Quiet Round of Social Visits Across Decorah
A long list of residents and friends visiting relatives in Decorah and nearby towns. Travelers include Mrs Henry Reeves of McGregor, Miss Ella Kvam from Bonair, Rev K A Kasberg to Minneapolis for Synod, and many others returning from visits in Cresco, St Paul, Waterloo, Mason City, Armstrong, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Reeves
McGregor
Decorah
C. O. Bidne
Locust
Minnesota
Mary Gossman
Cresco
Tom
Gertrude Chryst
St. Paul
Will Linnevold
Fred Anderson
Souris
N. C
Lulu Holland
Lily Wise
Waterloo
Miss Holland
Chris ‘Alm
Chester
Chester On Thursday Last By the Death of Her Sister Mrs.j. Helmsness
Clara, Jacobson
Blair
Wis
Ruth Pinger
Mingo
Iowa
J. Dinges
Josie F. Cutting
Mason City
Keystone
Marion
S—L. J. Nair
Tilla
Emma
Ridgeway
L. L. Nair
R. J. Cameron
Rudd
Sarah Hamre
Ole Mickel
Sharon
N. D
N. D. Nelson
A. C. Korsrud
Palermo
Ole Korsrud
Theodore Schjellahl
Highlandville
Twin Cities
North Dakota
W. C. Luce
L. Bergeson
Minneapolis
Edith Gibbs
Elmer
William Knowlton
Emma C. Sampson
Chicago
John Anderson
N. N. Quandahl
Robert
Rushford
Minn
C. H. Raasarud
Sophie Wold
Emma Bue
Northfield
Henry Estrem
Eber Christopher
Sioux Falls
Christopher
Malcomb
Carrie Quenrud
Hans Quenrud
P. H. Kennedy
Richard Buffton
Mary Daly
Quenrud
Mackinock
Elmer H. Shelly
Oregon
Shelly
Jesse Limbeck
Ossian
J. Kessey
Edwin Hover
Forest City
Pills Haugen
Maddock
C. G. Haugen
Washington Prairie
N. K. Tvete
Prof
Mrs. Tingelstad
Peter Kittilsby
Lena Kittilsby
T. A. Naesseth
E. W. Wolfe
Crescon
M. B. Fitch
A. Snyder
Preston
Glenn
L. B. Whitney
Cedar Rapids
C. K. Preus
J. A. O. Preus
C. B. Hanson
Malta
Mont
Gerhard Arveson
St. Olaf
Henry
Alfred
Luther College
R. H. Burr
Jessie McKay
Spencer
Esther Neiberline
A. T. Istad
Madison Township
Herman Natvig
Gertrude
Saude
Alvin
J.B. Wist
Minnewaukan
Trytten
Joseph
Tda Engbretson
John Kallevang
Fertile
O. Natvig
Smi Oscar
Uml
John Natvig
Arthur
Hulda Walden
T. A. Ross‘ng
Argyle
T. A. Jayne
Wykolff. Minn
Mail carrier breaks shoulder in Dugway wreck
Winfield Baker, a Route No. 4 mail carrier, sustained a fractured and dislocated shoulder blade when his rig toppled after his horse shied on a softened bank along the Dugway. He remained in good humor despite the painful, inconvenient injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Baker
Winfield
Annual Decorah Public Schools Exhibit Tomorrow
The annual exhibit of Decorah Public Schools pupils will be held at the High School building tomorrow afternoon and evening. Displays include grade work in writing and drawing, handiwork, music, plus art, manual training, sewing, and domestic science. The public is welcome regardless of whether they have children in the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah Public
Commencement Details for Decorah Public Schools
Decorah public schools will close on June 1 with high school exercises at the Grand Opera house. President Raymond Pearson of Iowa State College will deliver the commencement address. Baccalaureate sermon by Rev Otto E Schmidt on May 28. High school class play A College Girl Out West at Grand Opera house May 31. Junior senior reception June 2 at the high school. Cast list and staff named. events move the closing date about a week earlier than usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Grand Opera House
Raymond Pearson
Iowa State College
Ames
Pearson
Lesiehie
Middle West
Otto E. Schmidt
Mona Randolph
Gail Torsea
Helen le Moyne
Bernice Casterton
Minerva Pettibone
Sarah Cummings Dobie
Iva Schlatter Mollie
Anna Nesheim
Kathryn Moore Dellas
Brake
Myra Sayles Putas
Dagmar Hanson
Ruth Wood Annie
sMarie Bakke Fannie
Evelyn Howden Nannie
Frieda Josvanger SyWs
Peeres
Gladys Haberly
Ponki Ened
Ella Womeldorf
WOW
Ceaeaee Tetas
Edith Hexom
Dagny Hoeg Wenled
Ida Moore
Randolph Carl Meyrick
Phillip Lawrence
Eseetaa Baenys
Gerhard ‘Riste
Richard Kingston
U.S. A
OEE
Reece Ee Arnold Quenrud
Robert le Moyne
Charles Crawford Reddy Hampton
Horace Weiser
Alf
Swenson
Jack Harrington
Stanley Price
Tob Cutting
Dick Craven
Fred Chandler
Sammy Brown
Carl Arneson
BOF
Aia Sys
Bevert Twenge
Ovinys
Dihs
Stratton Miller
Jack Remsen
Earl Marsh
Luther College Band and Chorus Shine at Grand Opera Show
The Luther College Band and Chorus delivered a highly enjoyable concert at the Grand Opera house last Friday night despite competing events nearby. Director Sperati presided over a tuneful performance featuring notable Dvorak and Liszt pieces with an encore, while the chorus impressed though one solo in Vestenwelt stood out for its standout vocalist Tillman Hanson who shows promise in voice studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther College
Grand Opera House
Lisat
Joseph Hoffman
Dvorak
Sperati
May Wedding Unites Miss Alice Hamre and Paul Rygg
At eight o'clock on Saturday evening May 14 at the First N. E. DL. church parsonage Miss Alice Hamre and Paul Rygg were married with Rev. J. J. Torrison officiating. A reception followed at the bride's mother's home. The bride is daughter of Mrs. Sarah Hamre and formerly worked at the Lutheran Publishing House. The groom also worked at the Publishing House bindery for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. DL
Alice Hamre
Paul Rygg
J. J. Torrison
Sarah Hamre
Lutheran Publishing House
A. E. Conrad
Bindery Force
Sewer System Opened For Limited Use In Town
Portions of the new sewer network are in use though the disposal plant is not finished and won’t be for months. Several residences have been connected as work concentrates in the south part of town. Rain over four days aided ditch settling, easing street leveling to prior grades.
Decorah Women Organize Civic Improvement Club
The Decorah Woman's Improvement Club is announced as a plan to mobilize local women to improve the city with one dollar yearly. A rally invites all women to gather at the Court House on Friday May 26 to support the effort and boost for civic betterment. The Iowa Bankers group meeting in Decorah drew about 125 visitors with talks at the Elks' home and Luther St Olaf baseball game afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Sevareid
Luther
Velva
N. D
Sevareid
Decorah
Woman's
Iowa Bankers? Association
Elks’ Home
C. W. Nelson
Waverly
College Ball Park
Winneshiek
Discharged From P O Service for Discourtesy and Duty
Eugene Rosenthal and John McCall were notified by Postmaster Biermann they must separate from the service. Rosenthal faces a charge of discourtesy to patrons and conduct detrimental to the service while McCall is charged with neglect of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Rosenthal
John McCall
Biermann
Post Office Department
Rosenthal
McCall
Tinker Teedle Tee Tales to Conclude This Year
Howard T. Knapp announces he will end the Tinker Teedle Tee stories after a final batch, as he has accepted a full-time assignment with the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The Aerustrean series will wrap up in the coming week or soon after, concluding a year of publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aerustrean
Howard T. Knapp
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Stone Seeker F. M. Burr Pursues Historic Rock Pair
Red Oak resident F. M. Burr, visiting for several days, surveys a rock formation and recalls finding a historically valuable stone years ago. He plans to locate its companion, though the location remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Burr
Red Oak
Negotiations Break Off Leaving Graceman as Owner
After the Republican went to press last week negotiations between Harry Graceman and Miss Ida Hoffons were declared off. Graceman remains the owner of the business bearing his name for the past three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Graceman
Ida Hoffons
Graceman
Professors Attend Synod Meeting in Minneapolis
Prof. C. K. Preus left Tuesday night for Minneapolis to attend the Synod meeting. He was joined by Profs. L. Olson, E. C. Yivisaker and O. H. Tingelstad with their wives Mrs. Yivisaker and Mrs. Tingelstad accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Preus
Minneapolis
L. Olson
C. Yivisaker
O. H. Tingelstad
Four Children Bitten by a School Grounds Dog
Yesterday morning a fox terrier owned by Joe Borlaug attacked four children at the public school grounds. Arthur Tracy suffered the worst injuries with bites on the thigh and elbow. other victims were Ethel Lubke Leo Samuelson and a grandchild of Mrs J W Tull. The dog followed Borlaug’s daughter to school and showed no malice after, Borlaug offering to kill the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Borlaug
Mr. Borlaug
Arthur Tracy
R. H. Tracy
Ethel Lubke
Henry Lubke
Leo Samuelson
Ole Samuelson
J. W. Tull
Borlaug
Do Birds Store Food A Bluejay Buries Puzzle on a Limb
A bluejay pecked at an object in a yard tree, then flew to a dead limb and buried a large fragment beneath wood. It packed down wood chips on top, then rested, appearing to store the item for later. The bird’s intense effort drew attention to a possible saving instinct.
Golden Wedding Anniversary of George W Adams and M J Wyott
A note from Burr Oak recalls the marriage of George W Adams and M J Wyott of Decorah on the 20th. Attorney G W Adams confirms the item and notes he and Mrs Adams will celebrate their golden anniversary this Saturday. Miller's advert implies you should trade sooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeve- Lican
Burr Oak
George W. Adams
M. J. Wyott
Decorah
G. W. Adams
Mrs. Adams
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Ella Kvam
Bonair
Blanche
Hazel Bernatz
Bertha
St. Luke's Hospital
Theo, P. Neste
Astoria
Neste and
Malden
Neste
Synod
XN. P. Anderson
Twin Falls
Kaho
Soh
J. Anderson
F. Birmingham
Jeanette
Wolf Creek
Mike
Rose Sherry
Sam Cox
Margaret
Harlan
Cox
Clyde ‘Inman
Margaret Rochsford
J. C. Handley
St. Joseph
Sarah Rochsford
College
Woman’s Improvement Club
Bankers
State
P. O. Service
Stone
Miller’s
Norleigh
H. F. Thompson
West Water ST
Devoe
Wangler’s Drug Store
America
Ben Bear
Nemo
Columbia Yarns
McCall's
Wayne
Ancoors Miott & CO
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