Community Notes From County News Dated 1918
September 10 1918 readers report a busy week with visitors from Decorah and Mabel. Numerous social calls and school activities involve Burreson, Koch, Kratz and Aegerter families alongside outreach to Camp Dodge and Minneapolis. Local road work and Evangelical services add to a lively county page.
Diarrhoea Remedy Adverts and Clothings Sale Notice
An old advertisement promotes Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil for children and urges early purchase. The notice also mentions a large assortment of all wool clothing with suits and overcoats advertised as not cheaper soon.
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Chamberlain
RB. A
Engbertson
E Adv
Calmar and Decorah Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Local residents include Donald Meyer and Stella Wheatman visiting Decorah and nearby towns. Agnes Flaskerud plans to teach in Eureka while Vincent Yager visits Grinnell relatives. Marriages occur at St. Aloysius Ossian with Rose Kafka to Christ Rilling and Myrtle Oxley to Lieut. John Meyer Calmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Meyer
Decorah
Stella Wheatman
Agnes Flaskerud
Eureka
Vincent Yager
Grinnell
Peter Meyer
Prairie du Chien
Baggen
Albert Lea Ee Os
N. N
Vogel
L. J
John Meyer
Herbert Moe
Carl Meyer
Chicago
Robert
Lawrence Becker
Waukon
Mary Luzum
Garner
Helen Peterson
Fr. Dvorak
Carroll
Iowa
Dorothy
Mason City
Des Moines
Kathryn Morris
Emmet
Cedar Falls
N. Frodden
Charles City
Hugh Huber
Beatrice Becker
Ossian
R. J. Becker
H. Evenson
Gilbert Evenson
North Dakota
Nelson
Howard
Sterling, N. D
Rey
Bakken
Saude
St. Aloysium Church
Rose Kafka
Christ Rilling
Calmar
Anna Rilling
Fred Houdek
Ft. Atkinson
St. Aloysius Sowage
Myrtle Oxley
Joyce Horton
Gregg Becker
Texas
Local Notes From West Lincoln September 1918
Vern Kirsehman works for Harry Wiedeman. Schild family visited Elma Sunday to greet friends. Ada Mae of Howard County threshing for Win Kratz last week. Miss Myrtle Schild listed among last week’s assortment. Various items and names appear in the week’s local notes and recollections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Kirsehman
Harry Wiedeman
Schild
Elma
Adamee
Howard County
Win Kratz
Myrtle Schild
Ossian Social Notes and Local Visits in September 1918
Ossian residents share visits and travels from September 1918. Adolph Becker returns from Lake Okoboji. Carl Boch visits from Calmar. Ray Sobolik spends weekend in Ossian with locals. Rev M J Thiltgen and Gregory Figge travel to Dubuque. A birth announced for Louis and spouse on September 8. Multiple visits between Ossian, Postville, Calmar, Cresco, West Union, Mason, and Chicago with relatives and friends. Attendees at state fair in Minneapolis. local gatherings include Junior 500 club event with honors. several people drafted for the US Army at Camp Dodge. various trips to Cedar Rapids, Ames, Montreal, and Goats Lakes leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Becker
Lake Okoboji
Carl Boch
Calmar
Ossian
Ray Sobolik
New Hampton
M. J.thiltgen
Gregory Figge
Dubuque
Louis Holder
C. E. Waters
Postville
Julia Groff
Ruby Ean
Chicago
C. Layton
West Union
W. H. Layton
Humker
Everett McManus
Virgil Lynch
Minneapolis
A. Schneeberger
Festina
J. P. Schneeberger
Leo Meyer
Cresco
Philip Barthelme
Margaret Heck
St. Louis
St. Louis, Dr. and Mrs. Weiss and Son Agtoed” From la Porte
F. J. Klein
Amelia Brockman
Milmington
Mollie Spillman
John Werner, Jr
Paul Etteldorf
Josh Smith
Harold Harvey
John Broghammer
Camp Dodge
Us& Army
Wm. Russell
J. W. Lynch
Montreal
Can
Ed, Dowd
Carrie Lee
J. A. Harvey
Ames
Henry Skadeland
Leeds
N. D
Ruth Jacobson
Ray Albers
Dakota
Henry Albers
Fred Butz
Blanche Gulbrandson
Zorn
John E. Hopperstad
Theo. Gullickson
Grace Gullickson
Cedar Rapids
Sjoboen
Angela Musmaker
Katherine Morris
Frank Kuntz
Decorah
F. Butz
Spencer
Alice Baken
Adele Hickey
Ole Anderson
Clermont
H. Skadeland
Tveter
John Aegerter
Sumner
C. Beucher
Jake Butz
Otto Anderson
Anna Anderson
Theo. Anderson
Ridgeway
E. T. Anderson
Shoemaker
Howard Co
Clarence Hamre
Ellendale
Minn
Monson
Peterson
Grimes
Nick Schuetz
P. L. Gordanier
Elkader
Edwards
Freeport Visitors and Local Notes From Decorah Area
A collage of short notices lists visitors and travels around Decorah, Glenwood, Cresco, and nearby towns. People like Mabel Huseby, Mrs. Maude Sweitzer, J. A. Headington, and families such as the Bakers and Delaneys are mentioned visiting relatives, attending fairs, or taking short trips to Des Moines and Spencer. Local appointments include draft-era activity and a bank position in Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tember
Mabel Huseby
Glenwood
Freeport
Maude Sweitzer
Cresco
G. W. Baker
Bluffton
Jas. Hallman
Ossian
Gee, Rook
Minneapolis
Henry Gross
Des Moines
Alfred Weiss
Bloomingdale
J. Dinger
Clay Hill
P. C. Delaney
Little Son
Theo. Miller
Burr Oak
Mary
Clark Tillinghast and
Little Sons
James Tillinghast
Pleasant
Leona
Stella Sorenson
Ethel Miller
Aaron Sweitzer
Amd
Delaney
Waukon
Baker
Winfield Baker
Decorah
Gerhard Morison
Local notes from Ridgeway September 1918
September 9 1918 Ridgeway notes list residents leaving for Leeds Minneapolis Cedar Rapids Decorah and Ossian visits to relatives and churches. Furloughs weddings and Red Cross consignments mark a busy week with many reporters and travel plans among Skadeland Gulbrandson Ande rs on.
Castalia Social Notes and Local Marriages
Mrs Henry Floody hosted the C W W club. Reuben Barnhart and Miss Clara Shelhamer wed at 3 pm Tuesday at the U B church with Rev Hicks officiating. Several residents travel, move, or visit relatives while school and church updates occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Floody
Edna Ames
Luana
W. K. Riggs
Lutheran Church
Rev. Harms
W. H. Haefner
St. Paul
Earl
Aviation Department
Neuenswanders
Reuben Barnhart
McGregor
Clara Shelhamer
U. B. Percenses
Hicks
Mr. Barnhart
State of Iowa Winneshiek County Bank Statement
The document appears as a 1918 bank statement with liabilities for rediscounts including those with the Federal Reserve Bank. It bears the cashier Hjerleid signature and sworn attestations dated September 9, 1918, with notary public officials L. B. Whitney Allen Wise F. H. Baker and D. C. Johnson. It lists total contingent liabilities and attestation phrases.
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Federal Reserve Bank
State OF Iowa
Winneshiek County
Hjerleid
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Esther Paulson
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J. R. Nolte
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Elmer Kuntz
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John Fijelstul
Elsa Vopava
John Krall
Roy Sanderson
Verna
Fred C. Keech
Mike Kratz
Wesley
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Herbert Kratz
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Creseo
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Fred Koch
Joe Vepava
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Roy Koch
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A. Koch
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Madison
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Fayette
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Lime Springs
Dorothy Parker
Boston
Red Cross
Trina Anderson
Orleans
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Dagmar Jordah
Clarence Leikvold
Waterville
Rev
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Castalia
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Clay County
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Andrew
Sarah Smith
Sarah
White
D. C. Stearns
Stearns
Illinois
Blanche Riggs
Nebraska State Normal School
W. C. Winn
Chase Winn
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