St Patrick's Day Near. Community Notes From Ridgeway
County news lists sick lists and recoveries, visits to homes in Ames Koch and Haakenson families, people moving to Montana, Cresco callers, horse buyers from abroad, and crowing social events. Upcoming equinox and spring noted with services by Rev Schaler. Local travels include Devil’s, Protivin, Spillville, Fort Atkinson, and Elma area visits. Numerous small gatherings, weddings, dances, and a miniature snowstorm followed by a blizzard mark a busy period.
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Margaret Peter
Deno Kratz
Kach
Peter
Roland Halvorson
Montana
Chas. Hornberger
Ames Koch
Maalas
Ridgeway
Theo
Kratz
Herbert
Harry Weidamann
Fred C. Koch
Winfield Kratz
Mealy
Elma
Northern Town Telephone Co
Otter Creek
Jacob Hornberger
Charley Kuntz
W. A. Schaler
Cresco
Evangelical Church
Wm. Kuntz
W. A. Scholer
A. F. Schild
Fred Koch
Amel Koch
Carl Haakenson
Amond Howden
Farmers’ Creamery
Lee Robinson
Chicago
Magnus
Leona Koch
Fred Falck
Theo, Kratz
Wiss Amelia
Florenceville
Iowa
Dan Krueger
Otilla Soukup
Frank Bena
Fort Atkinson
Freeport News 1916 Social Notes and Local Updates
Local items report illnesses in Freeport including Miss Hagar Delaney and Chester Delaney. Mrs. Mott and Mrs. Wohlford visited on business. School meeting planned to elect two directors, secretary and treasurer. Many residents travel to nearby towns. lectures on woman suffrage and several family visits are noted. A church notice invites attendance at a suffrage lecture. Farm for rent advertised as an 80 acre property near Decorah with inquiries to Henry Ness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagar Delaney
Chester Delaney
Frank Hendrickson
Mott
Gjerland
Minneapolis
B. A. Y. Hall
T. M. Freyer
W. Dickinson
Sweitzer
Lanark
Ill
Linda Coughlin
Decorah
Reynolds
Henry Ellingson
Freeport
Byron Barker
Byron
Oxford
Cole
Cora Dickinson
Harry Barker
Colo
Dickinson
Cora
W. Malcomb
Ee and
Daughenbaugh
Des Moines
Will Malcomb
H. L. Meyer
Postville
B. F. Kneeskern
Lawler
Reinecke
Fay
John Witt
St. Paul
Wm. Cook
D. Harvey
D. P. Phillips
Wm. Schara
South Dakota
Dell Harvey
G. E. Merrill
Herman Sucow
Eugene Keenan
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Malloy
W. A. Harvey
F. A. Stantey
W. H. Roe
Albert Christofferson
Fred O'Roy
Dixon
J. 8
Brant
Fisher
Ossian Notes From Castalia March 14 1916
Ossian items from Castalia list many visits and calls including L A Meyer M J Carter Barbara Allen and Eileen Malloy. Local events include Women’s Suffrage meetings W C T U activities and a Castalia school break March 16 22. Castalia officers elected mayor and treasurer and a county high school declamatory contest planned for April 7 with coaching by Mrs Collett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Stanley
Webster
Burr Oak
Ind
Castalia
A. C. Meyer
D. C. Malloy
Harley Steele
Billa Bernhard
Elgin
J. H. Witt
Ccaucus
Corporation of Castalia
A. C. Tatro
D. C
Record of a Mild Day and Extreme Yuma Heat
A calm Monday with temperatures near 40 at noon noted as pleasant. In contrast Yuma Arizona reached 100 degrees in the shade, the hottest day in 37 years, highlighting stark regional temperature differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Arizona
Rank Foolishness and Colds Remedy Ad Column
A fragment contains health ads and assorted notes urging Chamberlains Cough Remedy for colds, prevention tips for chickens, Ben Bear blue serge suit offer with dye guarantee, Salvet worm destroyer at Par Mans Drug Store, Burdock Blood Bitters price, and patriotic slogan The Stars and Stripes forever. The clipped items resemble a local advertising page with multiple merchants and product pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bear
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County News
Lincoln
America
Goodhouse
Henry Ness
Decorah Furniture Co
Ossian
L. A. Meyer
M. J. Carter
Cedar Rap
Langbein
Edna Easter
Barbara Allen
Crusaders
Win Rathbun
Eileen Malloy
W. C. TU
Ed. Dowd
Barbara Heinan
Waterloo
Jennie Christianson
Calmar
A. N. Lchmitz
F. A. Figge
Marvin
Edwin Lee
Rockford
Gilbert
Fae Schoonmaker
Miss Allen
Sigsbee
Gee
Wiltgen
Majson City
Banning
Andrew Cremer
Plaza
P. F. Meyer
Thuente
Sioux City
Danberry
Amelia Brockman
Joe
Farrar
M. E
Lee
Yager
Goheen
Parsons
Town Hall
Tyler
Limbeck
Leslie
Ladies’ Aid
Margaret Daniels
Haskins
Daniels
John Vance
McGregor
Vance
Peter Wolf
Logsdon
Amy
H Mayor
J. W. Lynch
Ward Allen
Ralph Carter
Treas
Charles Tatro
Roy McMartin
Mayor Tatro
Tatro
Castalia Savings Bank
Anna
May Shellhamer
Christian Endeavor Society
Miller’s
R. A. Engbertson
Adv
Parman
Gouraud
T. Hopkins & Son
New York City
DA. Glark
Wisconsin
Yeue Wu
Mammoth Clover
Alsyke Clover
Timothy
Lutheran Publishing House
N. H. Adams
K. J. Haugen’s
BIG Daylight Store
Mayer Honor
Kreider
Imperial
Madras
Georgette Crepe
Ford
Detroit
Harvey Brothers
Bloomfield
Frankville
Athena Union
Nazareth
Burlington
Ivanhoe
Vaile Floris
San
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