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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
7
County News reports numerous visits and calls across Decorah Castalia Postville and Waukon with names like Arthur Brandt Charley Shattuck and Harold Spaun. It notes a Hallowe en social proceeds of 7 dollars and the death of H D McNair with funeral details and a family obituary.
Grandmother Zoulek visits Spillville while Frank Choudek of Calmar spends Sunday in town. Miss Landa of Little Turkey and Kolaas from near Calmar visit Saturday. Ant Olson of Conover, M. Tupy, and John Bernatz appear in town for the afternoon. Anton Balik and Robt Klimesh attend Ford business. J Humpal and Chas Kovarik drive to Lawler on Saturday.
In Bluffton on November 5, 1912 the road gang finished work for the season. Rev Schepple held Friday services. Farmers threshing busy as Andrew Johnson returns to Aurora NL. Aug Bergmann and Jack Halse build a barn. Stella Ward works as saleslady at C W Brittendal. Sick listed: T A O Rien Mrs J Elven Mrs H Sheley. George Thayer and wife visit from Decorah at Walter McCauley home. Miss Valieda Murdock helps JT O'Brien household duties.
Calmar residents and visitors populate the week with clerking shifts, shop visits, and family outreach. Names include Jos Sobolik, Mrs G A Meyer, Miss Dora Forre, Verna Meyer, Agnes Stromsodt, Mrs Frank Uher, Mrs R J Becker, Peter Meyer, and Edw C Meyer. Local events feature Hal lowe en social at the school, and a party hosted by Paul Oole.
The second club dance occurred Wednesday evening October 30 in the opera house with music provided by Carpenter's orchestra. Bertha Klein departs Thursday for Minneapolis, Durland to oversee the millinery shop in her absence. Ward Leffingwell family relocate to Mendota Illinois. Franklins relocate from Tonia to Calmar and join Wesselmann Herr as employees.
Centennial residents and friends gathered across Castalia Ossian Decorah Frankville and Ossian for visits, dances, and funerals. Local families including the Daniels Wiltgen and Allen cores attended events and travel between households while several people husked corn and joined a Frankville selection.
Community tidbits list neighbors visiting and hosting at homes, with many mentions of the Rovang, Danielson, Gunderson, and Johnsson families during a recent weekend. It records Miss Selma Bergeland wedding to John Hancock on Oct 30 with few relatives present and well wishes from locals.
Castalia notes election day 1012 concluded with a full vote as residents Ethel Pax Otis Dowd and others returned from Dubuque. Local clerks of election include Albert Christofferson from Postville while Fred O Hay paints the Lutheran church interior. Several residents travel for visits funerals and shipments, including Kneeskern & Son sending three thousand sheep to Chicago in the largest local shipment.
Fort Atkinson notes show residents visiting Decorah Ossian and Calmar with many business calls and visits. Individuals include Cordie Glass Gaertner Kolee Krivachek Zeman and Kostoris. couples Glass and Shindelar. farewells for George and Gabe Wiest in Winona Minnesota. and a funeral for Mayor Daubney in Decorah.
A Farm and Home writer details muskrat trapping methods including trap setup in water, placement depth, and the use of a boat. Tips cover choosing sticks, locating fresh tracks, drowning rats, musk use only in spring, and skinning. Practical board construction for traps and timing advice are provided.
In Philadelphia ex Gov Pennypacker jokes about the divorce era after a friend at the Historical Society says he is the happiest man alive. The remark leads to a quip about being engaged, married, or divorced.
A U S expert woodsman relies on American tools to win prizes in New Zealand Australia and Tasmania contests. Daily 27,000,000 cragettes are smoked in the United States, a fact that might stain fingers.
A physician quoted in the New York American argues that talking during meals aids digestion and brightens family life. He notes fast eating by Americans and suggests light, wholesome conversation to avoid solemn meals and reduce dyspepsia.
A Grand Rapids anecdote recounted by Senator Smith about a friend who moved to Broadway in New York. The friend asks where to buy a folding toothbrush, illustrating urban living contrasts with the roomy west and the city’s furnishings.
The French ministry of public works seeks government adoption of a 24 hour time system for railways, replacing 12 noon to 12 midnight. It notes continental railways and the Canadian Pacific already use the system. A woman looks under a bed for a man while a man searches for a dietograph.
The article describes tea growing and processing in China with details on green and brick teas, picking seasons in April May and August, firing and rolling methods, and the use of mok-lee jasmine for fragrance. It notes flowery pekoes as unfermented and not scented. It mentions a Boston woman physician promoting scientific marriages and implied club waiting lists.
A promotional claim for Hall's Catarrh Cure asserts it can cure catarrh as a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers a $100 reward for a proven cure and directs readers to contact F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio for testimonials. It also mentions Cheney's Family Pills for constipation and promises nationwide sales.
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