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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
6
June 8 1915 notes record local visits and returns from Decorah Cedar Rapids Prairie du Chien and Freeport. Many residents attend events and church and school activities. A Texas Cattle King show is scheduled. Old Settlers Picnic program listed with bands addresses and games.
Miss Kate Deming travels to Calmar on Monday. J J Kubish and children visit friends at Little Turkey. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Theo Huinker. John Huinker and sons from Calmar visit Fred Houdek home. Claude Summers of Chase City guests at Summers and Bieber homes. Ed Humpal family of Calmar visit Jos Sobolik family. Mrs Paul Krumm and son Alvin visit sister Mrs Geo Nockels at Calmar. Sobolik children attend Novak Hubert wedding at Spillville. F A Schreiber and Adolph Hlubek return from South Dakota. Mrs Frank Kuhn and daughter visit Pouska in Calmar. Karl Knight, Fred Houdek, Luella McElree, Myrtle Perkins attend Decorah graduation. Tillie and Margaret Huber visit Cresco. Frank Zeman and family return from Pocahontas. John Wandas purchases Wm Rausch property for 1800. possession in November. Mrs McGaughery of Prairie du Chien returns home. Leo Burlingham visits Cedar Rapids. Mrs Mary Styskal passes away at Frank Zeman home. burial at Pocahontas. Mrs Chas Krumm visits Ossian. Rose Etteldorf accompanies her home.
Ossian records show births with a June 5 son to Holver Hauge, extensive visits from Decorah Castalia Calmar and Lawler, a June 4 school graduation closure, and a bereavement as Mrs. Cornell dies at 77 from pleural pneumonia. Locals attended Decorah rural school graduations, parochial baseball, and a card party by Catholic ladies.
Congregational Children day will be observed next Sabbath with morning lessons on How we can Please God designed for children, three parts, musical interludes, and an evening Sabbath school concert. Children are invited to both services. Methodist services 10 30 am feature a Sunday school program with songs exercises and recitations assisted by the church quartet. The pastor speaks at 7 30 pm on The Horrors of the European War.
On Saturday last 8, Oxley bought Even Olson's house in the first ward for 2800. A note lists men’s underwear at 50c and two pieces of union suits priced at 8. Larsen.
Sunday around ten o'clock John Anderson of Canton and his nephew and niece drove along Ridge Road near Rev Searvie church when a stump crowded path forced the nephew to swerve. The collision threw Anderson and his niece onto the road, the windshield broke and the car sustained heavy damage. Anderson suffered a broken right collar bone. the niece was shaken but unharmed. The nephew stayed in his seat. Thursday a bicycle rider Gerhard Kasberg collided with C N Houck's car on East Water street, cut to the head but not seriously hurt.
Louis Wepler, once a local police officer, was stabbed by his brother Elmer during a quarrel over land near Mason City last Tuesday morning. Elmer grabbed a butcher knife and struck Louis on the right side below the ribs. Louis was reported dead but later said to be improving at Story Hospital. Elmer was arrested and held on an $8500 bond, bound over to the grand jury.
The city council held a special meeting Monday night and deferred action on the sewer project. Legal questions at Grinnell and a few other issues will be investigated further before final decisions. City Attorney Nelson says delaying now serves the best interests of all involved to avoid future trouble.
Rev Blessin pastor of the German church at Eldorado visited Decorah. The Fayette county church, built in 1911, features artistic decoration and a pipe organ. The community honors him for thirty eight years of service. Dean's Ointment advertised for itching skin and related troubles with sea box note.
A card from E L Amundsen and F E Cratsenberg with wives describes attending the San Francisco fair. They report meeting Mrs Beard and Mrs Alllison on the grounds and joining a reception for Senator Cummins at the Iowa building. Several Decorah residents, including Mrs Mattison and Claire, Mrs Hardin, and Mrs Curtis of Washington, D C, were present. They also met B O Marsh and his wife on the street and say they are having a fine time.
Word comes from Roger Mackenstadt former chief clerk at the Uinta Indian Reservation Utah that he has been transferred to the Flathead Reservation in Montana with a Dixon address for the future. No transfer details are known though it was noted some time ago he sought a posting nearer civilization.
An advertisement notes J W Daubney offers silos with Washington fir as a new preferred material. Experts favor wood silos over tile, praising Washington fir, and Daubney invites inquiries and information.
An old advertisement promotes Dean's Regulats as a mild easy action bowel remedy. The note lists price 25 cents and directs readers to buy at all stores. The ad also mentions Adv. Photo supplies and stationery from Muller Bros Citizens Bank Building.
Decorah resident L Stoskopf a baker at 414 Washington St. credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with relief from two years of kidney pain and frequent back and loins discomfort. He says he still uses them as needed and has recommended them to others. The ad notes price 50c and urges readers to ask for Dean’s Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
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