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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
7
Letter to the editor describes severe kidney and back pain. After trying a known medicine, the author reports relief from Anuric Tablets and praises Dr. Pierce’s remedies for kidney disorders and overall health. Public notices note trial mail offer and drugstore availability.
County News from Ossian and Decorah details many local calls and visits. Peter Meyer and Nels Galvan visit. Miss Anna Becker and Miss Petra Dahl return home. confirmations in Washington Prairie. various family visits to Rochester Dubuque Chicago and Minneapolis. Baccalaureate May 27 and graduation May 29 at Olympic theater with Colgrove address. Mrs Wenthold dies after illness. Ladies’ club 500 game. K C initiation at Waukon with six new Ossian members.
Ossian and surrounding area residents greeted visitors from Calmar Postville Decorah and other towns. Notables include Virgil Cover Herman Bush Sr and family, Dr Schneeberger Sobolik Juen and Kishenberg, plus several trips to Minneapolis Monona Preston Akron and La Crosse. Local events featured a St Francis school recital and a Ladies card club gathering.
Locust residents report Sunday visits and business from Decorah to Harmony. Frank Roney owns a new leathering machine. many locals attended the revival sale at Rev Seehaus and the Decorah circus. Names include Barth Ruffridge Gretley Seim and others. travel to Winona and Minneapolis noted. several families hosted gatherings at Ruffridge and Barth homes.
Ravena listings show illnesses Leo Barthelme and Peter Etteldorf with pneumonia and sickness. Dr Juen called, Aug Peck and Sven Towson households noted. Social visits span Ossian Decorah Waukon Ratan Castalia and nearby events including circuses, dances, birthdays, and a K of C banquet, with multiple local families named.
Local notes record MADISON resident H. J. Fretheim celebrating the purchase of a new automobile. The item lists visits and social calls among neighbors including Vick, Haugen, Hovey, and Fretheim families, plus a dance in Elmer Bergan’s barn with Helwig’s orchestra and forthcoming temperance and memorial services at the M E church and I C C F hall led by Rev. Sweet. Elizabeth, Edith, Stella, and Esther are named among visitors. Several residents travel to Decorah and Rochester for medical and Mayo Bros consultations.
Mrs Frank Morrison of West Union visits here. Numerous residents travel to Decorah and Ames for visits or work. The L A B will meet May 24 at Albert Van Vleit’s home. Several families attend the Decorah circus. Mrs Weldon improves amid updates from Lansing and Bozeman. Storm damage reported as barn on Henry Chase farm damaged during Friday’s storm.
Peter Borsheim shipped hogs last Saturday while T Tosten and son Carl called in Decorah Friday. Theo Thorson visited Borsheim, Melvin Peterson aided him Monday, and Clarence Peterson helped his uncle Christian of Glenwood. Sever Borsheim chatted with brothers Pete and Amon Wednesday. Albert Peterson aided Peter Ford saw lumber for Henry Halverson at Canoe Ridge. Clarence Peterson, Barbara Borsheim and Albert Peterson dined with Hattie Dinger Sunday. Albert Peterson and Hattie Dinger with Clarence Peterson and Barbara Borsheim attended the Yankee Robinson circus. Ella Gretley helped her brother Henry Locust while wife visits Minneapolis. Albert Peterson, Hattie Dinger and sister Mrs Frank Stinson visited Ben Duemmer Sunday night.
Markets show an upward trend with wheat ranging 2.80 to 3.00, oats at 70 cents, timothy 6 to 25 and corn at 1.50. Hogs quoted from 13.50 to 15.75, eggs 326, butter 36, potatoes 3.50, flour 4, barley nominal.
Fort Atkinson residents and Calmar visitors are listed with multiple social calls and travels. Names include Miss Myrtle Perkins, Florence Swehla, Mary Wagner, Mike Puffer, Mrs Kudina, Mrs Poshusta, and Joe Neuzil with family. Events mention Prairie du Chien, Decorah, Yankee Robinson circus, a Chekal hall dance, weddings loans for Bohac Hayek and Lazarum Schissel, and a Edison phonograph promotion at Decorah Music Shop.
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