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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
7
Community notices from Burr Oak and surrounding towns detail visits by residents to Decorah Calmar Protivin Cresco and Ossian, market hog sales and farm work, moves and family events, church announcements and a forthcoming Red Cross dance with plans for Thanksgiving services and debt cancellation events for the local M E church.
Miss Florence Reed visited Miss Alice Mare Rev B Cpplee and wife. Mrs Fredenba visited her son Clark. Arthur Manning was ill but improving. Hannah Sharp attended Ezra Taki event. Floyd Ferris visited relatives. A B will meet December 6 at Gene Headington’s. Tabor family moved from Canton to J Wennette’s. Clifford Reed moved near Sam Rice’s. Frank Bandle family visited Ossian. John Johnson visit from Waterville to Gates home. W C T U to hold open meeting at Mrs C C Ward’s home.
November 19 1917 Bailey Springs district residents report visits to Decorah and Mabel. People mentioned include Peter Stegen Adam Bender Elmer Queal Jerome Ruffridge Hilda Ramlo Jake Sherven Oscar Broden Ruby Anderson and many local families as they travel farm and social duties. Mrs Peter Queal and others host callers and guests while others haul grain and hogs to Decorah and nearby towns.
A flurry of visits and social gatherings marked the weekend with Miss Mamie Flak and Mrs. Henry Pearson entertaining and hosting friends from Decorah and Britain. Many local residents, including the Burreson and Stensland families, attended school events, carnivals, and study hours in Decorah and Mabel, while Dr. Evans treated Bunions on Mr. R Reid at St Francis hospital.
Residents and visitors in Decorah and nearby towns are listed in a long chain of calls visits and social events. Ole Rovang Ole Halverson Mrs Hi Nelson Mia Een Edgar Russett D. Sjoboet Andrew Nelson Bertha Remmen Gunder Nerler Gilbert Remmen and others are noted for calls visits and hosting gatherings with teachers meetings and dances referenced in scattered mentions across the community.
Mrs James Gullickson visited Decorah as a business guest. Carl Danielson a Camp Dodge soldier boy visited home folks Monday night and returned. Mr and Mrs Bert Smithling, A Smithling and family and Miss Clarissa Rovang were Sunday guests at Andrew Lees home. Miss Olga Kvammen Grace Sjoboen Alvina Lee and Laura Kolseth spent last Sunday at their homes. D Sjoboen returned with them.
Neighborhood notes record visits and calls across Centennial and nearby towns. Families including Ginapps Crabs and Danss share gatherings, card parties, dances, and farm moves with appearances by Rosa Daniels Lange Heiman and others from Ossian Decorah and Festina.
Community diary items record visits and gatherings across Madison and Decorah areas with names like Vick, Knutson, Hovey, Flaskerud, Istad, Neste, and Bergan. Mentions include visitors to farms, Sunday calls, Y P S events, school departures, and a note about a newly patented noiseless alarm clock.
Inexperienced sheep raisers gain advantages buying ewe lambs over mature ewes. West bred ewes are crossed with Down blood in lowe lambs, ideal for grading toward a mutton flock. Lambs cost less, with initial savings offset by wool income, and yearlong flock care provides valuable experience. Consult Farmers Bulletin S40 for free guidance.
Otto Sverdrup's Siberian coast voyage wintered east of Cape Wild and linked with Vilkitski's party on the Talmud peninsula. A sledging run brought 90 men to Sverdrup’s ship, Lonely Island was explored and found coal deposits, and coast maps from Cape Chelyuskin to Yenisei were corrected.
The article traces the origin of the needle to prehistoric bone bodkins used by Aurignacian peoples. It notes the idea of piercing a hole and threading a string to sew garments and praises the unnamed inventor as a precursor to modern ingenuity, an Aurignacian Edison.
The passage compares the lower Rio Grande to the Nile, noting a flat alluvial region and yearly overflows that keep land green. It highlights how mexicanos on both sides have irrigated their small farms by lifting muddy river water, mirroring traditional Nile practices.
The article notes a total lunar eclipse showing a silver edge as sunlight refracts through Earth’s atmosphere. It explains how bending light creates a glow at totality and mentions a market line about six for a quarter air selling for five cents, though unclear how it worsens.
A compact survey traces ancient head counts from China 2042 B C to Solon Athens and Rome. It notes Moses census in Numbers as a one day pull of fighting men, totaling 603 550, and jokes the next revision may honor the automobile.
In Decorah reports residents praise Dean's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney relief. Blacksmith Sever Olson credits quick use after work-related pain, saying the remedy fixed him up. The ad notes 60 cents at Engbertson's Pharmacy and identifies Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as the maker.
The piece notes superstitions in Roumania where rain during arrival is lucky and promises abundance. Peasant women carry water jars at thresholds to ward luck and even sprinkle water to signify wealth. Meeting a cart loaded with corn or straw is lucky, while an empty cart implies misfortune.
The piece notes that a factor in the song’s popularity is that people here admit they do not know the words. It highlights the public acceptance of singing the tune without comprehension of the lyrics.
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