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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
5
County community notes record visits from Winfield Kratz Joe Sobolik and others in Cresco Ridgeway and nearby towns. Health updates mark scarlet fever and measles quarantines while social events include dances, parties, and church activities.
Local notes report visits and trips by Rob Tillapaugh C J Steno Will Hilleman and others. Social events include showers weddings and a party at the Anderson and Foltz homes. Community members attend funerals visit Decorah Prosper Canoe Mabel and La Crosse with updates on weather mail routes and local adjoined letters.
Kendallville notes report local health, visitors, and events. Reuter of Albion visited Thursday. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Joe Culbert last week. Marion Davis moving to rented farm north of town. Emma Ellingson closed school for vacation. Ida Todd ill for a week. Mr Hoffman new storekeeper to start this week. Mrs Quern visited Spring Grove.
Local notices list callers visitors and engagements in Frankville and nearby towns. Mentions include Mrs. Lucinda Peck’s death, Blanche Simmons Below’s funeral and the Simmons family loss, with details on survivors and service dates.
A compact advice label lists scenarios for taking Chamberlains Tablets. It cites symptoms like dullness after eating sour stomach indigestion constipated biliousness and liver torpor and notes sales by R A Engbertson.
Proposals for erecting a school house in District No. 5 Calmar township Winnebago County Iowa will be received until 1 00 o clock March 1916 at which time the contract goes to the lowest responsible bidder The board may reject any or all bids See plans at Tenold Nystrom Lumber Calmar and at the Decorah Superintendent s office after February 15 R F D No 1 Calmar Iowa Secretary T N N Kolaas
In the Land o' Nod adventure Billy Be By Bo Bum spots an Ant Lion in a sand pit as a soldier-ant nears danger. Billy and Tinker observe the trap and retreat to the city where the Queen praises the brave army. The captain contrasts with Africa's Driver ants famed for relentless warfare and roaming existence.
A reader from Rocky Mount North Carolina writes of Foley Kidney Pills reducing aches pains and sore joints in a short time. Engbertson's Pharmacy advertises the remedy.
Monroe County tops Iowa coal output with 2,410,369 tons mined and 4,156 workers, followed by Polk and Appanoose counties. Mystic Seam in Appanoose and Wayne counties yields high BTU black coal mined largely by longwall methods. Van Buren and Davis counties show limited current activity, with historic pockets near Douds Station and Farmington. The state total for 1914 reached 7,312,734 tons and 15,740 employed. 1915 figures expected to rise.
Houston drug business figure promotes six glasses of water daily and Rexall Orderlies as a universal laxative remedy. The claim links muddy skin and dull eyes to constipation and asserts Rexall Orderlies are safe for men women and children. The text pitches exclusive selling rights for the product.
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