County News 1912 November 26 Item Highlights
Local column items report health, marriages, and small events. Ray Newcomer wed in Oelwein. Rev Wells leads meetings at Friends church. B G Street injured in wagon fall. updates on Plunkett family, new saw purchase by Elmer and Archie Griswold, and tobacco sample distributor. Teachers report on school attendance and promptness across grades with named students. Snow briefly fell, then warmer weather returned as John Strindmoen and family prepare to move to Highlandville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Wells
Ray Newcomer
Oelwein
Friends Church
B. G. Street
Plunkett
John
Omaha
de- Elmer
Archie Griswold
Guilford Street
Nina Johnson
Lila Carter
Vera Koppen
Dewey Golberg
Lela Sellman
Vernice Carrington
Granville
Lula Pederson
Christina Pederson
Selma Young
Selma Burreson
Willie Bryant
Merrill Street
Lester McIntosh
Miss Levi
Orval Johnson
Evelyn Burreson
Lucile McMillen
Victor Mitchell
Richard McMillen
Grace Street
Ruth Bryant
Ellarreson
Josie Pederson
Agnes McMillen
Clifford Darrington
Leland McMillen
Agnes Burreson
Thelma Burreson
Miss Greenwood
Local notes from Highlandville and Decorah area
Ida Kittleson visited brother Henry Olson and others rail transport and farming duties are noted. Neighborhood updates include shade curtain work, cattle delivery, hunting, barn building, and a poultry venture by Sehjeldahl and Peterson.
Spelling Contest And Community News In Western Lincoln
Local notes from Western Lincoln dated November 26 1912 mention a Friday to Saturday spelling contest at 1 30 PM and a social scene with Fritz Ramseyer Pauline and many neighbors visiting Ridgeway Cresco and Florenceville. Families travel for visits church meetings and quarterly gatherings while preparations for winter fuel and market activity for poultry are noted.
Local Social Roster and Events in Clay Hill Area
November 25 1912 reports include Willie Williams business trip, Power Dam sightseers, Fred Gross Sartre visit, Henry Haas at W Williams home, Lester Pearson with Fred Thomas near Decorah, Chas Glover colt show winner at Decorah, Goettleman visit to Clark Headington, residents at Grand opera house Decorah, Marie Grace Malli Rene visit Trout Run, Huseby children Canoe Ridge, Joe Holland, Sam Sorengen, and Stoskopf Finholdt cattle delivery to Grass Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Williams
Fred Gross
Sartre
Henry Haas
W. Williams
Lester Pearson
Fred Thomas
Decorah
Chas. Glover
Sam Goettleman
Clark
Pleasant
Grass Bros
Local Notes From Kendallville and Nearby Towns
Ill residents Mrs Green remains very ill while Steve Wallace and Mrs Smith Curtis visit. Several town visitors from Cresco Orleans Plymouth and Isabel share news of illness travel and social events. A Mercy Cresco operation patient recovers as locals recount visits moves and farm labor and two months of travel for Mrs Curtis.
Local Social Notes From Burr Oak Area
Burr Oak community members and visitors share gatherings and travels. Della Morrison arrives from Decorah while Einer Kippe visits Minneapolis with a brother. Mrs Tweeten hosts church group, and families attend events in Decorah Canton Castalia and Caledonia.
Plymouth Rock social notes from Decorah and area
John Hattlestad was at Decorah Saturday Henry Ellingson spent Sunday with home Falke Mrs Ole Monson visited at C Ellingsons Sunday last
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hattlestad
Decorah
Henry Ellingson
Home Falke
Ole Monson
C. Ellingo
Local Folks Visit and Travel Notes From Kendallville to Cresco
Mrs N Ellingson spent several days in Kendallville last week. Charley Crawford aided C Ellingson the past week. Henry Steenson of Cresco visited family. John Murphy’s threshing day noted. Gene Olsen husking for John Johnson. Stella Monson staying with Sever Severson. A Steenson and Sarah visited J Ellingson. Henry Lovejoy family at Wesley Gager home. Ellingson and J Ellingson at Sever Steenson. Norbert Damon staying with grandmother Mrs Damon in Cresco. John Olson and wife visited Wesley Gager. Genshaw of Cresco did carpentry for Andrew Steenson. Imana Ellingson visiting cousin Myrtle Ellingson in Kendallville. John and Mrs Davis and son Jay headed to Wisconsin. John Ellingson and Peter Ellingson visiting. John and Harold Lonningdahl had dinner with Mrs N Ellingson. Lenora Steenson and Gladys Ellingson came home from Decorah for Thanksgiving. Mrs Emmet Knox, from Mercy hospital Cresco, returned home improving. Mr and Mrs Andrew Davis and children left for Princeton Minnesota where he bought a farm. Many friends wish them luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Steve Wallace
Smith Curtis
Cresco
Everett Clark
Stewart Clink
Orleans
Wendell Todd
la Crosse
May Handke
Pierce
James Lester
Isabel
Luana Ellingson
Plymouth
Myrtle Meee
Chi Eddy
Walter Daskam
Coldwater
Salina Bennetterrom
Woonsocket
Berg
Walter Eddy
Allyn Daskamea
Clifford
Torgerson
Ole Matteson
Webster Farm
Own
Wm. River
Riceville
Mike McCabe
Plymouth Rock
Fred Reuter
Mercy Hospital
Joely
Frances
Ossie Han
Edna Clink
Arthur Curtis
N. Ellingson
Kendallville
Charley Crawford
C. Ellingson
Henry Steenson
Mr. Johnson
John Murphy
Gene Olsen
John Johnson
Stella Monson
Sever Severson
A. Steenson
Sarah
J. Ellingson
Henry Lovejoy
Wesley Gager
Peter Ellingson
Sever Steenson
Norbert Damon
Damon
John Olson
Mr. Genshaw
Andrew Steenson
Imana Ellingson
Myrtle Ellingson
John Davis
Jay
Wisconsin
Lenora Steenson
Gladys Ellingson
Decorah
Emmet Knox
Mercy
Northern Canoe notes and local gossip 1912
Chronicle of Decorah residents with brief social and business items. Mentions Will Stoskopf buying corn, Hugo Noecker and wife trip to Mabel, trades between locals, a Flemming sale, a wedding, health concerns, and a peculiar inquiry about poultry crowing at night. Includes weather and social calls across towns in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Stoskopf
Decorah
Hugo Noecker
Mabel
Nicholas Richert
Walter sUience
George Foltz
Flemming
James Nelson
W. Stoskopf
Robert
Archie Tillapaugh
Newton Kinyon
Annie Reed
Clayton B
George Bucknell
E Mlavery Illiam Feltis
Ana
Lades
Many Children are Sickly and Powders Promise Relief
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children claim to break up colds in 24 hours and ease feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and worms. Also advertised are Chamberlain's Pain Balm and a note that Engbretson's Pharmacy sells the products. Bear's advertises woolen goods.
Freeport News Briefs and Local Visits
Local notes from Freeport report visits by Decorah residents and others, a winter term opening, preaching plans, a birthday surprise for Miss Arlie Bartlett, and burial details for Mr Kell of Decorah. Also mentions Allen’s Foot-Ease advertisement and reflections on modern life versus ancient caves.
Great Building Analogy in Digestive Health Ad
A promotional note compares health to a building, urging early action on indigestion with Dr. King's New Life Pills to tone the stomach and regulate liver kidneys and bowels. The ad touts safety ease and a 25 cent price at druggists.
Fur Coat Sale Draws Shoppers With Low Prices
A local ad invites buyers to view a large line of fur coats offered at cheap prices. The notice emphasizes affordable options and urges action, claiming buyers benefit from patronizing the seller. Confiscation rhetoric appears as a separate caution aimed at deterring motorists from scorched behavior.
Notice in Probate Discharge Petition in Winneshiek County
Final report and petition for discharge of L Dale as Executor of Ingeborg Casperson deceased to be heard February 1 1915 at 2 pm in Decorah Iowa. Ernest Christian Casper contest of claim urged while estate seeks costs compensation and balance distribution per will. Attorneys for L Dale noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ama M. Thune
Dale
Christian Casper
Ingelf Estenson Warbe
District Court
State of Iowa
Winneshiek County
Decorah
L. Dale
Ingeborg C. Casperson
Ernest Christian
Ingolf
Tratzies
Pianos for Sale Amid Rental Stock Clearance
Conigisky Piano Co sells slightly used pianos at reasonable offers to make room for new stock. First come first choice. Also notes health tip about digestion and Chamberlain's Tablets with Engbretson's Pharmacy as retailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conigisky Piano CO
Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil Ad
A household remedy in America for 25 years Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for cuts sprains burns bruises 25¢ and 50cc At all drug stores adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Dr. Thomas
Eclectic Oil
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised in Lavonia Ad
Mrs Hugh Campbell of Lavonia Georgia credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine she has used for herself and her children. The Engbretsons Pharmacy advertises the product for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Hugh Campbell
Lavonia
Engbretson’s
Ady
Butter Dairy Markets Edge Higher Amid Small Gains
Dairy prices show slight uptick with butter trading around 7.10 to 7.35 per unit and traders noting modest firming in late sessions. Market observers cite steady demand and limited supply as factors behind the narrow advance.
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