday, lifting a large barn at the Bert McShane farm and demolishing cribs, cattle sheds, granaries, and feed barns. The McShane family and Bert Trinkel warned ten to twenty minutes before impact. the house remained intact while surrounding trees and cattle were scattered or carried.
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Allamakee
Rossville
Bert McShane
McShane
Bert Trinkel
Waukon
Census Book Aims for July Print, 800 to 1000 Pages
A. U. Swan in charge of printing the census says the new census book should be printed and bound by July 1. It will contain between 800 and 1,000 pages with valuable data on agricultural resources, population figures, and statistics of cities and towns, including churches and schools.
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Synod
Park Region
Luther College
Fergus Falls
Minn
China Mission
South Africa
New York
Boston
San Francisco
Galveston
Wittenberg
Wis
Mission Board
Synod China Mission
Alaska
Teller
T. L. Brevig
A. U. Swan
No Right to Witness Fees Declared by State Auditor
J B Wall head of the accounting department of the auditor of state’s office says peace officers have no right to claim witness fees in any case they learn of while performing duties. He notes this law is violated in many cities and has persisted for years.
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J. B. Wall
The
Auditor of State’s Office
How to Get Rid of a Cold
C. E. Summers of Holdridge Nebraska describes a severe cough and cold. He used Foley's Honey and Tar as directed and says his cough was completely cured and credits the product for a speedy recovery. The ad notes Foley's soothes and heals and mentions Engbertson's Pharmacy. It warns that going fast can lead to a costly puncture.
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C. E. Summers
Holdridge
Neb
Foley
Kickapoo Worm Killer Candy Ad for Children
An old advertisement touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as a pleasant candy that helps dull and fretful children. Directions say to give a half to one lozenge at a time for immediate results. It promotes buying at druggists for 25 cents, with additional sales for a sulfur spray for fruit trees at Parman's Drug Store.
Eighth Grade Graduation at Decorah Planned for June 7
Eighth grade graduation exercises are set for Decorah on Wednesday June 7 at City Park weather permitting otherwise at the Court House. State Superintendent Deyoe will deliver the commencement address at 1 30 pm. After diplomas a Burr Oak versus Ridgeway baseball game will be played at the fair grounds. A list of rural eighth grade graduates by township and school is provided.
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Decorah
Court House
Deyoe
Hard Storm Roars Over Hesper Strip Last Week
A severe storm hit the Hesper area Wednesday night with heavy rain high winds and large hail. Farmers report extensive corn washouts requiring replanting while trees were blown down and small structures overturned though no large houses or barns were damaged.
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Hesper
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Advertisement
Oddly phrased old ad urging readers to cut out a slip and mail it to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for bronchial coughs colds and croup along with Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets advertised by Engbert son's Pharmacy with a distinctive emphasis on aiding stout persons.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
Engbertson's Pharmacy
Do You Know the Young Man
A Pittsburgh Gazette Times piece urges parents to question a suitor who visits their daughter. It warns that gossip harms reputations and stresses parental duty to learn the young man’s name, station, habits, and intentions to prevent heartache and scandal.
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Pittsburgh Gazette Times
Suffrage Meeting at City Park Decorah Kansas Leader Speaks
W Y Morgan Kansas lieutenant governor and former state senator speaks at City Park Decorah Sunday June 4 at 2 pm on equal suffrage. Morgan editor of Hutchinson Daily News regent of Kansas State University and praised for fairness and practical suffrage success. If rain the meeting moves to Congregational church Suffrage Com invites all.
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W. Y. Morgan
Kansas
Decorah
City Park
Morgan
Hutchinson Daily News
Kansas State University
Iowa
Equalee
Mr. Morgan
Congregational Church
Suffrage
Dr King’s New Life Pills and Dr Thomas’ Eclectic Oil Ad
An old time homemaker advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle liver and bowel cleanser for a clear complexion and Dr Thomas’ Eclectic Oil as a 125 year household remedy for cuts sprains burns and bruises. Both ads promise wide consumer use and minimal side effects with prices 25 cents to 50 cents.
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America
Thomas
Many Women Need Help with Kidney Ailments
Many women suffer kidney trouble like men, yet believe pain is unavoidable. Foley Kidney Pills promise quick relief from backache side pains muscular aches and bladder disorders with targeted, practical relief.
Ben Bear Dean's Regulats Advertisement
An old newspaper ad touts Undertoys for children aged 2 to 10 described as comfort items similar to athletic nainsock underwear priced at 50e per suit. It promotes Ben Bear and Dean's Regulats as easy to use with no griping and no after effects, claiming widespread recommendation from many.
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Ben Bear
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Luther
Preachers’ Pension Fund
Swenson
Torrison
Pres. H. G. Stub
Lutheran Normal School of
Sioux Falls
Peace Committee Report
H. G. Stub
C. K. Preus
Towa
St. Mary’s College
Allamakee County
Parman’s
Ossian
Stella Eide
John Amdahl
Chester Fide
Grace Osmundson
Elmer Enga
Marie Larson
Mamie Amdahl
Melvin Nesvik
Burr Oak
Ind
William Eide
Glen Reed
Arthur Morprison
Cecil Wicks
Hesper Ind
William Bbyant
Selma Burreson
Avis Hawks
Gladys Flak
Emma_ Johnson
Efe Wold
Leo Larrance
Christina Pederson
Idella Rowe
Leila Sellman
Merrill Street
Springfield
Elizabeth Torresdal
Clara Seland
Harry Jeyne
Olga Krammen
Sumner
Edward Kuhn
Josephine Hopperstad
Clara Koshatka
Elsie Vopava
Willie Pierce
Emilie Winter
Jennie Lee
Gladys Lee
Zora Manuel
Fremont Township
Thomas Barrett
Mary Daly
Bernice Doherty
Mattie Stockman
Luana Ellingson
Esther Yates
Leo Metice
Emmett McGee
Stella Jacobson
Hesper Township
Joy Smalley
Elsie Young
Gertrude Young
Military Township
Cora Egeland
Esther Rogness
Rolf Kramme
Calmar Township
Clarence Flaskerud
Stella Wheatman
Canoe Township
Florence Willson
Lizzie Coy
Irene Murdock
Marie Peterson
Dorothey Marlow
Clyde Sharp
Herman Broghamer
Amanda Broghamer
Beatrice Everson
Julian Arneson
Jackson
Pearl Carter
Glenwood
Noretta Olson
Ellen Evans
Marguerite Hogan
Daniel Ryan
Alma Lovatuen
Ida Lee
Lawrence Alen
Florence Williams
Norman Searvie
Alma Ramsey
Myron Ramsey
Nora Ryan
Highland Township
Gyda Brunsvold
Clara Gjere
Walther Steen
Leonard Akre
Elois Casterton
Bloomfield Township
Clifford Stee
Wilbur Thornton
Florence Schroeder
Decorah Township
Ralph Hegg
Erlin Lomen
Clyde Kreuter
Grace Malli
Ella Anderson
Ruth Dow
Ella Vick
Otto Tollefson
Clarence Hovey
Goddard
Ellickson
Adams Seed CO
Heaven
Reardon
James Reardon
Marsh
M. JI. Soukup
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Bear’s
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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