County News Briefs From Cresco November 5 1917
The column records social calls and visits across Cresco and surrounding areas. Notable mentions include Jack o lanterns on Halloween, callers at the Aegerter Reinhart and Kirschman homes, farm sales and hog rearing, church events, W M S meetings, and upcoming Sunday services led by Rev. Scholer. Names include Chas Kuntz John Aegerter Alfred Peter Frank Vrba Dan Krueger Thelma Sanderson and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuatz
Cresco
Jack O’ Lanterns
Hallowe'en
Chas
Kuntz
John Aegerter
Alfred Peter
Aegerter
Frank Vrba
Spillsville Social Notes Mark Events of Early November 1917
November 5 1917 notes list hog marketing by Jake Smith and others in Calmar Sey Ridgeway Cresco and Ridgeway with visits shopping and home moves. A surprise party honors Mrs Philip Herold. a dance and Red Cross fundraiser planned November 14 with Fisher's orchestra at the A B C S hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Smith
Calmar Jay
Ben Novak
Will Campbell
Jake
Charles City
Albert Frey
David
Sey
Jos
Huber
Eugene
Sey Calmar
Ed. Herold
Ridgeway
Calmar
F. Heuser
Maines
Philip Herold
Geo. Cummings
Conover
Frank Poshusta
John Soukup
Jos. Huber
Ed. Novak
Cresco
Chas, Conlee
Cooke
Neb
Caroline Hrushka
Red Cross
Fisher
Local Notes and Socials from High Ridge November 1917
High Ridge notes list residents visiting relatives and attending events in Calmar Decorah Ossian Cresco and Platte Dakot as well as transfers of cattle shipments. Mentions include Ole Rovang Gust Holverson Mrs Albert Linnevold Andrew Nelson and the Bragstad sale plus wedding guests from Platte and Decorah and a public remark on gambling in food and liberty with penitentiary stripes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Rovang
Calmar
Gust Holverson
Ossian
Chi
Albert Linnevold
John Aakre
Mra. i. Winger
Noa
Ole Holverson
FE. Nerlie Home
Martha Holien
Adolf Guilickson
Clarence Russett
Hjalmar Kolseth
Decorah
Mildred
Grace Sjoboen
John Sersland
Joboen
Mra
Ole Ranum
Oscar
John Nefetad
John Bragstad
H. Baardson
John Holrverson
John Lee
Centennial
Ree Nt. R Boe
Camp Dodge
Alvina Lee
Grace Peterson
Mayme
Cresco
Alvynna Lee
Herbert Lee
Alma Oddan and many visitors share a Madison Sunday
Sunday social life fills Madison with visits and calls. Local residents like Mrs. O O Hovey and Dr Hoeg of Decorah attended gatherings at multiple homes. Families including the Engens, Vicks, Hovanes, Josvangers, and Flackers frequent Sunday entertainment and neighborly rounds. A paralytic stroke leaves Albert Hellen gravely ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Oddan
O. O. Hovey
Florence Drew
Beatrice Hovey
E. Bakken
Alent Engen
Carl Oen
Dr. Hoeg
O. Hovey
Oscar Vick
Ed. Fretheim
O. A. Vick
C. P. Hovey
Della Tvenge
Ed. Wood
Julius Woldt
J. J. Oddan
A. O. Hovey
Bennette
Local Social Notes From Bailey Springs And Nearby
Community updates list multiple visitors callers and events across Mabel Decorah Burr Oak and Ambrose venues. People like Mike Barth John Bender and Esther Foltz attend gatherings at various homes and farms. dances Halloween parties and a large sale at James Smalley are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Barth
Mabel
John Bender
Decorah
Frank Barth
John Barth
Ambrose Emery
John Matter
Danoe
Andrew Seebach
Halvor Ramlo
John Emery
Burr Oak
Emmons Kern
Henry Knoke
James Smalley
Harrison Barth
Clara
Clarence Knoke
Laura
W. M
Castalia Local Notes November 6 1917
Castalia briefs list visits and travels from November 6 1917. Names include Miss Shipton Mrs J Kneeskern Mr W A Harvey Mrs Eli Gardner Ruby Ferguson W G Long I J Allen Albert J P and George Bachelder Harold Bernhard and others with trips to Waterloo Decorah St Paul Des Moines Granger and Truce Wisconsin and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Shipton
Waterloo
Cill Winn
St. Paul
W. A. Harvey
Decorah
Lester Meyer
Waucoma
MN PR
Indiana
Eli Gardner
McGregor
J. H. Kneeskern
Charles Winn
Crawford
Granger
Ruby Ferguson
Des Moines
W. G. Long
W. Schoonmaker
Christofferson
Albert
I. J. Allen
Albert Re
Truce
Wis
Canada
J. P
George Bachelder
Harold Bernhard
Newae
Eegg
West Union
Mrs Home
Large Stock Shipments Reach Across Rock Island Route
Reports indicate sizable consignments of cattle and stock moved over the Rock Island line in the past two weeks due to a car shortage on the Milwaukee. Mrs Esther Lambert returned to Des Moines after a two week visit with her mother. Mrs Charles Schara of Castalia died Monday morning November 5 1917. Minnie Sass born in Germany June 23 1859 traced her family journey from Chicago to a Postville farm before marrying Charles Schara in 1878. The couple had ten children and left a farm 30 miles northwest of Postville for Castalia seven years ago. Funeral for Mrs Schara will be held Thursday November 8 at the German Lutheran church and interment will follow in Postville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Kuntz
John Reinhart
Watthauer
Cresco
Schild
John A
W. E. Wiedeman
Thelma Sanderson
Fred C. Koch
Brinkman
J. G. Kirschman
Mike Kratz
Ernest Ratz
James Vrba
Protivin
Ridgeway
Ole Rue
John Aegerter
Myrtle Schild
Elmer
Amel Koch
W. E
Grace Gullickson
Grandma Brinkman
Aegerter
Evan Lical
Anna Iedeman
Albert
M. FE
Sc House
Raymond Jacobson
Duluth
Minn
Will Naeseth
Tiacomite
Verndale
Carl Haakenson
Gale
Ole Sanderson
W. EE. Wiedeman
Bas
Deno Kratz
Sumner Township
Mart Rigay
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Esther Lambert
Andrew Fox
Des Moines
Charles Schara
Castalia
Minnie Sass
Germany
Chicago
Postville
William of
Brandt
Fritz
Louie Kampke
Anna
Herman
Schara
Ossian Social News Highlights and Visits
Osian notes list frequent visitors and social events across towns including Postville Cresco Decorah and Dubuque. Individuals such as Mrs Limbeck Albert Fletchner and Miss Victoria Meyer are mentioned along with visits to Ossian and gatherings at the Frantzen and Meyer homes. Social clubs including card and embroidery groups are reported with a Hallowe en luncheon and theater party at the Princess theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay, Becker
F. Quinn
Cresco
Ursday
Geborathy Russell
Waukon
Turda
Albert Fletchner
Oy Bullard
Platte
Vis
Art Club
Crescy
Eileen Malloy
Castalia
Fred Peglow
Monona
F. FE. Jones
A. M. Jones
Bert Gunderson
Dubuque
Chas. Barrett
Frankville
Durne
Postville
Frantzen
Edna Easter
Sylvia Luken
Victoria Meyer
Chicago
Owens
Culmar
Noonan
Elmar
J. D. Long
C.F. Sobolik
Omaha
Thursda Earl Whitehead
la Junta
Colo
Percy Bullard
Nell Cesena
Clermont
Margaret Cavanaugh
Rose Meyer
Mason
Albert Peyer
Camp Dodge
Joe Peyer
Barney Holtey
Card Club
H. J. Kleisart
F. J. Klein
Carrie Lee
R. W. Anderson
Rockford
Ed. F. Lee
Maria Lansing
Regina Meyer
Embroidery Club
Princess Theater
Laverne Bullard
Hallowe'en
Meyer
Ravena Notes Reflect Farm Life and Community Events
Local residents report livestock concerns with a sick horse of John Duve and routine farm activities. Farmers harvest corn while neighbors transact business, visit Decorah, and host visitors. A Halloween ghost parade passes through the area and a Ravena school basket social benefits the Red Cross.
North Madison Social Notes From Decorah to Cresco
A dense sequence of social calls and visits across Decorah Cresco Ridgeway and surrounding households on a November week in 1917 reports multiple residents, including Gilbert Holstad Martin Haga Teddy Knutson and Gena Haga, appearing at various homes and shops with neighbors such as John Fulsaas C O Blekeberg Halvord Skadeland and G Hovden listed among attendees and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Haga
John Ask
Ole Tveter
Ridgeway
John Pierce
Holstad
Bertha Nelson
Cresco
Teddy Knutson
Elmer Bergan
Gena Haga
John Fulsaas
Decorah
Rudy and
Henry Howden
Holstad Boys
Oscar
Elmer Gilbertson
Rae Mr
G. C. Hovden
C. G. Hovden
Martha Christen
Gunhild Sauton
John G. Hovden
Carl Hovden
Henry Christen
C. O. Blekeberg
Gunder
Inga Myran
Ole Ramstad
Tena Olson
A. Ramstad
Tom Olson
Anna Holstad
Wer
and Mirs
Ole Melaas
Marlys
Albert Fulsaas
Mirs
Ole Kvale
John G. Howden
Gladys Hovden
Gust A. Bakken
Maurice Hovden
Cleisten
Anne Christen
Halvor Rue
Gun Xt Sauton
Calmar Social Notes Include Visits and Travels
Calmar residents and guests share visits spreading through Mason City Decorah and Des Moines. Emma Nockels hosts a Music study club gathering while Miss Zephie Valenta plans a winter in Mason City. Several locals travel, visit relatives, or prepare moves to Mason City and the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Conover
Theo, Olson
Mason City
Music Study Club
Emma Nockels
Frank Uher
Sunshine Club
Ed. Olson
Anton Jaeger
Brandon
Iowa
Anna Reisdahl
Hazel Gunderson
Anna Kolaas
Adams
Tom Pierce
Pennsylvania
Calmar
Libbie Hiller
Decorah
Adolph Meyer
Mr. Christopherson
Theo. Olson
E. J. Onstad
Wisconsin
Wm. Blackmar
Frances
M. Blackmar
Clarence Wangsness
Edward Broghammer
Louis Dessel
L. J. Vogel
Olson
L. A. Wangsness
Bertha
Pacific Coast
Rithelvm Alexander
Winneshick County Bank
Theo. Humnker
J. EB. Strible
Sioux City
Stroble
H. W. Paschen
Little Valley
N. Y
Paschen
Margaret Lute
Local Notices and Social Items Mixed With Arctic Night Notes
The column runs wedding best wishes for a bride and groom and mentions Ruth Williams visiting from Brandon with S. R. Yager then to Boscobel Wisconsin, Ole Bjonerud returning from Minneapolis en route to Russia, and Verna Meyer joining Meyer and Co as private secretary and bookkeeper. It concludes with a short science note describing Arctic night darkness but softening it with aurora borealis and the need for amusement during winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Williams
Brandon
S. R. Yager
Boscabel
Wis
Ole Bjonerud
Minneapolis
Russia
Verna Meyer
G. A. Meyer
Meyer & Co
Sky Rockets and Gunpowder Origins Timeline
The article recalls that Chinese and Indian war makers developed the skyrocket by the late ninth century before gunpowder was invented. It notes that fireworks entered civilized societies in the fourteenth century and were used in conflicts in those regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
China
Also Mentioned on This Page
County News
Lincoln
Locust
Theo. Kratz
W. A. Scholer
Dan Krueger
Spillville
High Ridge
Madison
Helmer Hendrickson
Haugen
de. Hoeg
Josvanger
Walter Grit Melanti
Highlandville
N. Haugen
Charlotte Josvanger
Scarville
Plaskerud
Otto Neste
Joseph Flaskerud
A. T. Tstad
Elizabeth
Petrine Berger
Ole Haman
Albert Hellen
Hoeg
Sam Hanson
Olaves Engen
N. L. Engen
Ben Engen
Theo. Engen
Alert Engen
Chas. Flatland
Bailey Springs
Zoukmayer
Valentine Kern
Weston
Arthur
Byron Stoskopf
Sam Barth
Esther Foltz
Henry
Mia
Ha Bender
Pearl
Geo. Matter
Fred Pahl
Will , van Kernam Queal
Henry Shervin
John
Limbeck
Ravena
John Duve
Peck
Baas
Nygaard
Sven, Tovson
Lansing
Sven Tovson
Mike Hert
Joe Smithsons
Joe Broghammer
Towson
Joe
Frank Broghammer
Hans Nnd
Monrad
Sig
Tovson
Knut Tovson
Red Oak
A. Peck
Eber
Red Cross Chapter
Winneshiek County
Mary Harris
Desorah Music Shop
John R. Thorson
North Madison
Gilbert Holstad
Decorah Saturay
So Holstad
Cresco Saturn
Arctic
N. Richert
Rt. 1
Prosper
S. C
W. J. Loch
Tonia
Towa
Soukup
Standard Telephone
Joseph Biederman
West Decorah
F. J. Rosenthal
Poland
Farrow
Alfred Magnus
Rud Bros
H. Enquirers
E.J. Sharp
Chas. Frey
Rt. 2
David Olmsted
Litchville
N.D
B. A. Stockdale
Des Moines Iowa
Stockdale
A. B. Stockdale
Utica Bidg
Winneshiek Hotel
I. H. Conigisky
Ornell Wood Board
Cornell Wood
Cornell-Wood-Board
V& i. Thics
Ingvoldstad Lumber CO
G. F. Baker
Cornell Wood Products Co
Frisbie, Prea
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