Luther College Beginnings at Decorah Forty-Four Years Ago
This reminiscence recalls Luther College's move from Wisconsin to Decorah as the second Lutheran college after Concordia St. Louis. It describes early buildings on Winnebago Street, a former garden, and a law office site, plus how baseball was played as rounders with base-notches tallying runs. Local figures Levi Bullis and Theodore Burdick are noted among early town residents who played for amusement.
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Luther College
Decorah
Wisconsin
Lutheran
Concordia
St. Louis
Nathaniel Otis
Winnebago and
Main Street
B.O. Marsh
Levi Bullis
Winnebago Street
Dry Run
Theodore W. Burdick
Charley Allen
Ralph Pike
A. K. Bailey
Willett
Fifty Years Ago News Briefs Highlight Indian Massacre and Taxing Moves
Gen Logan authorized to negotiate a treaty with Juarez for cession of northern Mexican states to the United States. Guerilla Quantrell seeks a pardon to assume sheriff elect. Kansas suffers a Butterfield overland stage massacre with six passengers killed. John Stiles starts another stage line to Conover. Pete Smout opens a Conover branch store. Hi 8 Weiser improves the Winneshiek bank. Ellsworth and Landers rent Capt Cleghorn’s store to Barney Greene for a new grocery.
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Gen. Logan
Juarez
United States
Guerilla Quantrell
Kansas
Butterfield
John Stiles
Conover
Pete Smout
Weiser
Winneshiek Bank
Ellsworth & Landers
Capt. Cleghorn
Barney Greene
Van Vliets Short Horn Sale At Cedar Lawn Farm
At Cedar Lawn stock farm in Hesper township last Wednesday about a hundred attended the W A Van Vliet cattle sale. Total receipts reached 8353,358 with 34 catalogued animals, nine cows with calves and 43 full bloods sold plus four grades. High single bid was 8150 for Golden Fleece by J H Perry of Fountain, Minnesota. Other strong bids came from B C Kruger, Robert and Otto Kiesan, and Phil Carolan. Average prices: bulls 107, cows 90.40. List of bidders and purchases follows with several notable bids and the sale marked as a successful初 debut for Van Vliets.
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W. A. van Vliet
Cedar Lawn
Hesper Township
van Viiet
J. H. Perry
Fountain
Minn
Florence May
B.C. Kruger
Waukon
Phyllis
Queen Teauty
Queen of Fashion
Queen Victoria
Robert
Otto Kiesan
Wankon
Phil Carolan
Bluffton
Lucey
C. A. Stortz
Canoe
Buster
Fred Glice
Ruby
Arthur Smith
Nellie Bly
Will McLain
King
Kruger
Couerr
M. Roster
Freeburg
CSA
Ebans
Weeny Mer
Icees Cee
Bakken
Gem Storta
Trish Brelain
Ceess MM
J. W. Daubney
Vin Eee
Found Dead in Elma Jail
A man about 60 was found dead in the Elma jail on a Saturday morning. He had been brought to town after being found asleep on a road north of Elma and later disappeared. Marshal Gansen found him kneeling and undisturbed, with no identification or personal marks. The death was thought to be from heart trouble.
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Elma
Marshal Gansen
Dayton of Nevada Plans 20 Acre Park Project
To Turn Tract Into Park, Dayton of Nevada has let a contract to transform a 20 acre scenic site six miles west and four miles north of Nevada into an amusement park. The plan includes a boating lake, dance hall, lecture hall, tennis court, shoot-the-chutes and more. work has begun on the dam to create a recreation spot for Story county residents.
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Dayton
Nevada
Story County
Child Gardening Pays in Public Schools at Marshalltown
Sixty two gardens cared for by pupils yielded vegetables valued at 1518.06 during the past summer. Report to Superintendent Palmer by T N Gabrielson shows seed costs 212.52 and 550.00 miscellaneous expenses, leaving a profit of 1810.54. Average earnings per gardener were 24.65 for the season.
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Marshalltown
Palmer
T. N. Gabrielson
Inland Navigation Co to Run La Crosse to Coast Water Service
The La Crosse Tribune reports a new water service will connect La Crosse to the coast this month. A line of steamers will operate as a subsidiary to steel barges under construction for the Mississippi River, to form the Inland Navigation Co. The first Bernhard steel motor barge is expected to sail upriver before freeze up.
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McGregor Tilles
la Crosse
la Crosse Tribune
Mississippi River
The
Inland Navigation Co
Bernhard Steel
Idle brain sparks restless activity in town square
An old proverb rings through the streets as residents debate whether idleness fuels mischief. Community leaders urge constructive pursuits and supervise youth programs to channel energy into positive work. Local volunteers organize workshops to deter boredom and strengthen neighborhood ties.
Northern Iowa Fair Profits And Local Incidents
The Mason City North Iowa fair posted a profit of 83000 and the Cedar Valley district fair at Cedar Falls earned 3088.82. Oelwein festival saw sixty babies win prizes. Land near Shellsburg sold for 257.50 per acre. Fire destroyed Mitchell Congregational parsonage. A five day Sacred Heart parish drive raised 25011 for a new parochial school. Robberies and crimes included a Waterloo hold up injuring Charles Bertht and Leo Perrin’s bank robbery sentence of five years. Nashua granted 25 year Cedar Valley Electric franchise. Local men and women celebrated weddings, revolutions, and civic actions across towns.
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Mason City
Shellsburg
Congregational
Mitchell
Cedar Valley
Cedar Falls
Chickasaw County
Rebekah
New Hampton
Charles A. Berthh
Waterloo
Geo. Tyler
Leo L. Perrin
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Nashua
Cedar Valley Electric Company
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Minorge Rovey
Turkey Cook
Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Zion Bros
Sacred Heart Parish of
Frances Munson
Rock Island
Grand
Thresher’s belt maims Cascade farm hand
William Duffy a 45 year old thresher on the Harrison farm five miles south of Cascade was badly injured Friday afternoon when his right arm was pulled into a threshing machine belt. He was taken to Anamosa where doctors amputated the arm above the elbow. Initial fears of death eased as recovery looked possible.
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Wm. Duffy
Harrison Farm
Cascade
Anamosa
Triplet Calves at Wendt Farm Astonish Town Readers
Albert Wendt this week celebrates three healthy calf siblings born at his farm east of town. The trio, though not human infants, numbered three, weighed 174 pounds combined shortly after birth and showed strong growth signs by Tuesday.
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Waverly
Albert Wendt
Girl Hurt by Fly Wheel Accident Near Nashua
Aletha Bonwell, 12, living near Nashua, was near a gasoline engine when her clothes were caught in the fly wheel. She was swung around several times, her skirt and outerwear torn, her leg broken between the knee and hip, and she sustained numerous bruises causing considerable suffering.
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Aletha Bonwell
Nashua
Second oat crop harvested on Beatty farm near Hancock
A Hancock area farm of T J Beatty shows a second oat crop growing after the first was cut and stacked. Report says the second crop may produce from thirty to thirty-five bushels to the acre.
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T. J. Beatty
Hancock
Youth's Companion Subscription Offer Promoted
An advertisement invites readers to subscribe to The Youth's Companion for 1914 1916 with free issues and a two dollar rate. It touts entertaining yet substantive reading, mentions a list of top contributors and previews stories for 1916, and invites new subscribers to receive the Forecast for 1914 and the 1916 Calendar. It notes Boston as the publisher and offers free issues with timely signups.
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Justice Brower
Boston
Mass
Tiher
Weather Reminder Recalls 1880 Snowbound Fall in Wisconsin
The note recalls October 1880 when afternoon rain turned to six inches of snow by morning and winter held sway until spring. Rail service on the Milwaukee line was blocked most of the time, with western regions seeing new trains for five months.
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E.R. Acres
Milwaukee Railroad
Arrest Report: Will Redington Charged With Forged Checks
Police arrest Will Redington in Cherokee on a charge of forging several checks used to buy a suit and a diamond ring for his bride. He allegedly obtained cash differences in the transactions as part of the fraud.
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Will Redington
Indigestion Advice Promotes Chamberlain's Tablets
For indigestion, avoid pepsin or preparations containing pepsin or other digestive ferments. The stomach must function naturally with a tonic like Chamberlain's Tablets. Obtainable everywhere.
Fiske O'Hara Explores Ireland's Ancient Music
Irish tenor Fiske O'Hara, star of Kilkenny, lectures at the Grand next Thursday. He argues Ireland claims the greatest antiquity in Western European music and traces melodies to Eastern origins, citing harp lore, Ambrose scripts, and Ambrosian modes carried to Ireland by St. Patrick.
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Europe
Ireland
Fiske O'Hara
Kilkenny
St. Ambrose
Treland
Amergin
Heremon
Syria
Palestine
St. Patrick
Sloan's Liniment promises instant relief for pain
The ad claims Sloan's Liniment relieves neuralgia rheumatism lumbago neuritis toothache sprains bruises and general soreness by increasing blood flow and reducing congestion. It urges use for immediate relief, priced at 25 cents with a one dollar bottle containing six times as much.
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Sloan
Better Complexion Skin Demonstration Promised by Free Trial
A promotion urges women to try Gouraud's Oriental Dream in a free trial bottle. Viewers are instructed to shake the bottle, apply two or three drops to the back of the left hand, compare with the right hand after drying, and note the supposed instant improvement to a pearly white complexion. Readers are asked to send payment for wrapping and mailing to Ford T Hopkins & Son at No 37 Great Jones Street New York.
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Gouraud
Ford
T. Hopkins & Son
Jones Street
New York City
Dean's Regulats for bilious attacks sold widely
A short 19th century style notice promotes Dean's Regulats for bilious attacks. It notes the product is 25 cents and available at all stores, suggesting relief for heavy after dinner feelings and a sallow complexion.
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Livy
Dean
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