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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
6
Community update from Fayette and nearby areas notes visits among residents church events and school activities. Residents attend meetings travel to Leroy Spring Valley Winona Canton Decorah and Rochester with minor incidents and a funeral at Hesper cemetery. Arbor day observance and local farming and garden activity are mentioned along with upcoming minstrel show and ball game attendance.
Local items report barn raising and home visits in Castalia. Families welcome new births, moves, and arrivals while farmers ship hogs and prepare foundations for new houses. A town dance is planned with a piano, and a local marshal is seen with a cane.
Community snippets recount visits and greetings in Prosper, Decorah, and Burr Oak. Mentions include Miss Lottie Olson visiting J B Lynch, Rev Mershon speaking at M E church, families like Reed and Whitney hosting, and news of a baby girl born April 24 at the Will Donald home. several residents traveled to Decorah for visits or business.
Fort Atkinson residents record a week of visitors and departures. A. McMillen, Mrs. Chas Krumm, and Mr Kohout called in Calmar. Mrs. Horton visited Fayette with Lyle. others traveled to Cedarete Cresco Ossian and Waucoma. A paint update improved a home. new daughter born to F C Smith family. several families plan moves to Charles City and North Dakota. many host and visit relatives in town.
Local observations from Freeport Iowa list residents in Decorah and Freeport on Monday and Sunday visits. A band of Flandreau Indians camps east of Freeport on the Waukon road. Rev Lackland to preach Mother's Day service May 7 with white flower request.
Tom Moe paints Henry Butz home in Ridgeway while Alfred Knute works for Philip Smith. Neighbors attend dances, stock buyers buy Seattle, and farmers haul sand for new homes. A German M church missionary speaks. carpenters, peddlers, and auto traffic enliven the town as residents share visits, weather, and caregiving news.
April 28 1013 local brief records include visits by Theo Daniels and Rosa at Cresco hospital. Amanda Ginapp and Nellie Daniels sick lists. weddings and funerals noted. Residents such as Ray Jones McIntyre from Decorah and Os sian visitors Joe Holly and wife are listed among neighbors.
OSSI AN April 20 1918 Miss Hurley of Lawler visited friends in town last week Dr Kessel Cresco called on residents Thursday Mrs Peter F Meyer and daughter Bertha visited Dubuque last week Mrs Lund and son visited Louis Uederherr home Monona Thos Kane family Mae and Eileen Malloy Castalia visited Castalia Sunday Mrs Clem Brockamp went to Calmar with Mrs Jones and returned H J Etteldorf and Herman Schulve attended a Wisconsin Campion baseball game at Prairie du Chien Sunday Mrs Caroline Cremer returned to Calmar after two week visit with sister Regina Pr due Meal Heck etc.
Sunday visitors from Decorah stayed with local families including Mr and Mrs Chas Hauber and Misses Marie and Rose Effendorf and Jerome Huber as chauffeur traveling in Mr Haubers Oakland. Ralph W Carter came from Waterloo with Henry Dessel Mrs F Schmitz and Josephine Broihier in a new Ford. A St Francis Catholic church party at the opera house brought neighbors together. P Nicholson went to Fayette with his daughter Hazel and Miss Agnes Limbeck, who stayed over Sunday before returning to work.
Carl Danielson spent Sunday with his home people. Oliver Nelson worked for D Sjo boen last week. Herbert Lee and John Amundson were Decorah visitors Thursday. E Danielson and Miller were in Decorah Thursday. Im ougen was a Sunday guest at the E Danielson home. Miss Ida Strand of Nordness visited H Kolseth Thursday. Andrew E Lee and families visited the Sjoboen home. Misses Agnes and Mildred Sjoboen went to Decorah Thursday via Calmar and will visit the T Winger home. Grace Peterson and Gunhild Smithling of Nordness traveled to Decorah Wednesday returning Thursday. Mrs James Gullickson goes to Prairie du Chien for rheumatism treatment. sister Marie Lochen of Decorah accompanies her. Mr and Mrs John Johnson and daughters Hazel and Alvina, Signe Hjort, Agnes, Alma and Mildred Sieboen were entertained at H Kolseth's. Ingrid Landsrud and children were Sunday visitors at H Baardson's. Little Gladys Hogenson is visiting Mr and Mrs Tom Holverson. Rudolph Sjoboen, pleuritic patient, has been confined to bed thirteen weeks and can sit up briefly. It was a long stay and release welcomed. Use Marnot Varnish on your floors. It wears Groves, the Druggist.
Ed Boe from Sanborn and Mrs Ode visit Decorah. several residents travel for visits and business in Mason City McGregor and Mason City. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Jack Northcote on Friday April 2. The M E L A 8S meets with Mrs Emil Buck. Residents visit relatives in Decorah Chicago Wancoma and Ossian with trips to Mason City and West Union. Funeral attendance and concerts draw locals to nearby towns.
An advertisement notes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a remedy for accidents. It promotes a May 12 1913 choral concert at the Grand Opera House by the Decorah Choral Union with admission 75 50 and 35 cents.
A market list shows prices for various grains and livestock including wheat at 80 cents to 55 cents, oats 28 to 30 cents, barley 41 to 52 cents, oats, hay, and hogs quoted with ranges. The item closes with a note about a Toronto minister Shearer refusing to turkey trot for a judge and making sharp remarks.
Snapshot notes a 126 80/100 acre farm two miles from Perham with 75 acres cultivated 20 acres meadow and balance pasture. Otter Tail river at south end near the house. Buildings poor but improvable at small expense. Price 3500 optional 2500 cash balance terms. Contact Perham Land Investment Co. Perham Minnesota. Also includes generic ads for Burdock Blood Bitters and a funeral aphorism.
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