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Newspaper

Decorah Republican

Location

Decorah, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1913

Page

5

Notice of Equity Suit in Winneshiek County Iowa

A. D. McKay sues Herman D. Warner and spouse plus unknown heirs in Winneshiek County Iowa to quiet title to the West half of the Southwest quarter and related Lot parcels in Section Fifteen Township 97 Range 7. Defendants are urged to appear by November 10 1913. mortgage debts alleged paid and barred. Dated September 21 1913. Attorney 40 N. Willett for Plaintiff.

Winneshirk Iowa A. D. McKay Herman D. Warner Winneshiek County Section Fifteen Section Township Ninety-Seven District Court Decorah Township Ninety Seven Range Seven St. P. M Towit Recorder's Office Lerlangs Record Book State of

Appointment of G C Remmen as admin of Ole J Remmen estate

Notice declares G C Remmen appointed administrator of the Ole J Remmen estate of Springfield township Winneshiek County Iowa deceased intestate. Creditors must present demands and debtors must pay to the administrator. dated Decorah Iowa August 27 1913. Attorney W M Strand signs.

Ole J. Remmen Springfield Township Winneshirk G. C. Remmen Decorah Iowa W. M. Strand

Statement of Ownership Decorah Republican Iowa 1913

The Decorah Republican lists editor BE C Bailey managing editor EB C Bailey business manager EB C Bailey publisher A K Bailey & Son Inc Decorah Iowa owners E C Bailey Lizzie B Colville Minnie B Bailey and FE C Bailey. Sworn before Notary AUCH Moody September 20 1913.

Decorah Iowa B. C. Bailey Towa BE. C. Bailey EB. C. Bailey A. K. Bailey & Son, Inc E. C. Bailey Lizzie B. Colville Laurel Ave St. Paul Minn Minnie B. Bailey FE. C. Bailey Auch Moody

New Hotel for Calmar by Pierce Planned

Thomas M. Pierce, Wales hotel proprietor, travels to Chicago for Calmar project planning. Minneapolis architect draws plans for a steel cement fireproof three story hotel of sixty rooms on a 42 by 70 foot lot. cost about 40000 dollars. construction to start soon.

Dubuque

Patents Granted for Iowans Week Ending Sept

A list of Iowa patent grants includes Samuel M. Wixcel of Sioux City with automatic hitching mechanism and road drag assignments to him and partners. John H. Cherry and L. R. Melendy to Kelly Manufacturing Co. for water heater. Irving Jensen West Branch for mounting bones. Bartlett J. Palmer Davenport for car door. Charles K. Sievert Council Bluffs operating table for animals. Wallace B Higgason Zearing. Edgar E. McCord Newton fence post. George M. Schnell Kellogg tongue for farm implements. Arthur J. Dewey A J Conkey one third to F F Roberts New London. Bert C. Roberts post hole machine. Wm. F. Droste Waverly car brake. Wm. J. Evans Linberg automobile attachment. Orla H. Watkins driving mechanism for washing machines. J A and W J Kelly Clinton assignments noted.

Charles K. Sievert Council Bluffs Wallace B Higgason Zearing Edgar E. McCord Newton George M. Schnell Kellogg Arthur J. Dewey A. J. Conkey F. F. Roberts New London Bert C. Roberts L. Lessy Beckwith Wm. F. Droste Waverly Wm. J. Evans Linberg Orla H. Watkins Himself J. A W. J. Kelly Clinton

Snakes and Rats in Local Banana Batches

In Oelwein bananas shipped with unrequested items a 18 inch python was found and exhibited. At a nearby Dodge and Utley store two rats inhabited a banana bunch, described as unusually marked, resembling a rat squirrel cross.

Oelwein Oeelwein W. F. Gremmels Dodge & Utley

The Price of Potatoes Outlook in Dubuque

The Dubuque shipment hub expects a potato glut as the market floods with spuds. Buyers foresee prices dropping from 84 cents per bushel, with large merchants already contracting with farmers at undisclosed fair prices.

Dubuque

Waverly Beet Sugar Factory Opens Seasonal Harvest

The Waverly Independent reports the sugar beet harvest starts October 1 in this area. An average crop is grown with light frosts and sunny days boosting sugar content. About 4300 acres are grown for the Waverly factory, which will ship train and wagon loads of beets. Waverly will supply about 10 million pounds of sugar to help feed the world.

Waverly

Rioters Fined Heavily After Oelwein Crowley Riots

Judge Springer fined Edward Murray Hy Manning and Eugene Underwood 250 each after they pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit great bodily injury related to the Crowley riots in Oelwein. The defendants faced a courtroom lecture from the local judge following the indictments.

Crowley Oelwein Jue Springer Edward Murray Hy Manning Eugene Underwood

President Wilson Pardons Thanes Over Bank Fraud Case

President Wilson grants pardon to Charles A. Thanes who was sentenced at Fort Dodge Iowa on June 20 to five years in the penitentiary for making false entries in the books of the Forest City National Bank where he served as cashier. The pardon cites the bank’s ruin if full law compliance had been pursued and notes the forged entries hid excessive loans to a stockholder amid farm land deals.

Wilson Charles A.thanes Fort Dodge Iowa Forest City National Bank

Prisoners See Airship Over Anamosa Reformatory

Prisoners at the state reformatory in Anamosa viewed an airship last week when an aviator flew over the prison during the Anamosa fair. Some inmates had never seen an electric car or a flying machine. The oldest prisoners are the Mone Ange brothers, each having served twenty eight years of a life sentence for a Hardin county murder. one is sixty one and the other fifty six.

State Reformatory Anamosa Anamosa Fair Mone Ange Hardin County

Traveling over Decorah line tour by railroad commissioners

General Manager W M Whittenton tours the Decorah to Cedar Rapids Rock Island line with Iowa railroad commissioners. The party traveled by private train from West Liberty stopping in Cedar Rapids for breakfast and planning to reach Decorah then return. The Decorah branch handles the heaviest traffic among Rock Island branches and has undergone little roadbed improvement before this summer. The commissioners report is awaited by Decorah area residents.

Cedar Rapids Rock Island Decorah Iowa State Railroad and Interstate Railroad Commissioners Des Moines W. M. Whittenton West Liberty

Circassian Walnut Supply and Use

The U S Department of Agriculture notes Circassian walnut as a premier yet scarce cabinet wood in high demand by the United States. Prices reach over 3000 for select trees while a circular explains substitutes and distinguishing marks from government experts to guide buyers.

United States Department of Agriculture Europe Caucasus Himalaya India Burma Black Sea Asia Forest Service

How Oysters Filter Food From Seawater

The article explains that oysters feed by drawing in water and filtering out micro organisms. It notes locality affects flavor, with transferred oysters taking on new bed flavors in months. About 95 percent of their food are diatoms and remaining tiny microorganisms.

Rockaway Cotuit

Traveling Bed for Baby in Suit Case

Traveling with a tiny infant is eased by a small hair mattress placed inside a suit case. A baby carriage mattress fits well and provides comfort when opened. A large cambine pocket in the cover holds clothes and baby items for travel. Sweaters advertised at 81.00 each.

Decorah Man Buncoed In Chicago Monument Scam

A Decorah man named Mathias Dengesel was allegedly swindled $418 by a confidence man who sold him the Logan monument in Grant Park Chicago. The suspect, using the alias William C Woodward, was arrested after Dengesel tracked him to the scene and the man posted 1500 bail on a confidence scam charge.

Chicago Associated Press Mathias Dengesel Decorah Logan Dengesel Towa Logan Monument Grant Park Banco Wm. C. Woodward

Heavy Feeders and a Millionaire Sociologist Lunch

A Duluth country week association hosts an open air lunch for slum children. Jerome B. McWade, a wealthy social scientist, imparts a lesson on appetite while children eat ham sandwiches cake and pie on a windy knoll. One boy jokes about chocolate cake and a girl asks to be carried home. A youngster proclaims the feast did not hurt at all.

Country Week Duluth Jerome McWade

Not His Wife But the Cook Bennetts Dispute Over Meals

In suburban trouble a husband orders his cook Maria to improve meals or leave. Maria, offended, asserts she is not his wife and refuses the unfair treatment. The Philadelphia Times reports the confrontation as a domestic spat over costs and kitchen duties.

Bennets Maria Bennett Boston Philadelphia Times

Suffragette anecdote sparks walkout at luncheon

Dr Lyman Abbott recalled a Western towns joke about suffragettes to a New York luncheon audience. A front row suffragette angrily left the hall, prompting Abbott to quip that she should not hurry. Also advertised is Gouraud's Oriental Beauty Leaves a perfumed face powder booklet selling for ten cents. Subscribe for the Republican.

Lyman Abbott New York Carnegie Hall New York Times Gouraud F. T. Hopkins ST Great Jones St

Little Nell Origins and a Bride to Die at Time

An examination of Dickensian influence cites DeQuincey on Little Nell and notes the publication dates of 1845 and The Old Curiosity Shop. The excerpt describes Mater Lachrymarum and a child’s pious tale challenging originality claims. British babies valued at $7.50 each and a married actress seeks time-killing divorce.

Charles Dickens DeQuincey Little Nell

Doan's Kidney Pills Featured in Decorah Testimonials

Public endorsements claim 30000+ recommendations for Doan's Kidney Pills mainly from Decorah area. A Decorah man cites relief after two years of kidney pain, urging others to use the remedy. Available at dealers nationwide, price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo sells as U.S. agents.

Dean Decorah L. Stoskopf Washington St. Decorah Towa Cts Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States Doan

Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer Offer Expands News Value

The Inter Ocean and Farmer combines Chicago weekly features with The Decorah Republican for 1.85 per year. Includes Home Health Club Lost and Found Poems Chess and Checkers Field Farm Garden Veterinary Topics and Sunday School Lessons. Limited time offer with renewal by cash payment.

Decorah Republican Inter Ocean Farmer Chicago West Decorah

Discontinuance Ordered for Homer Iowa Post Office

The post office department in Washington has ordered the closure of the Homer post office. Once the largest city in northern Town, Homer served as county seat for Hamilton and Webster counties before 1857 and declined with railroad expansion.

Post Office Department Washington Homer Hamilton Webster Iowa Webster City Fort Dodge Towa

Moves to North Dakota from Lincoln township farm

From the Ridgeway Review we learn that Iver Linde, a well known Lincoln township farmer, and two daughters left for their new Plaza North Dakota home recently. They move after Iver sold his farm this summer. A warm sweater at 50 cents. BEAR'S.

Ridgeway Review Iver Linde Lincoln Township Plaza N. D Iver

Farmer John Bernard Sells Stock Heater Patent

John Bernard a farmer west of Mc Gregor disposed of his patent for a tank heater for stock for 15 000 dollars. The heater is a kerosene stove that burns submerged in stock watering tanks to keep water warm in winter. It tested satisfactorily at thirty degrees below zero last winter.

John Bernard McGregor

Hall's Catarrh Cure Aimed at Constitutional Disease

The ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment for catarrh and promises a $100 reward if it fails to cure. It states the medicine is taken internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces to destroy disease foundation and boost the patient’s constitution. It notes testimonials and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as sellers.

Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo Ohio

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N. Willett Lyman Brown Murray St N.Y Calmar Waverly Beet Sugar Factory Wierd Washington Star Republican Dickens Inter Ocean and North Dakota Bear Pudlenz Connecticut E. J. Parman C. J. Budlong South Lyme Conn Aed M. J. Soukup Duroc Jersey Boars Duroc Jersey Minnesota R. M. Miller Prosper, Minnesota Clean City Club Ingvoldstad & Company Ingvoldstad & CO Mrs. Booster
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