County News Item Highlights Local Visits and Death
November 3 1913 notes list residents and visitors including Leslie Birdsell ill Mrs J A Peck Postville visits Will Shultz windmill erection Jimmie Kneeskern Decorah calls Roma Padden visiting Waterloo Postville trips and many neighborhood activities Frie nds and relatives appear at various homes auctions and social events Rev Elisha Bovee dies in Waterloo after long illness Cancer of the stomach longtime neighbor known for tent meetings in the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Frank Lowe
Santa Barbara
Cal
Scannell Bros
Chris
Mizener
Olive
Georgia
Pleasant Ridge
Irvin Hughes
Rachel Birdsell
Leon
Leslie
Postville
Bethel
Sherman Bollman
Lyle
Rochester
Mr. Allen
Minnesota
A. D. McKay
Emma Letchford
Ida Bollman
Nellie Spain
Elisha Bovee
Waterloo
Northern Canoe social notes hint at community visits and moving plans
Local notices recount visits among residents including John Kinyon and Vernie Perry, Fred Leonhart, John Feltz, and Henry Smalley families. Cited events include Barn improvements, returns of Fritz Falck, a Decorah trip by Will Hilleman, a fall school term completion, and Peter Peterson planning to move back from Thief River. Bear's advertizes winter stock and low prices.
Grandma Towson on sick list in Ravena area
November 2 1913 notes provide a local roundup of names visiting, calls, and social visits in Ravena and nearby townships. It records sick lists, road conditions, and a birth, with many mentions of residents and travelers including Ole Anderson, Regina Lansing, Hilda Orvella, Edith DeCou, Tomine Ness, Anna Wolf, J A Juen, Rev Koren, Alfred Holzer, Minnie Anderson, Ida Anderson, and others, plus a hospital operation for Eber DeCoy’s team and a birth on October 31 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Towson
Ole Anderson
Glenwood
Herman Lansing
Calmar
Regina Lansing
Haviland
Ossian
Hilda Orvella
Red Oak
Knut Towson’s
Edith DeCou
Fran Youmans
Tomine Ness
Ole Lomen
Anna Wolf
J. A. Juen
Koren
Washington Prairie
Alfred Holzer
Frank W. Lansing, Jr
Minnie Anderson
Clay Hill Social Notes and Local Activity
Mrs Will Mall is sick. Farmers haul corn and Henry Peterson pours a concrete barn floor. Halloween passed quietly. Dr Jewell of Decorah made a house call. Mrs L Larsen and son Edward visited Fil Belson’s. Miss Phoebe Sorenson went to Freeport to visit Hager Delaney. Mr and Mrs Ed Matter and Grace, Locust, with Mr and Mrs Sam Stoskopf and daughters Laura and ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Mall
Henry Peterson
Hallowe'en
Clay Hill
Jewell
Decorah
L. Larsen
Edward
Canoe Ridge
Fil. Belson
Phoebe Sorenson
Freeport
Plymouth Rock social and local notices pull parish life
A look at community happenings lists residents visiting neighbors, children finishing school terms, a ball social planned at Pollitt school, and local travel. Names include Mrs Ellingson, Miss Lenora Steenson, Rev Bjerke, Miss Emma Ellingson, and others. Also notes a horse loss, a Y P S gathering, and a nearby visit by Mrs Henderson. An ad promotes Chamberlains Tablets and Burdock Blood Bitters with local druggists.
Kendallville News Roundup from November 38 1013
Walter Dasham visited Canton on Monday and Tuesday. Edson Eddy bought a new McCormick corn husker last week. Local youths attended a Cresco dance Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Culbert visited FE E Eddy’s family Sunday. John Luddingdahl and Walter Daskam hauled gravel for a bridge in Albion. The C C Brown family visited their daughter Mrs Das kam. Ada Young visited relatives at Riceville and returned home. E Pollitt of Orleans will sell his farm and move to Cresco. Kendallville L A S met at Mrs Culbert’s with strong attendance. Mrs Mary Sloane visited her parents here and returned to Zenda Kansas. Mrs W A Clink underwent surgery at Mercy hospital in Cresco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Birdsell
J. A. Peck
Postville
Will Shultz
Jimmie Kneeskern
Decorah
Roma Padden
Waterloo
J. E. Kneeskern
Villa Jacobs
Frannie Padden
Jas. Meikle
Lena Samuelson
Sherman Bollman
Schmitz
Paul Topel
John Holm
Roy Kneeskern
Geo. Allen
Ravena
Gunder Tinderholt
Charley Barrett
J.N. Leithold
Jas. Kneeskern
Oelwein
Irvin Hughes
Clifford
Stella Crawford
Charlie
Fred Klepper
Lillian
Jessie Meikle
John Mullaney
Mason City
Frankville
L. C. Spaun
Jens Egeland
Rev. Mason
Chicago
Hazelton
Owa
Wallace Waters
Sam Waters
Janie Lyons
Padden
Montana
Jas. Birdsell
Ed. Livingood
Bethel
Earl Livingood
Henry Kiesau
Norfolk
Neb
Sarah Simpson
Rachel Birdsell
Evra Schoonmaker
Alma
Ed. Youmans
Clarence Miller
Cresco
F. Miller
Rachel Hirdsell
Tom Folsom
Jas. Costigan
T. E. Ericson
Hazel Wilson
Walter Brandt
Baby
Bruce
Wis
Lewis
Elizabeth
Waukon
Henry Broghammer
Valentine Stoskopf
Coy
John Harter
Locust
Will Hilleman
Fritz Falck
George
Fred, Glice
Cora Broghammer
Peter Peterson
Thief River
Minn
Peter Bender
Rob. Peterson
George Foltz
la Creuse
St. Francis Hospital
Luella
Canoe Township
John Matter
J. J. Walsh
Mary Williams
Selmer Moen
Washington Prairie
Albert Grinna
Clay Hill
Hallowe’en
Freeport
Amelia Sorenson
Will Foltz
Riverbend
Arne Amundsen
Nick Klingenberg
Henry J. Gross
Ulen
Caroline
Walter Gross
Everett
Harold Swenson
Sam Sorenson
James Stoitz
Franklin Prairie
Louis Gross
J. J. Mashek
Harold
Calmar
Caroline Gross
Master Hegtvedt
C. Hegtvedt
Swebakken
Waukon Hospital
Walter Dasham
Canton
Edson Eddy
McCormick
Harrison Culbert
FE. E. Eddy
John Luddingdahl
Walter Daskam
Albion
C. C. Brown
Daskam
Ada Young
Riceville
E. Pollitt
Orleans
Kendallville L. A. S
M. Culbert
Mary Sloane
A. Moore
Zenda
Kansas
W. A. Clink
Mercy Hospital
Resco
Serious Kidney Warning from Decorah Advised
A Decorah health warning urges kidney disease awareness as fatigue and pains are often misattributed. Mrs. J D Wells credits Doan s Kidney Pills for relief. Doan's advertised by Foster Milburn Co. 50 cents. Also mentions croup relief and foot ease for shoe comfort with ad style endorsements.
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Decorah
J. D. Wells
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Ady
Codfish Chowder Recipe Lifted From Summer Fare
Fry salt pork then simmer in a kettle with two quarts water. Add sliced potatoes and chopped onions, shred codfish into the chowder, boil slowly for about an hour, then stir in milk and butter before serving with crackers. A fine chowder when fresh fish is scarce and oysters are out.
Saved His Foot from Ulcer with Bucklen Salve
Bantam Ohio resident H D Ely suffered a four year ulcer on his foot. He refused amputation and used Bucklen’s Anica Salve as a last resort, reporting his foot was soon cured. Also touts bucklen salve for burns cuts eczema with testimonials from H H Bucklen Co Philadelphia and H W Matthews Augusta Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Ely
Bantam, O
Bucklen
Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St Adv
Vinci the strength builder for tired women and children
A local druggist advertises Vinci cod liver oil with iron as a remedy for run-down women and weak children. Miss Lea Dumas from Malone N Y credits two bottles with restoring her health. The ad promises satisfaction or money back and adds Saxo Salve for skin issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea Dumas
Malone
N. Y
Vinci
Miss Dumas
P. S
R. A. Engbretson
Decorah
PURITY SOOTLESS coal praised by Decorah reader
A Decorah reader extols PURITY SOOTLESS soft coal from INGWOLDSTAD & CO as the cleanest, best for cooking and heating, claiming it reduces soot and dirt in homes. The letter urges neighbors to adopt the coal to keep the city clean and invites requests for a ton delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Ingvoldstad & Company
Ingwold. Stad & CO
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Fred Leonhart
Phil Halse
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Hugo Noecker
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Henry Smalley
Ole K. Johnson
Ida Anderson
Swen Towson
Ben Kimers
John Barthelme
Moscow
Idaho
S. M. Ness
Henry Smith
Happy Hollow
Walter Meyer
Frank Lansing
Ludlow
Plymouth Rock
N. Ellingson
George Rhines
Willie Sanders
Mons Askelson
Rev
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Lawller
Lenora Steenson
Ltella Askelson
Jo Johnson
Frank Crawford
Engbretson
Adv. Ee
Burdock
Lood Bitters
Kendallville
Capaca
Chamberlain
Engbrettsen
Allen
Olmstead
le Roy
W. Matthews
Labor Statistics
Augusta
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Clean City Club
Sepficmere
S. Larsen
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