Bluffton Area Notes Quiet Picnic and Visits
May 23 1916 county news reports the school picnic at Bluffton and a flurry of visits and travels. Local residents including Mr and Mrs J B Reed and Miss Kathleen Reed are noted with trips to La Crosse Decorah and Calmar. A graduation and a church event are described along with a long list of social calls and a funeral notice for Daisyrene Smalley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
J. B. Reed
la Crosse
Howard Edie
Louis Krumm
Jack Ackerson
Geo
Smith
Emma Rice
Hannah Sharp
James Wade
Paul Reed
Ted Morrison
W. Evans
Lester Nelson
Spring Grove
Arnold
Helen Emery
Emma Decker
Kathleen Reed
Will Hilleman
Milton Whitney
Sanaker
Jennie
Anna Peterson
T. N. Reed
Roy Gossman
O'Brien
Sullivan
George
Prosper
Bessie
Charlotte Manuel
Edna Butler
Oscar Wilbur
Abe Pierce
Anita
N. Masters
John Gates
Marsh
Mabel
Ineer
Alberta
Jack Nolte
Arthur Smith
Winfield Feltis
South Dakota
Harry
Pearl
Harrisburg
Parker
Sioux Falls
A. B. Wanless
Cresco
Winnifred Mitchell
Pierce
W. “T. Peawork
E. Kippe
J. Nolte
J. Helieems
Philip Seelye
Pierre Feltis
H. G. Ward
G. H. Kimball
C. C. Ward
G. Ward
EB. Kippe
A. M. Morrison
Daisyrene Smalley
J. R
Sarah Smalley
Hesper Township
Winneshiek County
Iowa
John Kjelsberg
John Foltz
Raymond John
Henry
Sidney
James
Ray
Hesper
Marie Vick
Olaves Haaland
J. Macal
Austin
G. Vick
N. N. Bergan
Jeffery
O. A. Bergan
Decorah
Local Notes from Conover Area May 1918
May 23 1918 report from Conover lists Ford autos arriving, dynamite blasting for timber, building of barn and garage at Calmar, layoff for Joe Teevar, trips by Joe Beevar and son to Spillville, Mike Phillips returning from Calmar area, social visits between Spillville and Calmar, confirmations at Spillville church, illness of Mrs Pizenger's cow, and Dr Thompson’s visit to Calmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Klimesh
Ford
Tom Erland
Albert Sobolik
Calmar
Joe Teevar
Weir
Joe Beevar
Spillville
Mike Phillips
William
James Huber
Paul Heuser
Conover
Spillville Catholic
M. Krall
F. Krall
Pizenger
de. Thompson
Memorial program set at Friends church May 30
Hesper notes show local visitors from Decorah Harmony and Spring Grove. A memorial program will be given at the Friends church on Tuesday May 30. Residents visited family and friends in Ridgeway Decorah Rochester and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bryant
Decorah
Ole Sanden, Jr
Ole Molstad
Stensland
Peterson
Harmony
Friends Church
Elmer Griswold
Ridgeway
Jack Darrington
Cecil Darrtington
Roy Darrington
Rasmussen
Mattie
Mabel
Hesper
D. C. Wiles
Stacy Wiles
Chas Nelson
W. P
Rochester
Alma Peterson
Inga Stensland
Princ J. C. Gannon
Ossian Social Notes Highlight Community Visits
Ossian residents and visitors fill the week with calls from Calmar Festina Decorah and West Union. Notables include Mrs J A Huber and Rev W J Cremer visiting Ossian while others travel to Mason City Dubuque and Decorah for family and social engagements.
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J. A. Huber
Gilbert
Ursula Meyer
Broderick
Harry Bullard
West Union
Zephy Fleisher
S. Castalia
Fred Priddort
Festina
Ossian
Decorah
Bridget Burke
Miss Norgard
W. J. Cremer
Calmar
Miller Lee
Postville
Edna Haug
Miss Kemp
Pete Meyer
Otto Gleisner
Town City
Local residents list visits and travel in Calmar area
A long roster of Calmar Ossian Decorah and nearby residents notes weekend visits to relatives in Madison Dubuque Rochester Washington Kota and Minneapolis. Synod attendance and a church confirmation are recorded along with a serious accident injuring Mrs Halverson and Mrs Nelson when a horse bolted after a motorcycle encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Johnston
Decorah
Marie Sandager
Dubuque
A. Bergeland
Rochester
John Uher
Prairie du Chien
Paul Koren
G. A. Nystrom
Minneapolis
Zephie Fleischer
Ossian
Wm. Helwig
John Check
Madison
Wis
Frank] Uher, Jr
Gyda Christianson
Owatonna
Minn
J. H. Numedahl
Elmer
Ellen Dahlen
L. A. Wangs
R. Ringoen
Theresa Wangsness
Kota
Lloyd Ernst
Archbishop Keane
St. Aloysius Church
Louisa Peeper
Dorchester
Town
Jacob Beevar
Edna Meyer
Allisha
Baldwin
Dunning’s Springs
Park
Minnie Christianson
T. Halverson
HH. Nelson
Springfield Township
Rodney Nicholson
Local Society Notes From Madison And Decorah Visits
Dr Daly acted as professional caller at J Drew s Monday Misses Stella and Florence Hovey visited home Sunday and many Decorah folk visited area families over the weekend E O Flaskerud attended a Minneapolis synod meeting and various relatives traveled between Decorah and rural homes including Hovey Flaskerud and Haugen households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Daly
J. Drew
Stella
Florence Hovey
Otto Neste
A. Flaskernd
David Hoyt
Archie
Canoe
Ida Josvanger
Christ Dale
Peter Haugen
Decorah
Ole
E. O. Flaskerud
Minneapolis
Clarence Myrah
O ‘A. Johnson
Hilder Fgge
Decorauh
O. P
Anna Grindeland
Highlandville J
O. N. Haugen
A. ©. Howe
X. I. Engen
H. A. Halverson
Christie
Old People’s Home
O”. BK. Schmidt
Karen Flaskerud
Joseph
Conover
Winneshiek County Fair Promises Big Attractions
Local residents attended gatherings at the H A Halvorson home and other towns while the Winneshiek County Fair outlines plans for a major event with horse racing auto polo balloonists base ball and a fourfoldly rebuilt fair ground. The management urges boosters to spread the word and attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County Fair
Sloan
Northwest
Winneshiek
Winneshiek County
Vinci Tone Restores Mrs Lamborn in Ohio
Ohio woman Mrs J F Lamborn says Vinci tonic rebuilt her strength after failed remedies. She reports improved health and energy to perform housework with pleasure. R A Engbertson, a Decorah druggist, guarantees Vinci cod liver iron tonic for weak and nervous conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Engbertson
Decorah
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Wangler’s Drug Store
the Adams Seed Company
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Rosa Hosper
Prastmark’s
Adams Seed CO
Marsh Building
Meena
Dorothy Gish
Betty of
Greystone
Mary Pickford
Marguerite Clark
Owen Moore
Komical Keystone
Paramount-Lasky Pictures Presents
Fannie Ward
Lasky
America
Bill's
Grahams
Minnie Hexom
Mary Handley
Bertha Forester
Mary Eide
H. J. Bridgeman
R. P. Sanford
Marlow Building
Mgr
Ilona
Grahams Lip
Ohio Woman's Wish
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