Republican County Convention Call for Decorah June 29 1918
Republican delegates elected at the June 3 1918 primary will meet in Decorah Court House on Saturday June 29 1918 to choose seventeen delegates to the Des Moines state convention and handle other business. Delegates and precinct committeemen notified by the County Auditor must attend. meeting starts 11 00 a m with a follow up session to organize new county central committee officers. E J Hook is chairman and D A Nelson secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Des Moines
Court House
Republican County Central Committee
E. J. Hook
D. A. Nelson
Cadwell Remembers Cummins In Civil War Era Express Service
Des Moines Register interview with L L Cadwell of Decorah during the G A R reunion recalls Cummins as express messenger on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. Cadwell, 83, a pioneer Iowa conductor, earned a congressional medal for river swimming and a flatboat rescue in Louisiana. He served in Company E, Second New York cavalry.
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L. L. Cadwell
Des Moines
Des Moines Register
Decorah
A. B. Cummins
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Cadwell
Iowa
Algona
Louisiana
Second
New York Cavalry
Rounding Up Crop Slackers in Waterloo
Eighteen landowners who refused to destroy barberry bushes face action after review by Judge F F Platt of the service league court in Waterloo. After further inquiry, owners will be ordered to comply or risk forcible removal of the noxious plants. Some residents resist citing government authority while others seek written orders before digging. In most cases landowners had already removed the bushes voluntarily.
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F. F. Platt
Service League Court
Waterloo
United States
Train Collision Kills Three at Melbourne Crossing
A Chicago Great Western passenger train struck an automobile at a Melbourne crossing in Marshall county. Dead are Gunther Pischel 52 his wife 61 and Ernest Lucher 21. Mrs Pischel died instantly, her neck and back broken. Pischel and Lucher died later in hospital. The auto was demolished.
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Chicago Great Western
Melbourne
Marshall County
Gunther Pischel
Pischel
Ernest Lucher
Diamond Ring Recovered From Train Wreck Parcel
Rolef Meyer found a water soaked package near the wreck site and sent it to the postmaster. The package contained a diamond ring valued at 175 dollars from the Illinois Central mail car wreck at Aplington last week. The postmaster returned the ring to Joseph and Sons and J. B. Blake in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Central
Aplington
Joseph & Sons
J. B. Blake
Rolef Meyer
Meyer
Waterloo
Accident at Town Electric plant injures worker
Arthur Hooker, an employee of the Town Electric company, was found unconscious with a deep head wound in the furnace room after an accident he cannot explain. Engineer J. F. Croskey discovered him on a coal heap.
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Manchester
Arthur Hooker
Town Electric Company
J. F P. Croskey
Ducks Drowned as High Mississippi Water Surges
Fisherman reports the high water on the Mississippi has drowned out nearly all wild ducks nesting on nearby islands. An unusual number of ducks has stayed further south than usual this year.
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Mississippi
Winneshiek Hog Production Drops Across County
Assessors report a sharp decline in hog production last year with 49 214 fewer hogs than the prior year. Hog cholera caused minimal loss while Burr Oak township fell hardest by 3 224 hogs as every township shows reductions.
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Calmar
Fremont Township
Orleans Township
Lincoln Township
Sumner Township
Jackson Township
Burr Oak
Bluffton Township
Madison Township
Calmar Township
Washington
Hesper Township
Canoe Township
Decorah ‘Oweaht
Pleasant Township
Glenwood Township
Frankville
Bloomfield Township
Calmar Corporation
Ridgeway Corporation
Castalia Corporation
Spillville Corporation
Jackson Junction Corp
Highland Township
Fort Atkinson Corporation
Change of Base Dr Enger Transfer Heads Sioux City
Change of Base Dr Enger the government veterinary surgeon, long stationed at McGregor for Clayton Allamakee Winneshiek and Fayette counties, is moved to new headquarters at Sioux City. The hog cholera threat is easing in the region, but the transfer is still noted as urgent for Northwestern Iowa. If needed again he would be sent back, and farmers should contact Dr Ed Dunn of Charles City or Dr R E Christopher of Waterloo for prompt attention.
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Enger
McGrregor
Clayton
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Fayette
McGregor
Sioux City
Iowa
Ed. G. Dunn
Charles City
R. E. Christopher
Waterloo
Nashua
Postville
Soldier Boys
Arthur Wendling
Ryan
Delaware County
Buffalo Creek
Harmony
Canton
Rickets
Ames
Story County
Cass County
Roy Scott
Fred Buck
Fort Dodge
Allamakee County
West Union
Red Cross
Town Conservation Association
Farmers of Clarion
Chicago
Lumbard
Aurora
Decorah
Dena Askelson
Attorney General’s Office
Taft
North McGregor
Milwaukee
Frank Stannard
Illinois Central
Aplington
Independence
Top Price Achieved for Yearling Load on Chicago Market
J N Hermanson of Scranton Iowa sold three loads of yearlings on the Chicago market last week. Sixty four head averaged 1963 pounds fetching 817.80 with one steer at 1450 pounds and 18.25 per hundredweight. This sets an open market record high for yearlings. The cattle were bought last fall on Omaha market September 18 averaging 483 pounds and fed in pasture then corn fields before dry lot feeding.
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J. N. Hermanson
Scranton
Iowa
Chicago
Omaha
Accidental Mill Fatality Claims Life of Aulden Medberry
Aulden Medberry, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Medberry near Elgin, was fatally injured at a mill last week when a plank he stepped on gave way, throwing him into a saw. Both arms were severed and he died within an hour.
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Aulden Medberry
Elmer Medberry
Elgin
Boy Killed by Lightning Near Marble Rock
Four year old Ralph Imus was struck and killed by lightning while playing under a tree at the Sheets home near Marble Rock with his cousin. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Guy Imus of Clarksville.
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Ralph Imus
Marble Rock
Guy Imus
Clarksville
Multiple Local Events Mark Iowa Counties in Brief
A scattered round of notes from Iowa counties reports growth and incidents. Mentions Maquoketa petroleum finds. Berlin becomes Lincoln. a St Ansgar Mason City freight route. Postville adds a 52 star flag. Lansing 91 stars. Drownings, auto crashes, theft, desertion arrest, Red Cross drives, and political nominations are noted across counties.
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Maquoketa
Chickasaw County
Berlin
Tama County
Lincoln
German State Bank
Dyersville
United States Bank
St. Ansgar
Mason City
Red Cross Benefit Dance Raises About 100 Dollars
The Ossian Bee reports a benefit dance at the Chris Schweinefus farm home netted about 100 dollars for the Red Cross. A cake baked by Miss Bertha Schweinefus with one hundred numbers sold brought J. H. Rodenkirk the cake and a 47.25 total from auction bids by Bart Carey Frank Bohn Cleo Cahill and Mr Nesling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Schweinefus
Red Cross
Ossian Bee
Bertha Schweinefus
J. H. Rodenkirk
Mr. Nesling
Auto Smash Kills Two Near Jessup
George FE. McCluskey 25 and Irene Bickert 18 both of Jessup Buchanan county died in a car wreck northwest of Jessup last Wednesday night. The auto turned turtle, bodies found face down in a water-filled ditch eleven hours later. No bones broken, believed death by smothering.
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George FE. McCluskey
Irene Bickert
Jessup
Buchanan County
Fifty Years Ago in Winneshiek County News
News brief recounts: steamboat fare from Dubuque to St Paul at 2.50, seven terms of court after Circuit Court bill, nineteen breaking teams within ten miles, township tax collection system approved, Festina temperance revival ends whiskey sales, DeHaven’s circus coming, railroad ten miles west of New Hampton, 18 Decorah families serenaded, voices of Rollin Wilson and N H Adams heard. Races: Jennie Day defeats Belle White, Patsey Day wins second trotting, Maria defeats Duff Green, Hargreaves wins half mile as others bolt.
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Dubuque
St. Paul
Winneshiek County
Board of Supervisors
Festina
DeHaven‘s Circus
Winneshiek County Births in 1917 Record 403
From the assessors books the Winneshiek county clerk notes 403 births in 1917 with 209 girls and 194 boys. Decorah leads towns with 32 births and Burr Oak 28, while Bluffton records 8 and Jackson Junction 1. the summary also states girls slightly outnumbered boys.
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Winneshiek County
Orleans
Bloomfield
Decorah
Glenwood
Pleasant
Sumner
Calm
Boy Bitten by Dog on Mail Route in Mennette Family
Lawrence Mennette, son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Mennette, was severely bitten on the forehead by a dog while accompanying his father along a mail route. The dog leaped at him at the Albert Dahl home, tearing a deep gash that required ten stitches to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Record
Lawrence
Oscar Mennette
Oscar
Albert ‘Dahl
War Stamp Discovery Shocks Maquoketa City
A Maquoketa resident uncovers a new German war stamp inside a book borrowed from the public library. The unusual find has stirred local curiosity and discussions about the war era collectibles.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
Late Trains Disappoint Rock Island Daily Readers
Daily readers on the Rock Island line faced consistent delays as trains ran about one hour late for the past week, leaving passengers frustrated and awaiting punctual service.
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Rock Island Road
Train Schedule Mixup Delays Burlington Rail Passengers
Burlington trains are now one hour later than planned causing delays as Rock Island waits for the revised departure time. The scheduling shuffle disrupts commuters and freight movements across the line.
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Burlington Road
Burlington
Rock Island
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Cummins
Winneshiek Hog Production
Army
Navy
Jane Delano
Meptostoetonge
Lansing
Victrolas
Victor Records
M. J. Soukup
United States Food Administration
Republican
The
Ingvoldstad Lumber Co
Eom
Hart Schafine
Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
America
Bear’s
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