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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
4
Thieves broke into the Ossian church last night, ransacking the vestment cabinet and sacristy. The Votive Candelabrum and cash box were opened and money taken, while two gold chalises and a gold monstrance remained, totaling about $1,000 in valuables.
The Coop and Lents circus, once billed for New Hampton but stranded at Oak Park Illinois, was sold at Cedar Rapids last week for 12000 dollars. Backers from Cedar Rapids claimed the venture cost about 100000 dollars and had previous offers of 54000 dollars. The unit earned around 30000 before crossing into Canada where 20000 dollars in war revenue was claimed on tickets.
Four year old Trene Wallen of Eagle Grove who is deaf from birth wandered from home and was found crying in a Webster City park. A late evening call to Eagle Grove identified her and the mother traveled by train to pick up the child that night.
The fortieth anniversary of Rev. G. Blessin arriving at the Eldorado church passed October 2 with a large congregation and many visitors. No formal observance occurred but members stayed after services for a picnic dinner with friends from nearby communities.
Miss Mabel Elwood of Lime Springs has been admitted to practice law in the state and served as enrolling clerk in the house of the Towa legislature for four sessions. An alumna of Cornell University, she studied law at the State University of Town and the Chicago University and was the sole woman among twenty two in her class to pass the state bar.
H F E Hauschen a farmer near Emmetsburg heard a noise and investigated. He struck a manure spreader in the yard and its points lacerated his face causing blood poisoning that led to his death within hours.
Willard Laughlin attempted to warm paint on the stove for roof work on his farm five miles northeast of Osage. An explosion started a blaze that consumed the house. Mrs Baker and her child suffered serious but non fatal burns.
Charley Griggs of Elma, a contented old bachelor of 60, inherits an estimated $60,000 from Eastern relatives. The New Fra suggests he should seek a cheerful widow to share his fortune and keep him in good spirits.
A $5 bill circulated during First National Pay-Up Week in Winfield to pay debts. The bill carried a note urging rapid payments and signatures. By week’s end fifty eight different names were signed, showing $290 paid, illustrating money in circulation and the value of Pay-Up Week for settling accounts.
Prompt action saved three lives after a kitchen explosion at the Willard Laughlin farm last Saturday. Mrs. Baker, seated with the baby, fled the flames with the infant and then rescued a three year old before being set afire herself. Mr. McLaughlin saw the blaze, rushed in to suppress flames, and aided Mrs. Baker as her hair and back were burned.
Prairie du Chien Press reports a new 1300 ton pontoon for the west channel of the Mississippi will launch Sunday October 15. The pontoon measures 276 feet by 55 feet with supporting posts 27 feet six inches above the dock. Construction includes 514300 feet of creosote soaked lumber 504087 pounds of iron and 8700 pounds of oakum.
Farmers near Lansing erect signs on their farms urging the public not to trade with mail order houses. The sign carries the farm name and the warning Do not trade with mail order houses. Several signs are to be installed and are expected to become common.
John Dineen, a newsdealer on the Des Moines-Sioux City Northwestern train, was arrested by Deputy Marshal J. E. Austin in Sac City for selling cigarettes. Mayor Gishwiller fined him $25 as it is alleged he supplied school boys with cigarettes who rode the train, though he claimed ignorance of the law.
Mrs. Benjamin Stearnberg, pioneer resident of Buffalo Center in Winnebago county, was knocked down and trampled when she tried to stop a runaway team. She suffered three fractures of the jaw while saving a family in a carriage.
Gayle Oyer, 17, a Cedar Rapids high school student, was killed during a watermelon raid while riding a handcar with five companions on a section foreman's track. The handcar struck a tie, throwing Oyer headfirst. his skull fractured and he died without regaining consciousness. The other companions were unharmed.
Grape thieves in automobiles raid multiple vineyards around Dubuque, causing significant losses. One farmer reports 500 bushels of grapes stolen in the series of break ins.
D Mason known as the liquor censor was acquitted of charges alleging he passed liquor for illegal purposes and resumed his duties in Mason City last week.
Dean C. F. Curtiss of Iowa College returns from Argentina praising its hog industry. He notes Iowa has more hogs but Argentina offers higher prices and advanced silos aiding drought resilience. The International Live Stock show posted a $3 million ten day sale, with a $50,000 reserve grand champion.
The balloon United States No. 4 skip landed three miles west of Cascade at 1 45 pm on Sunday after a leak caused by a bullet near Bartlesville Okla The aeronaut Captain H E Honeywell of St Louis and Pilot Jack F Horn of Muskogee Okla led the endurance and distance derby Five balloons started from Oklahoma Saturday evening before the crash landing and overland trek to Farley and trains to Dubuque and Chicago
Telegraph dispatches note the death of Vivian Logsdon, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Weitgenant, near Waukon, and Martha Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Mason, in Buena Vista county. Precautions are being taken to halt the outbreak of infantile paralysis spreading from Storm Lake.
Three new infantile paralysis cases shut down both central public schools in Webster City indefinitely. One case proved fatal and a special detention and quarantine hospital is set up at the county farm to handle a potential outbreak. City mothers express alarm.
The Minnesota, a trim steamer owned by the Mayo doctors of Rochester Minnesota, traveled north from Jefferson Indiana after a voyage down the Ohio and up the Mississippi.
Miss Delpha Davis of Cedar Falls returns to Boston after five years as a missionary in Monastir Serbia. She endured the typhus fever epidemic that swept Serbia following the war outbreak and reached Boston by telegram.
The era brings a new creamery at Spring Valley. Fayette plans a sewer system and disposal plant. Fire at New Hampton damages Wilkins block. A new six story M B A building rises in Mason City to open next month. Riceville bank donates a town clock. Over 400 delegates attend W C T U convention in Fort Dodge. Canadian born Miss Cora Charters files to become American. Webster county leads Iowa in railroad grade crossings with 170.
Registration board sessions scheduled for October 26 27 28 and November 4 at multiple ward locations. Voting on November 7 includes city wards with listed polling sites and appointed register clerks.
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