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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
14
September 16 1918 report lists Y P S meeting at Gilbert Bakken home and L A S activities at Lincoln church. Citizens visit Cresco Decorah Fayette and Northwood while ministers and harvest programs span M E churches with service flags dedication and a Baptist style memoaries.
September 17, 1918 local notes recount visitors and travels. Bloxham visits in town and plans Lynd Minnesota trip. Mrs Lanky and child from Madison Wisconsin visit. Elsie Shellhamer leaves tonight for Wheaton DC to enter college. Harvey Battenberg reports assignment to a transport bound for sailing. Henry Meyer and wives plus Lester Meyer and wife tour Waterloo Cedar Falls Blairstown and Camp Dodge for about a week. W L Richards and others visit Rey Richards near Wancoma. Red Cross chair E J Wirsching contributes a report.
Calmar and surrounding communities report numerous visits and callers. A steady stream of residents from Spillville Decorah Ossian and Cresco were seen in Calmar and nearby towns for social visits business calls and family visits including Cyril Cummings Stella Phillips and James Janechek family members and various travelers from Mason City Cedar Rapids and Austin over the past week.
School opens as seasonal infections rise with coughs colds hay fever and asthma Prompt action at first sign may keep children healthy and in school Foley's Honey and Tar promoted as home remedy for sale by R A Engbertson adv
September 16 1918 Ravenn a residents record Sunday visits to Os sian Decorah Ossian and Calmar. Citizens such as Monrad Nygaard Julius Brown Helmer Johnson Clarissa Rovang Emily Benson and others are noted with calls visits and trips to Centen nial Ossian Decorah and local homes.
A fragmentary note reports discovery of a artifact titled The Great Rel Ilain Tablets with claims of ancient inscriptions. Researchers caution about unverified provenance and call for careful dating and analysis to confirm significance.
September 17, 1918 reports list Mrs. Jos Sobolik Calmar visitor H B Miller supervising schools Foster Smith to Clear Lake Anna Bartosh back at Mac s Decorah duties J A Wandas Jackson Junction visits Decorah for Rev Orth German Kultur talk Mrs Foster Smith returns Cresco Ventura visit Mrs John Zima moving art to Calmar future Edna Peterson in West Union Buckness Schulze visit Decorah and back Misses Toubek St Cloud with Mat Houdek and James Doubek families Mrs Jesse Weiler home from rhe 3 with her mother staying Mrs W Kohout to Cresco for days with sister Mrs Ventura operations earlier week.
September 16 1918 community notes list visits by Hovey Engen Lynch and Myrah to Decorah, with many residents attending gatherings, calls, and family events. Birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Lynch is noted along with Red Cross activity and farm work by Istad and treegs.
On September 14 1018 Bert Tyler sold hogs in Decorah. Lizzie Williams of Spillville visited home folks. Mrs Pat Hogan of Decorah visited Mrs Will Mall. Mr and Mrs John Seegmiller called on Mrs Albert Grinna. Residents traveled to Decorah to register and Miss Jane Stortz of La Crosse stayed with the Chas Broghammer household. Several attended Uncle Tom's Cabin in Decorah.
David Biddinger handles chores for John Barthell while he is in New Jersey. Rene Malli returns home after weeks with his brother at Independence. Residents from the area attended the play My Sammy Girl in Decorah Wednesday evening. Mrs. Frank Huber and Mr and Mrs Henry Geisen of Calmar visited Chas Broghammer. Mrs Ray Smalley returned to Looking Glass Prairie after visiting sister Mrs Lawrence Belson. Grace Mall came home from Independence after a two week visit with her brother John. Mrs Caroline Gross, Elizabeth, Hattie and Herbert attended the wedding of Clarence Stoskopf to Julia Olsen near Sattre last Thursday.
Fred Curtis is home on a furlough as townsfolk report visits, travel to Cresco for district conference, and farm work. Will Stockman and others traveled to Chicago with a carload of cattle, potato rot concerns rise, seed corn saved, road work completed, and a postponed L A S meeting due to rain.
Miss Sara Westen of Belvidere Tr writes about kidney trouble from overwork and worry. She describes severe lameness and crawling to rise, then says she feels like a new person and stronger after using Foley Kidney Pills. Sold by R. A. Engbertson, Adv.
In September 1918 Centennial residents report threshing nearly done and various social visits. People include Mr Lovatuen at Duff's, Leonard Allen visiting Will Duff, Lewie Monson from Decorah, Miss Anna McGary teaching in Elmer Rosa district, and many others attending Ossian events or visiting neighbors. An ad invites five cents for Foley products.
September 16 1918 updates from North Madison record visits births and social outings. Mrs C O Blekeberg and others visited family members while Clarence Borseth and Lucille Knutson corresponded with relatives. A baby boy born to Lloyd and Mrs Larson on September 15 is noted with the father away in France.
Residents and visitors frequent Spillville Decorah Cresco Protivin Calmar Lawler Ridgeway and nearby areas with many social visits and callers. Shoppers and callers include the Novak family Reihle Frey and Slepicka with dances announced at Fisher's hall and plays by Ludvikovici. The notes mention school opening and several short trips and visits across multiple towns.
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