Ward Curtis Moves Into New Orleans Home In October 1915
County News notes Ward Curtis of Orleans moving into a new house. Various local visits and guests appear, including Mabel Ellingson, Mrs. Walter Kendall of Milford, Cresco residents, and many Sunday gatherings. Weather and church notices accompany social items. a parcel shower, school illnesses, and a new Marguerite society girls club are recorded. John Schutta and Ellen Ewing wed at Ludlow parsonage. couple to reside on Schutta farm after two week wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Curtis
Orleans
Mabel Ellingson
Charlie Curtis
Walter Kendall
Milford
L. Beil
Cresco
W. A. Clark
Sydney Culvert
Reuter
G. Das
Ed. Hoiness
Harmony
Kendallville
Forthun
Ludden
L. Ludden
Kendallville L. A. S
Walter Daskam
Flemming
John Ellingson
Mary
Wm. Howard
Emma Ellingson
Ruth
Lucinda Ludden
Frank Wallace
Princeton
Minn
Mary Ellingson
Quinsy
Will Howard
Frankville Social Notes and Local Visits October 1915
Frankville notes dated October 11 1915 record Miss Hazel Meikle visiting home folks and Miss Janie Lyons and Mrs. John Johnson visiting from Postville. Farmers are busy cutting corn and filling silos as J E Kneeskern and family visited Decorah, and Ed Dowd with family from Ossian vacationed at Chas Barrett’s. Waukon and Ossian visitors appear, with many calls by locals including DeWitt Van Wey returning from the South. The Marguerites plan a parish tea on Oct 16 and various visits span Decorah Ravens Ravena Canton Minn Canton area Bethel and Canton. Jacob Mullaney of Mason City, Rue Webster of Bethel, L C Spaun and families, and many others are noted relatives and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job Waters
T. J. Crawford
Leroy
Minn
P. Brainerd
Mitchell
G. D. Bollman
Nash and Family
A. Peck
Decorah
Freeport
Sherman Bollman
Thos. Bollman
Farmers’ Insurance Co
Allie Green
E. Green
Castalia
Jas. Kneeskern
Herbie Janes
Waterloo
Geo, Wolf
Lloyd
Hohmister
Canton
Pierce
Geo. van Wey
Walter
Carl
Daisy
Jessie
Hazel Meikle
Janie Lyons
John Johnson
J.E. Kneeskern
Ed. Dowd
Ossian
Chas, Barrett's
Lew Meikle
Ruth
Waukon
Jennie DeWitt
J. D. Mullaney
Mason City
DeWitt van Wey
Glen McMillen
Harold Spaun
Postville
Lewie Felke
Ravena
Mazel Meikle
Gene Owens
Roy Britain
Tra Smith
Bethel
Gene Williams
Chasy Miller
Tom Vance
Rue Webster
Earl Hammel
Irvin Hughes
Clifford
Geo. Wolf
Chas. Barrett
Ravens
L. C. Spaun
G. BE. Webster
Bessie Ewing
John Ewing
Rachel Birdsell
Jim Ewing
Rufus Ewing
Mesdames Sherman Bollman
L. R. Letchford
Herman Schutta
Martin Oleson
Claude van Wey
Archie Jones
Jamily
Chamberlin's Cough Remedy Endorsed by Fort Wayne Woman
Mrs. William Bright of Fort Wayne Indiana writes she used Chamberlin's Cough Remedy for a bronchial cough last winter and felt immediate benefit. She states she was cured before finishing the bottle and recommends it to friends. Obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bright
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Clay Hill Community Notes From October 11 115
Jack Pearson on sick list with doctors visiting Clay Hill. Neighbors and relatives from Decorah Hesper Spillville Freeport and Madison Township appear in a sequence of calls visits and social calls. A local ad promotes Barker's Antiseptic for foot odor sale by John G Schimming and R A Engberteon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Pearson
M.D. Jewell
Clay T Hill
Dr. Dahl
Decorah
Clay Hill
Ed. Belsen
Cresvo
Oliver Levi
Hesper Township
Jan Larsen
Lawrence Olsen
Roy Stortz
Lizzie Gross
Hesper
Herb Gross
Madison Township
Ole Helle Judd
Jim
Barker
John G. Schimmingland
R. A. Engberteon
Ady
West Central Iowa Community Notes From Ridgeway Area
West Central Iowa items report frost last week and local visits. Residents including W James Paley Ridgeway and Mr Woellstein Cresco conducted business here. Miss Grace Gullickson began school north of Ridgeway, District No 6. Several visitors from Sumner Township and Cresco joined families for social calls. Mrs C Schild attended W M S in Cresco, and the Evangelical church group plans a fall meeting with Anna Weidaman and Mrs B H Muntendam. Alfred Peter to install gas in his new home. Weather and household tasks noted as gas and electric power rise in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aegerter
Gerber
Tee
W. James Paley
Ridgeway
Mr. Woellstein
Cresco
Lettie Koch
Fred Falck
Northern Telephone Co
Otter Creek
Grace Gullickson
Winfield Kratz
Howard County
Robert Vopava
Babe
Sumner Township
A. Koch
Martin Froelich
Osterdock
Clayton County
Koch
Wesley Kratz
Walter
Protivia
W. A. Scholer
Evangelical Church
Lewis Walter
Ervin
Golden Ridge
Mike Kratz
Alfred Peter
Lizzie Koch
C. Schild
W. M
Ed. Thompson
Kickapoo Worm Killer Promises Safe Parasite Elimination
Mothers warned of fever paleness and irritability in children caused by worms. The Cure advertised as safe for delicate kids is Pleasant to take and acts as laxative expelling worms and toning the system. Begin treatment today to eliminate the cause of irritability with a 250 dose reference.
Ossian Visitors Scatter Across Nearby Towns
Ossian area residents travel to Decorah Ridgeway Cresco and Ossian for visits and family gatherings. People include Alma Knutson, Alma Huber, Cora Moe, Agnes Schoeber, Mayme Ebert, and Ruth Preston visiting relatives and friends. others travel to Montana, California and South Dakota for trips and expositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Gleisner
Ossian
Neil Schreiber
Fort Atkinson
Mixes Alma Knutson
Decorah
Alma Huber
Ridgeway
Ole Aannas
Tillie
Marie Wegner
C. G. Anderson
Oto Olson
Zambrota
Minn
Cora Moe
Agnes Schoeber
Frank Gehling
Sutton
Austin
M. Gilmartin
Mayme Ebert
Cresco
Walter Yager
Town City
Madison
Wis
N. P
Minnie Stenseth
Bowman and Ludlow
Will Stenseth
Ray Peterson
Melvin Orke
Montana
Ray
Ruth Preston
Jacob Meyer
W. V. Yager
Chronic Constipation Benefit Reported by Mrs Newton
Two years ago Mrs. John Newton of Irving New York began Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach trouble and chronic constipation. She reports rapid improvement and says her health has been fine after four or five bottles. Obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
John Newton
Irving
N.Y
Potatoes as Hog Feed Advice and Observations
Farmers explore feeding surplus white potatoes to hogs. Cooked or steamed potatoes mixed with corn meal or grain supplements can replace part of corn value, with 4 to 4 1 2 bushels of potatoes equaling about 1 bushel of corn for hog gain. Raw potatoes risk scours. small amounts may aid health when succulence is lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Ireland
Watering Cattle Before Selling Them
Farm and Fireside carries an editorial condemning guesswork in cattle grading and proposing payment by dressed weight. The excerpt explains shippers water cattle to inflate weights, swelling each animal by 50 to 60 pounds before weighing, enabling buyers to assume full weight without buyers risking loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm and Fireside
Pain relief and Doan's products advertised in ad copy
An old advertisement promotes Sloan's Liniment for neuralgia rheumatism lumbago neuritis toothache sprains and bruises claiming instant relief and free circulation. It notes Doan's Kidney Pills Ointment Regulats and general drug-store availability with a closing quip about bluffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Adv
Manure values and best practices for farm waste management
The article lists annual fertilizing values for manure from different animals and warns that gains are lost without proper handling. It emphasizes preventing urine leaching, keeping barns well bedded and floors impervious, and controlling fermentation. It also advises applying manure to thin soils and using phosphate treatments for faster and lasting benefits. It ends with a cough remedy advertisement, noting Chamberlin's Cough Remedy as a long standing universal treatment.
Notice in Probate for Cyrus G Burt Will in Winneshiek
To whom it may concern you and each of you are notified to appear at the Court House in Winneshiek county Iowa on the 8th day of November 1915 at 2 oclock P M to attend the probate of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Cyrus G Burt late of Hesper township in Winneshiek county Iowa deceased at which time and place you will appear and show cause if any why said will should not be admitted to probate In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said office this 7th day of October 1915 OLAT KALLEVANG Clerk District Court By 8 J MOORE Deputy N HOUCK Attorney
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Cyrus G. Burt
Hesper Township
Towa
Olat Kallevang
J. Moore
N. Houck
Appointment of Executrix for C. A. Hiatt Estate
Notice is given of the appointment of Lillie Hiatt executrix of the estate of C. A. Hiatt late of Hesper township Winneshiek county Iowa deceased testate. Executrix has taken the trust and given bonds as required. All creditors must present claims and debtors pay to the executrix in Decorah Iowa dated Oct 1915 CN Houck Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Hiatt
Hesper Township
Winneshiek
State of
Iowa
Lillie Hiatt
Decorah
Houck
Tollef A. Istad
Madison Township
Andrew T. Istad
Town
N. Willett
Mary Louisa Weiser
Decorah Township
F. J. Weiser
S. V. H. Weiser
EK. R. Acres
Notice of Referee's Sale in Winneshiek County Iowa
A notice of sale by order of the district court referee in Winneshiek County Iowa directs sale of partitions of listed Perry family real estate. On October 29 1915 the properties in Jackson township will be sold at public auction at 1 PM. The Dated 30 September 1915 Referee Herbert G Perry administers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County
Ferdinand Perry
Charles E. Perry
Carrie Perry
Herbert G. Perry
Jennie Perry
R. Perry
Lizzie Perry
Anna Cooper
Cooper
Jackson Township
Iowa
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County News
Kendallville, Stete To
Jas. Ryan
W. W. Hubbell
Lois Pye
ID. Y. N. T. Society
Angie Brainerd
Gene Birdsell
Ray Waters
Edward Healey
Rosaine
Marguerite Society
Healey
Maude van Wey
Ruth Meikle
Alma Stegen
Evelyn Brouillet
John Schutta
Mise Ellen Ewing
Ludlow
Stuebbe
Mason Sibley
Schutta
Frankville
Chamberlin’s
Martin Tolstad
C. Grose
Lizzie
Hattie
G. T. Pearson
Fred Thomas
Lizzie Williams
Gertrude Kapler
Spillville
Walter Daubney
John Kraby
Geo. Tyler
A. L. Tyler
Aaron Sheetz
Lincoln
Pdeshhs
EPHD
Calmar
Ion Chamois
A. Hopeing & Son Eee
New York
Republican
Prints and Selle
Chamberlin
Gentral Wisconsin
Poland
Minnesota
John Richert, Mabel, Minn
Lehigh
Portland
N. H. Adams
Reardon
James Reardon
Prop
J. C. Beard
California
Colorado
Rockies
Pikes Peak
Salt Lake
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Rock Island Lines
Racoat
Alifornian
Finayt Moderne
Sec
Perb
R. Schrempf
Decorah State Bank
Winneshiek Hotel
Jor
Albion
Peter Johnson & Sons Heating and Plumbing
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