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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
6
County News from May 19 1913 with social events church activities birthdays and travels. Residents visit Decorah for circuses shows and concerts while others plan weddings baptisms and naval service. Community groups meet and harvest plans form as weather remains cool and farmers wait for spring warmth.
In Hesper township news, D B Haines and family host near parish guests. Vera Koppin visits Lila Carter. Nolan Everett travels to Steneve Minn. to visit sisters. Rainy weather slows fruit bloom and road work. four horse teams work until weathered. Revival meetings at M E church end after strong series. Griswold boys paint for Mr Darling. John McMillen shifts to mule power. John Allen praises a week of partial work. eight Missouri mules arrive. Music by the band remains a fond memory.
May 19 1913 reports Dan Novak at Conover, Mikesh a Conover caller, James Koshatka in Cresco, John Zoulek buying a Ford, Mr. Malek visiting from Conover. Wenzel Kovarik re painting his residence. A S met Mrs Helen Shevik. Celestin Seifert business caller at Calmar. Venerable Sisters guests at Protivin on Trinity Sunday. Many from here attended Fort Atkinson couple Bieber. Celia Swartz went to Calmar with Ian Fisher and daughter.
A circular of social visits and travel highlights Ossian Decorah Calmar Festina and nearby towns. Subjects include residents at Os sian George Allen and Rosa homes attendance at a Decorah circus and Uhlenhake dance. Several professionals and relatives are listed with short movements between Ossian Decorah Waterloo Fort Madison and Minneapolis.
Freeport reports many visitors from Decorah and Trout Run for social events including a Friday ice cream social and a Sunday circus trip. May 21 marks the anniversary of the largest Decorah flood. Memorial services are set for May 25 at the M E church. Local chatter covers weather, travel, and light humor about an athletic appetite and a belt tightening German joke.
Plymouth Rock farmers busy planting corn. Mrs. Powers of Orleans ill the past week. Miss Amanda Bigalk returned from Cresco. Mr. and Mrs. Powers visited J. L. Powers. Attended circus in Cresco last Saturday. Lena Bigalli visited home folks. Henderson lost a colt last week. Lenora Steensen at Frank Rhine home. Y P S meets May 25 at Helge Scott residence. Mrs. Ellingsen at Henderson home. Ellingsen siblings visited Peter Ellingsen. Luella Askelson with grandparents N and M Askelson. Shafer family from Milwaukee guests at Otto Bigall home. L A S with Mrs. Ole Ellingson June 4 sale afternoon. Crawfords visited Decorah for weekend.
Ben Keane works for C J Stono. Geo Snell called at Jake Brandt home. Florell Potter and wife visited Hack Turner. Mrs Nettie Stoskopf visited Mrs Nellie Foltz. Will Stoskopf planted corn for Valentine. Will Hilleman lost a fine horse last Sunday. Will Stoskopf visited Prosper last Saturday. Mabel horse doctor made two calls. Bertha Falck and family visited H Denning. Albert Van Vleit and family visited Mrs Wohlford at Decorah. Andrew Haugen bought Fritz Falck cream route. Many missed the Decorah show to finish scorn planting amid heavy rain. George Foltz met Ben Croshee in Decorah and visited briefly. Pleasant time with the stay.
Viola and Amy visited Dubuque while the Heinen family hosts relatives at Irvin Allen residence. Improvement club met at Mrs. Meyer's home. Castalia junior baseball beat Postville 9 to 3. Fire damaged the school house roof but was contained with help from local carpenters and firefighters. Citizens urge forming a fire company and better equipment.
Quinn questions the whereabouts of the young poet. DeFonte says he is doing well, always has a dollar and a new suit. The youth was said to have sold poems but instead realized he is not a poet and secured bookkeeping work.
A moralizer cites a proverb about great things starting small and a demoralizer responds with a joking quip about a 300-pound president once being a baby. The exchange uses satirical tone to imply origins of power and growth.
A survey notes women in leadership and work across nations. Omaha reports girl telegraph messengers. Boston lists 60 of 2,800 lawyers as women. Erie appoints a woman sanitary inspector. Kansas City and Los Angeles see women in public roles. Japan teaches flower arrangement to girls. women own railroad stock and drive social changes. Greece’s Sophia is related to the German emperor. New York women use face powder heavily. legislatures discuss women’s wages and pensions. Portland women organize for a public market. Zululand women perform manual labor. Philadelphia adds decorative horticulture. Norwood forms anti-mosquito groups. China restricts marriage-forces. New York women mail envelopes home. Wellesley clubs set marriage income rules. England women smoke cigars. Columbia fellowships honor women. Utah mothers receive state aid. Idaho and California discuss women’s rights. Isle of Wight and Sacramento women attain public offices. bequests and women’s campaigns feature. Sweden shows few tax-related voter disqualifications for women. notable women fund and lead in various fields.
A persistent caller rings the front door while a couple hovers over how to answer. She frets about truth and engagement yet, in a moment, Charlie arrives and embraces her as the ring continues.
A fragment quotes a quarrel over a broken engagement, ending with the line about differing names. The passage contrasts social vanity with leadership traits, noting beat stock breeders and the virtue of glowing over glittering in community leadership.
The fragment shows a religious poem titled Prayer by M. A. Adams and a header or note about How Greeley Wooed Sleep, likely a newspaper feature. The lines evoke spiritual yearning and a choir voice, paired with a transitional headline.
An anecdote from Horace Greeley recalls his insomnia after controversial Richmond editorials. He sought rest at Chappaqua and, after doctors failed, slept briefly after bathing under a 24 foot waterfall, though family kept him awake to avoid overlong slumber.
A reflective piece notes common memory limits with quick tests like recalling a two cent stamp watch dial or coin inscriptions. It suggests most people cannot accurately repeat such details from memory and invites readers to test friends.
The secretary of the treasury rules that United States Revenue Cutter Service officers and crew may not accept pay for helping vessels in distress. The decision concerns the Onondaga and Yamacraw which aided the British steamer Wyvisbrook, stranded near False Cape Virginia on a voyage from Pensacola Florida to Greenock Scotland last June.
A new English process yields cloth from posidonia australis seaweed fiber found in southern seas. Manchester University experiments show the treated fiber is soft pliable strong and woollike in its curling and spinning. It takes dye well except green.
A journalist spoke with a struggling composer who said great masters’ words inspire art but not landlords. He noted rent deadlines demand confidence even when one must play cheap tunes to collect.
A practical method describes placing a 4 inch deep by window width strip along the bottom frame after lifting the lower sash. Lower the window onto the strip to channel fresh air into the center between the sashes.
A reflective passage asserts that nothing truly good dies and memoryredeemed acts persist through those who loved a child who dies in infancy. The text contrasts a cradle death with enduring influence, even if the body is burned or sunk.
Mackintosh coats that have become shard and rigid may be cleaned with lime and water to look new. Dissolve a handful of gray lime in half a bucket of water and apply with a sponge. Repeat after three hours.
A terse aphorism notes that speed in actions can harm reputation, suggesting the fastest route may backfire. It implies caution in making hasty claims or decisions to avoid damaging one's standing.
Notice to Farmers states Ole Barreson will be on hand daily at the stock yards to buy any hogs brought in. The rest of the text gives shoe stretching tips with oats and a note on keeping barnyard and lawn tidy.
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