My Home Town Girl to Plays in Decorah This Spring
Messrs Weiser and Bear announce the musical comedy My Home Town Girl will appear in Decorah early this spring. Led by John Hyams and Lelia McIntyre the act brings fifty performers and their own orchestra with admired costumes and scenery. A letter from C J Sutphen of the Brandeis Theatre Omaha praises the show as a premier attraction with bright clean costumes and enchanting music.
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Messrs
C. J. Sutphen
Brandeis Theatre
Omaha
Hyams & MelIntyre
Omaha World-Herald and Bee
Lamp from Chicago Wedding Lights Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Schreiber of New Hampton celebrated fifty years of marriage. Their wedding gift lamp, kept burning through five decades of housekeeping, lit again at their golden wedding as a remarkable family relic.
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C. W. Schreiber
New Hampton
Chicago
Lansing Bridge Bill Passes Lower House for Mississippi Crossing
J P Conway of Lansing reports a letter from Representative Haugen stating a bill to build a bridge across the Mississippi between Lansing and De Soto Wisconsin has passed the lower house of Congress. Senate approval expected without difficulty.
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J. P. Conway
Lansing
Haugen
Mississippi River
DeSoto
Wis
Congress
Senate
A Ripe Old Age in Iowa Pioneer Life
Mrs Elizabeth Dennis of Towa City celebrated her birthday March 4 and has lived on the same farm for seventy two years. Her father built the log cabin when it was the nearest home to the Rocky Mountains and the first on the west side of the Towa river. The Johnson county pioneer remains healthy and active at an advanced age.
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Elizabeth Dennis
Towa City
Dennis
Rocky Mountains
Towa River
Johnson County
Missing Heir Found in Southern Hospital
The real Keith Edwin Dalrymple, heir to a $400,000 estate, was located in a southern hospital by his uncle C. M. Palmer and brought to Charles City. Dalrymple previously lived with the Palm ers but ran away from them and his father’s home.
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Keith Edwin Dalrymple
Southern Hospital
C. M. Palmer
Charles City
Dalrymple
Palmers
Pruning and Spraying Demonstration Scheduled in Decorah
Winneshiek County Horticultural Society has arranged a pruning and spraying demonstration led by Prof. H W Richey of Iowa Agricultural College at John Harter’s residence in Decorah on Thursday March 16 at about 1 PM. The event invites all residents with fruit or ornamental trees to learn pruning techniques and spraying methods, covering tree forms, cutting, dehorning, and timing, plus practical equipment demonstrations.
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Winneshiek County Horticultural Society
H.W. Richey
Iowa Agricultural College
John Harter
Decorah
Cemetery Road
Horticultural Society
Winneshiek
City police court docket reports twenty three arrests last year
The mayor's docket shows twenty three arrests and arraignments before His Honor for varied offenses. Seventeen were drunkenness cases, one breach of the peace, one opposing an officer, and four disturbing the peace, nearly all by city officers.
Mines Brace for Major Waukon Ore Output
The Waukon iron mines prepare for a big ore output with new machinery installed and over seventy men employed. Daily payroll exceeds $150.
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Waukon
Mastodon Remains Found On Dorchester Farm
Matt Flynn of Dorchester brought a mastodon tooth and skeletal parts to a Caledonia business call. The four inch molar, 24x36 inch shoulder blade, and four foot leg indicate a large prehistoric animal buried upright in drift. Floods and Bear Creek erosion led to the discovery on his land.
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Caledonia Journal
Matt. Flynn
Dorchester
Caledonia
Calmar Emerges as Busy Railway Junction
Decorah travelers noting Calmar’s rail activity report the town is a constant bustle for trains. Timetable figures show thirty two regular trains in 24 hours across four divisions with extra work trains and specials bringing daily traffic to about forty trains through the junction.
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Decorah
Calmar
Davenport
March Arrives Like a Lion with Cold Flurries
The text describes March starting with a cold day and light snow flurries as ice men transport ice through streets, noting it is unusual. It raises a question of whether the month will end like a lamb, inviting readers to judge.
Crooked Creek Railroad to be Sold for Junk
The Crooked Creek coal line at Fort Dodge extending eighteen miles will be sold for junk to satisfy claims totaling about $20,000 after one locomotive became incapacitated performing a daily round trip.
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Crooked Creek Railroad
Fort Dodge
Local notes on votes and industry across towns
Ossian will vote on the water works question March 27. Fayette votes March 20 on school bond of 20 000. A new game farm may rise near Clear Lake. A Dubuque firm won the Strawberry Point sewer contract for 27000. Waukon may get a new depot from Milwaukee railroad. Allamakee iron ore deposits estimated at 10 million tons. Three bootleggers arraigned in New Hampton. two convicted, one acquitted. Edward King and David Scott jailed for ten years for perjury. Albert Erickson of Oelwein loses both arms in a moving train accident at East Dubuque.
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Strawberry Point
Dubuque
Fayette
J. W. Rhodes
Waterloo
Wm. B. Bunce
LaPorte City
Wm. Herkemeyer
Benton County
Milwaukee Railroad
Waukon
State Geological Department
Allamakee County
New Hampton
Edward King
David Scott
Chickasaw County
Anamosa
East Dubuque
Albert Erickson
Oelwein
Buffaloes in Cattle Shipment Surprise Louisville Broker
Foster H. Embry a livestock broker of Louisville Kentucky found four bisons in a cattle shipment. He was astonished and no one knows how the buffaloes entered the herd.
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Foster H. Embry
Louisville
Farm for Rent near Decorah with good house
An 80 acre farm 14 percent miles east of Decorah offers a good house for rent. Inquiries directed to Henry Ness at Decorah Furniture Co. The ad ends with a nudge to trade at Miller's, suggesting a preference for local merchants.
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Decorah
Good House
Henry Ness
Decorah Furniture Co
Tire care tips from Good Rich Tire Co service department
The Good Rich Tire Co service department offers practical advice for motorists to protect tires and rims. Do not leave oil grease or gasoline on tires wash with cold water and soap change spare tires periodically avoid sun and rain exposure rust prevention with stove polish avoid deflated tires and bent axles ensure rims run freely and inner tubes are not pinched while mounting tires.
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Service Department
The
Good‘rich Tire Co
New Potatoes in January Surprise Local Reader
Henry Barth of Canoe reports his wife Mrs Barth served home grown new potatoes found in their cellar in January. The spuds were larger than walnuts and likely tasted good, prompting local readers to recall winter harvests.
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California
Henry Barth
Canoe
Dozen Foxes and a Wolf Brought to Local Store
Tuesday morning Jack McConnell delivered four gray fox hides from between here and Bluffton to Oehler and Hiller. This winter he has shot twelve foxes and one wolf, with a bounty of 38 dollars and fur value twice as much again.
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Jack McConnell
Oehler & Hiller’s
Bluffton
Ad for Foley Kidney Pills at Engbert's Pharmacy Ad
An advertisement urges readers to act when fatigued or suffering aches and suggests Foley Kidney Pills aid kidney function by removing waste. Engbert's Pharmacy promotes the product with its ad copy.
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Foley
Engbertson’s Pharmacy
Ady
Near Buttermilk Substitutes Sparked by Farm and Fireside
The piece warns that imitation buttermilk is possible with skim milk powder and water. It details heating water, dissolving skim powder, pasteurizing, cooling, adding commercial buttermilk culture, then ripening. It notes rules allow adding 10 to 25 percent good well water to make a lighter product.
Dean's Regulats Promote Bowel and Liver Relief Ad
A brief 19th century style ad notes a lazy liver causes dyspepsia and constipation. Dean's Regulats priced at 25 cents per box claim mild action on liver and bowels and are sold at all drug stores. The copy also hints at moralizing advice about double dealing by single men.
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Lasting Cure Claims
Decorah residents report lasting relief from kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Wangler's Pharmacy. Mrs. Perry Rima of Hively Street recounts years of pain and headaches, praising the remedy and noting continued benefit since her initial use in 1912.
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Dean
Decorah
Perry Rima
Hively St
Wangler
Rima
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
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Decorah Corporation Sae
Calmar Corporation
Ossian Corporation
Castalia Corporation
Ridgeway Corporation
Fort Atkinson Corporation
Jackson Junction Corporation
Teres
Spillville Corporation
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Prof
Richey
O. Lomen
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Ossian
Clear Lake
Miller’s
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