County News Hears Of visitors births and travels
County News for June 3 1918 notes several social visits births and travel. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Roy Miller and a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Walter McCauley are recorded. Several residents and guests from Decorah Canton Ossian Mason City Dubuque and Sioux City are mentioned along with church and cemetery activities and a Fort Des Moines relief effort. Willie McEvitt dies of pneumonia at Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Reed
Cecil Wicks
George Thayer
Roy Miller
Walter McCauley
Jack Shaw
Minneapolis
C. N. Masters
Frank Perry
L. A
George Smith
Ed. Wicks
Decorah
B. M. Wicks
Bert McIntosh
Murray
Seattle
Bertha
Herbert van Vieit
Eploy
Fort Des Moines
LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE SOCIAL NOTES
Perry Kenyon and Fred Koppen call at Mabel while Weston Stoskopf visits John Richert. Geo Young and family visit H Barth. Ray Smalley and many neighbors spend time at Mabel and Locust area gatherings with the Young, Smalley, Barth, Darrington and Rosenthal families through Thursday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Kenyon
Mabel
Weston Stoskopf
John Richert
Weston
Ray Smalley
Geo, Young
H. Barth
Fred Koppen
Burr Oak
Geo
Young
Philip Youngs
Ray
Frien Weston
Philip Young
Jake Young
Locust
James Smalley
Jim Smalley
Henry Barth
Arthur
Florence Halsey
Vera
Desorah
Geo. Young
Elsie
Henry Guteka
Lawrence Bolson
Emmons Kern
Roy Johnson
Julius Rosenthal
Emil Rosenthal
Lucile
George Young
Gertrude Young
Lawrence Bolton
Clay Hill
Numerous Wednesday Visits Mentioned Across Decorah and Vicinity
Local notes list Atty W M Allen Decorah business visitor Henry Petratt Prairie du Chien Ossian Sheriff Ellingson Decorah Ossian visit Vivian Figge headed to Ft Sheridan for military training. Many residents from Cresco Monona Mason City Cedar Rapids and Dubuque visited relatives or traveled for gatherings and events including K of C initiation and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty
W. M. Allen
Decorah
Henry Petratt
Prairie du Chien
Sheriff Ellingson
Vivian Figge
Ft. Sheridan
Til
Leonard Lagsdon
Wait
D. Westgenantec
Leo
Cresco
Philip
Charles City
C. F. Limbeck
McGregor
Anna Lansing, Jr
Cedar Mikes
Geo. Cooper
Mary
Anna Cooper
Fred Peglow
Harold Gilbert
Monona
Eva Gilbert
Mark Hoskins
Bloomington
Ill
M. R. Hoskins
Leroy Gleisner
Gleason
Wis
G. Gleisner
Tillie Johnson
Dell Rapids
Rose Glass
Mason City
Anna Kaupel
John Fitzgerald
Cedar Rapids
Jos. Peyer
Alphonse Schissel
Ft. Atkinson
J. J. Becker
J. A. Meyer
Bart Cary
Henry Hemesath
Alfred Bink
Will Klima
Will Eurth
P. F. Meyer
5 Club
Jos. Spillman
J. B. Wiltgen
B. C. Supplee
Burr Oak
Iowa Block Silo Advertisement Offers Durable Options
Farmers urged to buy a hollow tile block silo that is fire proof wind proof and decay proof. Seller offers complete silos or supply materials for masons with customers handling hauling and labor. Iowa Block Silo promoted with contact via phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Local notices from Conover area mention travel and events
Tom Erland was in Calmar on business last Friday. Stella Phillips and brother Will shopped in Spillville Friday. Liska and Krall attended the Calmar show. John Tuma visited Albert Sobolik and family. Novak family motored through Spillville. Christina Phillips stays with her brother Mike. Zulek from Spillville waited for Decorah passengers. Several went to Calmar for a band concert. A. Cummings and Beevar received diplomas in Decorah. Gust Olson injured his back while stretching fence wire. Lizzie Williams returned to Spillville after visiting Decorah. J P Kuhn and son moved a 4000 pound monument from Conover to Spillville. Farmers plow corn as it grows three to five inches high. Cummings, Pizenger, and Janechek went to Decorah to see the county attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Erland
Calmar
Jas. Janechek
Stella Phillips
Will
Spillville
Joe Liska
Lewis Krall
John Tuma
Albert Sobolik
A. A. Novak
Chris Johnson
Near Conover
Decorah
Christina Phillips
Mike
Geo. Zulek
Chris Anderson
Austin
Geo. H. Cummings
Cyril Cummings
Geo. Beevar
Gust Olson
Lizzie Williams
J. P. Kuhn
Conover
J.J. Haug
Geo
Cummings
James Pizenger
James Janechek
Decorah Area Close to Many Visitors and Local Notes
A long list of Decorah region visits and social contacts includes Walter Pilgrim and Lynn Crawford from Decorah, various trips to Postville and Waukon, and numerous calls from residents. The county reports a primary election turnout, a power dam outing, cheese factory equipment installation, and upcoming public events including a government cooking demonstration at the Masonic hall.
Community Notes and Local Updates from Frankville
News from Harold Spaun places him with Company K 358th Infantry at Camp Travis Texas with a move expected soon. A box social is planned at the Moneek schoolhouse Friday June 7 with Miss Grace Sheggrud as teacher. Several local residents, including the Felke and Spaun families, enjoyed a Buick ride to Devorah and Burr Oak. Frank Kaufman learned his son Tony broke both legs at an aviation camp in Michigan. Baby daughter born to Mr and Mrs Patterson of Appleton Wisconsin, formerly Gertrude Chamberlin of Frankville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Whitney
Burr Oak
Will Stock
Will
Harold Spaun
Co. K
Gamp Travis
Tex
Moneek School House
Grace Sheggrud
Iewie Felke
L. C. Spaun
Devorah
Fred Brouillet
Ravena
Tom French
Frank Kaufman
Tony
Michigan
Rae Runkle
Eleanor
Centennial
O. F. Miller
Theo. Rosa
Will Sehutta
Waukon
Frank Bulman
Jas. Bulman
Leonard Bulman
Dorchester
Charley Johnson
Ruth
Frankville
Patterson
Appleton
Wis
Gertrude Chamberlin
Cholera Morbus Warning Promotes Remedy
The notice warns of the dangerous disease cholera morbus and urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home. Mrs. Charles Enyeart of Huntington Indiana reports its quick relief for two sick children in summer 1911, with sale advertised by R A Engbertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Charles Enyeart
Huntington
Ind
R. A. Engbertson
P. H. Martin
Peru
United States
Centennial Socials and Visits across Festina Ossian and Frankville
June 3 1918 reports show Rae Runkle and family hosting visits across Festina Postville and Frankville with neighbors and relatives attending church events social gatherings and a Red Cross fundraiser planned for a Centennial church program an ice cream social and a dance with proceeds to aid the Red Cross fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Runkle
Festina
Anna Daniels
John Sersland
Red Cross Unit No. 1
John Moon
Emmet Stevens
Stevens
Geo. Allen
Henry Ginapp
Postville Sung
Loretta McGary
Ossian
W. P. Rosa
Hank Heiman
Wm. Heiman
Herman Lang
Esther
Lucille
Castalia
Theo
Rosa
Oscar Miller
Frankville
Frank Bushman
South of Ossian
Emma Heckman
Fred Westphal
Christ Heckman
Irving Hughes
Tom French
Dave Kuehling
Will
Edmund
Eldorado
Ginapp
Sam McElree
Eleanor
Theodore Rosa
Nellie Daniels
A. M. Jones
Claude van Wey
Gladden
Geo, Allen
C. O. Daniels
Postville
Broghammer School
Arena
Gladys Handgardner
Pear Postville
Ethel Thornton
Centennial
Centennial Church
Red Cross Fund
How She Banished Backache
Mr. Effie E. Kleppe of Averill Minnesota reports immediate relief from back pain after using Foley Kidney Pills. He completed a cure with a half bottle and recommends use whenever pain returns. Enghertson's Pharmacy sells the pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie E. Kleppe
Averill, Minn
Engbertson
RAVENA residents and Ossian visits noted in 1918 column
The itemized rural notes from Ravena recount visits, callers, and social events around Ossian and Decorah including Wenzel Lansing hauling hogs to Ossian, Henry Lansing and others visiting neighbors, a pie social with a raffle raising 41.30, and various social calls at Tovson, Etteldorf, and Guttebo households. It also includes health ads for Foley products and Doan's Kidney Pills with endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenzel Lansing
Ossian
Myrtle Oakland
G. Tinderholt
Anton Anderson
Leo Barthelme
Andrew Etteldorf
Monrad Nygaard
Henry Lansing
Joe Broghammer
Joe Remke
B. Gehling
Geo. Webster
Aug. Peck
Sven Tovson
Sigurd
Waukon
Oscar
Ben Eimers
H. Busch
S. Tovson
A. Etteldorf
Fred Meyer
Great Lakes
Naval Training Station
W. Lansing
W. Lansing’s
Regina
Olivia
Margaret Lansing
Herb Kleisart
Fort Atkinson
Philip
Karl
Mabel Monson
Frank Broghammer
Tovson’s
Broghammer
Mr. Quinn
Insurance Department of Iowa Certifies Publication and Estate Notice
Insurance authorities publish an annual certificate for a New York branch insurer salamandara fire in Iowa. In Winneshiek County Iowa a final report by Charles E Miller administrator with will annexed is set for hearing September 23 1918 at Decorah Court House. Interested heirs Roy M Miller Mary J Miller Nellie M Hudson and Edsel M Miller may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Salamandra Fire | Insurance Company
New York
Insurance Department of
Iowa
J. F. Taake
Uber
Des Moines
District Court of Iowa
Winneshiek County
Charles, E. Miller
Roy M. Miller
Mary J. Miller
Nellie M. Hudson
Edsel M. Miller
Charles E. Miller
Canton
Fillmore County
Minnesota
Ah Wes
Decorah
Town
Newark
New Jersey
I. J. F. Taake
Commissioner of Insurance
Sale Notice of Decorah Real Estate and Tavner Mill
An order of sale from Winneshiek County District Court directs a June 29 1918 sale by referee of multiple parcels in Decorah Iowa including farm land and city lots. The Tavner Feed and Flouring Mill and local ice plant are on the property. Cash terms. Sale on the premises at 2:00 PM. Decorah Iowa May 28 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Nettie M. Gaffney
Carrie W. Tavener
l'Arthur E. Tavner
Hattie Tavner
Herman L. Tavner
Lizzie Tavner
Myrtle L. McIntosh
Alexander McIntosh
Wee
Morse
West Decorah
Decorah
Tavener Feed and Flouring Mill
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Barr
Elias Haines
Harmony
Etta Allyn
Garnaville
H. M. Daskam
Dan Danielson
O’brien
Emery Jones
Orleans
Davis
Cemetery Association
Minn
Will Hunter
Culbert
W. A. Clink
Steve Todd
Todd
Bernard
Dr. Curran
Willie McEvitt
Fremont
Camp Dodge
Looking Glass Prairie
Kendallville
Mabel Ellingson
Cora Soltow
Gladys Holness
Ada Young
Jon Culbert
Reuter
Peter Hammervold
Hoiness
Ies Conover
Walter Pilgrim
Lynn Crawford
I. R. Hughes
J. E. Kneeskern
Fred Watere
Rob
Ray Waters
J. A. Peck
Carlton
Irvin Hughes
Earl Livingood
Chase Barrett
Esther Walby
Arthur Topel
Clara
Wallace Waters
J. J. van Wey
Sherman
Henry Hager, Sr
Kraby
Roma Padden
Roy Meikle
Lymand Bray
Ludlow
K. V. Ferris
Harriet
Francis Padden
Jim Webster
Archie Jones
Chas. Brouillet
Tom Bollman
J. E
Roy Kneeskern
Power Dam
Lyle French
Mildred
Fred Snitker
Arthur Brandt
Ward
Jack Seward
U. S. Army
Robbie Waters
Alice
Miss Christianson
Masonic Hall
F. B. Tressey
Richmond
R. A. Enghertson
Engbertson’s Pharmacy
Margaret Smale
Bishop
Calif
Foley
Bright
Frank Miller
Bingham
Utah
B. Herwig
Larber
Maple Ave
Doan
Wangler
Gouraud
FERD
T, Hopkins & Son
Insurance Department OF Iowa
Insurance
Republican
Decorah State Bank
Winneshiek Hotel
RUD Bros
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