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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1914
Page
5
Local items describe school openings, teacher placements, church events, social calls, and market trips across Spillville Ridgeway Decorah and surrounding areas. Residents trek by auto to Decorah Fort Atkinson Lawler and Cresco while frequent visits mark community life and wartime service debates.
November 2 1914 Frankville report records residents and visitors. Charley Miller of Ossian and Henry Webster of Garner are mentioned among town visitors with several trips to nearby towns.
Local residents report routine farm work and visits across Decorah Freeport and nearby townships. News items include harvest activity, travel to Decorah hospital, arrivals from Cedar Rapids, and Connie Mack singing practice for her show When Dreams Come True.
November 2, 1914 Kendallville notes report Mrs Handke returning Cresco, farm sales, visits, births and illnesses. A party for Mr and Mrs Frank Wallace in Kendallville included 150 friends, a surprise farewell with a $25 purse for their new Minnesota home. Carpenters at Lyons farm and various visits by residents are recorded.
Arthur Peterson caller at the Ellis and Iverson homes Sunday. An agent selling a Crow car was seen in the vicinity last week. School started in District No. 5 with Miss Oakland as teacher. Narveson family and Ison Clifford planned Decorah trip Sunday. Ole Ellingson, Republican sheriff candidate, seen nearby last Sunday. Clarence Ellingson and others called at Iverson home Sunday. Clarence Ellingson returned from Highlandville after work for T Moe. Burgh residents attended a masquerade dance at Launtmeyver's Saturday evening. Mrs N C Narveson and daughters visited Oscar Erickson Sunday.
Mr Lerando a harpist with C W Best company and a keen geology student arrived in Decorah last Friday. Within half an hour he visited the ice cave and nearby spring, noting travertine limestone similarities to Rome’s coliseum and Vatican buildings. He has studied glacial drifts shaping the Midwest and will be remembered for fossil rock and cave photos near John Vold’s home.
Telegrams from Chicago informed dealers not to ship cattle as the Chicago stock yards were quarantined for foot and mouth disease. Sunday telegrams banned cattle movements for ten days, while stamping out efforts failed. About fifteen hundred fine cattle at the show are endangered.
The Wadena Land Co. closed a major real estate transaction northwest of Arlington. The Finley Smith farm, a well improved 320 acre property, was transferred to Clint Humphrey of Fayette for 835000.
Three years ago in Pittsburgh Mrs. Lafayette Tuck praised Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine for children because it is pleasant to take and does not upset the stomach. The remedy contains no opium and may be given to children as confidently as adults, sold by Brodertson's Pharmacy. Ad in The Republican.
George E. Roberts of Fort Dodge chief of the United States mint resigns to become assistant to the president of the National City Bank in New York. The post is praised as one of the finest government positions in years with large salary and vast growth potential in a bank led by Frank A. Vanderlip. Roberts’ shift spurs rumors of friction with McAdoo, denied. relations between Roberts and the treasury officials have been cordial and valued.
News brief notes MeGregor prepares sewer work while Anna Berry is named North McGregor postmistress. A mysterious fire destroys Greeley municipal electric plant. The state vet vaccinates over 2000 hogs near West Union. A Independence theater closes due to war tax. A three year old, Mildred DeLamater, dies from accidental gun discharge in Cedar Rapids. Webber wins $25 judgment from Webster City for injuries at the electric light plant.
The list shows patents granted to Iowans including AM14 metal power belt by A M Bohhnan of Cedar Rapids, the hosiery drying and shaping apparatus by Geo Collis of Dubuque, and various inventions such as a fending machine, automobile lifting jack, shade bracket, vehicle seat, and lifting pack. Names include Frank A. Fitzloff, B L P Hansen, John M Lieb, Richard Miller, Harry C Pease, Ulrich Walton, and Frank Wegener among others with several assigners and locations across Iowa.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt criticizes southern rule over the Democratic party and midwestern representatives, arguing for a shift in power to resist taxes and pork-barrel spending. The piece notes a Lakes ore port crane unloading 12 ton bites per dive as a separate detail.
Cough remedy claims to soothe bronchial inflammation and clear phlegm with Dr King's New Discovery. Testimonial from J. R. Watts of Flowdale Texas praises its effectiveness. money back guarantee offered. Also promotes Sweet Almond Cream Invisible Powder and Burdock Blood Bitters with slogans and retailer names.
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