Organizing National Defense in Iowa Initiates County Councils
Governor W J Harding expands defense structure with a state council of 21 members and county and township councils. Township councilmen will nominate county reps and later be appointed, aiding sheriffs in selecting registrars for the federal military census. Weiser and McKay named for Winneshiek County.
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W. J. Harding
Iowa
Germany
State Council For Defense
Des Moines
National Council of Defense
Washington
State Councils of Defense
County Councils of Defense
Chas. J. Weiser
B. J. McKay
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Mason City Suffers Heavy Storm And Tornadic Gusts
A powerful electrical storm swept Mason City at 1 am last Friday, with a small tornado causing windows to break and trees to be uprooted. A following hail event stripped foliage and scorched grass before a 30 minute downpour and gale force winds. The Dawson home garage at 609 North Madison Ave. was demolished, and a chicken house in College Addition was blown into a tree.
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Mason City
F. B. Dawson
North
Madison Ave
College Addition
Attacked by Vicious Cow at John Ormsby Farm
Mrs. Ormsby was attacked by a vicious cow as she entered the barn on the John Ormsby farm west of Dougherty. She sustained a back head injury and spine injury. three stitches were required after Dr. Meany of Rockwell treated her.
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Rockwell Tribune
John Ormsby
Dougherty
Ormsby
Roosevelt Veterans Organize Volunteers for Front France
Marshalltown Spanish American War veterans plan to form a company to join Theodore Roosevelt’s contingent. They await approval of the colonel’s volunteer army and seek immediate deployment with Roosevelt’s forces in France.
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Marshalltown
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
France
Who Were They Lansing Mirror reports brief detective visit
A Lansing entertainment scene hosted one or two sleuths for a short Tuesday night. They mingled with local “the boys,” gathered stories, and left early the next morning for DeSoto. The incident sparked anticipation for future developments as the men claimed to be from Decorah seeking a good time.
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Lansing Mirror
Lansing
DeSoto
Decorah
Wind storm rocks Harmony after noon near Mercantile
A southwest windstorm swept through Harmony last Thursday afternoon. A man was holding a store door when the gusts struck, shattering the glass in the Mercantile doorway and obscuring visibility for a moment across the street.
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Harmony
Six men seek naturalization at September district court
Up to now six county residents seek American citizenship by naturalization. Five are from Norway and one from Hungary. Four reside in Military township, one in Madison, and one in Washington.
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Norway
Hungary
Military Township
Madison
Washington
Spillville Man Enlists for Port Snelling Training Camp
Prof. James 8. Mikesh, son of Jos Mikesh of Spillville, who led the Junior college at Hibbing Minnesota last year, has enlisted recently for the training camp at Port Snelling.
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James 8. Mikesh
Jos. Mikesh
Spillville
Hibbing
Waukon Plans Home Guard and Local News roundup
Local notes report Waukon will organize a home guard amid regional concerns. Fay ette to raise cavalry, Monticello forms a guard, and Independence plans a cavalry troop. Other items include a cholera hog loss in Mitchell County, a Fayette tennis tournament, Garner schools closed for scarlet fever, Coe College enrollment, and a busy Buchanan County fair schedule.
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Independence
Mitchell County
Fayette
Garner
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Buchanan County
Elma
Town Bankers’ Association
New Hampton
A Surprise Chick Hatches in Biology Lab
In Town City a lone egg hatched in a state university biology lab after three days of incubation. Freshmen students had been studying eye embryo development when the egg was accidentally left in the incubator. The sudden chick caused delight among the girls in the class.
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State University Biology
Town City
Decorah Old Timers: M T Grattan Volunteers for Roosevelt Division
Preston Times notes M T Grattan, aged 70, volunteers to serve in the Roosevelt division. If accepted, he will sell Treverbyn and give Mrs Grattan the proceeds. He jokes about serving in the home guard with other veterans while pondering Kaiser Bill’s imagined invasion and wartime costs.
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Preston Times
Decorah
M. T. Grattan
Roosevelt
Treverbyn
Kaiser Bill
America
Severely Burned Railroad Employee Injured at Milwaukee Shops
Edward Gallagher, 17, of Mason City, employed by Milwaukee railroad, suffered severe burns while tending to duties at Milwaukee shops. His clothing ignited but was quickly extinguished. He was hospitalized for treatment where wounds were dressed.
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Edward Gallagher
Mason Cry
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Child Drowns in Cesspool Near Home
In a grove near the Levin home at Tda Grove a 2 year old, Henry Levin son of Mr and Mrs Albert Levin, accidentally uncovered a cesspool and fell in. His older siblings searched for him within minutes and found him suffocated at the bottom face down.
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Tda Grove
Henry Levin
Albert Levin
Auto Fatalities Rise as Death Toll Grows
Miss Pauline Mueller, state health statistician, reports auto related deaths climbed from eight in 1913 to 162 in 1916, with few fatalities so far this year. The list names victims from various事故s including upsets and collisions, as railroads urged a stop before tracks, but the legislature took no action.
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Pauline Mueller
State Board of Health
Mystery of Circus Seals Trained by Natural Play
A circus observer explains that seals perform by natural play and reward rather than fear. Left alone with rubber balls, they would instinctively juggle, learning tricks through immediate fish rewards from the kind keeper who treats them as friends.
Capture Many Wolves by Elmer Pullen and Elmer McDowell
Capture of a large female wolf and nine cubs by McGregor's former wolf hunters near Paint Creek at Waukon Junction yields a season total of thirty wolves. The pups were newborn, eyes closed, located in a shallow den. the mother was shot the following day after the capture.
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Elmer Pullen
Elmer McDowell
McGregor
Paint Creek
Waukon Junction
Dogs Attack Six Year Old Child In Clarinda
Two bull dogs owned by Milt Vin Sant mauled a six-year-old girl near the Vin Sant home in Clarinda as she returned from school. Each dog clamped a arm and workers wrestled them off. The child suffered severe arm injuries described as chewed pulp.
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Milt Vin Sant
Vin Sant
Clarinda
Road and Bridge Expenditures from State Report
The State Highway Commission reports county road spending for last year totaling 37114.30 with 55.3 percent for temporary work and 23.2 percent for repairs. Ninety six miles were graded, dragging 24 times at 0.80 per mile, and the overall county road cost per mile was 184.20. Bridge and culvert outlay reached 86009.00 with most for permanent bridges, plus 29 box culverts and 26 concrete culverts installed.
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State Highway Commission
Fifty Years Ago Local Notices From Decorah
A. J. Smith relocated his watch repair shop near the Congregational church. Curtin Bros. unveiled a new hearse. The Freeport dam lost about half its structure in last week’s high water. Fred Comstock took over the Winneshiek house succeeding Straw and Ball. A child from Decorah died after a loaded revolver discharged. Census shows 29 colored residents in the county along with 9 blind, 7 deaf and dumb, and 9 insane. Glenwood township reports 2% acres of winter wheat with livestock counts across hogs, cattle, milch cows, cheese and butter produced, and other farm data. Only Finn Bros. remains on the advertising list.
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A. J. Smith
Curtin Bros
Freeport
Fred Comstock
Winneshiek House
Straw & Ball
Ryder
Decorah
Glenwood Township
John Finn
Finn Bros
Golden Wedding Celebrated by Luetkenhaus Couple
Mr and Mrs Henry Luetkenhaus celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home on Saturday May 12 1917. A large gathering of relatives and friends joined in congratulating them with well wishes and a pleasant celebration. Attending out of town were Mr and Mrs Herman Luetkenhaus Mr and Mrs Henry Bicher of Cincinnati Ohio Mr Heisterkamp of Covington Kentucky Mr and Mrs Herman Uhlenhake of Danbury and John Luetkenhaus of Grand Forks North Dakota.
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Ossian Bee
Henry Luetkenhaus
Herman Luetkenhaus
Henry Bicher
Cincinnati
Ohio
Heisterkamp
Covington
Kentucky
Herman Uhlenhake
Decorah Potpourri and Jingles Brighten Local Life
A lively Decorah column notes poetic quips and local color. It hints at summer tales, dancing memories above Rudolph's hall, straw hats reappearing, and an estimated 150 premier gardeners based on private chatter.
Carnival Actor Breaks His Back in Fatal Slide For Life
Terry Brammer, 20, of Oska loosa, died from a broken back after a carnival slide for life stunt at Dexter. He landed outside the tank and was found unconscious on sawdust. The brief notice notes the accident and Brammer's death.
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Terry Brammer
Oskaloosa
Dexter
Carnival
Brammer
Cresco Pays its First Toll in the War
The Cresco Plain Dealer reports the death of Frank Foster killed at Vimy Ridge in France. Born in Cresco twenty-one years ago his mother was Cas Porter’s sister, and relatives in Cresco mourn his loss as the first war death from the area.
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Cresco
Frank Foster
Vimy Ridge
France
Frank
Cas, Porter
Tree Planting Pays In Round Prairie Farm Venture
About forty years ago 18 Johnson planted 200 white pine trees on his Allamakee county farm. This winter he cut eleven for lumber and built a new barn, with one tree yielding over 1500 feet of lumber. He urges other farmers to follow suit to cut building costs.
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Johnson
Round Prairie
Allamakee County
A Profitable Crop Farm's Alfalfa boom near Lemmon SD
Farmer F Umbach near Lemmon South Dakota built a large alfalfa field over several years. When the 1916 wheat crop failed he held 40 acres of alfalfa and sold 213 bushels of seed for 8500 dollars, about 150 dollars per acre, proving a profitable venture.
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F. Umbach
Lemmon
S. D
Mr. Umbach
Sorghum Is Money Maker for Local Farmer
Frank Stansberry, east of New Hampton, produced four hundred gallons of sorghum molasses on a little over two acres last year. Sold in three days at ninety cents a gallon, yielding $360 in revenue with $100 cost of production, he calls it the biggest money crop Chickasaw county farmers plant.
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New Hampton
Frank Stansberry
Dean's Ointment Relief for Piles Advert
Itching bleeding protruding or blind piles have yielded to Dean's Ointment. 50e at all stores. Adv.
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Dean
Farmer Dies in Wagon Accident at Cedar Falls
H P Shedd a 63 year old farmer was instantly killed at his Cedar Falls home when he fell from a loaded wagon His head was crushed beneath the wheels He is survived by a widow and five children.
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H. P. Shedd
Cedar Falls
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