Pratt Nicholson for State Legislature A Rural Candidate Profile
A. K. Baitry & Son publish The Republican in 1960 presenting Pratt Nicholson as a progressive, industrious farmer from Military township. Born April 14, 1872, he managed and later purchased his family farm, helped organize Silver Springs Creamery, led Union Produce Co. in Ossian, and chaired farm institutes and courses. He pledges honest service and respect for Winneshiek county voters if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Township
Pratt Nicholson
Mr. Nicholson
Ossian High School
Ity
Nicholson
Silver Springs
Union Produce Co
Ossian
Winneshiek County
Obituary for Alma Dianna Sjoboen at 21
Alma Dianna Sjoboen died October 7 at her parents home after a three year diabetes battle followed by appendicitis and subsequent complications. She leaves her parents five sisters and one brother along with many relatives and friends. Funeral was held at Washington Prairie church with Rev. Paul Koren officiating and a tribute poem read. Card of Thanks from the Sjoboen family expresses gratitude for support during bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Dianna Sjoboen
D. EF. Sjoboen
John Sersland
Selma
Agnes
Mildred
Grace
Rudolph
Washington Prairie Church
Paul Koren
Charley Daniels
J. W. Rathbun
Elmer Rosa
Blanche
Joe Weitigenant
Ossian
Dominic Wittgen
Anna Daniels
Will
Steve Allen
Geo. Allen’s
Mason City
Joe Ehler
Festina
Mr. Ehler
Frieda Heiman
Heiman
Amanda Ginapp
Louie Schroeder
Castalia
James Rollins
Prosper
Minn
C. O. Daniels
Frank Linderbaum
Sandstone
J. J. Rosa
Raymond
Near
Decorah
Webb Rosa
Theo
Rosa
Bert Daniels
Have You Seen the War Comet This Night
The article notes a unnamed comet nicknamed the war comet visible in the northern sky around 3 to 4 am with clear eyesight. It rises at 3 am three degrees east of the dipper’s pointers, the head about fourth to fifth magnitude, and a long tail spanning two degrees. The pale yellow body is described as an unusual spectacle by observers.
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Lodge
Maquoketa Boy Patents Tru Tint Glass
Maquoketa youth M. Luckiesh gains notice for patenting tru tint glass used with Mazda lamps. The color screen allegedly produces light as clear as sun rays and helps match delicate colors at night.
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Maquoketa
M. Luckiesh
Decorah and Cresco Residents Shown in Weekend Activity
Local notes record numerous visits and travel among Decorah Cresco Ossian and Castalia residents. Shoppers, visitors and travelers include Miss Dorothy Hickey Frank Butz and many families visiting relatives and friends across Iowa and Minnesota during a busy weekend.
Madison Community Notes From Decorah Visit Attends Synod Meet
October 12 1014 Madison Iowa reports local social updates with residents visiting relatives in Decorah Nordness Glenwood Ridgeway and Sioux Falls. Delegates Erick Flaskerud Andrew Istad Fr Fretheim and Anna Flaskerud attend the Synod meeting. multiple families gathered at homes and shared Sunday visits and hog market mention.
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Carlen
Decorah
Ole Bakken
Bennie
Walter Hoyt
P J. Drew
Florence Hovey
Nordness
T. Iverson
Jens Kallevang
Glenwood
H. C. Josvanger
J. J. Odden
Kathinka
C. Gen
J. Woldt
Chas
M. Hanson
Ridgeway
Alt. Qualley
Erick Flaskerud
Andrew Istad de
Sioux Falls
Fr. Fretheim
Anna Flaskerud
Otto Neste
E. A. Flaskerud
Centennial Social Notes From Centennial October 14 2014
Centennial notes record local visits births and illnesses. Arlow Crabtree and Ezra Schoonmaker are employed by Webb Rosa and El mer Rosa respectively. Neighbors and family share visits with Burrows Ehler Daniels Runkle and others including a professional caller Dr Juen from Ossian.
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Arlow Crabtree
Webb Rosa
Ezra Schoonmaker
Elmer Rosa
L. D. Burrows
Joe Ehler
Dave
Festina
Joe
Mise Lelia Jones
Anna Daniels
4. A. Juen
Ossian
Pierre Feltis
Ray Runkle
Walter Winn
Castalia
Local notes from Clay Hill residents and visitors
A Clay Hill column records numerous visits and calls among residents. Names include Tom Mall, Mrs. Headington, Mrs. Skinner, J. J. Walsh, John Logsdon, E. C. Bolson, Roy Stortz, Hazel Stortz, John Headington, Lester Pearson, Mrs. Jewell, Aaron Sheetz, James Stortz, Ole Anderson, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Kraby, Hazel Sheetz, Mrs. George Tyler, Mary Erickson, Louis Stoskopf, Martin Tolstad, Knute Tolstad, Pearl Barth, Caroline Gross, Ed Bolsen, Mildred Glover, and others visiting or traveling between Freeport, Decorah, Canoe Ridge, Calmar, Rush City, Wahassa, and Pleasant township towns.
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Tom Mall
Friends
Freeport
Clark Headington
Sam Tolstad
C. Skinner
Henry Miller
J. J. Walsh
Decorah
Wm. Williams
Suny
John Logsdon
Waukon
Clay Hill
E. C. Bolson
Canoe Ridge
Sam Sorenson
A. J. Headington
Roy Stortz
Hazel
Dick Young
Bailey
John Kraby
Kiletley
John Headington
Lester Pearson
John Pearson
M.D. Jewell
Harry Skinner
Land
Aaron Sheetz
A. L
W. D. Gross and Son
Harney Arneson
Richard Tyler
Hazel Sheetz
Calmar
George Tyler
Rush City
Minn
David McKay
Mary Erickson
Louis Stoskopf
Martin Tolstad
Norman Tolstad Janes
Knute
Pleasant Township
Pearl Barth
Caroline Gross
Ed. Bolsen
Lancaster
Alfred Austenson
Mildred Glover
Valder College
Chas. Glover
Ed. Dresselhans
Wahassa
Ossian Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
October 13 report from Ossian lists residents visiting friends in Des Moines Burr Oak Mason City and Dubuque. Local groups hosted gatherings at homes including the 500 club and Catholic ladies club. A public opera house meeting solicits support for a Christmas ship aiding European children.
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Jacobson
Des Moines
Sullivan
Burr Oak
Killray
Mason City
J. B. Figge
Dubuque
Otto Gleisner
Ray Meyer
Elma
500 Club
Z. A. Juen
Catholic Ladies’ Club
Calmar Area Residents and Visitors Report Week Activities
Local notes record numerous Decorah and Calmar visitors and visitors from Fort Atkinson Mason City Lime Springs St Paul and other towns. Trips include weekly visits to relatives and friends in Fort Atkinson Des Moines Chicago Milwaukee Prairie du Chien Minot and Eldorado with several returns home after visits and a charity Palm Theatre event for the Christmas ship.
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Verna Meyer
Decorah
Birtheby
Novak
Wisconsin
Fred Harms
Selma Sjoboen
Lime Springs
Calmar
John Hiller
St. Paul
Carrie Meyer
A. Dostal
Filngston
Wash
Iller
John Northcote
Hazel
Harpers Ferry
M. Graf
Chicago
Ellingson
Davenport
Clarence Hamrey
Ruth
Ridgeway
James Krallapeson
Milwaukee
Prairie du Chien
Susan Campbell
Des Moines
Harriet
Henry Miller
Eldorado
Ferdinand Barthelme
August
Red River Falls
Will Novak
Razeak
Charles City
Castalia notes and visitors amid illness and events
October 13 2014 items from Castalia list visitors to Decorah and Osian homebound relatives. Mentions injuries illness of Mrs. Lucy, Harvey Bros garage construction, a local baseball bulletin club, a hypnotist show at the opera house, and a proposed Christmas ship fundraiser for war relief. Attendees include James Harvey Ernest Baltz Geo Dockusm John Haefner and families.
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James Harvey
Ernest Baltz
Pierre Feltis
W. Vii
Lucy
Kneeskern
Ray Allen
John Kluss
Amy Meyer
Postville Bar
Geo. Dockusm
John Harvey
Ossian
John Haefner
Bickel
Giard
Harvey Bros. Garage
Ahley
Id Ges
Rockwell
W. K
U. S
Gi. C. Toye
Ethel
Northwood
A. W. Kramer
Dixon, TL
Webb
Burial of Geo Clark Widely Noted By Local Friends
Arthur and Miss Ruby attended the burial of Geo A Clark after his body was brought from Nashville to this town. Mrs G A Clark and son accompanied the remains. Clark, once president of the Kentucky Tennessee Northern Ry, had lived here and died in the prime of life after seeking medical help in Chicago without success.
Kendallville Social News Tells of Visits and Local Happenings
October 12 1914 Kendallville notes show Jacob Matteson moving to Adams Minnesota visits from Mrs Sloan Mrs Ida Eddy Cresco and Cresco guests at home Clifford Eddy L S Culbert farm rental renovations and midwest travel. social events include a chicken pie social a birthday celebration and a hospital trip for Helen Curtis with steady local arrivals departures and road conditions described during the week.
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Jacob Matteson
Adams, Minn
Sloan
L. Ludden
Steve Todd
S. M. Culbert
Ida Eddy
Cresco
Clifford Eddy
Supt. Miller
Decorah
Flossie Handke
Ada Young
Elmo Stephenson
Burton
Mattie Burton
Harry Goldsworthy
Walter Robinson
Hawkeye
C. C. Brown
B. Thorne
Bonair
Kendallville
Elias Hoiness
Ee Hoiness
Ww. A. Dasham
W. A. Clink
M. H. Tinker
Charles Curtis
A. E. Kellogg
Helen
Mercy Hospital
Over-supply of mud slows threshing near Highlandville
Pleasant Township reports heavy rain causing mud and interrupting threshing for a week. Theodore Iverson helps T. Mow up near Highlandville and makes several short calls at Iverson, Ellis, and Narveson homes. Mrs Valle, Mrs Iverson, and neighbors attend a surprise for Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson.
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Heodore Iverson
T. Mow
Highlandville
Henry Levi
Iverson
Sarah Valle
T. Iverson
C. Narveson
Theodore Iverson
Ellis
Ed. Anderson
Toned Up Whole System by Chamberlains Tablets
Mrs Esther Mae Baker of Spencerport New York writes that Chamberlains Tablets cured her biliows attacks headaches and fatigue restoring her entire system after using several bottles a few months ago. She says the tablets have done more than she hoped for and recommends them. Sold by all dealers Adv
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Chamberlain
Esther Mae Baker
Spencerport
N. Y
Adv
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A. K. Baitry & Son
H. P. Nicholson, JR
D. KE
Sjoboen
County News
Ey Ig Nall
Ingvald Myrland
Sam Helms
Wm. Klotzbach
McGregor
James Paley
Sylvester
Preston
John Oftedahl
Young Neales Society
Heo
Gullickson
S. Earlesies
Cres
Dorothy Hickey
Frank Butz
Mesdames
Ralph Griffith
Fred Albertson
Caroline Jacobson
Bisma
pOge
Tom, Sexton
P. J Ken Will Lea
M. R. Ringoen
Minneapolis
Miss. Knutson
Devils Lake
Laura Ask
Glenville
N. D
A. H. Albertson
Henry
Fred
Arthur Watthauer
Henry Fijelstul
van Dyke
Annie Halvorson
Jasper
S. D
Arthur Johnson
Aneta
Cresco Fridday
Dc Blekeberg
Fairchild
Wis
Nellie Fijelstul
Josie
Christine den
Decor
E. T. Anderson
Ren
Decorah Wedneside
Annie Odden
Ole Haakes
Mabel Gunderson
Otto Gunderson
Alice Fjelstul
Albert Lea
Julius Zieman
Caledonia
Albert Albertson
Marguerite
Rudolph Ernst
Edith Rutz
Olaf Anaorn
John Barthelme
J. J. Hauber
Mise
Carrie Hauber
Andrew Michelson
Wilson Singer
Glenn Baker
Oscar Wemark
Kiester
Madison
Centennial
Reliable
Minneapolis Costume CO
Mergeette Ave
Mina
Amarnsee
the National Bank of Decorat
L. B. Whitney
D. C. Johnson
H. C. Hjerleid
W. F. Baker Asst
N. R. Groff
Hardware & Harness
N. R. Groff & Son
Booster Store
Dr. A. Reed
J.reed Cushion
J. P. Smith Shoe Co. Makers
John GC
Hexom & Son
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