Local notes from Calmar area highlight visits and travel
County residents traveled to Decorah Spillville Cresco and Calmar for visits and business. Ed Swehla hosted relatives for a birthday dinner. Bessie Whitney of Hesper Township dies at 23. community events include a W C T U meeting and school consolidation talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Swehla
Grand Forks
Albert Sobolik
James Humpal
Spillville
Ed. Swehla
Lawler
J. Swehla
Joe Klema
Chas. Phillips
Mary Vitoushek
Cresco
Joe Beevar
Joe
Residents Love News and Visits in Burr Oak
Bur Oak residents share visits and travel notes from March 7 1916 with friends and family. Ida Winters travels to Dubuque Decorah trips Roscoe Wicks and Manning family visits Dotty social calls include Reed Masters and Ward households. Many local names appear at gatherings and at Decorah moving pictures with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Winters
Dubuque
H. G. Ward
Decorah
Roscoe Wicks
Clark Manning
Anna Peterson
J. B. Reed
Mabel
F. J. Potter
Cady
Will Stoskopf
Arthur
Town
Infield
J. F. Masters
Hazel Briggs
Carl Pierce
May Morrison
H. T. Little and Son
Chas. Pollitt
Cresco
Ed. Sharp
Bozemont
Mont
Emmons
E. Kippe
Ella Anderson
Prosper
Alice Seelye
Bert Morrison
Wisconsin
Bert, Hitchcock
Canton
Geo. Sullivan
Winfield Feltis
Ding
Walter Winn
Castalia
Richert Torgeson
North Dakota
Harold
Will Darling
Jennie Sanaker
War preparedness theme dominates Darborough war pictures
The Lyric Theatre hosts a week long program beginning March 18 presenting Darborough war pictures. The films claim to show authentic German front line realities with observation aircraft armored units and field kitchens. They urge Americans to see preparedness as essential and illustrate war as a cold total military enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
America
Darborough
Lyric Theatre
Wilbur H. Durborough
Berlin
Kaiser
Advance of all Kinds of Merchandise Promised
An advertisement by Hen Bear declares broad price drops across all goods including woolens, iron, steel, copper, drugs, hardware, paper, and glassware. He claims recent purchases in New York allow storewide low prices with no increases to any suit or overcoat. He promises future fall stock at former prices, urging patrons to buy now for maximum value.
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New York
America
Hen Bear
Kendallville Notes From March 1916 Social Roundup
Local items report many Illnesses including grippe scarlet fever and a serious Mercy hospital operation. Neighborhood visits, guests from Cresco Spring Grove and Canton, new merchant Hoopman and a 90th birthday celebration are noted along with L A S meetings and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Clink
Grippe
Abbie Nelson
Morgan L. A. S
Powers Home
Joe Goldsworthy
Ford
Cresco
Mabel Ellingson
Steve Todd
W. Eddy
Frank Bellows
Clifford Eddy
Little Son
Bert Yates
Canton
John Ellingson
Durkee
Mercy Hospital
John
Ole Ellingson
Andrew Stinson
Grandma Ellingson
Edson Eddy
Fred Smith
Spilled Town News and Obituary Notice from Spillville
Local notes from Spillville Iowa dated March 6 1916 record visits by residents to Decorah Protivin Calmar Cedar Rapids and Dubuque. Obituary details Mrs Lewis Lemberger nee Barbara Zeman dies aged 48 in Rochester after a long illness. funeral held at St Wenceslaus with Lawler and Waucoma priests assisting. Also community notices include a Hang Cemetery meeting and a sale advertisement for Uncle Sam extra heavy work shirt at 16 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novak
Fresco
Frank Voldan
Decorah
M. McSharko
Conover
Robt, Heuser
Gustave
Will Hospy
Chas. Frey
Walter
Jerome Huber
Chicago
Albert Novak
Fred Fisher
Anton
J.J. Jivrak
Theodore Boushka
Kocher
Jackson Junction
Protivin
A. G. Fisher
Leona Huber
Cresco
Jennie Luzum
Calmar
Emma Lusk
Doubek
Fort
James Koshatka
Thomas Taylor
Adolf
Little Turkey
Iy Amingdale
Anton Swehla
Cedar Rapids
John Kuchar
Manley
Lewis Lemberger
Sophia Chlan
Winn
Fred
John Zoulek
James Shevik
John Benda
Will Kovarik
Hosper
Hang Cemetery Association
J. J
Barbara Zeman
Frank Zeman
Lemberger
St. Wenceslaus Church
Lawler and
Waucoma
Broz
Fifty Years Ago In Decorah Chronicle Summary
Items from fifty years ago note the first Towa cavalry returning from Texas after muster. A liquor license bill was introduced and tabled in the Towa legislature. Decorah Republican name change announced. Hutchinson and Alsip secured a $12,800 contract to build Decorah’s new school. Deaths of S. W. Paul at Helena and Gerry Burdick from Fort Snelling. Local temperance meeting at court house with L. C. Hatch speaker. Capt John Simpson to depart with orphans for the home.
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Towa
Texas
Decorah
Decorah Republic
Decorah Republican
Joseph Hutchinson
Wm. Alsip
W. Paul
Helena
Mont
Gerry Burdick
Fort Snelling
Decorah Temperance Society
Court House
L. C
Hatch
Waukon
John Simpson
Obituary for Bessie Whitney in local church services
Funeral services were held in the M. F. church for Bessie Whitney who died at age twenty three. She was born in 1893 and died in 1916, survived by her parents and several relatives and friends who remember her as patient, good, and pure. The article notes a long quotation of Tennyson's Crossing the Bar as a tribute. The obituary mentions a sister Lottie B. Whitney and brother Ray E. Whitney, both deceased in 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Bishop Quayle
John Pierce
Canton
George Potter
Hawarden
Can
F. J. Potter
Fred Koenig
Emma
Ruby
Ben Nolte
Postville
A. B. Wanless
Cresco
Fred Mitchell
Fred
Hattie Little
Mason City
H. E. Miller
Decorah
Moeller
Black Hawk Co
I. C. O. F. Hall
Jack Nolte
Alberta Cox
Harold Cox
Kansas City
Lottie B. Whitney
Ray E. Whitney
Bessie
Mrs
P. H. Whitney
Bessie Whitney
Hesper
Tennyson
Incendiaries Arrested Over Fire at New Hampton Opera House
Mrs Katherine Nugent aged 66 and her grandson Al Winters aged 19 were arrested for firing the New Hampton opera house. Nugent roomed there and stole goods belonging to Mrs Dixon stored in the building. Fearing discovery she and Winters set the fire to hide the theft. Winters confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Nugent
al. Winters
New Hampton Opera House
Invention of the Handheld Sextant
The article traces the sextant from ancient Arabian astronomy around 995 AD with a 59 feet 9 inch radius to the modern handheld instrument invented in 1730 by Thomas Godfrey and Captain Hadley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Godfrey
Philadelphia
Captain Hadley
Chinese salutations and fashion notes in brief
Greetings in China involve a clasped left hand with the right, a deep bow, and sometimes a very low bow with hands swinging between the legs. Also advertised are new neckwear at 35¢ and latest hat designs.
The Favorite Flower by The Craftsman
The violets are favored world over for their scent and ease. They belong to sweet woods and dooryard gardens and can be planted tended and picked by us. They can frame borders fringe a brook or decorate a lawn corner year after year reminding us of first planting.
Notice for Bids on Calmar School Project 1916
Proposals for the erection of a school in District No 5 Calmar township Winnebago County Iowa are due by 1 00 o clock March 17 1916 at the undersigned with award to the lowest responsible bidder The board may reject any or all bids Laws and specifications available at Tenold Nystrom lumber office Calmar Iowa and at the Superintendent's office Decorah Iowa after February 15 1916 N N Kolaas Secretary F D No 1 Calmar Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar Township
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Tenold & Nystrom Lumber
Calmar
Decorah
Smoked Ceilings and Cleaning with Dry Whiting
Smoke from a lamp or gas spoils a ceiling at one spot while the rest stays white. Soiled ceilings from lamp and gas can be made less noticeable by rubbing with dry whiting.
The Pessimist and Optimist Joke From Farm and Fireside
A Farm and Fireside joke features a rheumatic pessimist lamenting every bone while an optimist quips the fish he is not a herring. The quip uses dry humor to contrast gloom and cheer.
Petticoats on Sailors and Marines in Historic Navy Dress
A London Mail note recalls that before formal marine corps, foot regiments served as shipboard Marines and wore petticoats, common in Nelson’s era, dating to Elizabethan times when soldiers adopted sailors’ attire for practicality. A Paris museum now chronicles the horse’s long history.
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Royal Marines
Foot Regiments
Navy
Nelson
London Mail
Paris
After the Grippe Canton Miss Woman Praises Vinci Tonic
Mrs Lizzi Baldwin of Canton Mississippi claims the Vinci cod liver and iron tonic without oil cured her cough strengthened her and made her feel active again after recovering from La Grippe The ad promises digestion blood enrichment and relief from chronic coughs colds or bronchitis and offers a money back guarantee through K A Engbertson Druggist Decorah Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Vinci
Lizzi Baldwin
Miss. Vinci
K. A. Engbertson
Decorah
How to Prevent Croup in Light Evening Meals
A home remedy note advises feeding a light evening meal to children prone to croup to avoid triggering attacks. Watch for the first sign hoarseness and give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the onset. Ad by R. A. Engbertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
R. A. Engbertson
Ady
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County News
Anton Olson
Geo. H. Cummings
James Janechek
Louis Sobolik
Geo. Chapman
John Humpal
M. Phillips
Mamie Becker
Sam
Swehla
Christina
Joe McMiles
Des Moines
Geo
Cummings
Ville
Aday
A. Olson
Olson
Gust
G. H. Cummings
Ossian
Knute Lee
Matt Phillips
Near Conover
Ed. Phillips
Ray McGovern
New Hampton
Madeline McGovern
Ally
Mrs. McGovern
Kendallville
Uncle Sam
Republican
M. F
Sextant
China
N.N. Kolaas
Calmar, Iowa
West Water St
Adams Seed Coy
Nemo
Columbia Yarns
Vinoi
Huber
Mechanic Street
RUD Bros
Blue Bird
Sarah Bernhardt
Jeanne Dore
Sarah
Grace Elliston
Edward Brennan
Grace Valentine
Ellen B. Larsen
Wangler’s Drug Store
Liowa
McCall's
Wayne Knit
Saminarcors Mott & CO
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