Local County News Highlights From Early 1912 Community
November 5 1912 items include corn gathering by Tom Bryant and Talberts, sour throat issues for Carol Hawks, glazier work on Talbert house, and Elling Wold building a concrete porch floor. Various moves trades and property purchases noted plus a funeral attendance and a church telegram. A fall from a ladder injures Elmer Griswold. public meetings suspended due to diphtheria. a charity auction raises 28.50 for a lecture course to be held in Mabel hall with Alvan Morton Reitzel as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bryant
Talberts
Carol Hawks
Ed. Watts
Talbert House
Elling Wold
Mamie Flak
Oren
B. M.ite
John Jacobson
Camp
John Johnson
Maggie Reid
Worth
Rob. Reid
Daubney
Decorah
Will Camp
Charlie Halsey
Alvin Hawks
Barrie Haines
Ole Pederson
Haldor Johnson
John Camp
Pioneer Friends Church
W. C. Hutchinson
Harmony
Greenwood
Thurman
Fremont County
Ole Sanden
Rev. m
RB. F. Newcomer
Mildred Nelson
Mabel
Fayette
Mild
Andrew Krome
Ray Hiatt
Canada
John Hiatt
Leonard Rowe
Lannin
Nass
Alvan Morton Reitzel
Mabel Hall
Highlandville Farming Notes and Local Happenings
November 4 1912 report from Highlandville notes farmers husking progress and corn shredding to finish before election. Palma Dixon suffers tonsillitis. Marie Hovey visited Emma Mestad. Theo Schjeldahl visited Opheim. Barn reshingling by Olson and Bentley. Hampered by politics, teachers named Ida Kittleson and Ida Gulbro. Arnold Peterson returns from Cheyenne reporting snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palma Dixon
Marie Hovey
Emma Mestad
Theo
Schjeldahl
Opheim
C. P. Olson
Germond Bentley
Hermanson
Akre
B. K. Schjeldahl
Olaf Peterson
Clarence Mestad
Arneson Brothers
Ida Kittleson
Ida Gulbro
C. N. Houck
Peter Ramsay
Faten Engan
Clarence Anderson
Tideman Holven
Kent Steen
Arnold Peterson
Cheyenne
N. C
Funeral for Mrs. Olson Draws Large Attendance
The funeral for Mrs. Peter Olson last Wednesday was well attended with the church full. Misses Randvna Schjeldahl and Margaret Schjeldahl and nurse Ericson visited Mrs. Martin Peterson. snow hinted at winter. library book committee formed. recovery noted for E. O. Schjeldahl. Arthur Schjeldahl ill with typhoid but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Olson
Randvna
Margaret Schjeldahl
Clara Bentley
Clara Peterson
Decorah
Mrs. Olson
Thos. Qualley
Knut Vick
Arthur Schjeldahl
Narratives from Burr Oak area residents visit and travel
A collection of short notices from Burr Oak on November 4 1912. Anna Ward visits a local hotel while Frank Wickett of Canton, and many others travel, visit, or relocate. Several residents undertake trips to Wisconsin Minnesota and Canada, with callers from Decorah and La Crosse and work trips noted.
Fine corn husking Weather in Northern Canoe
November 4 1912 note that corn husking dominates activity as families like Stoskopf and Kinyon work fields. Local visits include Geo Folk of Bailey Springs at the home of the Stoskopfs. School opens in Canoe district No 9 with Miss Cleona Stoskopf. Hydrophobia in a cow prompts vet inspection.
Return of the pradtical and a weather note
The fragmentary item mentions a rustic exchange about returning and working off fat. A weather line notes a year prone to extremes. An ad praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a testimonial from Mrs. Hugh Campbell of Lavonia Georgia, sold by Engbretson's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Hugh Campbell
Lavonia
Engbretson
Adv
Plymouth Rock News Roundup From Local Farms and Visits
Community notes recount farmers husking corn Rev Larson passing through last Friday. Mrs Helge Scott ill Mrs John Olson sick. Irene Daniels from Decorah visiting Frank Crawford. Emily Fitzgerald finished a term of school. Ellingson family visits Kendallville Princeton trip mentioned. Emmett Knox underwent an operation at Mercy hospital Cresco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Larson
Kessel
Helge Scott
Oliver Monsen
J. Ellingson
John Hattlestad
Chicago
Henry Steenson
Cresco
O. Ellingson’s
George Damon
Ellingson
Peter Ellingson
Kendallville
Will Davis
Mayme Elliott
Princeton
Minn
A. Steenson
N. Ellingson
Mons Askelson
John Ellingson
Winter outlook and social notes from Western Lincoln area
The Western Lincoln column reports a light snow flurry on November 1 foreshadowing winter. Farmers finish corn harvest while others start. Local gatherings include a Democratic meeting in district three and visits by civic residents. The Turkey River bridge is repaired and ready for traffic as winter nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Koloe
Smith School
Min Tin Pans
Gow
Ison Foss
Riay
Messrs
Qhmacht and
Kuntz
Cresco
C. Schild
Wm. Kratz
Evangelical
Fred Falck
Arlington
Local notes recount visits and travels across town
November 4, 2012 records show Everett Clark buying Albert Sandvik’s wood saw while residents like Mr. and Mrs. John Pierce, Ervin Barnes, C. C. Brown and others are mentioned in visits, illness updates, and moves. Snow and cold weather arrive as families host guests and travel to Decorah, Sioux Falls, Orleans, Spencer, and Albion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Clark
Albert Sandvik
John Pierce
Ervin Barnes
Salem
C. C. Brown
Bert Yates
Elliota
Peter Hammervold
Elias Holness
W. C. Fifield
Vesta
Wm. Howard
Orleans
Pierce
Albert Nichols
Albion
Clifford Eddy
Melvin Stephenson
Alice Nichols
Spencer
Will Goldsworthy
Fred Dybvik
Fred
Barnes
Decorah
Jennie James
Sioux Falls
Dan Easter
Fred Barnes
Will Wells
Local Notes From Clay Hill November 3 1912
Miss Lizzie Williams of Spillville visited home folks on Saturday. Miss Stella Sorenson visited Mrs Aliie Headington near Freeport last week. Miss Mabel Howe visited the Misses Vick in Pleasant township. Mr and Mrs A L Thomann of Nordness were guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Gross. Many from here attended Dr F W Daubney funer al in Decorah on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Williams
Spillville
Stella Sorenson
Aliie Headington
Freeport
Mabel Howe
Local Social Notes From Decorah and Nearby Towns
Miss Mabel Rienbaugh of Decorah visited the Ben Janstad home from Friday to Sunday. Willie Erickson came from Reeder North Dakota on Friday to help his brother Carl harvest. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Goettelman were guests at Will McClain’s in Canoe township on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sorenson visited Martin Huseby on Canoe Edge last week. Miss Marie Janstad, a Valdez College student, visited home the latter part of the week. Mrs. Josephine Linzenmeyer travelled to Minneapolis Saturday to see her daughter Emma Severson. Walter Florence and Hattie Matter stay with grandparents Sam and Mrs. Stoskopf in Canoe township. Mrs. Fred Tillotson and son Carroll moved to Charles City on Saturday to establish a new home. Der
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Ward
Frank Wickett
Canton
Niias Elsie Butler
Decorah
Willie Feltis
Dakota
J. B. Reid
Rev. Schepple
W. Madding and Son
Wisconsin
Ernest Ward
Canada
Joe Armstrong
Pierce
Ella Steensland
Mabel
Minn
A. Wingate
Myrtle
Bertha Wade
Barn Reed
Emmons
Einer Kippe
Luther Pierce
Andy Butler
Blanche Peacock-Shaw
Minneapolis
Ike Reed
la Crosse
Norma
G. A. Peacock
Gull Lake
Hawarden
Frank Rollins
Prosper, Minn
C. A. Tomeraasen
Wis
P. H. Whitney
Mabel Rienbaugh
Ben Janstad
Willie Erickson
Reeder
N. D
Carl
Chas. Goettleman
Will McClain
Canoe Township
Sam Sorenson
Martin Huseby
Canoe Edge
Marie Janstad
Valdez College
Josephine Linzenmeyer
Emma Severson
Walter
Florence
Hattie
Sam Stoskopf
Fred Tillotson
Carroll
Charles City
Mr. Tillotson
Der
First Use of Mahogany in Raleigh Era Ship Repairs
Mahogany was first used in repairing Raleigh era ships at Trinidad in 1587. A doctor’s curiosity led to a small box, a bureau, and soon a fashionable wave of mahogany furniture after Duchess of Buckingham admired the specimen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Raleigh
Trinidad
Gibbons
King Street
Covent Garden
Duchess of Buckingham
The Wrong One by Jones and the Silent Morning
At breakfast Mrs. Jones confronts a mistaken clock winding issue after Jones mentions overtime. A mysterious musical box wind up at 3am reveals the clock was Teddy’s box playing Nome, Sweet Home, heightening tension and hinting at a hidden secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Rimarked Jones
Tough on the Count at Washington club smoker
Texas Representative Henry relays a tale of international marriages during a Washington club smoker. He recounts Count Voignon's union with Lottie Golde at the Paris registry and a quip about a French dowry of about 8,000,000 francs, adjusted to two sous for the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry
Texas
Count Voignon
Toignon
Minneapolis Journal. A
Tobacco Testers in France Assess All Tobacco Types
A French official panel comprised of a chairman and five assistants spends the day evaluating every kind of tobacco produced in France. Their routine includes smoking cigars cigarettes and pipes to estimate quality. The most agreeable part is testing the high priced Havana cigars sold by the state Tit-Bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stitl
France
The Wise Lion tale from Paul Rainey
Paul Rainey shared a humorous lion story in New York private screenings of his African hunts. A lion leaped at a man but miss judged height. later the same lion was seen by a stream practicing low jumps, hanging a log of wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Rainey
New York
Washington Star
Epiphany in a Department Store
A young woman in a department store, after a momentary mental drift, declares her faith as Episcopalian while a saleswoman writes a purchase slip. The exchange showcases a quirky remark amid ordinary shopping.
Inside a Diamond Factory Cutting and Polishing Secrets
A Pall Mall Gazette tour explains the diamond trade from rough stones to finished gems. Workers split tasks into cutters, setters, and polishers as stones pass through hand or machine cuts, molds, and rapid rotation to form 64 precise facets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Pearl Encrusted Watch Jeweled by French Artisan
A Parisian jeweler crafts a perfect watch hidden inside a pearl measuring just over half an inch in diameter. The tiny timepiece combines horology with gem artistry to create a wearable, elegant marvel.
Race of Ministers to Found Montana Church
Rev. Joseph B. Hingley recounts a story about rival denominations racing to establish a church in a growing Montana town. A Baptist clergyman hides on a westbound train to beat a Congregationalist, only to lose the race as a Methodist preacher digs a cellar upon arrival. The tale underscores religion as a stage for striving and love, with Anatole France’s reflections on suffering and beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Hingley
Chicago
Montana
Mr. Hingley
Philadelphia Times
Anatole France
Women Barred From Asiatic Miawatchi Town Border
Report notes that the town of Miawatchi on the Russia border is an Asiatic settlement populated by men only and forbids women from entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miawatchi
Russia
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Iowa
A. K. Barney & Son
County News
Highlandville
Northern Canoe
Newton Kinyon
Minnie Barth
Ethel Keane
Ben Keane
John Kinyon
Will Stoskopf
Geo. Folk
Bailey Springs
Heune
Hilda Peterson
Phil Stoskopf
Torgie Thorsen
Hack Turner and Company
Canoe District No. 9
Cleona Stoskopf
Bessie Feltis
Nicholas Richert
Robert
Philip Stoskopf
Lew Wolfenberger
Wash, Mareey
Delia Kennes
Castalia
Winfield Feltis
Pearl
Ole K. Johnson
Harmon
Plymouth Rock
Lincoln
Will Wagner
Will
Puls
Cedar Falls
T. Kraty
Turkey River
Trafic
Clay Hill
The
Wise Lion
Christian
New York Sun
Fletcher
In. R. Groff
Marshall Field & Co
K. I. Haugen
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