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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
5
A long slate of Republican and Non-Partisan candidates appears alongside county officers, judges, and district offices. Local community notes follow, listing visits, arrivals, and social events in Decorah with residents from nearby towns and farms.
County News for September 28 2014 records illness lists visits by Oliver Solton and others, dances at the Grange hall, and numerous town and rural Goings for September weekends. It mentions Gov Clarke attendance in Cresco and various family visitors and returns across Harmony Cresco Canton Preston and Kendallville with several Butterfield and Clark related home visits.
September 28 1914 Clay Hill notes report threshing by Ross Bros for Wil Lireutter today. Fd. Drew of Decorah visited Wm. Williams on Friday. Anna and Julia Anderson visited Stella Sorenson on Thursday. Celia Dixon of Decorah called on Margaret Williams last Wednesday. Albert Grinna serves as juror at Decorah district court this term. Mrs. Chas. Broghammer hosts sister Mrs. Chas. Rum of Ft. Atkinson. Mrs. Carpin Ryan and son Emmett visit from Chicago with Mrs. Margaret Potter and Jim Welsh of Decorah among others.
Albert Levi visited home folks last Sunday while Theodore Iverson was a Decorah caller Elvin Ellis stayed with the Iverson family Mrs Henry Severson and children visited the Severson home Several locals attended services in Springwater Sunday Mrs Clais Erickson and children are staying with her mother Arthur Ellingson returned from La Crosse Wisconsin after the fair sightseeing The fragment ends with the word ene
West Central Iowa Rural notes report autumn weather and winter avoidance as residents from Cresco to Otter Creek engage in farm work. Local families travel for business and social calls, with several residents visiting relatives, hauling lumber, threshing meals prepared for harvest crews, and School District No. 4 starting next week.
A long list of local residents make short visits and trips across Cresco Decorah Postville Fort Atkinson and nearby towns with a mix of hospital and home visits church events and a sangerfest in Decorah. Names include Grace Gullickson Sam Helms Julius Linde Maria Nali and many others with multiple trips mentioned.
The Harlan Republican reprints John C. Voorhees campaign ad urging readers to study their tax receipts and asks how, as state senator, he would reduce local taxes. It outlines specific state tax items and urges Voorhees to promise cuts, noting the editor’s own looming installments and urging a concrete plan. Also notes Mrs. S. P. Westcott’s 8th Atlantic crossing and birthday.
Guy Gregg from Dubuque in the Three-T league offered to try out with St Louis and be purchased if he succeed. The Browns, per a letter from owner Hedges to Dubuque, declined, saying Gregg is a year or two from major league class and not worth investment.
Nora Blake dominates the stage as the central figure in Howard McKent Barnes play. The role blends light and shade with pathos and comedy, echoing Mrs Wiggs and Walt Mason. Sarah Padden, a local favorite, delivers a masterly interpretation as she tours Grand next Tuesday evening October Oth with strong audience anticipation.
In Mason City a four month old baby of Mr and Mrs Bowman survived a collision between the Bowman car and the G A Zimmerman vehicle on Ada street. Mrs Bowman was thrown from the car and injured with two fingers on her left hand broken and possible internal injuries.
The September term grand jury reports County Home conditions were sanitary and residents well cared for. Foreman F Pilgrim signs with fellow jurors G F Heuser J E Gossman Sam Christen J A Bouska Frank Kalisher Aug Holthaus. An unrelated note mentions a high quality asphalt deposit found in the Philippines.
What would you do right now if you had a severe cold. Consider Chamberlain's Cough Remedy now highly recommended by long-time users. Mrs. O E Sargent of Peru Indiana says it is worth its weight in gold and she recommends it. For sale by all dealers. Ady. Over 8,000,000 women are now engaged in gainful occupation in the United States, over 18 percent of the female population.
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