Farm Bureau Growing Fast in Winneshick County
The Winneshick county Farm Bureau is forming with nearly 100 farmers subscribed. Organizers Bert Riggs and W A Dickinson gathered 30 in Decorah and Canoe townships show strong early interest. Subscriptions continue with 24 lists in circulation as the campaign aims to complete by December 1 with a general farmers meeting to finalize the bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshirk
Bert Riggs
Castalia
W. A. Dickinson
Riggs
Canoe Township
Hamre
Dickinson
Decorah
Winneshick County
Hotel Fire at Cresco Claims One Man Burned
Early Monday morning the Arlington hotel in Cresco burned with residents aroused by W F Scholz. Firemen found Louis Markovetz inside the northwest upper room badly burned and unable to escape, after rescuers lowered a ladder. he was taken to Mercy hospital and is not expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Hotel
W. F. Scholz
Art Converse
Fred Burr
Louis Markovetz
Mercy Hospital
Stock Shipments and Requisitioned Stock Cars
The Society of Equity cut eight and a half cars of hogs and one and a half cars of cattle last Saturday. During the week twenty cars of hogs and cattle were sent forward. Stock cars are scarce and the government has requisitioned all available stock cars for cattle shipments from Montana and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Equity
Montana
Texas
Old Liberty Bond Believed Oldest Unredeemed 1783 Issue
E C Foster of Waterloo owns what is thought to be the oldest unredeemed Liberty bond in the United States. The $200 original face value was issued in 1783 and payable in 1796. Compounded at 6 percent annually the bond’s value has grown to about $326000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
E. C. Foster
Waterloo
Postville High to Unveil Large Service Flag
A blue field flag with a white border and a white star for each former student or teacher serving in the army or navy. It will begin with about twelve stars and add more as others are called or enlist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville High School
Army
Navy
Winter Blooming Geranium Care Tips
To keep geraniums flowering in winter pinch off all buds until December. Water thoroughly once a week and only a small amount between waterings if the plant shows signs of need.
Red Cross Christmas Seals Sold For Tuberculosis Work
Local seller advertises Red Cross Christmas Seals at 1 cent each to fund tuberculosis relief. Seals are described as a Liberty Bond in the war against TB and should be used on every envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Ad Hen Bear
Weather forecast for Plains and Mississippi Valley week
Weekly weather forecast issued by the U S Weather Bureau covers Plains States and the Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley for the week starting Sunday November 18 1917. Unsettled conditions with rain probable Sunday in the Upper Mississippi Valley. Mostly fair through the week with rain possible near the end except in the Northwest. Cooler Sunday across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Plains States
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Cocoa Nuts Process in Large Candy Factories
The Los Angeles Times describes cocoanut processing in big candy plants. Openers at benches crack shells with a heavy steel knife, then girls peel the brown skin from the white meat. Shelled nuts move to grinders and cookers before forming into confections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bach
Los Angeles Times
Manna From Bitlis Exports and Varieties In Old-Town Trade
Bitlis exports manna in large quantities gathered from neighborhood trees. Science calls manna a tree exudation while locals say it is aromatic windborne residue from Arabia. They report two kinds white from dried leaves and green from soaking leaves in water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bitlis
Arabia
Beans Burning Interruption Reveals Busy Telephone Line
A young woman overhears a private call while fixing beans. After waiting thrice, she interruptions and warns, I smell your beans burning. The startled speaker screams, and the caller seizes a moment to place her own call.
There Is Always a Premium on Patient Workers
J. O. Armour in the American Magazine argues that success comes to those who do their work painstakingly with completeness and finality. A trusted employee learns a firm’s methods policies and products and performs at a level that requires no follow up to fix flaws, marking the safest path to achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Armour
Laughing Jackass Bird Surprises Quiet Australian Bush
National Geographic Magazine notes a kookaburra, called the laughing jackass, whose sudden bursts of uproarious laughter echo through the bush. The bird sits on a stump with a square body and open beak, amusing observers as an “idiot boy” disturbance is felt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Magazine
Japanese Workers Win 12 Hour Day In Factories
Uncle Sam reports in the Orient that Japanese wage earners gain a 12 hour day as the new factory law fixes 12 hours as the maximum for laborers. Two million girls in Japanese factories hail the change and the tin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Orient
Decorah and area residents note in November 1917 column
County News lists numerous visits and travels among local families. Mentions include Mrs H L Meyer in Decorah, Rev Harris and family in Elkport, Edna Ames and mother in Castalia, and Henry Meyers hosting Elkader company. Several farm and market notes, visitors from Wisconsin and Minnesota, school term complete, musical event planned, and movements to Angus and News Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Meyer
Harris Ane
Elkport
Edna Ames
Castalia
Henry Meyers Conertained Company
Elkader
Ernest Baltz
Edw. Wirsehing
John Kluss
Cresco
J. H. Schroeder
John Timmerman
Postville
Lila Harris
Will Timmerman
Orson Bush
John Moore
Wisconsin
Helmuth Meyer
Mr. Ames
Luana
W. L. Richards
Geo. Peckham
Roy Richards
Waucoma
Yuice Marie Hollingshead
Angus
Rev. Hollingshead
M Gordon
Bodenkirsch Hall
Freeport Social News Notes From Decorah Weekend Visits
Local residents report visits from families and friends including Roy Stewart and A I Tyler. Cody lines mention church services, dances, a Y M C A fundraiser picnic, Sunday school officer elections, and residents planning moves to the H Logsdon farm.
Conover Social Notes From Calmar Spillville and Area
November 20 1917 Mrs Joe Klema and son to Calmar Friday Stella Phillips shopped in Spillville Friday Joe Klimesh called in Spillville Friday afternoon Joe Phillips and wife Calmar callers Thursday Mrs Joe Beevar visited Mrs A Pizenger Saturday Albert Sobolik and son Ed were callers in Calmar Friday James Humpal and Wm Phillip to Calmar Saturday James Pizenger hauled two loads of ties for winter Joe Klema hauled wood to Spillville for his mother Friday afternoon Albert Sobolik family drove to Spillville Saturday Geo Cummings and James Pizenger to Calmar Friday on business Joe Klema hauled wood to Spillville for his mother Friday afternoon Albert Sobolik family drove to Calmar and visited James Sobolik Madeline McGovern returned to New Hampton after visiting her sister Mrs Edw Swehla
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Klema
Calmar
Stella Phillips
Spillville
Joe Klimesh
Joe Phillips
Joe Beevar
A. Pizenger
Albert Sobolik
Jas. Humpal
Phillip
James Pizenger
Conover
Geo. Cummings
Theo. Hopperstad
Cresco Frine
Tenry
Allen Butz
Cresco
Decorah
Bert Daniels
Nick Schuetz
New Hampton
Putnam
Arthur Hoyt
Walter Hoyt
Albright
Shattuck
Neb
Fred Kafer
Ringoen
Evans
Caro
Morton
Enoch Magnus
Walter Paley
Ames
Sam Kuntz
Mike Wiedeman
Indiana
M. E
Epworth
Local Visitors Reported in Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson residents note visits by Dr. Hennessy of Calmar who called Thursday. Mr. Gossman and Miss O'Brien attended the Decorah study center Saturday. Miss Tillie Schissel arrived last week for unlisted activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hennessy of
Calmar
Mr. Gossman
Miss O'Brien
Decorah
Tillie Schissel
Calmar Social Notes and Local Items, Nov 1917
Calmar community updates include Peter Meyer in Prairie du Chien, club meetings at the Music shop and Mrs. John Mashek hosting Sunshine club, Kittlesbys purchasing Neelings Dry Goods, visits by Miss Clara Nelson and Theo Winger, Red Cross dance in Spillville, and local residents traveling or working elsewhere. Ads from Bear's promote suits and Liberty bonds with department notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Meyer
Prairie du Chien
Music Club
Calmar
Sunshine Club
John Mashek
Paul
Sigwart Kittlesby
Neelings Dry Goods
Clara Nelson
Charles City
Henry Wesselmann
Elkader
Henry Etenseth
Ludlow
Theo. Winger
Minneapolis
G. W. Winger
N. E. L, Aid Society
Tom Holversof
Red Cross
Spillvile
Ann Becker
Ossian
Jim’ Lydén
Irma Giesen
Duluth
Minn
J. D. Becker
Beatrice of Ossian
R. J. Becker
Florence Bushman
J. Giesen & Co
Louise Inger
Louise Winger
Council Bluffs
Walter Dyrland
Camp Dodge
J. E. Dyrland
Local social and church notes from Ridgeway area
Ridgeway social updates show many visits and travel to Cresco Decorah and surrounding towns. Mentions of church meetings L A S groups and families visiting relatives and attending services with details of Sunday activities and mournful wartime verse quoted.
Hunting the Emu Trick by Australian Natives
Describes a native hunting method where a man mimics an emu using an emu skin to hide weapons. He imitates feeding motions with a carved imitation head and neck, hides a boomerang and sticks, and uses the big toe to guide a spear, closing in for the kill.
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Australia
African gorilla's massive chest shocks scientists
The African gorilla is described as much larger than commonly thought. An old male measured under six feet tall reportedly weighs around 400 pounds, with a gigantic chest size noted by observers.
Death Feigning Plant Mimosa Stops Grazers in SA
A mimosa species in South America feigns death to deter herbivores. The plant rests vividly green until touched by a finger or any animal, then it collapses into a tangled, apparently dead, withered mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Deaf Man Hears Guns by Earth Vibration Claim
M. Bigourdas told the French Academy at its October meeting about a man deaf for 50 years who could hear heavy guns 75 miles away through ground vibrations. The vibration matched the sound heard by normal ears, suggesting sound may travel long distances via the earth rather than air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Bigourdas
French Academy of Sciences
M. Bigourdan
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Farm Bureau
Cresco Times
U. S. Bond
Manna
County News
Albert Kuhn
Chas
Krum
Chicago
Roy Gossman
Alice O'Brien
Mary Ruzicka
Pavlovee
Monica Stortz
Edward Rausch
Frank Neuzil
DuBois
Nebraska
Arlie Burnside
News Hampton
Freeport
Roy Stewart
Delaney and di
Chas, Glover
Ben Glover
Franklin Prairie
ML E
J. HI. Coughlin
H. Logsdon
W. C. Sheetz
Cora Dickinson
Margaret Hallman
A. P. Anderson
Joseph Nelson
W. D. Gross
Fort Atkinson
Bear
Parman
Dellary
Washington St
Ingvyoldstad
Beare
Henning
Groff
Philip R. Seelye
Burr Oak
Iowa
W. C. Casterton
Rt. 4
Spring Grove
Christen Bros
Soukup
Joseph Biederman
West Decorah
F. J. Rosenthal
Poland
Alfred Magnus
Ridgeway
Bud Bros
Rud Bros
N. D
National Army
Vincent Coupe
Emu
Johnson
Johnson’s
Motor Supply CO
H. B.montgomery
Willard
Peter Johnson & Sons
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