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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
6
The page records a flurry of visits and calls across Ossian Decorah and surrounding towns. Numerous residents including Ingrid Wangsness Mabel Wheatman Anna Becker and Maria Sandager are noted as visitors. several families host guests from Minneapolis Waterloo and Lincoln Township. yard and church activities span weddings surprise parties and a benefactor gift for Earl McNamara.
Community news lists residents and visitors from Spillville, Calmar, Fort Atkinson, Cresco, Decorah, Oelwein, Alta Vista, Protivin, and nearby areas. Items include illnesses, calls on relatives, auto trips, market and business visits, and an upcoming auction sale near Spillville. Many names appear including Boushka Mikesh Novak Yanko Pos hu sta Kovarik Jirak and others.
Ossian visitor Eileen Malloy stopped in Castalia on Monday. Susie Fordyce visited Randalia with relatives. Myra Shipton spent Sunday with her parents in Clermont. Rizie Albright went to Cresco to visit his sister Helmer. Funeral of a family friend held in Elkader last Thursday. English service 10 to 11 and German 11 to 12 at Lutheran church next Sunday. Local attendance at Postville musical comedy last Thursday. Tours to McGregor and Gillette noted. Gillette party returned from Wisconsin. I J Allen of Bruce Wisconsin visited and sold a car of potatoes at Postville. Harvey Bros received a Ford carload Monday. awaiting more. Mrs Emma Tatro called to Memphis Tennessee for daughter Mrs Wm Busse. Kneeskern’s opera house packed for Bedeees Association event.
Burr Oak community activity centers on visitors and travel as residents and guests train social ties. Numerous Decorah and Deborah visits are noted, with meetings a district superintendent visit planned for Nov 11 and 12. Local weddings, lyceum plans, gatekeeping, and family gatherings fill the week.
Local notes from Ossian dated October 23 1916 recount visitors and visits including Theodore Rosa from Ossian Mrs Heckman Postville guests Mrs L D Burrows at J F Russell home Nelle Daniels at F Winn home Anna Daniels at Julius Brown home birth of a son to Will Wiltgen baptized Francis visits to G W Rathbun home and others A M Jones and Mrs Anna Daniels travel to Iowa City for an operation and Esther Lange undergoes surgery with positive recovery.
Reports from Burr Oak note an all night rain and a Friday snowstorm, plus local visits and deaths. Mrs. Susan Webb Perry died after a long illness. she left four children and had lived in Winneshiek County since youth. Funeral arrangements followed in Austin and Hesper.
Jean H B Frankel of Chicago took the noon train for Cresco on business. Joe Klimesh drove a coal load to Spillville with Geo Cummings and James Janechek assisting. A horse kicked Willie Phillips injuring his left leg. he will go to Decorah when able. Geo Cummings’ horses ran away Saturday while unhitched. they were joined by a shovel rescue before further danger.
Mrs. Chas. Rietz of Allen Mills Pennsylvania says Foley's Honey and Tar has provided eleven years of relief from coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It quickly eases hoarseness tickling throat and wheezy breathing. Plumbers prefer the piping times of peace.
A note advises that when feeling discouraged one should take Chamberlains Tablets to feel better within a day or two. The text links despondency to indigestion and biliousness and states the tablets are especially valuable for this. For sale by R A Engbertson.
Long list of visits and gatherings around Madison with neighbors and relatives. Mrs. Clara Josvanger’s illness prompts Cresco trips. a surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Dahle includes gifts of a sideboard and a gold watch. Local exchanges and town-to-town visits highlight community life.
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