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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
7
September 1 1918 note lists numerous brief visits and travels across Ossian Decorah Calmar and Cresco. Names include Ray Sobolik T F Schmitz Miss Marie Bock J Figge Henry Dessel Regina Meyer Seraphia Figge Alfred Figge and others with trips to Des Moines Chicago Milwaukee and Montreal. Community events mention fair attendance and a church Ladies Aid gathering.
Miss Gladys Cassel is employed in the one office. Ed Wicks of Decorah visited relatives here last week. A party was held at the W Winter home Tuesday. Miss Bertha Supplee will teach Bluffton school this year. Bessie Feltis visits sister Mrs Walter Winn. Whitney and family spent Friday night with MD Whitney in Decorah. Mr and Mrs Reed hosted visitors from Lansing and La Crosse over the weekend.
A crowded slate of visits sales and social events from Castalia Ossian Decorah and Postville highlights include Kneeskern and family at Castalia, sheep sales in Ossian, cattle sales at Postville, and many town visitors. The WCTU annual meeting Mrs Nellie Spaun presiding and a Birdsell district school term start are recorded along with a Van Wey family reunion and a note on France as the best cultivated country.
The Ridgeway section covers Y P S gathering at John Fjelstuls, visits by Agnes Qualley and Dagmar Jordahl, school openings with listed teachers, and notices of travel and church services. Obituary for Flavia Teetshorn details her death, funeral at Oaklawn Cresco, and a Card of Thanks from Teetshorn family.
September 3 1918 notes show Mrs G Vick visiting Decorah with callers including Miss Rose Drew and Miss Josephine Drew. Mr and Mrs 0 A Vick visited Mabel. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs N S Engen. James Thorby visited Ridgeway and Hanson stayed with N B on the date.
September 3 1918 updates detailing visits and calls among residents. M Weitz stayed with daughter Mrs Win Newman, Miss Sandager's Sioux City trip, Adah Humpal and Leon ard in Ossian, Jr. and Mrs. Joe Lazum at Ross Lazum home, Monahan heads to Cleveland for a new home, Wheatman family in Cresco, Calman people at Decorah park, Peter Meyer return from Dubuque, Vogel family from Dubuque, Appleby and son return home, Meyer visit ends, L D Wangsness family home from Eota Minn, school starts Sept 2 with new teachers Krane Culsrud Baldwin and Mrs Hoit replacing Edna Meyer and Alicia Johnston.
Local residents attend fairs and visits across Decorah Postville Ossian Ossian area with mentions of Mrs Archie Jones Mr and Mrs Henry Ginapp Rae Runkle Lydia Kipp Nelle Daniels Walter Daniels Grace Carlin Emma Heckman Joe Ehler Chas Daniels and families. Social calls include Ed Youmans home and John Kipp farm near Decorah with several guests and visits through the week.
Miss Sara Westen of Belvidere Illinois writes that overwork and worry caused kidney trouble and weakness. She describes severe lameness and agony before using Foley Kidney Pills and now feels like a new person, stronger in every way, endorsing the remedy sold by R A Engbertson.
When you buy clothes from this firm with forty three years in business you get what you want. Absolute satisfaction in every garment purchase and a worthwhile trade.
Local residents from Looking Glass Prairie and nearby areas are listed visiting friends and shopping at Mabel Decorah and Hesper. Frequent callers include Jim Smalley Val Stoskopf and George Young. dances and fairs at Preston are noted. family visits to John Wendling’s Locust and gatherings at Geo Young’s are recorded.
Bailey Springs notes from 1918 report residents taking part in local fairs, visits between families, church gatherings and social events. Mentions Winfield Bender visiting Decorah and Locust, Henry Knoke and Barth families hosting guests, and several trips to Mabel and Burr Oak with church and Red Cross activities noted.
Mr and Mrs Albert Zuckmayer and children visited W Kern s. Miss Minnie Barth left Saturday for Preston to work a few months. Mr and Mrs Fred Foltz and family dined at Fred Rosenthal s in Decorah. Mr and Mrs Henry Knoke and Mr and Mrs Clarence Knoke traveled to Cresco to visit friends.
G A Mc Bride of Headford Ontario says after two years selling Chamberlain's Tablets he tried them and finds no other similar remedy equal to them. Indigestion or constipation sufferers are advised to try them. For sale by R A Engbertson Adv.
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