Local Notes from Decorah and Surrounding Towns
Albert Wingate and Will Stoskopf visited Decorah and Mabel for business and social rounds. Numerous residents attended fairs, shopped in Protivin and Calmar, and family visits were reported across Burr Oak, Locust, Ossian, and Spillville with church events, threshers, school term starts, and a September dance announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Wingate
Decorah
Will Stoskopf
Mabel
Rob Tillapaugh
Roy
Bernice Feltis
Marie
Hilda Peterson
Ole Anderson
Sam Barth
Prairie du Chien
Einar Peterson
Peter Osgaard
John Anderson
Ida Peterson
Preston
Co. C. Ward
Burr Oak
Work Shirts Offered At Low Prices By Leading Firms
Local merchants advertise good splendid quality work shirts from top firms at 50c each. Competitors in cities charge 65c yet the ad claims value and promises a sale price five cents below. Extra quality Warrior hose for boys offered at a value price of 35c per pair by Ben Bear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soc
Ben Bear
Reali
MREAR
Local residents and visitors note Sept 1916 events and travel
On September 5 1916 several residents are listed returning from travels and visits to nearby towns. Albert Sayles, Miss Earnhardt, J C Gannon, the Street and White families, Myrtle Tweetten, Selma Burreson, and others are recorded as traveling home or attending schools and events. The Hesper band played at a Dorchester carnival and multiple families plan housekeeping, lake visits, and attendance at fairs and schools in Decorah Elkader Rochester and Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sayles
Montana
Earnhardt
Oskaloosa
Prin. J. C. Gannon
Gillman
Town
J. P. Street
Elkader
Selma Burreson
Decorah
Myrtle Tweetten
Ivanhoe
Minn
Hesper
Hesper Band
Dorchester
Canton
G. C. Rowe
Council Bluffs
W. A. Plunkett
Ray Hiatt
Burr Talbert
Burr Sinclair
Prudie Casterton
D. 7. Welch
Mabel
Preston Fair
A. R. Bryant
John Richert
Geo. Linnemeyer
Thos, Bryant
Rob Smith
Byron Darrington
Spilled Town Notes From Spillville September 4 1916
Spilled town brief lists residents and travel notes with several names and destinations. T. J. Zoulek at Protivin. Jos Mikesh at Fort Atkinson. Ed Novak drove to Conover. M Graff came from Calmar. Miss Mary Vitoushek at Cresco. Miss Celia Soukup at Calmar. Dr Bevins from Fort Atkinson. Dr Tinker to Monona for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Zoulek
Protivin
Jos. Mikesh
Fort Atkinson
Ed. Novak
Conover
M. Graff
Calmar
Mary Vitoushek
Cresco Gaterday
Celia Soukup
Bevins
Dr. Tinker
Monona
Freeport social notes and visits span region
Freeport locals report church meeting tonight and a busy week of visits. Decorah friends drop by, trips to Minneapolis for the state fair, and kin from Bonair Osage and Saude gather for social events. Community members plan a cemetery fence benefit and note multiple travels to Champaign and Chicago.
Calmar social notices list regional visitors and movements
Ossian visitors Clotile and Eugenia Humnker and Gene Dessell. S. M. Seversons move to a new home. Decorah visits by Anna Thygeson and Mrs. C. T. Knutson and daughters Olga and Helen. Mrs LC Poshusta and daughter Martha visiting Minneapolis. Martha Haukedah of Newhouse Minn visiting Calmar. Agnes Flaskernd to Garretson S D to teach high school. Miss Josephine Hosper Spillville visiting father. Mrs Ellind Dahlen and George Numedahl in Decorah. Randy Haugen visiting near Conover. Mrs M Kiel and Herman and Mrs H Numedahl in Decorah Friday. Miss Hazel Gunderson to Indianapolis for music school. Mabel and Stella Wheatman host friends near Decorah. Trene and Jessie Johnstone return from Anita and southwest town visits. Mrs L B E Wangsness leaves for Fyota Minn. Frank Pletka and daughter Ethel to depart tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cibuzar
Minneapolis
Calmar
Josephine Hosper
H. Chandler
West Union
New Hampton
Pauline Haug
Milwaukee
Robert Klimesh
Robert
Decorah
Carrie Hrushka
Edward Kubish
Frank Kovarik
George
H. J. Cooper
Irene
Festina
Irma Winn
Irene Cooper
Regina Fisher
Jos
Prochaska
Protivin
Nockels
Practek
Miss Lundgren
Mabel Kapinos
John Nienhaus
Fort Atkinson
Jos. Mikesh
Trinka
la 'Seur Center
Minn
Strauhn
Oelwein
Kapler
Joseph Fisher
Garnaville
Rev. Hein
Spillville
Margaret Balik
Mary Kuhn
Cedar Rapids
Chas
Chyle
M. Moravetz
Clemence Herold
Rochester
John
John Zoulek
Frances Swebla
Ida
Cresco
Anton Suchan
Lucy
Stella
A. G. Fisher
James Koshatka
Victoria Hrushka
Wallace
Idaho
Jerome Huber
Ossian
Hiram Cooper
J. J. Zoulek
Jos. Koeh
Our Catholic Church
Otilla Kovarik
J. Z
Chicago
Frank Kapinos
A. A. Novak
Chas. Hauser
Clement Loesch
Mary Infelda
Protivia
Jakomy
Anton Olson
Near Conover
St. Paul
Dakotas
Fisher's Hall
Fisher
Clotile
Eugenia Humnker
Gene Dessell
S. M. Severson
Anna Thygeson
Samuelson
Halverson
C. T. Knutson
Olga
Helen
Poshusta
Martha
Martha Haukedah
Newhouse
Agnes Flaskernd
Garretson
Ellind Dahlen
George Numedahl
Randy Haugen
Tom Erland
Conover
M. Kiel
Herman
H. Numedahl
Hazel Gunderson
Indianapolis
Ind
Mabel
Stella Wheatman
Misses Trene
Jessie Johnstone
Anita
L. BE. Wangsness
Lloyd Ernst
Fyota, Minn
Frank Pletka
Ethel
Spillville and Decorah Local Visit Notes
Community visitors and day trips are recorded with Miss Mary Suchan and her Spillville sister visiting Decorah. George Cummings and family, Joe Mikesh and family, Adolph Mikesh, and others are listed as callers and relatives stopping by. James Pizenger returns from St Paul for an extended stay with his mother. Anton Olson travels to St Paul for the state fair then on to North Dakota to see his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Sobolik
Spillville
Mary Suchan
Decorah
J. J. Mikesh
Emma
Geo, Cummings
James Pizenger
Tom Houdek
Fort Atkinson
North Dakota
Joe Mikesh
Geo. Cummings
Joe
Adolph
Highlandville 1916 Social Notes and Local Appointments
Highlandville notes from September 4 1916 list callers visitors and arrivals including Cordon Thune Perry Olsen and others. Mentions births Miss Ruth Seim starting school in Decorah and local travel to Decorah Lansing and Desoto. Local yields and road work noted plus Hesper Decorah ball game score and building work at Schjeldahl's garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordon Thune
Hesper
Perry Olsen
S. Marsh
Hans Liquin
Hank
Cora Gijere
Decorah
H. T. Liquin
Henry Steen
Equity
Ruth Seim
Geo. F. Bentley
John Mestad
Gee
Andrew Throndson
la Crosse
Wis
Ray Algyer
A. Anfinson
Fred Ambli
Harold
Agnes Olsen
Oliver Lien
G. A. Gjere
C. P. Olson
Fadgar Selness
Dorchester
Palma Olson
N. E. Ramsey
Washington Prairie
N. N. Mestad
Peter Losen
Arthur Istad
Joe Bidne
Clarence Stoskopf
Berry Sampson
L. H. Grindeland
Gifford Gijere
Sever Ellingson
Lars Kittleson
Mra
Clara Olson
W. UH
Steen
C. G. Brunsvold
Bidne
Lansing
DeSoto
Feldman Bunkey
J. Hirthman
Rushford
Minn
Mat Peterson
Edgar Selness
Irene Grindeland
Ruth
Duroc Jersey Swine Sales Contact Cresco Iowa
Full blood male pigs offered by George S. Barker Cresco Iowa. Prices advertised as within reach, urging affordability for buyers. Also an advertisement notes canned peaches pricing and a grocery distributor Hutchinson Grocery Co. promoting California Growers brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duroc
George S. Barker
Cresco
Towa
California
Hutchinson Grocery Co
Crystal gazer tale linked to Kate Wiggin's fair visit
A crystal gazer in County Heath claimed author Kate Douglas Wiggin would have many children around her, referencing her literary works from The Bird's Christmas Carol to Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Wiggin told friends she has no children, yet locals joked about the seer’s sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Grand Opera House
Lord Darnley
County Heath
Seer
Mrs. Wiggin
Gazer
Timothy
Cary
Aeee
Weekly Weather Report Highlights Warm Week
The past week had five clear days and two slightly cloudy. The week’s warmest day was yesterday, with the coolest on Saturday and Sunday at 82 degrees. The average was 84.4 degrees, 10.9 degrees above normal and 13.3 degrees warmer than last September. Sunday saw a 0.20 inch shower, with traces on two other days. Telegraph weather reports unsettled today with possible thunder storms. A strong week for corn maturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
End of the Ice Season in Decorah
Decorah faces the close of the ice season with relief as supply tightens. Herman Tavener suggests possible limited private trade for the rest of the month, but only briefly. The area notes an unprecedented ice demand since 1891 and credits Tavener for a bumper last winter that prevented serious shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Herman Tavener
Taveners
Straw Hat Season Extended to September Seventh
Local authorities in Decorah and across the state extend straw hat season due to prolonged summer. Dress codes relax as citizens are advised to keep straw hats until Friday September 7th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
New Indoor Game Arrives From Norway Ski Ball Debuts
George Higgins sells the old indoor baseball game and ships it to Blooming Prairie this week. He introduces a Norwegian game called Ski Ball, a novelty in the United States. Its exact operation is not clear but it is praised for skill and excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Higgins
Blooming Prairie
George
Farmer Buried in Cistern Near Shellsburg
Roy Van Fossen aged 25 a farmer four miles north of Shellsburg was killed Monday when the walls of a newly dug cistern caved in trapping him while he removed forms used to support the walls during excavation. The cistern had been dug the previous Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy van Fossen
Shellsburg
Winneshiek County Farms by Township Acreage
The table shows farm counts per township with Hesper leading in number of farms and Pleasant Township with the largest acreage. The figures mirror last week’s report and yield an average of about 120 acres per farm in Winneshiek County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesper
Farmer Loses Team by Drowning at Upper Iowa Ferry
Sunday at the lower dam of the Upper Iowa Power Co. B C Krueger crossing the river with a ferry lost a team when the horses sprang free just as the ferry neared shore. The animals fell into shallow water and drowned while Krueger sought help. The Power Co. settled with Krueger for the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Iowa Power Co
B. C. Krueger
Mr. Krueger
Power Co
Boy Climbs Tree Falls Injures Fred Carlson’s Son
A 13 year old boy fell from about fifteen feet while climbing trees by the creek Tuesday evening. He escaped broken bones but suffered multiple bruises and a severe burn across his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Carlson
Bear's saves on silk neckwear in fall colors
Advertises 50 dozen pure silk neckwear at five cents in fall colors at Bear's. Mentions a political jab about a husband losing an election, framed as a light aside from the product notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aso
Hubby
Backache warned by kidney trouble claims fatal risks
Decorah resident Mrs. D. B. Tuttle reports severe backache and dizziness from kidney illness. After using four boxes of Down's Kidney Pills from Wangler's Pharmacy she found relief. the ad urges asking for Dean's Kidney Pills from FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Decorah
D. B. Tuttle
W. Main St. Decorah
Wangler
Dean
Decorah Market Report Notes Grain and Hog Strength
Decorah markets show light grain movement with wheat at 1.25 to 1.40 dollars, barley 0.70 to 0.90, timothy 4.00 to 4.15, eggs 23 cents and butter 28 cents. Hogs remain strong with prices from 9.00 to 10.30 dollars.
Decorah Kreds to Meet at Aase Haugen Home
Decorah Kreds hold a Sunday meeting at the Aase Haugen home with speakers Rev. H. B. Kildahl and Prof. L. W. Boe among those presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah Kreds
Aase Haugen
H. B. Kildahl
L. W. Boe
Special Teachers Examination Sets for Sept 13 and Mth
A special teachers examination will be held in the County Superintendent's examination room on Wednesday and Thursday September 13 and Mth. The normal training and teaching experience requirements will be abandoned so all applicants meeting age requirements will be admitted. H B Miller, County Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mth
H. Be, Miller, Eet Co
Supt
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Fort Dodge
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Little Sons
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Fred Tyler
C. A. Funke
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Champaign
Illinois State University
BFB
Jewell Farm
F. M. Sheetz
A. M. Sheetz
Ss. E. Brickner
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Sherwood
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Winifred
Hans
Saude
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Highlandville
Kate Douglas Wiggins
Weekly Weather Report
Winneshiek County Farms
Fremont Township
Orleans Township
Lincoln
Military Township
Highland Township
Pleasant Township
Glenwood
Calmar Corporation
Castalia Corporation
Ridgeway Corporation
Fort Atkinson Corporation
Jackson Junction Corp N
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Aera
Farmer
Decorah Markets
C.F. Ambli
Burr Oak Mercantile CO
Iowa
Lehigh
Portland
N. H. Adams
Hubbell Farm
Frankville Township
Winneshiek Co
W. W. Hubbell
G. L. Hubbell
Fargo, N. D
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Adams Seed Company
Dairy Cattle Congress
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Ards
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