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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
5
County residents engaged in public sales and daily tasks across Crescent Ridgeway Cresco Spillville Protivin and Decorah. Reports note corn fodder shredding hay deliveries hogs and horse buyers. Red Cross support, church events, and a large community dance for Red Cross fundraising in Spillville.
Ed Arnold of Burr Oak called Saturday. Mabel Ellingson leaves for Fayette today to attend school. Grange meetings continue this week. Several locals visited, including Barneses in Harmony and Goldsworthy families near Canton. Tom Elliott enlisted for Kansas City. Kendallville L A S met at the L Sen home and will meet again in Grange hall. A Kendallville literary society donation to the Y M C A was decided.
In Cedar Valley on November 19 1917 observations note Clarence Kraby visiting P Borsheim and Borsheim calling on Chas Stortz. Mrs B T Anderson and Melvin Peterson visited Springwater and with relatives. The Thorson family visited Chas Peterson and Grover Headingson, and Hattie Dinger spent Sunday with Barbara Ronsheim. Theo Thorson visited Chas Stortz and Willie Gretley helped haul hogs to market. Mrs Borsheim and daughter Barbara and Clarence Peterson drove to Decorah.
Local notes record numerous visits and calls among residents of Decorah, Postville, Bethel, Ravena, Castalia and nearby towns. Events include guests from Decorah visiting families, a stork birth in Postville, dances, church socials, and travelers touring the area with multiple names listed.
Oliver Blekeberg, Mrs Albert Fulsans, and many locals visit homes and greet neighbors. Decorah and Cresco trips noted. multiple visitors to Blekeberg, Hovden, Knutson, and Fulson households with Sunday calls and Saturday errands.
Julius Gunhus and children visited Mrs Anna Holstad on Sunday. Anna Haga visited from Tuesday to Wednesday. Martha Christen and Engeborg Hans son visited Ole Fulsaas on Friday. Mrs Martin Haga and Martha Christen visited Iver Iverson on Saturday. Stella and Eunice Howden stayed with John Fulson from Saturday to Sunday. Mrs Ole Ramstad Tena Olson and Albert Ramstad were Decorah callers last Saturday. Alfred Gilbertson and family spent Sunday with Ole Gilbertson. Olga Larson visited grandparents Fretheim last week. A few from here attended the Ladies Aid at Anon Anderson’s home in Orleans township last Thursday.
November 19 1917 entries from Ravena Castalia and Ossian report social visits moves births and farming activity. Families named include Lansing Schweinefus Finnegan Brown and Tovson with events at Decorah Ossian and Castalia plus threshing and hog shipments. An Indian summer note closes the item.
Mrs G H Smith of Brewerton New York reports eight to ten years of stomach trouble with indigestion and heaviness after eating. She says one or two Chamberlains Tablets relieve her and they act as a pleasant laxative. Sold by R A Engbertson.
Frank M. Simmonds in the November Farm and Fireside estimates Germany lost about 4 million soldiers and has 5.5 million in the line or behind, with 3 to 3.5 million actively fighting. He projects 60,000 monthly losses until April 1918 and a reserve of 800,000, mostly youths under 19.
Based on 20 years of experience and laboratory work, this book claims a comprehensive cancer explanation and successful non knife treatment. Free copies offered by O. A. Johnson M D Suite 528 1320 Main St Kansas City MO, with a call to learn the truth about cancer.
The notice urges slower chewing and meat avoidance to cure sour stomach. If unresolved, take one Chamberlain's Tablet after supper. Red meats are linked to sour stomach, suggesting cutting them out. For sale by R. A. Engbertson, Adv.
A married man reflects on the United States constitution and discovers many privileges he believes are due to married men, prompting thoughts on civic rights and domestic life.
Mrs A C Kirstein of Greenville Illinois endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the quickest cure for colds and bronchial trouble, used for years in her family. Sold by R A atson.
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