Bailey Family Arrives in Decorah 1860 and Seizes Republican
Fifty six years ago today March 30 1860 the Bailey family traveled from McGregor to Decorah arriving by M O Walker stage. They took charge of the Decorah Republican and began daily work as the town was a wooden village with few brick buildings including the courthouse and Norwegia Luther college area. The writer recalls early streets crowded with ox teams and names neighbors, landmarks, and shops that have since changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Bradish
Bailey
Decorah
M. O. Walker
McGregor
Billy Cobb
Court House
Nathaniel Otis
Winnebago
Main Streets
Norwegia Luther College
St. ‘Jond
A. Bradish
Water Street
Dahl & Mollart
Kennard & Herwig's
Bernatz Grocery
Meyer Bros
Henry Heively
Main Street
Washington
Central House
Central
Barney
M. A. Harmon
Exemptions for Soldiers and Sailors in Winneshiek County
Nearly 21,000 dollars in exemptions are allowed to soldiers and sailors and their widows in Winneshiek County. Eight townships report no exemptions and the total is about 2,000 dollars less than last year. Listings show exemptions by township and by Decorah and Calmar corporations, with several towns receiving the bulk of the amount. A notable figure is 11,046.00 for Decorah corporation and 1,150.00 for Calmar corporation. A Memorable Meeting. James B. Weaver of Des Moines will give the dedicatory address at the opening of the new Traer library, where James Wilson will present his bust donated by congressional appropriation in recognition of his long service as a ca det member.
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Winneshiek County
Iowa
Court House
Decorah
Des Moines
Town
Bloomfield
Glenwood
Bluffton
Hesper
Burr Oak
Highland
Calmar
Jackson
Lincoln
Canoe
Madison
Military
Orleans
Pleasant
Springfield
Sumner
Washington
Frankville
Fremont
J. Hook
F. E. Cratsenberg
Winneshick County
United States
Fremont Township
Orleans Township
Burr Oak Township
Bluffton Township
Calmar Township
Washington Township
Hesper Township
Canoe Township
Decorah Township
Springfield Township
Slitary Township
Bloomfield Township
Decorah Corporation
Calmar Corporation
Ossian Corporation
Castalia Corporation
Fort Atkinson Corporation
Spillville Corporation
Trumne 5
Aviok Dsm Gd
James B. Weaver
Traer
James Wilson
Congress
We and Our Neighbors News Briefs From Iowa Towns
Pocketful of short items from Iowa towns: Webster City buys a motor fire truck. Mason City forms a department of health. Nashua dam damage from flood. August Mauch of Greene dies from headache pills. Fayette county votes for school improvements. Hubbard creamery ships 320000 pounds of butter. McGregor signs summer contract. Mrs Tidvick killed by switch engine at Waterloo. New Hampton hospital contract awarded. Charles City Sunday theater case to higher courts. K W Roger of Humboldt dies when train hits car. Melvin Brown of Tonia injures heel. burglars steal from Ackley home. Leo Melhough of Waterville breaks leg. Webster City Tile Spade signs pledge to stop selling spades to Teutonic allies. Mason City and Clear Lake traction reports 1915 finances. Elgin and other towns use blank tickets in school election. Catherine Nugent and son Al sentenced for arson attempt on New Hampton opera house. Berlin to Heidelberg wireless message crosses the air via Lowa City high school station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Department of Health and Sanitation
Hugh Water and Ice
Nashua
Mauch
Greene
Fayette County
Hubbard Co-operative Creamery
McGregor
E. J. Tidvick
Mt. Ayr
Waterloo
New Hampton
Stark & Co
Cedar Rapids
Charles City
K. W. Roger
Humbold
Melvin Brown
Tonia
Chris
Walters
Ackley
Leo Melhough
Waterville
Allamakee County
Webster City Tile Spade Company
Europe
Clear Lake Traction Company
Elgin
Rockwell City
Catherine Nugent
Springer
Berlin
Heidelberg
Lowa ‘City High School
Circular Concrete Barn Revolutionizes Farm Architecture
A Delaware farmer built a cylindrical concrete barn 72 feet in diameter and 74 feet high with a dome roof shingled by about 50 000 shingles. The structure has no interior supports, a vast lower chamber with stalls for 30 cows and space for 25 calves, a loft for 300 tons of hay, and a circular track for easy access, illuminated by 28 windows.
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Delaware
Father of Twins at 75 in Algona News
At 75 Col. R. H. Spencer, a leading Algona resident and Civil War veteran, has become father to twin boys. His wife, Emily Bohannon, is the daughter of a Confederate veteran. The twins were born on Lincoln's birthday anniversary.
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Col
R. H. Spencer
Algona
Spencer Twins
Colonel Spencer
Emily Bohannon
Lincoln
Burned to Death in Mason City Barn Fire
P. H. Calahan of Mason City was seriously burned when a barn on the Calahan place caught fire after a lantern he carried to find a dropped watch toppled and hay ignited. Fire broke out in the evening and Calahan was inside the barn during the incident.
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P. H. Calahan
Mason City
Calahlan Place
Calahan
Fifty Years Ago Decorah Note and Local Signals
The Republican family is six years old in Decorah tomorrow with arrivals Wesley Bailey A K Bailey and wives and Lizzie. A bill granting cities power to regulate liquor traffic is voted down. Distillery revenue frauds exposed in New York. Congress passes civil rights law enfranchising black voters. Conover reports three hotels thriving in town. Twelve grain warehouses are full. A railroad strike on an oil well near Luana. The New Oregon Plain Dealer notes the railroad now within three miles of that village.
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Decorah
Morrow
Wesley Bailey
A. K. Bailey
Lizzie
New York
Conover
Luana
New Oregon Plain Dealer
Men Train for Marriage Not Women Says Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell argues in the April Woman's Home Companion that men are trained to become breadwinners before marriage while women are expected to earn and manage earnings as unskilled labor. She calls for women to be allowed to learn skills and assume responsibilities beyond traditional roles for economic equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Tarbell
Tragic Farm Death From Hay Knife Injury
Caillie Bushnell, young son of Frank Bushnell of Hubbard in Marshall County, died after falling on a hay knife while sliding from a hay stack at the William Hornung farm. He bled to death before a physician could reach him.
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Caillie
Frank Bushnell
Hubbard
Marshall County
Wm.Hornung Farm
Waxed Paper Helps Bake Light Easy Cakes
Waxed paper placed inside cake pans makes thin pans easier to release. Cut to fit, flour, pour batter, bake, then invert after five minutes with a wet cloth on hot pans for clean release.
Burdock Blood Bitters Advertised in Boston Transcript
An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for languor weakness and headaches with a price of $1.00. It urges readers to ask their druggist and notes a humorous bookstore quip about a book becoming older as it is shared.
Winneshiek Railroad Valuation Divides County Tax
The executive council of Towa places Winneshiek county railroad lines at 666 813 dollars. Rail routes traverse ten townships with Calmar as Milwaukee junction earning nearly one sixth of the valuation. Frankville and Bloomfield follow. Tax amounts for each township and corporation are listed, totaling 666 813 dollars.
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Executive Council
Towa
Winneshiek County
Calmar
Milwaukee
Frankville
Bloomfield
Orleans Township
Lincoln Township
Jackson Township
Madison Township
Calmar Township
Washington Township
Decorah Township
Springfield Township
Military Township
Bloomfield Township
Decorah Corporation
Calmar Corporation
Castalia Corporation
Ridgeway Corporation
Fort Atkinson Corporation
Jackson Junction Corporation
Spillville Corporation
Aes Dacaseees
Local man arrested after domestic assault near Elma
August Lauek was bound over to the grand jury after allegedly beating his wife and threatening to kill her. She escaped with two children to neighbors following a morning attack in which he seized a butcher knife and then an ax before she fled.
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August Lauek
Elma
Railroad tracks claim 5471 lives in a year
In the April American Magazine Frederick Upham Adams notes that 5471 people were killed while walking on railroad tracks in the United States last year. He cites a century of education and warning efforts, with about fifteen deaths daily, or one every 96 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Upham Adams
United States
Groundbreaking for Tonawanda steam plant planned by GE
Ground was broken on December 14 for a 200000 hp steam power plant to be built on the river front in Tonawanda New York for the Buffalo General Electric Company. The plant will cost 1500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonawanda
N. Y
Buffalo General Electric Company
Sentenced for Life in Bowers Murder Case
Frank Reams pleaded guilty to murdering L. M. Bowers, a Rockford deputy sheriff, a few weeks ago and received a life sentence from Judge Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Reams
L. M. Bowers
Rockford
Kelley
Vinol Restores Strength Says Hotel Clerk
A Shelbyville clerk describes severe fatigue and poor health and credits Vinol with restoring health and energy after trying other remedies. The notice promotes Vinol as a remedy for run down and nervous conditions, endorsed by A Engbertson, a Decorah, Iowa pharmacist.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Vinci
Roy F. Birp
A. Engbertson
Decorah
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Republican County Convention
Webster City
Brown
Boston Transcript
Winneshiek Railroad
Wife Beater
Will F. Abbey
Peter Johnson & Sons
Wangler’s Drug Store
Hart Schaffner
Wart Schafer
Art Schaffoer & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
America
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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