Chautauqua Opens With Notables and Welsh Choir
Decorah chautauqua opens June 14 with lectures by Victor Murdock ex governor Buechtel and Strickland Gillilan. Entertainment includes Gwent Welsh male choir Hugh Anderson Quintette Vierra s Hawaiians Ma sons Jubilee singers and notable local performers plus health lectures by Sadlers doctors. Adult season tickets priced at two dollars offer a balanced program of entertainment and education.
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Decorah
Lyceum
Victor Murdock
Nebraska
Buechtel
Colorado
Strickland Gillilan
Nestor
American Press
Gillilan
Sadlers
Drs. Wm
Lena K
Wales
Gwent
America
Hugh Anderson
Vierra
Mason's
Jubilee Singers
Sarah Mildred Willmer
Clara Vaughn Wales
Harriette Gunnison
Geo. E. Colby
Earl Oberg
Paul P. Barnaby
Midland Bureau
Prominent Club Woman to Speak at Civic Meeting
Mrs. George O. Welsh of Fergus Falls Minn will speak on Red Cross work at the Civic club monthly meeting tomorrow at four in the community rest room. She is noted as a longtime club leader and Red Cross activist.
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Civic Club
George O. Welsh
Fergus Falls
Minn
Red Cross
Welsh
Middle West
Federated Women's Club of America
Painful accident at Alstad bakery injures Earl Christen
Earl Christen son of Mr and Mrs Albert Christen suffered severe burns when a kettle of boiling fat spilled on him while lifting it from the stove after baking doughnuts at the Alstad bakery. Doctors hope for the best though the depth of burns is still uncertain.
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Earl Christen
Albert Christen
Alstad
Hymeneal Roundup in Harmony Decorah and Canoe Townships
Multiple weddings reported in Harmony Decorah township and Canoe, including Myrtle Engbretson and Dr. C P Wilson with Rev Wilkins officiating. Mildred Glover and Leonard Hegtvedt and Clara Hegtvedt and Benjamin Gilover wed by Rev Glesne. Ole H Rohm and Torbjorg Skaftedal marry at United Lutheran parsonage.
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Harmony
Myrtle Engbretson
C. P. Wilson
Anna Hegtvedt
O. Glesne
Mildred Glover
Leonard Hegtvedt
Clara Hegtvedt
Benjamin Gilover
Miss Glover
Wees
Canoe Township
Aia
Anna Hegt Ar Debi
Rock Island
Hegtvedt
Decorah Township
Mrs. Glover
Canoe
United Lutheran Parsonage
Evning
Ole H. Rohm
Torbjorg Skaftedal
Commencement Week At Luther and Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception Academy staged two plays Dorothy and A Noble Spy at the Grand Opera House with seniors and boys contributing. Kathrine McKay read The Americanizing of Andres Francois as honors were conferred by Father Hogan. Luther College marked its fifty seventh year with a large graduating class and a notable class day featuring J A D Preus on duty.
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Immaculate Conception Academy
Grand Opera House
Dorothy
Kathrine McKay
Father Hogan
Decorah High School
O. Glesne
United Lutheran Church
Jrev
M. Willett
Barcarolle
Tales of Hoffman
Mtenbach
Luther College
Luther
J. A. D. Preus
Minnesota
Dorothy Barfoot Receives Class Stone Design Honor
Miss Dorothy Barfoot, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Barfoot, graduates at St Catherine's School Davenport and is chosen to design the class stone. Her mother attended commencement week while Mrs Patt of Cedar Falls supervises drawing. The notice ends with an unrelated advertisement for overalls from EAR'S.
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Florence Marsh
Ruth Bernatz
Ossian
Hildegaarde Dahljelm
Earl
Marsh
Ames
M. S. Orwell
Otto Drexel
John Seekatz
Steuben
Wis
Frittees Hoare
Mason City
Emmet
Nelle Jewell
Agnes Keishberg
Minneapolis
TI. B. Hustvedt
Catherine Slack
Waterloo
Anna Salem
Fargo
N. D
Decorah High School
Bronstad
Bede
J. W. Conklin
T. C. Hutchinson
Madison
T. J. Cashman
Gervais Fails
Ruth Jaeger
Spencer
Herman Jaeger
Waage
Ruth Hegge
Sioux Falls
M. D
Lutheran Normal School
Ed. Sharp
Bozeman
Mont
Gordon Stander
J. W. Telford
Burr Oak
Cresco
W. M. Telford
Towa Telford
J. Johnson
Alen
Minn
Florence
Marjorie Goodher
Katherine Hutchinson
D. C. Evans
Alma Transerudt
D. H. Hill
Frank Peterson
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Barfoot
A. F. Barfoot
St. Catherine’s School
Davenport
Dorothy
Barfoot
Bertha L. Patt
Decorah
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Woman's Relief Corps Hosts Ten Cent Lunch June 12
The Woman's Relief Corps will serve a ten cent lunch at Mrs. T. E. Kirk bride's near Freeport on the afternoon and evening of June 12. Everyone is cordially invited. Mrs. A. M. Severson, Press Cor.
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Woman's Relief Corps
T. E. Kirkbride
Freeport
A. M. Severson
Press Cor
Examining Physicians Appointed to Aid Registration Boards
Governor Harding appointed physicians in each county as auxiliary members to examine all for physical fitness. Examinations occur after registration. In this district Allamakee Waukon Dr. D. H. Bowen. Chickasaw New Hampton Dr. Paul E. Gardner. Clayton Elkader Dr. Wm. J. McGrath. Fayette Oelwein Dr. J. P. Cole. Howard Cresco Dr. Geo. Kessel. Winneshiek Dr. A. J. Swezey.
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Harding
Allamakee
D. H. Bowen
Waukon
Chickasaw
Paul E. Gardner
New Hampton
Clayton
Wm. J. McGrath
Elkader
Fayette
C T Arneson Dead
Mr. C T Arneson died recently after his wife’s passing weeks earlier. His son Arthur, a Luther College student, reached his bedside shortly before his death. He had long suffered poor health and was respected for his devout Christian character and steady conduct.
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C. T. Arneson
Mesdames
Carrie Jurgens
B. C. Marsh
Julia Gjermo
Wm. Tobiason
Chicago
Why Not Gov Preus Looms In Minnesota Politics
The Ada Herald notes Jake Preus looms as a gubernatorial probability in Minnesota. It lauds his ability and character, placing him among the state's prominent leaders at the capitol and questioning why he should not pursue the governorship.
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Ada Herald
Gopher State
Jake Preus
Minnesota
Jake
Anniversary Run Marks Perry's 26 Years with Rock Island
G H Perry a Cedar Rapids Rock Island mail agent reached Decorah on his regular route last Friday. He began the Decorah run on June 1 1891 and has served continually since then. Alongside railroad duties he has enjoyed fishing on the Upper Iowa river and rabbit hunting.
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G. H. Perry
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Decorah
Perry
Iowa River
Wool price breakthrough as sheep clip sells high
E. T. Beard & Son sold 150 head to Adams Seed Co at 52 1/2 cents per pound, yielding about 611 dollars for the clip, a price not seen in years. The sale highlights a strong market as the flock remains productive and values rise.
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E. T. Beard &Son
Adams Seed Co
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Castalia
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Spillville
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C. A. Whalen
Lawler
H. H. Woldum
R. Algyer
Oklahoma
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Ole J. Linde
L. Howe
Ridgeway
Murdock
Buchtel
Gwent Welsh Choir
J. Rothenberg
Marian
Hahnemann Hospital
John G. Schinnite
Rexall Drug Store
Hot Lord
Robt. Rieney
the State University of Town
la Cinquantaine
Gabriel-Marie
Olga Bendickson
Elsie Bolger Carroll Cutting
Merle Cooke
Lois Casterton
Lillian Digre
Ingvald Glesne
Frances Halverson
Doris Hogan
Theodore Jaeger
Alice Lomen
Florence Larson Fairie Myers
Clara McConaty
Harold Nesheim
Robert Olson
Esther Olson
Anna Payne Lorene Qualley
Herman Quandah
Maul Rooney Carola Schmidt
Helen Stevens
Roger Stoskopf
Earl Stewart
Lois Thompson
Cora Tokvam
Alice Tracy
Earl Wells
Lloyd Woodward
Orin Amundsen
Idella Bakken
Frances Butler
Charles Cratsenberg
Cathryn Dalvey
Charles Frye
Fred Haberly
Maurice Johnson
Marie Lange
Grace Larsen
Viola Matter
Mildred McIntosh
Robert Moore Thelma Ness
Harold Ostrem
Myrtle Rima Sandora Shervin
Walter Strand
Camilla Sperati
Hazel Turner
Winneshiek County
Calmar
Fremont Township
Orleans
Lincoln Township
Rey Sumner Township
Jackson Township
Bluffton Township
Madison Township
Standard Telephone Company
Ear’s
R. C. Lunch
Gov, Preus
B. P. S. Paints
E.j.parman
Meritol Remedies
Bradford
France
K.I. Haugen
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