Purely Personal Notes From Decorah Area Visitors
PURELY PERSONAL items list numerous Decorah residents and guests traveling for holidays and visits. E J Curtin leaves for Peach North Dakota on business. Ole Tolstad to Miami Florida for the winter. many relatives and friends visit in Decorah from Ridgeway Carthage Chicago Omaha St Paul and Cresco. Attendees at Thanksgiving include Miss Rose McCabe Miss Stacia McCabe Mr and Mrs Ed Hanson and others visiting family and returning home.
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E. J. Curtin
Peach
N. D
Lettie Fjelstal
Ridgeway
Ole Tolstad
Miami
Fla
Dena Funner
M. C. Dalvey
B. C. Bernatz
Frank Reagan
Brodhead
Wis
T. C. Hutchinson
Will Schrubbe
Yarwood
Alice Schmoldt
Carthage
Ill
Ruby Horton
C. Haas
Minneapolis
Nolte
Burt Fraser
Floyd Reihl
Preston
J. Fraser
Father Sheehy
Hogan
Waucoma
St. Benedict's Parsonage
Rose
Stacia McCabe
Valdez College
Cresco
Ed. Hanson
Spring Green
Mr. Hanson
Henry Enner
C. Rosendal
Downing
Harold
Miss Margaret Haas
Chicago
Goocher
Jennie Edmunds
Hans Kromme
Thief River Falls
Minn
N. Kjomme
E. H. Shelly
Oregon
Shelly
Lena Kittlesby
J. A. Gregg
St. Paul
Bradish
Gregg
Chas
Jos, Waltz
Dorothy
Irene Waltz
International Harvester Co
Percy Robinson
Hesper
Deborah
M. A. Harmon
Madison, Wis
Sam Moore
Kendallville
Andrew Moen
Calmar
K. Rasmussen
Postville
J. O. Hougen
Fargo
G. Pollitt
N. L. Bailey
Nellie Johnson
Oscar
John Derfinger
Cedar Rapids
J. McCusker
L. Bullis
Duluth
G. G. Dick
Hattie Chamberlin
Bert Lennon
John Boehm
Elizabeth Byrnes
Rossley
Dubuque
R. Schre
Nora Horgan
B. 0. Dahly
Star Prairie
Charlotte Ness
Ossian
O. Lomen
Lawrence Wold
Allamakee County
H. H. Woldum
John Dell
Winifred Lois
Wm. Makepeace
A. G. Davey
J. A. Bradish
Des Moines
Mimie Kirkeby
Martin Kirkeby
Menning
E. A. Waterbury
Kimball
Mr. Waterbury
Nellie Rudy
Drechslar
Elizabeth Dilling
Sophie Lilja
Vinton
Dan Riley
Faribault
Walter Riley
Ed. Riley
H. T. Helgeson
North Dakota
Halston Nelson
Washington, D. C
Chicago Chase Returns for Missing Johnson
In Chicago, Allen Bailey encountered the missing Johnson who had fled with funds from the Holland millinery store. Johnson vanished when seen. officials plan to arrest him and bring him back.
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Johnson
Holland
Allen Bailey
Chicago
Allen
Decorah couple elopes to New Hampshire
Dana Broshier, a Decorah Posten employee, wed Grace Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Anderson, in New Hampshire on Saturday. They had not yet returned home at last report, but are expected to be forgiven and warmly welcomed.
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Decorah
Dana Broshier
Decorah Posten
Grace Anderson
Sam Anderson
New Hampton
Death of John N Headington Remains In Decorah Memory
Obituary notes long life in Winneshiek county ending Friday after a period of illness. John Nelson Headington born June 15 1840 in Knox County Ohio lived in Pleasant township Decorah and died at home after a lingering ailment. He leaves ten children, two sisters, two brothers and a wide circle of friends. Funeral Sunday at Grace Episcopal Church with Masonic rites at the grave, interment in Phelps Cemetery.
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John N. Headington
Mr. Headington
Headington
John Nelson Headington
Knox County
Ohio
Winneshiek County
Pleasant Township
Decorah
Lucy Wohlford
R. J. Herendeen
Meadow Valley
Wis
Allie
Decorah Township
Clark
Richard Keefe
Glenn
Wn. MeVettie
Phelps Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Belle Rytterager
Leeds
N. D
O. R. Nystans
Thos
Johnson
Willow Lake
Ofe Grettly
John’ Seim
John Kraby
Louise Gregg
Ludwig Seim
California
Synod Chorch
B. Torrison
Married Twenty-Five Years In Chicago Homecoming
Frank W. Halligan from Sioux Falls and Clara Solberg of Decorah marked twenty five years of marriage on Thanksgiving Day November 26 1891. Once private secretary to Senator Pettigrew he later settled in railroading and has lived in Chicago for years. They arrived to celebrate with Otto and Clara Solberg.
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Frank W. Halligan
Sioux Falls
Clara Solberg
Decorah
Halligan
Senator Pettigrew
South Dakota
Chicago
Otto Solberg
Birds at Independence Poultry Show Standouts
Local fanciers send fifteen white rocks to the Independence poultry show along with eleven single comb Reds and six white hens plus one creeler. The birds are described as unusually good and should give a strong showing.
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Independence
Aders
Martin Christopher
Robert Schwarz
Fur display at Decorah store by Jacob Laskin Webster Co
Monday special features Mr Webster from Jacob Laskin Webster Fur Co at Decorah Coat and Suit Store with latest furs and sets. Prices guaranteed to save 25 to 50 percent under C A Ramsey proprietor banner across ad.
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Webster
Jacob Laskin-Webster Fur Co
Decorah
C. A. Ramsey
Men of Congregational Church to Serve Chicken Pie Supper
The men of the Congregational church will host a Chicken Pie Supper on Wednesday December 6 at 5 30. Tickets cost 35 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
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Congregational Church
Oyster Supper and Christmas Sale at Synod Church
The U P society and Willing Workers host an oyster supper and Christmas sale at the Synod church parlors on Wednesday evening December 6 from 5 o clock until service ends. A program runs throughout the evening and all are welcome.
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U. P. Society
Synod Church
Thanksgiving Day Plea for Charity and Gratitude
A Wooster message urges readers to count blessings and aid the hungry and needy this Thanksgiving. It contrasts wealth with generosity, recalls the vulnerable, and invokes the biblical adage about lending to the poor to encourage sharing and compassion with neighbors.
Lecture on Far East politics by Dr Halbert at Decorah Opera House
Dr Homer B Halbert will speak on The Political Conditions of the Far East at the Grand Opera House on Friday December 8. He spent nineteen years in Korea, advised the king, and his insights concern Japanese ambitions as a world power. Seats at Porman’s for fifty cents.
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Decorah Lyceum
Homer B. Halbert
Grand Opera House
Far East
Halbert
Korea
State Department
Washington
United States
Porman
Farg
Red Cross Christmas Seals Available at Ben Bear Store
Red Cross seals may be secured at the Ben Bear store again this year. Mr. Bear received a consignment on Monday. Details will be announced next week. The December seal program supports tuberculosis prevention through public donations.
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Red Cross
Ben Bear
District Court closes after three weeks of term with verdicts
After a nearly three week November term the district court adjourned with several contested cases resolved. Notable verdicts included $350 plus $62.75 interest to defendant in Howden vs Sheggrad and a $1,000 verdict for Hannah Reichs vs Mary Kruse, said to be the largest in Winneshek County in years. Additional matters included a garnishment, note dispute, divorce decree, will probate, and various settlements and calendar transfers.
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District Court
FE. K. Howden
Gust Sheggrad
Willett & Nelson
E. W. Cutting
Frank Sayre
Hannah Reichs
Mary Kruse
Winneshiek
T. H. Goheen
Seegmiller
J. J
Mason City Supply Co
Equity
Jos. Kropachek
Frank J. Pouska
L. J. Anderson
Admr
Charles Taeger
Decorah youth Dick Stoddard breaks left arm in basketball practice
Master Dick Stoddard son of Mr and Mrs L M Stoddard former Decorah residents fractured both bones of his left arm at Dennis school practice in Decatur Illinois. He tripped over another boy and fell to break the arm jagged though he is doing well and remains an object of interest to his teammates.
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Dick Stoddard
L. M. Stoddard
Decorah
Tris
Dennis
Decatur
Olga Holverson to Wed Amund Blekeberg at Madison Lutheran
This afternoon at three at Madison Lutheran church Miss Olga Theoline Holverson daughter of Mr and Mrs Hans Holverson will marry Amund C Blekeberg. A reception follows at the bride’s parents home. The couple are well known Madison township youths with many friends offering best wishes.
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Madison Lutheran Church
Olga Theoline Holverson
Hans Holverson
Amund C. Blekeberg
Madison Township
Civic Club Sets December Meeting at Courthouse Library
The Civic Club will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday afternoon December 8 at four o'clock in the public library room at the courthouse. Full attendance is requested.
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Civic Club
Public
Court House
Grand Opera House audience enjoys Plymouth Rock operetta
A large crowd crowded the Grand opera house Tuesday to see an operetta based on Plymouth Rock directed by Miss Ella Treat for public school seventh and eighth graders. The Pilgrim's Thanksgiving would have been a better title but did not spoil the audience's pleasure. The program closed with The Beloved Vagabond, a six part picture.
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Grand Opera House
Plymouth Rock
Ella Treat
Christmas Gift Sale at Engbretson Hall
If in doubt about your Christmas presents, come to the W. R. C. sale Saturday December 9 at Engbretson hall.
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W. R. C. Sale
Engbretson Hall
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