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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
5
County News reports a busy week with horse selling and tax reminders from Winfield Kratz, a variety of social calls at the Cizar, Schild, and Hopperstad homes, road and weather disruptions, and several visits to Cresco and Decorah. Notices mention Camp Dodge visits, Red Cross sale attendance, and local church events as spring approaches.
Centen nial records a flurry of sick lists and Sunday calls across Decorah Ossian Festina and nearby towns. Names include Marjory Rosa Elizabeth Heiman Joe Ehler Henry Heiman and Rae Runkle among others with several visits and homecomings noted. A final line reflects a folk remark about pie and pemmican.
In Conover and nearby towns on March 1918 many residents reported callers from Calmar Spillville Ossian Decorah and Decorah. Notable items include a six months old baby of James Janecek and wife who died Sunday morning and was to be buried at St Wenceslaus Spillville Tuesday. Several residents traveled to Calmar Mason City and Fort Atkinson for shows sales and shopping while others returned from trips to Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Fayette.
A summary of prairie days social activity includes John Bender and Winfield in Decorah on Monday, a dancing party at Orlando Danielson's Wednesday, Miss Hilda Ramlo visiting near Canton, Frank and Henry Barth buying cattle in St Paul, and Valentine Kern visiting Camp Dodge to see Albert in Navy training. Also listed are Mr and Mrs A Sanderson and son John visiting Jake Shervin's, Roy Holkesvik family planning a Wyoming summer trip, and other neighborhood business calls and visits.
Community updates record visits calls and events across Decorah Ossian Ossian Calmar New Hampton Chas City and surrounding areas. Notable items include Adolph Hlubek elected school director for a three year term, a elderly child Dorothy Berst’s funeral, and multiple visits by residents to relatives and neighbors amid war loan activity and furloughs.
Arlo Crabtree ill with pneumonia. Frankville area residents and visitors listed from Decorah Postville and Waukon. Obituaries for Mrs. Grace Beatty and Elizabeth Ann Clark with details of families and service notes. W. C. T. U. patriotic program planned. school election results. maple sugaring at Tom Bollman. multiple migrations and social visits across towns.
John Barth entertains guests as Harrison Barth visits. Decorah callers include Carl Erickson and wife, Mike Barth, Winfield Bender, and others. Transactions and visits surface in Decorah, Mabel, and nearby towns with several family and neighborly updates.
Local notes report Theo Tweet visiting International Falls and Mrs Hastings in Austin, with several visits from Ossian Decorah and Postville residents. The Music and Sunshine clubs meet, while Anna Refsdal of Decorah returns to the Miller Wagon Co. as stenographer. A serious accident near the roundhouse injures Frank Chlan, who loses a leg below the knee. doctors treat head injuries and he is moved to the Calmar hotel for care. School directors re elected T H Goheen and A G Olson, with O P Ode as treasurer. Sigwart Kittlesby moves to town into a new modern house.
The March dampness favors pneumonia germs and a cold can lead to pneumonia. Quick action reduces danger, and a first sign of a cold calls for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For sale by R A Engbertson, Ady.
A dish of hot water kept in the oven helps baked sweet potatoes release skin without waste. A proposed change to women’s war gowns moves to fewer buttons, offset by placing them in more inaccessible spots.
Women often become nervous and despondent. When this is due to constipation it is easily corrected by taking an occasional dose of Chamberlain's Tablets. These tablets are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by R A Engberts on. Adv.
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