Decorah News Highlights Wide Visitor Traffic
Miss Katie Canavan of Ossian and Miss Frances McReynolds led a parade of visitors as Decorah hosted a long string of relatives and friends from Cresco Albert Lea Minneapolis and Chicago. Local residents including teachers postmasters and students moved through Decorah on trips to Northfield Ridgeway and other nearby towns with multiple departures and returns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Canavan
Ossian
Decorah
Frances McReynolds
Reserve, le
Frank Crawford
Cresco
C. K. Preus
Minneapolis
C. J. Vance
T. P. Logsdon
S. Kruehek
Spillville
Emma Lee
Chicago
Marie Haugen
Sigurd Reque
Albert Lea
Carl Jacobson
Christianne
Northfield
Lora Royce
Naperville
Dennis Horan
Ridgeway
Kate Englebret
Lime Springs
Twenge
aAllen Bailey
Culver
Ind
Myrtle Olson
A. R. Severson
Maggie Downie
St. Paul
Geo. Zuckmeyer
Nels Anderson
Osave
Melvin Anderson
EF. Segin
E. M. Sunnes
Anna Solum
J. L. Man
Fargo
Y. D
Albert Sampson
Marjory
Bertha Hangen
Watertown
Wis
G. Hugean
F. S. Bull
Helena, Mont
Chas. Haas
Margaret Rossley
P. Z. Ringdahl
Stoughton
Winneshiek County
Philip Goettleman
Bluffton
Ethel Makepeace
Clara Andrews
Monona
Susan Simonson
Saturaay
A. P. Forde
J. C. Hexom
Olga Severson
Harry Skinner
Lillian Winters
Evanston
Northwestern University
WH. A. Engen
Allamakee County
Waukon
H. L. Spaulding
Elma
H. M. McReynolds
Chas, Webber
Jamestown
N. C
Fred Stirring
Clarion
Arthur Preston
S. Muller
North McAllister
Oklo
Storm Strikes Des Moines Fairgrounds Wrecks Tents
Edw Bear received a telegram from Ren Bear noting a cyclonic storm hit Des Moines Monday night. The Deco rah Whist club tents collapsed but unoccupied, members sheltered in buildings as belongings washed to the Des Moines River. Des Moines papers report great damage and injuries citywide. Mr and Mrs Bear returned from Des Moines by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear
Ren Bear
Des Moines
Fair Grounds
Decorah Whist Club
Decorah
Run Down by Automobile Injures Miss Corson
Miss Ella Corson of Dorseth Bakery was struck by a car at Water street and Mott corner while crossing Washington street. The vehicle fled the scene. the number was recorded and efforts to locate the driver continue. Corson remains confined at home with severe nervous strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Corson
Dorseth
Water Street
Mott Corner
Washington Street
Miss Carson
Rhodes Scholar Jacob Larsen Returns From England
Dr and Mrs Laur Larsen celebrate as their son Jacob A. O. Larsen arrives in New York aboard the Baltic with about two thousand returning Americans. He spent three years at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar and will teach at Park Region Luther College Fergus Falls. He notes wartime calm in England and a serious realization of the conflict. His homecoming promises future memories and aid in his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laur’ Larsen
Jacob A. O. Larsen
England
Oxford University
Rhodes
Larsen
New York
Baltic
Haseen
Park Region Luther College
Fergus Falls
America
Oxford
Big Toy Merchants in Trouble
R P Sanford reports Chicago toy firms have almost no imported stock. Large American goods dominate shelves as imports from Germany and France are blocked by war. July 1 shipment exhausted most retailers orders nationwide. Major buyers must push American toy production to satisfy Christmas demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Sanford
Chicago
Germany
France
Sanford
Want Stock Yards Moved From City Limits
At last evening’s city council meeting a petition signed by many fourth ward residents near the Milwaukee stock yards urged declaring the yards a nuisance and removing them from the city. The council referred the matter for investigation. Soon after the petition began, men were employed to clean the yard, and odor from the yards could be detected eight to ten blocks away, suggesting lax sanitary conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Ward
Milwaukee
Will Leave Decorah Priest Will Move to Gilbert
Will Leave Decorah, Father Ranier assistant to Fr. Tawe in Decorah and Bluffton will move this week to Gilbert Story county to take charge of the parsonage. His successor in Decorah has not been decided. Ranier, new to Decorah, has made strong friendships with his earnest gentle manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Ranier
Tawe
Decorah
Bluffton
Gilbert
Story County
Students head to regional normal schools and university
Off for school, The Misses Ruth and Marie Hegg traveled to Sioux Falls on Tuesday to enter the Lutheran Normal School. Selma Olson went to Cedar Park to begin studies at the teachers college. Mattie Hilmore n went to St Paul to join the city normal. Gilbert Amundson and Beatrice Jewell journeyed to Austin to attend the University of Southern Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Marie Hegg
Sioux Falls
Lutheran Normal School
Selma Olson
Cedar Parle
Teachers’ College
Mattie HilWerson
St. Paul
City Normal
Gilbert Amundson
Beatrice Jewell
Austin
University of Southern Minnesota
Views of Decorah and Happy Remembrances of 1913
A promotional note offers a new book titled Views of Decorah and Happy Remembrances of 1913 for sale by leading merchants. The item highlights local scenes and memories, appealing to readers with interest inDecorah’s history and culture.
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Decorah
See Hagen Tailor Promotes Fall Suits and Coats
The advertisement touts See Hagen the Tailor offering fall suits and winter overcoats tailored from your measurements to improve wardrobe. A. Schall will periodically visit Decorah every two or three months to maintain his piano tuning and repair business.
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Hagen
A. Schall
Decorah
Hymeneal Notices From Decorah and Vicinity
At noon today in Madison township Miss Helen Hoyt and Guy V. Newcomer will wed in a relatives-only ceremony with Dr. F. G. Young officiating. The couple will live in Clinton where he will teach next year. Earlier, Rev. A. F. Cameron joined Wiedeman and Hughes in marriage at the German M E parsonage. Wiedeman and Craig family ties also feature in local nuptials with future homes noted in Indiana, Montana, and South Dakota.
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Dahl
Des Moines
Clara Anderson
Ossian
Decorah
Sarah Symonds
Calmar
John Sanders
Peter
Albert Forde
Mabel
A. P. Forde
J. O. Johnston
St. Paul
H. Runyan
Ocheyedan
Ammi Smith
Martha Holverson
Humboldt
J. Holverson
Rockdale
Wis
Otto Arneson
W. Collett
Fayette
Frank Jewell
Anna Hanson
Madison
Olaf Nelson
Julius Olson
Blooming Prairie
Minn
C. Remen
Ethel Young
Kalamazoo
Mich
L. R. Young
B. A. Johnson
Northfeld
Davenport
Clara Larson
la Crosse
Mathilda Larsen
Esther Larson
Thor
Robert Schulze
Peter Johnson
Elgin
Johnson
Madison Township
Helen Hoyt
Walter E. Hoyt
Guy V. Newcomer
M. V. Newcomer
F. G. Young
Decorah M. E. Church
Hesper
Clinton
M. E. Parsonage
A. F. Cameron
W. E. Wiedeman
Ridgeway
Kate Hughes
Newport, Ky
Indiana
Death of Robert B Callwell in Estherville
Word reached Decorah last Thursday of the death of Robert B Callwell after a three and a half year paralysis illness. Funeral Saturday at Grace Episcopal church with Rev. Wa McVettie officiating and interment in Phelps cemetery under Great Lights Lodge. Callwell, born June 22, 1845 in Lismore Ireland, was trained at Trinity College Dublin and moved to Decorah in 1873 later serving as county surveyor. He married Annie E Wood in 1879, who died in 1881, leaving a daughter Annie E Callwell. He moved to Estherville in 1883 and was later county surveyor or engaged with the Chicago Burlington & Northern railroad. He was remembered for his genial ways and straightforward manner.
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Decorah
Robert B. Callwell
Estherville
Grace Episcopal Church
Wa. McVettie
Phelps Cemetery
Great Lights Lodge
J. W. McCallum
W. M
Jay Johnston
Barklie
Emma Haskell l
Addelmann
Wallwell
Lismore
Belfast
Ireland
Trinity College
Dublin
America
Annie E. Wood
Annie E. Callwell
Callwell
Sness
Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad
Lost a Babe
A letter from Mrs. George McFadden to a Decorah acquaintance reports that her three year old child died after a day of severe bowel illness. Three other children were ill, two recovered, one remained critically ill at the time of writing. The family lived in Decorah for many years before moving to Chicago last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McFadden
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C. H. Craig
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