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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
2
Purely personal notes list long travels and visits among Decorah residents and friends. Entries mention visitors from Burr Oak Burr Oak Chicago Detroit Minn Cresco St Paul Minneapolis and other places. Several births and engagements are noted along with moves and delays, with many names and small journeys recorded through the week.
The body of Ole Steine, who died last Monday at Camp McArthur Texas, arrived in Decorah Friday with Corp. Wm. L. Zubrod. A Sunday funeral at United Lutheran Church, Rev. C Glesne officiating, drew a large crowd. Interment followed in the Norwegian cemetery. Diabetes was the cause of death, suggesting he may have fallen ill before his service.
M. J. Soukup attended the state shooting tournament in Mason City representing Decorah Rod and Gun club. In his first event in over a year he scored 11 of 150, then 123, then 135 with percentages 74 83 and 90 for an average of 82 percent. The meet drew many shooters including top ammunition reps and several crack amateurs. Soukup calls it a very enjoyable outing.
Sergt. Clarence Johnson of Decorah is listed among those seriously wounded in France according to Monday press dispatches. Parents received notice from the war department via telegram on Saturday. Johnson, a Madison township man, enlisted early in the war and has been in France for some time. He is a son of Christian Johnson.
From the West Union papers we learn that Rev. G B Lackland, former M K pastor, was honored at the Upper Town University commencement in Fay ette with the title Doctor of Divinity.
Orville Gavie eight, son of Mr and Mrs Nels Gavie east of Sattre, was killed Monday morning after a halter loop slipped and attached to a calf. The calf bolted, dragging him through woods until his skull was fractured. Brother, age about ten, freed him and alerted their father. An inquest was deemed unnecessary by the coroner. The family received widespread sympathy.
The county improves Bluffton road with a new bridge and fill just south of Jewell bridge, diverting the Decorah Cresco north road to a level hillside to escape floods. North past Jewell farm more grading and cuts promise a welcome county upgrade, transforming the Bluffton route from undesirable to one of the best in the area.
Last Friday evening Mrs. E. J. Curtin visited Mrs. John Curtin and upon leaving the back door her foot caught on a tiny wire hook, tearing the thumb on her right hand nearly the full length. The wound, while not serious, required medical attention and was painful and troublesome.
Ole Marsh spent Sunday with family and travelled to Cedar Rapids Monday to arrange a July fourth match for Plestina. Marsh offered a $1000 purse to the Red Cross winner, but top contenders Caddock Stecher Lewis and Zbyszko refuse to meet Plestina despite Ole’s efforts to secure a bout.
A statewide propaganda push urges Iowans to purchase war savings stamps throughout the day. Readers are advised to wait for the solicitor, then buy generously, noting each stamp acts as a bullet against Kaiserism and aids the war effort. Now is the time to contribute.
At the Congregational church last Sunday a morning collection for Armenian sufferers totaled 36.73 dollars and a children’s day program showcased the Sunday school’s work over the year. An evening concert followed, with both services described as especially interesting.
Miss Mabel McClaskey traveled to Cresco last week to visit her cousin Mire. Ed Andrews, now performing in a chautauqua with his wife, was once an opera singer who visited Decorah. He recalled several Decorians and asked after them.
The inaugural service at St Benedicts Catholic Church drew 500 to 600 worshippers last Sunday. The interior impressed attendees though stained glass and some decorations were incomplete. The building includes a baptistry, choir loft, white and gold altar, side altars, confessionals, sacristy, basement social room, gas and electric lighting, and furnaces. Annual maintenance is projected at 3500 dollars funded by pew rentals of 30, 40, and 50 dollars. Dedication will follow soon. Father Hogan plans to announce the date on his return from Dubuque.
At the United Lutheran church last Sunday morning the following class was confirmed by Rev. 0. Glesne Olga Melvina Vick Ethel Nora Wheatman Minnie Bernetta Hamre Jeanetta Pearl Brandt Harold Manly Ostrem Lloyd Myron Jaastad Earl Benjamin Vine Harold Ingvold Nesheim Edgar Oscar Haugen Elmer Theodore Thorson Harlokd Frederick Hoeg Robert Bernhart Olson.
Guy Thayer applied to the National Red Cross and was accepted to report at once to Portsmouth Virginia. He will serve in the department of clinical nursing and likely depart for the battlefields in France soon. He left last night for the assignment.
The Clay Hill Red Cross unit announces a picnic and sale at the Ben Janstad farm in Canoe township, three miles north of Decorah on Locust road, July 4. Donations for the sale are welcome. Articles may be left at Cummings' restaurant. Coodno will act as auctioneer. Come enjoy a good time and help a good cause.
The Fourth of July falls on Thursday this year and the Republican will be printed on Wednesday afternoon July 3. Our correspondents are urged to mail their weekly news letters promptly.
A Main Street block between River and Mechanic undergoes curbing and gutter work this week. The report notes the improvement as a good effort. The text also mentions over 100000 acres of nipa palms in the Philippines and references the insular government’s effort to curb cheap sugar and alcohol.
Workmen cut away the wall and install a door at the south end of the Ben Bear building this week. The modification will let express wagons enter the alley and unload directly into the express office, creating a new convenience.
The local exemption board calls grammar school graduates among registered men with mechanical experience or aptitude. Recruits will study at government schools for training as concrete workers carpenters telegraphers and wireless operators at government expense. Enlist by June 20 1918.
Minneapolis notices urge Decorah voters to attend a Chautauqua event on Thursday evening. Shaw promotes government study under statecraft themes and a violinist performance, offering a full refund if not interested after a 15 minute listening period.
A telegram from Mrs. C. J. Weiser of Decorah Iowa urges readers to donate to the Lafayette Memorial Fund in New York to aid French war refugees, describing streams of refugees fleeing toward Paris and calling the relief effort vital for the safety of children. The Paris committee led by Ridgeley Carter pledges emergency action to shelter and remove endangered children, with funds sent to James A. Blair, treasurer, at 2 West 45th Street New York.
Warning to parties who recently bought excess sugar from different merchants that all sales will be sent to the state department for inspection. If excess is returned at once, no penalty will be attached. The sugar situation is acute and the administration will tolerate no hoarding. no one will be spared. C. J. Weiser, Food Administrator.
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