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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
7
County News reports a hard frost on September 26 and a flurry of social visits and home moves around Ravena Decorah Ossian Castalia and Ludlow. Notable items include dances at the Masonic hall, WCTU receptions, farewells for Rev Ziegler moving to Pueblo Colorado, and several families settling into new homes or visiting relatives across Calmar Decorah and Springfield Township.
A local notes column reports the first hard frost on September 26 and describes fall work. Byron Stoskopf works for Mr. Winter while threshing and filling silos dominate the season. Several residents visit, guest stays, and a large threshing yield of 1218 bushels of barley from forty acres is noted.
September 1912 notes from Clay Hill describe farmers cutting corn while a heavy frost damaged vines. Tom Mall works for Mr. Carolan near Bluffton. Local residents, visits and millinery work at Mrs. Daubney’s store are recorded along with farm work, Sunday outings, and neighbors on Canoe Ridge.
October 1 1912 Miss Mamie Lee stays at John Peterson home. Residents and visitors frequent Decorah and area homes. Various calls, visits, and social events noted, including Ladies Aid prep and extended family trips. A proverb about women and decisiveness closes the item.
Spilled notes list Fr. Benda in North Dakota and Mrs Klema visiting near Conover. Numerous residents report shopping in Decorah, calls in Calmar Fort Atkinson and Protivin, and trips to Mason City Austin and Cresco. Real estate notes record 189,000 transfers by A A Novak and P L Anderson.
October 1 and Tuesday notes show Prof Roberts visiting Hesper friends and O L Street resuming his sorghum factory. Helena Nelson trips to Decorah, U P S C E met Monday, children enjoy gala days, R J White family arrives from Oskaloosa, Mrs M C Carter plans Ogema visit, Elling Wold honored on birthday with friends reminding her of another year.
A mosaic of small items: Mrs Amos Robinson returns from Nebraska visit while Mrs Emily Oren plans Lakefield Minn trip. Arch Bryant builds a durable milk house and garage. Dr Worth returns refreshed from hay fever, frost and early snow show in town. John Bryant adds a large cistern for a new home. Local weather hints at rain and fuel checks as frost marks the season. School contests see Mabel prevail. obituary notices honor William Loomis who died Sept 27 1912 and left a lasting village legacy.
Henry Steenson visited with home folks last Sunday. Miss Stasia McCabe shopped Cresco last Saturday. Just Henderson returned from Decorah last Saturday. Luella Askelson visited O Ellingson’s. Emma and Josie Johnson visited John Ellingson’s. Several plan to attend Cresco carnival. Emma Ellingson visited the Clink home last Thursday. Ladies Aid meets at Andrew Steenson’s next Thursday. Mrs. John Bigall from Montana has been Otto Bigalk’s guest this week. John Henderson and Andrew Methus helped O Ellingson shake corn for a few days. Mabel Gladys Ellingson and Lenora Steenson returned from De-last Friday to visit home.
Freeport residents report visits and arrivals from Glenwood Decorah Minneapolis and Decorah again. Guests include Miss Hattie Kirkland Hazel Sheets and Mrs McIntosh with church supper plans announced for Friday October 4.
Ladies' Aid meets with Mrs H C Bentley. Threshing nearly done with good crops reported. Residents attend court in Decorah. several jury duties and illnesses noted. Frost early in the month and a warm spell later. Miss Margaret Schjeldahl recovering from typhoid. Clinton Bridge Co. workers erect a new bridge. Mrs S O Iverson visits and returns to La Crosse. L Saxvik visits Bowman ND and reports locals prospering.
John W. Hanrahan, surgeon general of the Grand Army of the Republic, tells Rutland Memorial Day that not enlisting did not mean cowardice. He recalls a youth selling geraniums in Vermont who explains the army does not want geraniums, only soldiers.
An advertisement promotes the Wisconsin Business University in La Crosse claiming universal access, rapid placement, and high earnings for graduates. It cites eight thousand graduates in good positions, offers travel stipends, paid boarding, and personal instruction, with new classes starting November 1st.
A poem advising readers to greet others with a smile to improve everyone's mood on a gray day. The author notes how a simple hello can brighten weathered moods, contrasting with the grumpy greeting of a passerby and urging cheerful courtesy.
The third week of September was damp cloudy and cold with heavy to killing frosts on two to three mornings. Late planted corn suffered some damage but most yields remain sound and merchantable with 80 to 85 percent expected. Final reports likely show a large corn and small grain crop. autumn plowing aided by showers, winter wheat sown, pastures good though hog cholera affects southwestern counties. GEO M Chappel, Section Director.
A reflection on how to deliver correction with temper and kindness. It urges choosing private or public timing and words, urging sweetness and mildness over anger in reproving others. The guidance emphasizes calm, measured approach and considerate delivery.
Upper Sandusky residents hear a testimonial from Mrs Bens H Stans Route 6 Box 18 praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for curing severe female ailments after a period of illness and nervous distress. The ad touts the product as a standard remedy for thirty years and urges others with similar pains to try it now.
The Soldiers Relief Committee submits a report covering September 1, 1911 to August 31, 1912. It lists members including L L Cadwell chairman and names residents of Decorah Castalia Freeport and others. The committee notes assistance provided to transient soldiers and families, funeral expenses, fuel groceries and railway tickets, plus headstone work. It recommends monthly relief of 86.00 for listed individuals in Decorah Castalia and Freeport.
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