Local notes from Postville June 23 1914
Miss Olga Gunderson visits Cresco and Rev. Jordahl travels to the Twin Cities on business. Several residents visit relatives in Cresco Elkader Decorah and Dubuque. The brick work on the Lincoln township Lutheran church nears half completion. A medicine show from Rock Island Illinois performs locally. Local sports see Gilman’s Decorah team lose 9 to 6 to the home club. Several visits and moves among townsfolk and business changes highlighted with church activities exams and property transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Gunderson
Cresco
Jordahl
Twin Cities
Glenn Bowers
R. Ringoen
Decorah
Gladys Hoffman
Elkader
H. L. Griffith
M. ©. Libbey
Rev. Turner
Edgewood
Sylvester
H. P. Foley
John
Ole Linde
Minneapolis
R. A. Griswold
Dubuque
J. E. Robinson
Anna Krog
Thos. Nilsson
Martha
University of Chicago
H. B. Lathe
Carl Haakenson
Henry Haakenson
J. M. Wonderly
Jess Crawford
Wonderly
Eikader
Ridgeway
M. Lee
Social notes from Castalia on June 23, 1914 visitors
Thos Barnes visits E O Riggs home while Chas Bloxham spends Sunday with his brother. Miss Bessie Riggs returns home for vacation. Geo Bachelder and Bert Harvey visit Decorah. Mrs W H Haefner and father go to St Paul. Mr and Mrs J H W Schroeder take an excursion to Dubuque. Helen Thornton stays on the farm with sister Mrs Leo Reeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hursh
Osterdock
Decorah
W. K. Riggs
Dubuque
White Sox
F. H. Lambert
McGregor
Profs, Masters and Knoyer
U. B
Miss Ames
Luana
Martha
Marie
Cloe
Violet Haefner
Ruth Hursh
Fritz
Louise Batts
Walter
Irene
Hattie Brant
Burr Oak
Walter Winn
Lyle
Alva
Mrs. Winn
Carrie Steel
Elgin
Billa Barnhart
Lambert
Castalia
E. 0. Riggs
Jas. Campbell
Maquoketa
Frank Kneeskern
Campbell
Bloomfield
Harris
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Irvin Allen
Postville
Bessie Allen
State Normal School
Stevens Point, Wis
Thos. Barnes
Chas. Bloxham
Bessie Riggs
Geo, Bachelder
Bert Harvey
W. H. Haefner
St. Paul
J. H. W. Schroeder
Helen Thornton
Leo Reeves
Wet Month June 1914 Reports Light Rainfall
June 1914 was wet but not record setting. Tuesday night saw only one tenth of an inch of rain, insufficient to halt plowing the next day. The Winneshiek County State Bank gauge recorded five and six tenths inches for the month so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek Co. State Bank
Progressive convention set for June 27 in Decorah Court House
The Progressive party will hold a convention in the Supervisors' room at the Court House in Decorah on Saturday June 27 1914 at 1130 am. All Progressives are urged to attend by order of the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Party
Court House
Decorah
Rain and life events fill Hesper notes
The Hesper column reports continuous rain and local happenings. Master Bernard White has measles. strawberries and fruit are abundant. Cyrus Burr enjoys outdoor time. Attendees went to Burr Oak’s old settlers day. Mrs. Saale and daughter visit relatives in Plentywood Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard White
Cyrus Burr
Burr Oak
Saale
Plentywood
Montana
Valentine Stoskopf
Mabel L. I. C
Ove Ansum
Hesper Lutheran Cemetery
Dora Carter
Waukon
B. Burreson
Dy Nass
Flora Cameron Hill
Pensacola
Fla
J. H. McMillen
H. C. Carter
Rochester
Frank Jewell
Decorah
Henry Dill
M. FE
Mellain
Mabel
Ossian Social Roundup and Weekend Visits
Ossian residents and visitors populate a bustling weekend scene with business visitors at Fort Atkinson Decorah relatives and Castalia guests J J Boyle's daughter Vera Cedar Rapids Grady Dubuque Bucknam Cas talia and bands at Calmar Sisters Hiltrude Otellia prepare for Dubuque summer Trip Bell's orchestra music at local dance Dr J P Schneeberger and wife return from honeymoon in Chicago with a wedding scheduled at St Francis Church tomorrow at 8 50 PM officiated by Rev Thiltgen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Schmitz
Fort Atkinson
H. J. Etteldorf
Decorah
Clotile
Margaret Heck
J. J. Boyle
Vera
Cedar Rapids
Grady
Dubuque
Frank
Tony Bohr
Geo, Bucknam
Castalia
Cal[mar
Louis Uebelherr
Luana
J. P. Schneeberger
Chicago
St. Francis Church
Thiltgen
Mar
Local marriages and social notes from Postville area
Miss Anna Paalen and Miss Seraphia Figge return from visits to Dubuque and Chicago as various residents attend retreats, board parties, and family visits. The town records weddings at St Francis Church with Rose Kaupel to Charles Glass and Katherine Lansing to Herbert Kleisart, with couples heading to Ottumwa and Ossian respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady’s Academy
Postville
Opera House
Andrew Meyer
Henry Etteldorf
Prairie du Chien
Campion Col Legs
Wm. Muller
Parkiston
Ben Eimers
Dave Weitgenant
Pearl
Duebler
Monona
Leonard Logsdon
James Boyle
Clermont
James Sheehan
Iowa City Hospital
Chicago
New York
Boston
Ratone
N. M
St. Francis Catholic Church
Thiltgen
Rose Kaupel
Chas. Glass
Cresco
Ottumwa
Katherine Lansing
Herbert Kleisart
Olivia Lansing
Leander Kleisart
Mrs. Kleisart
Ossian
Knack of Learning to Swim by Lew Sarett in Outing
The piece explains why non-swimmers struggle to stay afloat. It notes that fear causes tense muscles which raise body density and cause sinking, while relaxed muscles with air in the lungs enable buoyancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Sarett
Longest Day Brings Peak Heat Across Town
Last Sunday marked the year’s longest daylight and the peak heat with Ben Bear's thermometer at 91 in the shade around four o'clock. The temperature rose through the afternoon and lingered past five as the day remained hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bear’s
Limited summer suits offered at reduced prices by BEN BEAR
Young men are invited to buy limited L system Society Brand and Hart Schaffner Marx summer suits at a reduction of 2.50 to 86.50 per suit. Early buyers can find 20.00 and 25.00 suits marked down to 15.00. Other suits of equal value are reduced as the store clears summer stock for fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Ben Bear
Local Social Notes From HIGH RIDGE Area
High Ridge area residents share visits and home projects. People travel to Decorah and Fayette for visitors and schooling, while others host guests, attend church events, and remark on barn work and garage construction. Mary Anderson of Velva visits Petersons. Selma Sjoboen plans summer study in Fayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sersland
Sjoboen
Overland
Steiner Lee
D. Sjoboen
Selma
Decorah
John Johnson
Babe Ernest
Kelseth
Gunhild Smithling
Mamie Lee
Miss Strand of
Nordness
Bertha Remmen
O. Rovang
Lena
George
A. Linnevold
J. A. Juen
Ossian
Gilbert Howe
Johnny Amundson
Goodwin Lee
Mamie
Alma Halverson
Andrew Eide
Nelson
Andrew E. Lee
Henry Running
T. Iverson
Albert Smithling
J. Peterson
Selma Sjoboen
Fayette
Ole Hove
Near Ridgeway
Gilbert
Velva
N. D
Twin Cities
Fruit and Nut Trade Doubles in US Foreign Commerce
Government figures show US fruit and nut trade nearly doubled from 1903 to 1913 with imports at 365 million and exports at 220 million. In early 1914 imports reached over 86 million while exports fell about 30 percent from the prior year due to Pacific coast crop shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pega
Department of Commerce
Pacific Coast
Horseradish Cultivation Promises Steady Rural Income
A Coun try Gentleman writer extols horseradish as a thriving industry noting a three acre field keeps two workers busy and provides solid earnings for a small farm. The crop allegedly allows the farmer to rest easy since only intruding personal crises threaten it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Gentleman
Selecting a Jury in a Great Criminal Trial
Arthur Train explains in Courts Criminals and the Camorra how jurors are pre screened for a major trial. Prosecutors learn much about jurors and face evasive answers that reveal hidden ties to the defense. The process includes noting lodges family connections and even debts that influence acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Train
New York
Mr. Train
Talesman
Mr. Ananias
Rascal
Vanished Ocean and Plate Movements in the Tertiary Era
The article explains how during the tertiary period the globe neared its present configuration and climate cooled toward a glacial phase. Tethys connected landmasses from East India to Africa and North America, later folding into major mountain ranges like the Alps and Himalayas. Volcanic activity surged as fauna, including snakes and birds, evolved toward modern forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tethys
East India
Africa
Australia
Asia
Europe
North America
Alps
Himalayas
Carpathians
New York Sun
Old Viking Funerals Naval Rituals of Cremation
The article explains Viking ships used in funerals for chiefs. A large vessel carried the body in the stern and was set ablaze. Kin and friends watched the fire intensify as the ship sailed away and sank, taking the deceased with it.
Spider Warfare Reveals Tactics In Local Encounters
The text explains that spiders soon exhaust their silk supply and must seek new webs. Fights erupt when intruders challenge occupied sites, with battles often ending in retreat or death. The invader usually wins, though defenders can mount stiff resistance. The description highlights the fierce, strategic nature of spider conflicts observed in New York American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York American
First Aid and a loan bargain of Simon and David
A short tale from the New York Evening Post presents David the capitalist and philanthropist offering Simon a loan with a twist. Simon accepts paying one dollar now to ease the future debt, leaving him with one dollar due at three weeks. The anecdote ends with David repocketing the dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Simon
New York Evening Post
Electric Candler Promises Savings and Free Trial
An advertisement offers an electric candler device by A. R. Pendarvis, distributor in Mancrwey. It claims convenience and durability, promises prepaid shipping, and a free trial with a price of seven dollars and fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R
Pen Darvis
Mancrwey
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County News
Ethel Slorah
Des Moines
Leta Thornton
M. A. Heinen
Arlyle
Nemo
McCall's
Ladies’ Coats
Skinner
Columbia Yarns
Wayne Knit
Hesper
High Ridge
Lavater
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