Luther Wins Pitchers Battle Over U I A In Local Baseball
Decorah ledger reports Luther earned a 1 to 0 win over U I A in a tense nine inning game at the fair grounds. Key moments included a squeeze play that misfired, Roger Newcomer scoring on a wild throw, and strong pitching by Newcomer and Jeglum for Waukon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Upper Town
Roger Newcomer
Harstad
Swansen
Manuel
Preus
Ray Newcomer
Kjos
Ralph Newcomer
Roger
Ralph
Erickson
Newcomer
Streeter
McCann
Reitz
Taylor
Seebach
Sweet and
Baker
TJ Jeglum
Waukon High School
Decorah
Fair Grounds
Carpenter
Wauken
Tess
Jeglun
Taker
Horace Weiser
Bailey
Grinna
Shea
Baseball play by play fragment with pitching and fielding
The readable lines describe balls, batters, and fielding actions including walks by Raker and Jeglain, a double play, and multiple defensive plays with Bailey Chinna Connedt Carpenter Jeghum Maker and Jeglain noted in the sequence. The text resembles a partial baseball box score or play-by-play snippet lacking full context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wankon
Raker
Jeglany
Bailey-Chinna
Maker
Jeglain
Carpenter
Jeghum
Decorah High Falls to Cresco in Poorly Supported Tilt
Decorah high school lost 1 to 5 at Cresco with Baker pitching well adding five hits and ten strikeouts but fourteen errors doomed the game. Decorah then beat Cler mont 17 to 2 at home in a one sided contest noted for errors and odd plays including a grass aided home run. Ossian hosts Dubuque White Sox winning 6 to 4 while Ossian’s Oscar Schuetts suffered a knee injury.
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Decorah High School
Cresco
Baker
Decorah
Clermont
Ossian
Dubuque White Sox
Dubuque
Ossianites
Oscar Schuetts
White Slave Lecture Draws Large Decorah Audience
C Hamilton Tailor of Baltimore spoke on the White Slave topic under the Decorah Socialists at the Baptist church Friday night. Tailor, a traveling correspondent for the Baltimore Daily Press, praised Decorah’s beauty and resources after visiting local sites including the ice cave. He plans to publish a letter in a future issue and will send copies here.
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Decorah
C. Hamilton Tailor
Baltimore
Baptist Church
Tailor
Ice Cave
Baltimore Daily Press
Where Were They Waukon Boys After Saturday Game
Waukon boys who visited St. Cloud for a baseball gamealas attended picture shows and car rides then went missing after a late night. A St. Cloud hotel received a call Sunday around 2 AM asking where the youths were, moms worried as no information surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
St. Cloud
Badly Burned Woman Recovers After Gasoline Polish Fire
Mrs. M. E. Broghammer suffered severe burns while polishing a stove with gasoline polish. The polish caught fire, she spilled it on her left hand, and she smothered the flames with a pillow before neighbors helped extinguish the blaze in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian Bee
M. E. Broghammer
This Man is Some Wood Chopper
Ole T. Oleson of Waukon is a determined woodchopper with a crippled hand. He has cleared hardwood timber for R. A. Eaton north of town and for parties near Lycurgus last winter. He reports 225 cords of wood 000 fence posts and 100 loads of poles from his efforts.
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Ole T. Oleson
Waukon
Democrat
R. A. Eaton
Lycurgus
A Perfect Day in Winneshiek County Iowa
Last Sunday was a perfect summer day in Winneshiek County Iowa with many residents in horse and buggy or automobile. People across Calmar and Ossian described the countryside as thriving and prosperous with farms appearing like parks.
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Iowa
Winneshiek County
Calmar
Ossian
Curious Egg Found In Poultry House
A neighbor discovered an egg in his poultry house measuring over 9 inches in one dimension and another small fraction in the other. The outer shell contained a perfect egg inside, a remarkable curiosity noted by Justin McCarthy of Oneida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Press
Justin McCarthy
Oneida
West Union farmer carves tobacco profit in town limits
W. B. Carter of West Union reports earning 22 per sere growing tobacco on his farm inside the town. He compares the local soil and climate favorably to Wisconsin where 40,000 acres are annually grown, valued at about 88,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Carter
West Union
Wisconsin
Canton’s New Bank Remodeling Underway in Canton
Monday morning carpenters from De vorah began remodeling the First State Bank building in Canton. The structure will be fire proof and feature an attractive front with polished South Dakota jasper granite trim. A. R. Coffeen leads the project.
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Canton
Devorah
First State Bank
South Dakota
A. R. Coffeen
Cherry Sisters May Tour Decorah Vaudeville Spark
A note indicates the Cherry Sisters hope to perform in Decorah in vaudeville with Star Theater dates being explored by Manager Stewart and a Chicago agency. An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a reliable remedy for a fatal disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Cherry Sisters
Stewart
The
Star
Chicago
Thomas
Mre. L. Whiteacre
Buffalo, N.Y
Adv
Luther Seminary Commencement at Hamline Minnesota
The Luther Seminary commencement in Hamline Minnesota featured addresses by Rev. Elling Howe and Dr. H G Stub. Ten graduates included Albert C Korsrud and Olaf Tufte from Decorah. Graduates received assignments across several states with names and cities listed for future posts.
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Luther Seminary
Hamline
Minn
Elling Howe
H. G. Stub
Synod
Albert C. Korsrud
Olaf Tufte
Decorah
Luther College
Knute Vaaler
Twin Valley
Kova
Conrad
Mont
Towa
Palermo
N. C
Herman Preus
Minneapolis
Spokane
Wash
Missoula
Theodore Lerud
Roland
Iowa
Edward Jo
Highway Robbers Arrested in Waterloo Thefts
Three men who held up Tom Collins near the Illinois Central station at Waverly were captured by Waterloo police within hours. Collins, after taking 60 dollars from a bank, rode an evening train and was accosted near the station as he walked. The assailants relieved him of 60 dollars and a razor during the street robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Tom Collins
Thellinois Central
Waverly
Collins
Illinois Central
Rock Island Decorah Division to be Rebuilt on Time
The Walker News reports Rock Island officials remain assured the Decorah division will be rebuilt and made safe for trains. The district superintendent is said to have adequate appropriation to improve the division to first class condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker News
Rock Island
Decorah
Box Car Door Falls on Lansing Man Injuring Julius Boeck
Julius Boeck of Lansing sustained multiple bruised ribs when a box car door slipped from its track and fell on him at Capoli Buttonworks while he tried to open the car. He serves as secretary of the local Masonic lodge and as assistant cashier at the State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Boeck
Lansing
Capoli
Mr. Boeck
Masonic Order
State Bank
Grove Theft Hits Nevada Pine Trees Crowdings
Thief stole George Chapman’s grove of pine trees near Nevada leaving about 100 planting holes after noting the loss last week. Earlier a similar theft took seventy two trees from Dora Bahr’s Cole farm. The Register and Leader notes the Fayette county judge Hobson appeal record in the Supreme Court with last thirty one cases affirmed.
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George Chapman
Nevada
Chapman
Dora Bahr
Cole
Register and Leader
Hobson
Fayette County
Supreme Court
Burdock Blood Bitters Ad Promises Pure Blood
A courtroom gag line followed by an advertisement claims heavy impure blood causes illness and promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy. The ad touts a dollar price and targets common sense readers as essential to a republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady
Republic
How Corn Grows Promises Record Yields This Year
A German agriculturist praises American corn as the finest with rapid growth and high yield. Home examples show quick germination and visible rows within days after planting. Local farmers report early vigor and minimal rot fears due to favorable weather, suggesting a strong corn crop ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Morton
John Finn
O. G. Haugen
Springfield
Facts for Sport Lovers. A Chicago Record-Herald pitch
The piece extols the Chicago Record-Herald as a model for accurate sports reporting across baseball football boxing racing and more. It touts a large staff focused on sports with rapid telegraph updates and substantial daily coverage including a four page Sunday green sheet for fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Record-Herald
Chicago
Patents Granted to Towans End May 27 1913
List of patent awards ending May 27 1913 to Towans including Stereopticon for Alexander Victor Davenport butt welds by Emil Einfeldt assigned to French and Hecht page clamp by Marvin Nevins and J H Wilkins street car controller by Charles Munson and J G Munson Cedar Rapids testing seeds underframe for dump cars Bettendorf metal under frame construction cultivator attachment for planters Rudolph Bruene window operating device Antoni Standish flash light apparatus Shoberg rail tie and fastener Valkenberg Hiteman fire extinguisher Ewoldt smoke consumer grain car inspection device Ben Owens spring wheel Hinds ozone producing machine Daniel Smith and Hummel assigned to A H and E Smith Des Moines
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Towans
Alexander F. Victor
Davenport
Emil Einfeldt
French & Hecht
Marvin J. Nevins
Burlington
J. H. Wilkins
Washington, D. C
Charles & J. G. Munson
Cedar Rapids
Burton H
W. C. Adams
Decorah
Albert Valkenberg
Hiteman
Henry Ewoldt
P. J. A. Sehnoor
Holstein
Edmon Leslie
Marshalltown
Ben F. Owens
Rockwell City
Otto H. Hinds
LeMars
Daniel C. Smith
F.tt
Strange Caper of a Girl Dispatches North Meskegor
A dispatch reports 18 year old Gertrude Day of Minneapolis was found dirty and ragged in a box car in North Meskegor. She told authorities she wished to be outdoors and traveling. She was taken to Elkader for care until further steps could be arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Meskegor
Gertrude Day
Minneapolis
Minn
Elkader
Maple Caramel Sauce for Desserts
Break up three quarters of a pound of maple sugar and put in a saucepan with just enough boiling water to cover. Simmer until the syrup will thread, then pour slowly over the stiffly beaten whites of three eggs and beat until light. Serve with unsweetened apple dowdy, peach dumplings, or cranberry roll.
Keeping Cheese Fresh
Advice to keep cheese from hardening by trimming a piece for use then storing the remainder in a cool safe place. Apply a thin butter film to the cut surface and cover with a clean cloth to prevent cracking and preserve quality.
Cream Gravy for Fried Chicken
After frying chicken drain fat leaving about a tablespoon. Stir in a tablespoonful of flour then add half a pint of cream. Mix well over heat. Season with salt and pepper and pour the gravy over the chicken.
Orange Pudding Recipe and Skincare Remedy Ad
Grate orange rind squeeze in lemon mix sugar butter and egg yolks bake spread with browned meringue eat with sauce. Down's Ointment marketed for itching skin trouble piles eczema salt rheum hives and other conditions at 30 cents a box.
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Seeme
Ady
Planting Corn for Silage Field Advice
The Denver Field and Farm outlines two corn silage methods. Drilling rows six to eight inches apart yields more plants per area, aiding harvesting, while hill planting with three to three and a half feet row spacing reduces weed pressure but can lower yield. Field conditions decide best method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Tankage and Hog Cholera Concerns on Farms
A Wallaces' Farmer note addresses risks of feeding tankage to hogs, noting that while heating during manufacture kills germs, cholera germs are present in stockyards where tankage is produced. The article doubts widespread transfer via tankage but warns of potential contamination after packing.
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Wallaces
Russian Soup Method with Onions Cabbage and Sausage
A simple Russian soup recipe instructs frying onions in butter or suet, adding finely chopped cabbage, then browning with flour. Season, add stock, simmer an hour, fry small sausage balls, mix in, and finish with tarragon vinegar before serving.
Winneshiek County Land Assessments Questioned
The Executive Council of Iowa asks the Winneshiek county Auditor and Board Chairman to review land assessment values arguing 62.6 percent versus 100 percent ignores other factors. They urge compiling data and presenting it to protest against any further assessed value increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council of
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Winneshiek County
Executive Council
Notice to land owners on Winneshieck County earnings
The Board of Supervisors asks land owners to cooperate by sending to the Auditor before the 1st certified statements of cash rentals and, where possible, net earnings of lands exclusive of labor, machinery use, insurance, and building maintenance. Signed 232 W. R. Shea Auditor and G. A. Meyer Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshieck County
Board of Supervisors
W. R. Shea
G. A. Meyer
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FE Harstad
Prens
Cf Minha
Ewe Epennse
All Erickson
Teases
Ulvilden
Nsen
P. Center
Ralph Newer
Roger Newer
Palmer
Aie Decorah
SRPO
R Baker
P Tina Wee Jetleid
Pebigis
Rf Oeletsabe
Einer
Lee
Tofte
A Hoeg
Abreu Srpoa
Heiser
Dayton
Kelly
Ralston
Meierkord
Reglum
Hall
Wood Chopper
Canton’s New Bank
Bluffton
Fremont
Burr Oak Serene
Highland
Orange
Boston
N. R. Groff & Son
R. Shea
Dr. T. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayre
Ford
T. Hopkins & Son
Great Jones St
Adams Seed CO
Decorah State Bank
Winneshiek Hotel
M. J. Soukup
Victrolas
Citizens Savings Bank
J. Curtin
C. Casterton
J. McKay
F. E. Cratsenberg
R. E. Bucknell
F. W. Conover
F. B. Portman
John Curtin
Ingvoldstad & CO
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