County News Notes From September 10 1917
Frost noted with a quiet morning impact. Local residents report visits, family news, and community events across Cresco Ravena Owatonna and Centerville. Key names include Dunn Daskam Rink Kakac and Barthelme with upcoming social at Fifield and dam work advancing at the mill site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dunn
Alsonham
Ada Young
Stewart Clink
Clyde Barnes
H. M. Daskam
Cresco
Ittle Son
Hunter
Greenhalgh
Orleans
Kendallville L. A
Grange Hall
Wm. Stockman
Coal Creek
Colo
Rink
Eugene
Crescope
Willard Todd
Steve
Lake of
Chester
C. C. Brown
Orns
John Kakac
Joe Rink
N. Oleson
Betsy Pederson
Paul
Beulah Peterson
Minneapolis
Clinton Fifield
Willee
Leroy
L. Flemming
Twn
Lundereng
Elias Holness
Quandahl
Fred Todd
Lillian
George
Lester
Owatonna
Minn
Max Daskam
Mt. Vernon
Ile
North Madison Social News and Visits
September 10 1917 notes from North Madison record many calls and visits across Decorah Ridgeway Cresco and Minneapolis. Residents including Fulsaas Bakken Ellingson Blekeberg Haga Myran and Holstad are listed with neighbors and relatives visiting for chores, social calls, and fair attendance. Several families entertain and host gatherings while state fair participants are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olaves Fulsaas
John Fulsaas
Clarence Borseth
Decorah
Ole A Ida Bakken
Decorah Saturda
Ole Melaas
Albert Fulsaas
Ridgeway
Peterson
Gust Bakken
Ida
Cresco
H. C. Myran
Henry
Decoral
Elmer Ellingson
EB. C
Ida Bakken
Albert
Birdie Ellingson
Ernest Christen
Amund Blekeberg
Halvor Skadeland
Ole Gilbertson
Ole Bakken
John Hovden
Anon Anderson
Local Social Notes From Ravena and Ossian
Aug. Peck visited Sven Tovson on a recent date. Remke called at Aug. Peck's last Friday. Hans Nygard spent Sunday with relatives in Ossian. Esther Lang of Ossian stayed with Aug. Peck last week. Mrs. Joe Broghammer called at Mike Hertges' last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Miller
Joe Doerre
Wisconsin
Hans Egeland
Ravena
Oscar
Sigurd Tovson
John
Frank Broghamer
Marie Holness
Stevens
Centennial
P. Barthelme, Sr
Leo
Regina
Minneapolis
Signe Tovson
Roland
Prof. K. Hanson
Cornell Riveland
Mr. Ward
P. L. Barthelme
A. Peck
Peck
Sven Tovson
Albert
Remke
LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE LOCAL GOSSIP AND WEDDING
John Thingvold drove to the hub on Monday and many calls, dances, and visits are noted in Decorah Mabel and Burr Oak. Violet Young wed Lawrence Bolson at Clay Hill with Rev Seehaus officiating. reception included an old fashioned charivari and best wishes for a happy life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thingvold
Peter Asgaard
Philip Young
Mabel
Steno
Tvi
C. J. Steno
Liege Nicols
Hilda Peterson
Decorah
Beulah Shervin
Torge Thorson
Selma
Anna Asgaard
Burr Oak
Lloyd Knowlton
Prosper
Ole Anderson
Waukon
Violet Stoskopf
Hoisington
Kas
Pete
Nelson
Anneapolis
Violet Young
Geo. Young
Lawrence Bolson
Clay Hill
Seehaus
Engbertson's Pharmacy Health Adv for Digestive Comfort
A health hint notes Foley cathartic loge keeps the bowels regular and the liver active aiding digestion. The remedy causes no nausea or griping and relieves sour stomach indigestions. It is described as comforting, especially for stout persons. Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Engbertson’s Pharmacy
Adv
Cedar Valley social notes and village visits
Local residents share visits and calls with neighbors across the Cedar Valley. Names include Sime, Borsheim, Tosten, Peterson, Thorson, Kraby, Gretley, Olson, Rasmussen, and others with travels to Canoe Decorah Ma Bel Soldiers Grove and a party at Lien. Mention of rain, dry Iowa, and a Doctor Dean’s Ointment advertisement closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Sime
Sever Borsheim
Carl Tosten
Melvin Peterson
Amon Borsheim
City
Wm. Gretley
Ida
Tolrahy
Idella Olson
Sigrings Kraby
Ioella Rasmussen
Theodore Thorson
Tee Lawson
Mr. J
E.T. Anderson
Charlie Peterson
Iowa
Gene Headington
Willie Gretley
Peter Isheim
Albert
Henry Lien
Arthur Kraby
Clarissa
Pete Borsheim
J. Siem
Bertie
K. Bulmer
Ole Bringe
Barbara Borsheim
Decorah
Valder Normal College
Jens Rasmussen
Tf. Rosendahl
Lars Rasmussen
Mabel
Peter Borsheim
Barbara
Clarence Peterson
T. O. Sime
Soldiers Grove
Wis
Frankville Notes Brightens With Local Happenings
Frosted morning in Franeville as residents travel to Decorah and Ossian, with visits from Bollman, Spaun, Brouillet, Nash, and Waters. A public sale and a planned cheese factory loom as local business eyes growth. Waukon banking group forms to fund new enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Birdsell
Ruby Nash
Mildred Owens
Owens
Postville
G. D. Bollman
Owe Waters
Phil Brouillet
Harry Harvey
Healey
J. A. Peck
Lydia Padden
S. S
Decorah
Fred Waters
T. J. Crawford
Tom Waters
Frankville
D. J. Murphy
Waukon
Sherman Bollman
Ray Waters
Emma Letchford
Geo. H. van Wey
Milton Patilla
Chas. Hendershot
Messrs. Murphy
Stock and Beeber
Experience as Best Teacher and Wheat Output Note
An old ad paragraph touts experience as the best teacher and cites many people valuing collective experience over one. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughing and colds with pleasing sales notes. It also mentions Italian government figures showing 4 billion bushels of wheat produced last year, up 800 million from the prior year.
Women Endure Kidney Trouble Backache a Trial
Mrs. J. Ellis of Sioux City writes that she will try Foley Kidney Pills and believes they will repay for their work. The note says kidney trouble backache rheumatic pain swollen tender muscles and stiff joints are common, and praises the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ellis
8Th Ave
Sioux
8. D
The Ghost of Know Nothingism in Winneshiek County
A harsh defense of Norwegian Americans in Winneshiek and the Decorah Journal is mounted, arguing Norwegians served patriotically in Civil War enlistments and World War I era drafts. The author rebuts accusations of clannishness, cites Norwegian press loyalty, and defends immigrants choosing American institutions and citizenship over old-world ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah-Posten
Decorah Journal
Prin
Decorah
Posten
Norwegi
Glenwood Township
Isconsin
N Jane
Norway
Republican Party
Ippeere
Fiamignant
United A
Ee Ae Bn
Ted
I. Ye W
Nouthern Europe
Journal
Winneshiek
Free Masons
Minnesota
Knute Nelson
Johnson
Lind
Nelson
Council of the Nation
Mrr
North Dakota
Helgesen
Fourth
L. 5. Roque
Congress
Aa Pees Se
Sahedn
Winneshick County
Nationality in politics and the ethics of voting
The author questions whether Norwegians or Americans should vote for a candidate based on nationality. He argues prejudice comes from politicians, not from voters, and asserts merit and patriotism should guide elections regardless of nationality.
Faith in Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy
Testimonial from Mrs. W. H. Williams of Stanley New York praising Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for rapid relief and cure after three doses. Advertisement notes sale by R. A. Engbertson in Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Notice in Probate Court for Larson Will in Decorah
In Winneshiek County Iowa on September 24 1917 at 2:00 pm a probate hearing is set for the Last Will and Testament of Co L Larson deceased of Decorah township. All interested appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate per S J Moore Clerk and Frank Sayre Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Co. L. Larson
Decorah Township
Towa
S. J. Moore
Frank Sayre
Unceasing Misery from Kidney Trouble in Decorah
O W Emery of Decorah Iowa describes severe back pain and sleep loss from kidney trouble. He notes bladder issues and weight loss before using Doan's Kidney Pills which restored health. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY advertises the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
India
Usi
Decorah
O. W. Emery
W. Decorah
Iowa
Dean
Doan
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Gilbert G. Howden
John Pierce
Arnold
Mark Stockman
Anna Holstad
Carl Howden
Ole Christen
Mra
Gunder Blekeberg
Nels
Gilbert Blekeberg
Gilbert Gilbertson
Theo Kvale
Elias Myran
Ole Olson
Anton Skaalien
Henry Austen
Nels Fulsaas
Looking Glass Prairie
Cedar Valley
Franeville
Mabel van Wey
Ruth Seim
Rob
Elkader
J. E. Kneeskern
Charley Henders
Freeport Thursay
Ea. Livingood
Bethel
Gerald Moose
H. E. Chamberlin
Helen Stock
Joseph Nash
Clifford Hughes
Elma Crabtree
Archie
Pleasant Ridge
Tom French
Irvin Hughes
Irving Crawford
Chester Peck
Curtis Bollman
Mike Everett
Strawberry Point
Ferdinand Hilmer
Milwaukee
Ag. L
Spaun
Harold
Albert Ludeking
Ludlow
Haroun @wrence Pilgrim
L. C. Spaun
Geo. Waters of
Carl Dreyer
Chicago
Chas. Crawford
Ames
M. J. Soukup Decorah, Iowa
J. C. Beard
Gouraud
T. Hopkins & Son
New York
Lehigh
Portland
N. H. Adams
United States
National Guard
National Army
Rock Island
L. R. Schrempf
Decorah State Bank
Winneshick Hotel
Rud
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