County News highlights from Castalia Decorah Ossian and more
Rural notes recount Walter Pilgrim's silo work Chester Peck and many locals visiting Castalia Ossian Decorah and Postville with callers and trips. The town prepares for a community fair on Sept 21 while tributes recall Zephar Landon born 1832 and death in Cresco with funeral services at the M E church.
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Walter Pilgrim
Chester Peck
Castalia
Ludlow
Roy Kneeskern
Ossian
J. E. Tanedheve
Chas. Barrett
Ft. At- Beam
Kroger
Postville Fund
Thorasy
Harvay
I. J. Allen
Roy "Waters
Decorah
Sherman Bollman
Postville
Marvin
Ravena
J. J. van Wey
Decor
Harry Waters
Emma Letchford
Waukon
Frank Miller
Frank Bulman
Dorchester
U. S
Presbyterian Church
Mires
Inez Perkins
Fred Waters
Earl Livingood
Sergt
Cecil Livi
Camp Bowie
Texas
Otto Hager
Camp Dodge
Viste
Esther Christenson
Lane
Sam Waters, Sr
Estherville
Kate Peck
Lynn Crawford
Tommie
Irving Crawford
EB. Kneeskern
G. D. Bollman
Tom Bollman
Ernest Chamberlin
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry Chamberlin
Trene Hette
Harry Olson
Billa Letchford
Ruth Bollman
Gladys Smith
Chas. Brouillet
J. E. Kneeskern
Inez
Mise Mabel Haugen
Glenwood
Padden
Francis Padden
Lewis Felke
Errol
Local Notes from Barr Oak in September 1918
Steve Bray returned last week from Minneapolis. Miss Tona Pierce visited Mrs. Alice Morrison. Mrs. Ida Heckle, sick about two weeks, is improving. H. Reed and son Willie of Canton were callers Thursday evening. Myrtle Wade spent Saturday with sister Mrs. Carl Pierce.
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Landon
E. A. Headington
Abe Pierce
Daniel Ulrich
Plymouth
Wis
Milton Whitney
Decorah
Here
Florence Larsen
Gertrude Glise
Lucille Emmons
Kansas City
B. M. Wicks
FE. M. Reed
Paul Reed
J. B. Reed
Rob, Richert
Netties
Florence
Reed
Ralph Supplee
Oskaloosa
Supplee
Ira Kimber
Elmer
France
Florence Pierce
Edmund Pollitt
Cresco
Mary Porter
Mason City
M. F. Price
F. E. Potter
Renwick
Iowa
Ben Manning
Potter
A. E. Smith
J. &. Nolte
New Hampton
Harold Cox
Camp Dodge
Maud Ward
Marguerite Tracy
van Vliet
Anna Taeger
Lucy Chase
Coldwater
Nellie Knox
Jas. Wade
Sam Rice
la Crosse
Claude Headington
Dahl
Zephar B. Landon
William and
Mary Landon
Litchfield Co
Conn
Kent
Ohio
Emogene Slayton
Kentucky
Burr Oak
E. Pollitt
A. W. Porter
Steve Bray
Minneapolis
Tona Pierce
Alice Morrison
Ida Heckle
H. Reed
Willie
Canton
Myrtle Wade
Carl Pierce
Bailey Springs Community Gossip and Visits Report
A garbled Harmony Decorah and nearby visits item lists numerous residents and guests. Notes include Miss Esther Foltz visiting Decorah, Florence Barth near Ossian, Carl Erickson family in Decorah, and trips by Andrew Seebach, Henry Barth, and others to and from local towns and gatherings.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised by Mothers
A vintage notice touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It claims long use and broad approval from mothers praising its pleasant taste and safety for children with endorsements from readers in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim
Decorah Water Rates Revised in 1918 Ordinance
Decorah Iowa adopts Ordinance 320 amending water works regulations. It replaces Section 33 with a 2.50 dollar semiannual charge per meter, lowers minimums to 1070 cubic feet, and rewrites Section 34 detailing tiered semiannual usage rates. The measure, effective September 4 1918, repeals conflicting ordinances. Fire损 affects John Tammael’s barn near Harmony with oats hay straw burned. four horses saved nine calves perished.
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City of
Decorah
Towa
Iowa
Towit
John Tammael
Harmony
Foley Cathartic Tablets Prove Superior in Newark Ad
J. G. Gaston of Newark Indiana reports trying many cathartics before Foley Cathartic Tablets. He claims they regularize bowels sweeten the stomach and tone the liver and call them the best cathartic tablets made. Sold by R A Engbertson Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Gaston
Newark
Ind
R. A. Engbertson - Ady
Notice in Probate for Z B Landon Will in 1918
Notice to all concerned to appear at the Winneshiek County Court House Iowa on November 11 1918 at 2:00 PM to show cause why the Last Will and Testament of Z B Landon deceased Burr Oak Township should not be admitted to probate. S J Moore Clerk of District Court signs and seals the notice.
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United States
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Z. B. Landon
Burr Oak Township
Hart Schaffner & Marx
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Winfield Bender
Harmony Ay
Henry Barth
Andrew Seebach
Henry Knoke
Louise Barth
Esther Foltz
Rev. Seehans
Harrison Barth
W.coy
Laura Knoke
Clarence Knoke
Orlando Danielson
Peter Danielson
Florence Barth
Willard
Fred Party
Pearl
Greene
Carrie Hilleman
Jake Richert
Mike Barth
Lucille
Mike Kern
Mary
California
E. J. Hook
Dale
S. J. Moore
Decorah State Bank
Winneshiek Hotel
Ben Bear
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Copylizis
Mart Schaffner & Marz
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