Decorah School Ends With Dense Commencement Plans
The Decorah community outlines end of term events including Immaculate Conception Academy and Luther College commencements. The Immaculate Conception program at Grand Opera House features a historical play and a cast list. Decorah High School prepares its 57th commencement with a class of 174 graduates and a class day address by J. A. O. Preus.
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Immaculate Conception Academy
Grand Opera House
Dorothy
Gen. Ormsby
Eileen Slack
Ormsby
Hazel Courtney
Lorimer
Peidhind Sranasras Soschese
Margaret Haas
Edith
Vera Kennard
Mabel
Katherine McKay Cecile
Emma Broghammer
Matilda
Oes
Nellie Walsh
Sarah Ann
Kentry
Naomi O'Neil
Chloe
Dinah
Catherine Hutchinson
Ezekiah Pinkerton
Ccccsecesessen
Bennie Broghammer
Pi Rogette
Agnes Walsh
Villa
Staten Island
Deborah
Ay Ruth O'Neil
Seabury
Anna Sydon Priscilla
Regina Slack
Robert Westcott
Ormsby’s
Matilla
Philip Oehler
Margaret
Helen Hutchinson
Mrs. Ormsby
College
J. A. 0. Preus
Minnesota
Henry ©. Talle
First Lutheran Church
J. Kvale
Orfordsville
Wis
Decorah Choral Union
Louise Curtin
Ashton Carter Gregg
Otto N. Glesne
Marie Margaret Hegner
Marie Emelie Hijelle
Kathryn Joyce Selulze
Marguerite Tracy
Beatta Twenge
Detlef Aubrey Anderson
Florence Elizabeth Burts
Sylvan Willard Christian
Hiram L. Coffeen
Hope Ardath Conrad
Agnes Dale
Alexander Evans
Carl P. Hanson, Jr
Francis Milton Hiller
Gertrude Evelyn Holton
Norman Howden
Marjorie Jewell
Julia Marie Kvale
Harold Lawrence Larsen
Harold Meyrick
Henriette Naeseth
Clara Marie Olson
Christine Owen
John Reginald Pearson
Gustav J. Quiel
Harold R. Schlatter
Luther Defeats St. Mary's in Nine to Three Baseball Win
Luther trimmed St. Mary's of Winona 9 to 3 last Thursday. Kiland batted in three runs including a three-base hit and two sacrifice flies. Natvig suffered a painful right-thumb injury on a second-inning steal attempt. Streeter replaced him.
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Luther
St. Mary's
Winona
St. Mary’s
Walsh
Monson
Reifenberger
Streeter
Kiland
Searvie
Narum
Larson
Natvig
Rotto
Conkey
A Luther
Awe Tone Narum
Sorlein
Peterson
Eiland
Scarvierf
ST. Mary
E “ Ibera
Walsh Et ” i
Reifen Heateer
Culhame
Dolan
Mahoney
Glynn
Mt Mary's
Stollen
Genlling
Seniors Win Senior Faculty Baseball Game at Luther College
The annual Senior Faculty game at Luther College Monday afternoon ended with the Seniors coming from behind to win 10 to 9. Spectators found the clash more about fun than pure skill, with the Faculty holding the lead into the final inning before the Seniors surged ahead.
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Luther College
Decorah High School Baseball Dominates West Union Again
Decorah defeated West Union 10 to 3 on their home grounds extending the victory. The Decorah eighth grade team also beat the Sister school 6 to 1 to show strong baseball ability.
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Decorah
West Union
Blue Laws Report Colorful Sunday Observed Across Cities
The Sunday blue laws were generally observed in Descorah last Sunday with most work halted and ice cream parlors and cigar stands closed while newspapers sold as usual. In Des Moines Attorney General Havner’s area remained quiet though theatres and theatres ran normally and baseball games occurred in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Clinton with no arrests reported.
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Descorah
Des Moines
Havner
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Clinton
Propp Obtains First Papers After Naturalization Move
Propp, a county canvasser of portraits, learned he was not yet American when the draft call came. He traveled to Chicago last week to file first papers for naturalization and plans to register. He says he is ready to serve if drafted.
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Propp
Chicago
Farmer reports corn coming slowly but sound after frosts
The farmer we met last Saturday said his corn planting is early and progressing slowly but well. Some pieces are nearly ready for first plowing and he does not see frost damage affecting the crop.
Old Flags Claim Monona’s Ancient Banner
Statewide interest in historic flags grows with Monona asserting the oldest flag dating to 1863 when Wm M Stone ran for governor on the Union ticket. Monona’s flag, given for sending the largest delegation, is 54 years old and Decorah’s flag from 1861 is two years older and on display in the courthouse glass case.
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Monona
Wm. M. Stone
Postville
Decorah
Co. D
Third Town
Court House
Dean's Regulats Advertises Quick Bowel Relief
An old advertisement promotes Dean's Regulats as a natural aid for regular bowel movements and relief from constipation. It notes a price of 25 cents and urges purchase at all stores.
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Dean
Eggs Price Surge Hints Higher Winter Costs
A year ago farmers received 19 cents a dozen for eggs, today prices hover around 31 cents with large lots in cold storage at 37 cents in Chicago. Analysts expect next winter eggs could reach 75 cents to a dollar per dozen. Guides urge housewives to learn preservation methods to guard against shortages. Impure blood warning leads to Burdock's Bark Bitters promotion.
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Chicago
New Iowa Industry Opens as Waterville Crushed Stone Prospects Grow
Waterville Crushed Stone Co. becomes an assured venture after O Kolsrad and W Hilborn visit Tennessee and Alabama to evaluate plants. Samples tested in Ames show 99 percent carbonate with 63 percent calcium carbonate and sub 5 percent silica. Farmers in Allamakee county order 300 tons for soil, signaling a potential Decorah industry.
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Waterville
O. Kolsrad
W. ©. Hilborn
Tennessee
Alabama
Ames
Allamakee County
Decorah
Ladies of the Grand Army Observe Memorial Service
The Ladies of the Grand Army held their yearly memorial service after a regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon May 23. The organization works quietly but effectively. A four year old boy, son of Charles Bartosh near Traer, was hospitalized for a severe compound fracture of both bones in the right leg after his foot caught in a corn planter wheel.
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Ladies of the Grand Army
Charles Bartosh
Traer
Pain relief for rheumatism liniment ad
An advertisement recommends Chamberlain's Liniment for chronic muscular rheumatism. It claims notable pain relief and notes sale by R. A. Engberston.
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Chamberlain
R. A. Engbertson
Adv
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Thomas Gallagher
Walter Rastetter
Ernest Oer
Jos. Welch
Winneshick County
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W. F. McVettie
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John L. Cherney
H. E. Miller
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