Purely Personal Notes From Decorah and Vicinity
A crowded Purely Personal column lists multiple residents and visitors. Miss Della Logsdon visits Lime Springs. Sampson Scott from Oregon City. Miss Ollie Blagsvedt in Cresco. Miss Mae Grady from Madison visiting the Myrons. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Haugen in Cresco. Edward Donlan to Mason City for a location search. Mrs. L. C. Daniels to Cedar Rapids. and many other locals traveling to Dubuque, La Crosse, West Union, Charles City, and beyond for visits, relatives, or business. The notice also covers students and alumni returning to St. Paul, Chicago, and Ames, with Easter trips and academic returns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Logsdon
Lime Springs
Sampson Scott
Oregon City
Ore
Ollie Blagsvedt
Cresco
Mae Grady
Madison
Wis
Myron
Gus Haugen
Edward Donlan
Mason City
L. C. Daniels
Cedar Rapids
J. Malanaphy
Dubuque
Leonard Moe
Galesville
Elmer Gibbs
la Crosse
Tena Nefstad
St. Paul
C. FE. McKinney
Lenora
Minn
Emma Jewell
Towa City
Theo. Bailey
Owatonna
H. A. Dixson
Bellevue
R. Noecker
West Union
Frank Kohler
Carrie Ellefson
Mercger
Sister Perpetua
Immaculate Conception Academy
Waterloo
Fred Tillotson
Carroll
Charles City
Anna Salem
Prairie du Chien
Sanitarium
R. F. Gibson
Ruby
Mamie Wise
Ed. Gueffroy
F. Pfister
Postville
B. Allen
Lillian
Ossian
Ethel Trzcinski
Austin
Emma Peterson
Minneapolis
Olaf Kallevang
L. C. Reed
Sioux City
John Olson
Ridgeway
B. W. Reynolds
St. Louis
B. J. Reynolds
Albert Korsrud
Beatta Haugen
Red Wing
Ella Lambert
M. B. Ousley
Roscobel
Marsh
Chicago
W. C. Lurton
Edna Tavener
Town City
V. C. Sheetz
W. J. Paley
Ferdinand Wold
Lillie
Viola
St. Olaf
E. N. Mayer
N. L. Bailey
Daisy Huber
Cochrane
Decorah
Manley Ousley
Mr. Ousley
Christina Ness
Anna Anderson
Stanley
Ness
Christoferson
R. A. Griswold
Ladies’ Seminary
Westboro
Mass
State University
H. L. Coffeen
Fred Renken
Aberdeen
Des Moines
P. Beatty
Wells Fargo Co
F. T. Kjorlein
Kjorlein
John Pollitt
L. Bergeson
Sivert Digre
Nordness
Robert Vickery
Spencer
Lyons
Henrietta Preus
Spring Grove
Marjorie Schulze
Lawrence Acres
T. P. Logsdon
Banning
Mott, N. D
Frances McReynolds
Boscobel and
McGregor
A. M. Ringheim
A. T. Holton
Canton
Louis Nolte
Lawrence Keefer
John Bollinger
Anoka
J. H. Hiatt
Hawarden
Canada
Detroit
Marquis
Bohemian Girl Matinee Arrives With Aborn Opera Company
The Aborn Opera Company with sixty performers orchestra Arabs and cavalry horses arrives tomorrow for a special matinee of The Bohemian Girl in Decorah. Tickets cost 50 75 and 140 cents with seats on sale. The show mirrors the night performance and out of town patrons may travel home the same evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aborn Opera Company
Dubuque
Talies Opera
Decorah
Grand Opera House
Abcorn Opera Company
the Grand
New Winneshiek Bank Building Underway in Decorah
The New Winneshiek Bank project progresses with all contracts let for the General construction iron work cutting of stone and the dome. Clark Coffeen of Clinton holds the erection contract with A Roy Coffeen of Decorah home. Subcontracting favors Decorah workmen and local laborers will have first chance at every stage. Work expected to begin as weather permits and be occupied by October first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County
Weiser
Clark & Coffeen
Clinton
A. Roy Coffeen
Decorah
Mr. Coffeen
Engagin
Helping Hand Benefit At Princess Theatre
Next Monday evening benefits the Helping Hand society at the Princess theatre. Manager Relf offers a generous arrangement to support the charity as the ladies undertake estimable work and seek liberal patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Theatre
Helping Hand Society
Relf
Senator Jewell Plans Return To Des Moines Legislature
Senator P. M. Jewell has recovered from illness and surgery and expects to return to Des Moines next week to participate in the legislature's closing activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Jewell
Des Moines
Death Claims B Anundsen Founder of Decorah Posten
B Anundsen, founder of Decorah Posten, died at his East Main street home on Tuesday morning March 25 1913 after a two year illness. He was 68 years old. Survived by his wife and two sons from two marriages. he built Decorah Posten into a world spanning Norwegian publication and held leadership in Norske Selskab and the Scandinavian Press Association of America. Funeral at two this afternoon, with brief home service and church ceremony conducted by Rev O E Schmidt. interment in the Norwegian cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Anundsen
Decorah Posten
East Main Street
B. B
F. H. Anundsen
Brynild Anundsen
Skien
Norway
America
Wisconsin
22D
Wisconsin Infantry
Faederlandit
la Crosse
Lutheran Synod
Decorah
Lutheran
Hjemmet
Prof. Sievers
Ved Arnen
Fra Fjernt Og Naer
Decorah-Posten
Posten
United States
Norske Selakab
Norske Selakab of
Ile
Scandinavian Press Association of America
Symra
Amundsen
Haakon
Order of St. Olt
Anundsen
Ma’ Hoffstrom
Miks Hoffstrom
Arthur F. Anundsen
Helma Hegg
United Lutheran Church
O. E. Schmidt
The Socialist Lecture Series Continues at Baptist Church
Dan A White spoke on The Class Conflict at the Baptist church last Saturday. He discussed labor and economic questions with force and kept the audience's attention. This Saturday J F Puller of Girard Kansas will present What Socialists Want, the fourth lecture in the National Socialist lyceum course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan A. White
The
Baptist Church
White
J. F. Puller
Girard
Kansas
National Socialist Lyceum
Mr. Fuller
Barber Shop Reopens at Win neshiek Hotel
Arrangements finalize for Wimn, Rima and Ole Anderson to operate a barber shop with bath rooms in the east room of the Winneshiek hotel. The room, once prepared for a barber shop, has been recently refitted and placed in first class sanitary condition after a period of other uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimn
Rima
Ole Anderson
Winneshiek Hotel
Charles City Wins Northeastern Iowa Basketball Championship
Charles City won the northeastern Iowa tournament after defeating Fayette 28 to 15 in the final. The event featured teams from Charles City Nashua Decorah Lawler Waucoma and Rockford with Charles City also beating Oan 57 to 34. A post tournament banquet followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
Nashua
Decorah
Lawler
Waucoma
Rockford
Iowa
Fayette
Children from New York to Be Placed in County Homes
Miss Hill and Miss Comstock of the Children's Home Society arrive from New York with a company of children for distribution in Winne - shiek county homes. Due to the Anundsen funeral the meeting will be held at the opera house at four o'clock. Those interested are urged to remember the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hill
Miss Comstock
Children’s Home Society
New York
Winneshiek County
Anundsen
Opera House
Hotel Fire Alarm System Employed At The J Cloud Hotel
The J Cloud hotel has installed a building wide fire alarm system. When a fire or nearby danger is detected a button in the office triggers the alarm to sound in every room and continue until all inmates report. The system is praised as a valuable safety measure for hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the &J. Cloud Hotel
White Easter Brings Unseasonable Storm and Damage
A white Easter brought record snowfall and a severe storm. Rain and high winds caused river flooding. Clermont church was destroyed by a tornado-like event, while homes lost roofs and debris scattered. The Larrabee property saw many old trees uprooted though the house remained standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Baker
Here
Clermont
Larrabee
Elks Plan Remodel of Unity Church Into Lodge Home
The Elks lodge will remodel the Unity church on Main Street into its lodge home. Under George Brunner, work progresses to convert the church room into a lodge room and add a 34 by 52 foot two story clubhouse with porch and veranda. The lodge, growing monthly, expects to occupy the new home in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Church
Main Street
Lodge of Elks
George Brunner
Considine Circuit ends booking shortfall with Star Show upgrade
Manager Stewart of the Star show on the Considine Circuit reports a successful shift to a higher class of performances and better audience appeal. Next Monday night they debut The Musical Walters with electrical flowers novelty buttons and combined music and dance as vaudeville bookings improve. The usual attractions run tonight and Saturday with a Saturday matinee from two to five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Star Show
Considine
Walters
Residence Property Transfers In City Over Past Ten Days
In the recent ten days several city real estate transfers occurred. The new house built by T. T Hogevoll last year sold to W. R. Wheatman, who plans to build a new residence on the adjacent lot this summer. E. J. Ambli bought Mrs. Muzzy’s Lloyd street home for 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T Hogevoll
W. R. Wheatman
Hogevoll
E. J. Ambli
Lightning hits Burr Oak home. roof demolished but no injuries
The residence of Fred Ward, two miles west of Burr Oak, was struck by lightning during Sunday night’s storm, nearly destroying the roof. The occupants escaped unharmed. Rev. Lauritz Larsen, pastor of Cresco’s First Lutheran Church, resigns to join a Brooklyn, New York congregation, planning to start work around June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ward
Burr Oak
Lauritz Larsen
First Lutheran Church of
Cresco
Lutheran Church of
Brooklyn
N. Y
Special Household Helpers Advertised by Putnam's Brush Store
A vintage advertisement promotes household helpers and cleaning tools from Putnam's Brush Store on Winnebago Street. It claims sanitary, non destructive helpers that require no pay unless satisfied, mentions the O Cedar Map and Polisher, and touts Hart Schaffner & Marx clothing for men alongside general fittings and services. Ben Bear is listed as Special Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam's Brush Store
Winnebago Street
Hart Schaffner & Mark
Ben Bear
Also Mentioned on This Page
0. T. Brandhagen
William
Josie Brandhagen
Elda
Martin Toyen
Ti. H. Lovstuen
Florida
8. D
Winneshiek Bank
Senator Jewell
Basket Ball
the Elks
Times
Parcel Post
Wangler’s Drug Store
Woman’s Magazine
Kk. I. Haugen
Bohemian Girl
Victor Records
Victor
Bohemian Girl Opera
London
Michael Balfe
Pryor
Marble Halls
Elizabeth Wheeler
Harry Macdonough
Corinne Morgan
Goddard
Winch
Turner
Frederic Freemantel
George Hamlin
Victor Light Opera Co
M. J. Sourkup
Citizens Savings Bank
Decorah, Iowa
E. J. Curtin
0. Casterton
V. Pres
B.J. McKay
F. E. Cratsenberg
R. E. Bucknell
F. W. Conover
R. F. B. Portman
John Curtin
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