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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
7
County News from April 30 1917 reports Isaac Duff very ill and Fred Heiman on the sick list. Many neighbors from Decorah Ossian and Centennial are noted visiting relatives attending dances and church, with farming and shopping trips recurring, plus a 20 year jubilee planned for Catholic Workmen Branch 33 on May 17 1917 with masses, dinner and dances.
Mrs Jas Hallman is on the sick list. J Cahill returned from Montana. Mary and Chester Sheetz visited family. Chauncey Miller of Glenwood spent Sunday with W D Gross. Mr and Mrs John Greibel Decorah were visitors. W D Gross visited his mother Caroline Gross. Mrs S Warn visited J Dinger on Clay Hill. A K Sweitzer visited Lanark relatives. Clarke Headington Glenwood visited J A Heading. Mrs Womeldorf and Emma called in Freeport. Delaney visited Harold Delaney in Decorah. Claude Hall welcomed a baby girl born Monday. C Skinner called to Chicago for his daughter Mrs Becker. A Funke returned from Canton to see Hubert. Mrs R Tyler returned from Oelwein. Beatrice Sweitzer visited A K Sweitzer. Dan Sweitzer visited in Lanark. Myrtle Hallman returned from Decorah. Cobweb social at county home next Saturday. lunches served. proceeds for church. Frank Mall and Florence Burke married at Decorah Sunday. well known locally and wished a bright future. Church services Sunday at 3 pm. Dr Lackland to speak on How to Keep Boys on the Farm. Sunday school at 2 pm. All invited.
Spilled town updates list Hiram Cooper and A A Mikesh traveling by auto to Conover and Calmar on different days. Rev Broz and Mrs Koch of Ridgeway were seen locally. Will Hospy and Mrs Ray Wilson also appear in the Calmar Mason area transit and shopping records.
A stream of short social updates from Decorah and nearby towns details visits, callers, and family happenings. People mentioned include E P Knutson, Mrs Martin Haugen, Alex McIntosh, Cora Fretheim, Glora Fretheim, Olaf Fretheim, Clarence Hovey, Geo Josvanger, Otto Neste, Nordan Aasen, Agnes Hoyt, Gina Eapeseth, Myrtle Grindel, Peter Gayle, Anna Wold, Mrs Matt, Sam Solheim, Osmundson, Quandahl, J Oddan, Geo Dibb, and W F E Hoyt with varied weekend activities and home visits.
April 90, 1917 notes from High Ridge detail social calls and arrivals. Gunder Nerlin called in Calmar. Mrs. Hl Kolseth and Josephine visited John Johnson. Ella Orange returned from Brookings. Andrew Nelson delivered hogs in Decorah. residents and visitors frequent Ossian Decorah and Rernes homes. bank work and schooling updates appear with several names.
The five pointed star signified health for the Pythagoreans of Greece and appears on each ounce of Chamberlain's Tablets. The ad claims the tablets relieve indigestion biliousness and constipation with surprising relief, urging readers to obtain a bottle.
Miss Edie Saunders visited Austin. The community reports many visits, a baby girl born April 28 to Mr. and Mrs. John Emery, and several residents traveling or visiting relatives in Decorah Ames and Fayette. A May 4 WCT A meeting is planned. Frank J. Mall and Florence Burke wed in Decorah.
Reports from Conover and nearby towns list residents visiting Calmar Spillville Decorah and Fort Atkinson. People mentioned include Joe Klimesh Chas Phillips Geo Cummings James Janechek Ed Sobolik and Stella Kovarik with activities such as shopping hauling coal renting land subscripts painting lessons and cistern digging.
Clarence Rupple on the sick list. Lawrence Bolson owner of al fine new Wellington hoe. Wolke a business visitor in Decorah Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Malli visited at the Wm. Malli home Tuesday. A. Moon of Decorah visited his daughter Mrs. Albert Grinna Friday. Will Malli called on his son Frank on Canoe Ridge last week. Mrs. Pat Hogan of Decorah spent Friday night with Mrs. Wi. Malli. Alfred Gulrud visited his grandparents in Decorah. Stella Sorenson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dinger in Freeport. Ed Hogan returned to Canada after visiting relatives here. Chas. Broghammer helped sister Mrs. Elizabeth Ovhler move Friday in Decorah. Clark Heatington and daughter with her sister Sam Tolstad seen amends at the Oscar bas in Glenwood township.
Local notes from Ridgeway and nearby towns compile social visits ball game results church notices and a mayor obituary. Several Cresco Decorah and Lime Springs connections appear with visits shoppers and calls followed by a obituary for Charles Claude Morton who died April 27 1917 of peritonitis and funeral services held at Cresco.
A Wisconsin reader reports a severe winter cough cured by Foley's Honey and Tar after other medicines failed. The letter endorses the product for coughs colds croup and whooping cough.
A collection of Ossian social visits church events and obituaries. Castalia Fort Atkinson Postville Calmar New Hampton Marion and Cedar Rapids individuals are noted visiting relatives attending services and funerals. Two infant deaths reported with pneumonia as the cause and St Francis church services detailed.
Worms sap a child’s strength and vitality, making them dull and weak. Kickapoo Worm Killer is a mildly laxative candy tablet that children like, killing and expelling worms to help kids grow strong and healthy again. Full directions appear on the box.
An employee tasked with inventorying a mansion's drawing-room furniture was delayed. The mistress of the house went to check on the prolonged counting and discovered the scene.
A man sleeps on a sofa with an empty bottle nearby, and an inventory note hints at a failed effort to work, reading simply "One revolving carpet."
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