County News May 19 1914 Busy local notices and events
Mrs. Eudorus Riggs visits Osage brothers. George Hoppe visits Elma. W A Harvey sells Waxler property for 1350 dollars. Miss Harriet Kramer visits Wirshing home. German Lutheran society ordains minister for first sermon next Sunday. Rev Hursh returns from Dayton after church convention. Wm Gentz family visits at Baltz home. Neuenswander owns a Fora auto, trips to Elgin. Mrs Fangeman visits Canada to join husband. Infant dies. burial this afternoon. Club boys host dance at opera house with McGregor orchestra. J V Vance buried. former township resident who died in Egan SD. Streets being piled. oiling to be expanded. Pleasant View Cemetery Assoc. annual meeting May 2 1914 elects officers. annual lot assessment due May 1. Play Better Than Gold at opera house May 22 with cast listed. Castalia orchestra to provide music. Local visitors include Mrs Manning and son, Canistón Minn, Mrs Armstrong visiting sister Mrs Brice Pierce who broke her arm. Sam Cox and son visit Cedar Falls and Prosper. Bergsrud family return home. L B Whitney, Ray and Roy Darling visit in Decorah with Velie car. Miss Seelye and Miss Reed visit Rollins district school. stay at Ella Anderson’s Prosper home. Key returns Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudorus Riggs
Osage
George Hoppe
Elma
W. A. Harvey
Waxler
Harriet Kramer
Elkader
E. W. Wirshing
German Lutheran Society
Hursh
Dayton
Ohio
Wm. Gentz
H. H. Meyer
Canada
W. T. Cook
McGregor
J. V. Vance
Vance
Egan
Pleasant View Cemetery Association
Jennie Riggs
H. Campbell
Vina Lambert
J. H. Sphar
Opera House
Howard
Paul Riggs
Howard, Sr
Ben Manning
Ben Wicks
Joe Armstrong
Canston
Minn
L. B. Whitney
Ray
Roy Darling
Decorah
Whitney
Will Darling
Alice Seelye
Florence Reed
Rollins District
Ella Anderson
Prosper
Key
Burr Oak Social Roundup and Local Happenings
Mrs Ia Heckle hosted dinner at Clarence Ward's. Chas Reed and family dined with his parents. Miss Bessie Whitney and Miss Pertha Gates visited. Residents helped with gardens. several attended Decorah carnival. local visits to Albert Wingate and Prosper Ladies Aid. Burr Oak team lost 10 to 0 at Rushford. Norwegian celebration in Minneapolis.
Ossian Community Notes May 19 1914 Highlights
OSI IAN May 19 1914 A N Schmitz spent Sunday here with relatives and friends Jack McLaughlin and Mr Busch of Elkader were in town Tuesday Clarence Lee was Down from Minneapolis over Sunday visiting his mother and sisters The embroidery club was entertained at the home of Mrs Culver last week Wednesday afternoon Mrs Barbara Heinen and son Wendo lyn were visiting her son Mat and family at Castalia Saturday Mrs Lizzie Lansing and mother Mrs Caro line nyed of Festina were visiting at the L A Meyer home on Friday W Meyer was a visitor at Prairie du Chien Sunday acting as one of the judges in a debate held at Campion college Miss Regina Meyer went to Prairie du Chien Friday to do some painting at St Marys academy She returned on Monday L A Meyer and family autoed to Ft Atkinson and St Lucas Sunday in company with Fred Cressmann and Mrs Theo Fleischer Theo Fleischer and family and Mr and Mrs Fred Cressmann autoed to Postville Sunday evening in their new Studebaker car Louis Cremer in company with his father and Miss Laycock of Elkader autoed here on Sunday guests at the L A Meyer home Mrs Kass and children returned to their home at Remsen Monday after visiting here the past three weeks with the former s sisters Mrs F A Figge and Mrs A C Heck and brother T F Schmitz and their families Saturday afternoon on the 4 44 train arrived the remains of Feltey Vance who died at Egan S D The funeral services occurred at the M EF church Sunday afternoon the remains being taken to Castalia and interred in the U Rh cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Schmitz
Jack McLaughlin
Mr. Busch
Elkader
Clarence Lee
Minneapolis
Embroidery Club
Culver
Barbara Heinen
Wendolyn
Mat
Castalia
Lizzie Lansing
Caroline Nyed
Festina
L. A. Meyer
W. Meyer
Prairie Ae Chien
Campion College
Regina Meyer
Prairie du Chien
St. Mary's Academy
M. EF
U. Rh
Ole Benson
Calmar
Herman Schroeder
Chas. Becker
Ossian
Ness
Anton Anderson
Washington Prairie
Ben Eimers
New Hampton
Oakland
Paul Koren
Ravena
Bertha Thompson
Red Oak
Julius Brown
John Heckman
Centennial
John O. Meyer
Sheggrad
Decorah
Philip Barthelme
St.’s
Brown
Swen Tovsen
Ole Moe
Washington
Prairie
John Vance
Henry Schweinefus
Evelyn
Louis Schweinefus
Julia Drilling
St. Lucas
Charley Huber
Alfred Pever
Wengel Lansing
Ohsian
Theodore Thompson
Holver Sersland
Kout ‘Towson
Lars Toersdahl
Ole Anderson Aml Babe
Ole Orvilla’s
Mary
Emily Benson
Tilla News
St Paul
Maggie Kipp
Mike Hertges
Ben Kimers
Barney Holtey
Nordness
Olivia Lansing
Sigurd Towson
Springfield Township
Allyn Daskam
Cresco
Albert Culbert
Steve Porter
Jacobson
Wm. Howard
Kendallville S. A. S
W. C. Fifield
Charlie Smith
Rob Moore
Leslie Clark
Lundereng
Ole
Quandahl Sun
Elias Holness
Lucinda Elliott
Max
Orleans
Arthur Curtis
Mercy Hospital
Clinton Fifield
Canada
Spencer
Town
JW. Welch
Wells
A. Griswold
Miss Bird Wells
Charlie
Milton Camp
Wisconsin
W. C. Hutchinson
Elihu
Albert Halsey
Elihu Halsey
Albert
Willard
St. Paul
Cemetery Association
Bert Haines
Boulder
Colo
Elijah Johnson
Hesper
Oscar Reed
D. J. Welch
Ruth Carrington
Nienie
H.C. Rowe
W. M. Griswold
Samantha Smith
Florence Halsey
Miss Connell
Emma Broghatmerl
Bertha Gates
Walter Dart
Friends Church
Will Muth
Waukon
T. W. Bryant
Muth
Bryant
Dora Carter
Margaret Bake
Mes
M C. Carter
Ravena Notes From May 1914 Social Scene
Ravena updates from May 18 1914 record daily calls visits and movements. Ole Benson went to Calmar. Herman Schroeder owns a new survey. many locals named including Ness Meyers Brown Meyer Miller and Lansing engaged in various visits trades and carpentry. Misses Benson and Kipp travel to St Paul for Norwegian celebration. school winners Olivia Lansing and Sigurd Towson recognized for district contest. local merchants advertise new wash goods at Mott & Co.
Sparks World's Famous Shows Coming to Decorah
J C Tracy advance agent for Sparks Shows kept busy arranging contracts and preparing grounds for the upcoming circus. The show promises a solid twenty railway cars, nearly four hundred people, and over two hundred animals. If weather stays fair, Decorah will host a large throng on June 8th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Tracy
Sparks
Department of Publicity
Decorah
Kendallville Notes From Cresco Visitors and Local News
Allyn Daskam of Cresco stays with relatives in Kendallville as Cresco guests also visit friends. Rob Moore and Charlie Smith reported fox killings. Mrs. Arthur Curtis recovering from surgery at Mercy Hospital. Rain caused fence damage. one horse died after a run must be noted. Allyn Daskam’s trip interrupted by news of a Canadian nephew’s death. she travels to Spencer Town for burial.
Hesper community notes on local events and changes
Local items include garden plant sales at the parsonage with pansies, a new well being drilled for A Griswold, repaired roofing by W C Hutchinson, and visits by Elihu Halsey and family. Oscar Reed moves back from Wisconsin. Ruth Carrington praised for cooking. school clean-up efforts. birthday gathering for Mrs Samantha Smith. Miss Connell entertains. math and sprint wins in preliminaries. upcoming medal contest at Friends church. visits by Will Muth and family.
Industrial Uses of Sugar Across Various Industries
Sugar serves beyond food as a cheap pure carbohydrate used to prevent boiler scale and in the making of shoe blacking transparent soap and copying ink. It appears in dyes tanning leather and many other industries. Even small amounts can harm cement as with Berlin Museum mortar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum of Natural History
Berlin
Doctor’s Fees Kill Calf in Chippewa Township
Dr Robert Waterson reported a missing pocketbook after a calfa autopsy by Peter Young at Chippewa township Pa. A calf died with a stomach wound revealing the pocketbook inside its stomach. Young kept the money, but Waterson refused it and quipped about reimbursing the loss of Young’s ear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Young
Chippewa Township
Robert Waterson
Young
Stages Built to Last by John Stephenson of This City
The article recalls the durability of the old stages built by John Stephenson of this city, designed on the one boss shay principle with lasting bodies and running gear. It notes Broadway stages still in operation in Peru and one seen in Cape Town in the early 1880s, bearing Wall Street ferry inscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stephenson
Shay
Broadway
Peru
Cape Town
Wall Street
New York Press
Weather crop bulletin reports cool week and frost across state
For the week ending May 17 1914 unseasonably cool weather persisted with frost in nearly all parts and freezing temperatures in western counties though minimal garden damage. Central and north central areas saw rain hail and high winds Sunday night and Monday morning delaying field work and causing some damage. Despite this four fifths of the corn area is planted with southern districts showing good stands. Soil is generally good though rain hampers some areas. prospects for small grain and fruit remain favorable. GEO M CHAPPEL. Ads note coats sold for 15.00 worth up to 25.00 at MOTT & CO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
M. Chappel
Burglars Test Silver at Birmingham Silversmiths
Two men in aprons were seen loading sacks from a Birmingham silversmith’s factory in daylight. Silver worth several hundred pounds was stolen after the burglars tested metal quality with a solution and emptied the workshop of ingots and solid goods before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
Origin of Indian File and its Warpath Use
The term Indian File derives from a North American tribal custom of marching single file on the warpath. The lead scout tread in the footprints of the preceding man while the last erased the footprints of those who had gone before. This concealed both numbers and location from enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Alloys of Gold and Iron in Harper's Weekly
Iron and gold can mix in various proportions to form alloys that harden or crystallize. Alloys with ten percent gold are harder than pure iron, but higher gold content makes the alloy softer. Silver and iron do not form alloys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
City Turns Speed Recall Into Police Sting On Streets
Police should visit residence areas to gather evidence against speeding drivers in Mechanic Street and other routes. Girls or young riders often drive without supervision, violating the motor vehicle passenger rule daily, while speeding shows little regard across all ages. Luck is overused. there is no such thing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanic Street
Deep Plowing in Drought Conditions Declines Water Levels
The Albany Journal notes that deep plowing has become common as water levels fall due to increasing droughts. The piece argues strong financial practices, replacing cash with receipted bills, as a practical measure in lean times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Journal
Notice of Appointment of Administrator for Ole Nesset
Edmund E. Berg named administrator of Ole Nesset deceased intestate estate in Glenwood township Winneshiek County Iowa. Creditors must present claims and debtors pay to administrator per law. Dated Decorah Iowa May 15 2014. Aubolee Nelson attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Nesset
Glenwood Township
Winneshiek
State of
Iowa
Edmund E. Berg
Decorah
Aubolee & Nelson
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