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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
7
County News records a day of visits and travel across Calmar Cresco Protivin and nearby towns. many residents and guests are noted including Mr and Mrs H J Cooper Mrs Will Kalishek and families and several who attended weddings fairs and college events. multiple trips to Cresco Decorah St Paul Mason City and Superior are listed as well as local gatherings and preparatory school plans.
Mrs. M. Gilmartin visited in Austin on Tuesday. Lynneva Kolaas was a no show in Decorah Saturday. Mrs. Frank Uher Sr. has been sick this week. Henry Stenseth has new relatives in Ludlow and Sioux City. Kent, Johnnie and Gust Larson attended the Minnesota state fair. Eugenia Fuinker returned to Clinton to resume teaching. Mrs. John r and children of Ma-City visiting at the Winger home. Minnie Stenseth visited aunt Mrs. Helwig in Decorah Friday. Mrs. H. K. Evenson hosted the Ladies Aid in the N E L church basement. L. J. Vogel returned from the Twin Cities trip and state fair. Minnie Stenseth and Alma Foss returned from Wisconsin. Anton Olson visited his brother in Frankville and attended the state fair. Clara Stromsodt of Decorah visited her mother. Mrs. Peter Meyer and grandson Lawrence Becker visited Elkader. Mrs. Aage and daughter Anna of Mason City visited the Wm. Blackman home. Mrs. Nels Olson and Martha Haukedah went to Elgin to visit a sister Gyda Christianson leaves for Dundas to teach. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Meyer and Becker family of Ossian visited.
Ossian and surrounding towns feature a string of visits and events. L A Dessel of Calmar visited Ossian, Castalia residents made business trips, embroidery and church groups met, and families traveled to Alto Vista Spillville Waterloo and other nearby towns for visits and vacations. The drama The Divorce Question drew a large local audience.
Fort Atkinson notes a list of residents visiting relatives and attending events across nearby towns. Citizens from Dubuque Prairie du Chien Ridgeway Calmar New Hampton and Decorah are mentioned with social calls, college trips, and family gatherings. The column closes with moral maxims about right and wrong and bigamy.
Miss Selma Burreson and Miss Alma Peterson visited home folks and Harmony residents hosted guests through the week. Families and individuals, including the Griswolds, Whites, and Iversons, attended events, schools, or traveled to Ridgeway and Northfield for study and gatherings. Dr. Worth and Mrs. Becker were among those noted in neighborhood activity.
RAVENA. Plenty of rain with farmers plowing in Ossian and surrounding area. Auto trips to Decorah by Will Kipp and Swen Towson. Several visitors and callers at local homes including Lizzie Bush, Helmer Sauerssig, and Rev. Friedmann. August Peck’s cow killed by lightning. Socials and threshing among area families.
Centerville items note Claude Kirby calling at Ed Youmans John Rangfort assisting Joe Ehler Monday Ed Teepe staying with Philip Kobinger Rae Runkle and Geo Allen back from Minneapolis. Janert from Ossian helping Mrs Joe Ehler. Rae Runkle and Geo Allen returned from Minneapolis. Attendees from area at Ossian show. Lost dark green chiffon veil near Chris Heckman, finder to Archie Jones. Philip Kobinger family left for two weeks in South Dakota. Thomas Logsdon visiting sisters Mrs Russell and Mrs Burrows. Barn dance at Will Schultz near Frankville a success.
Edw. Phillips bought another horse last week. Jos Liska and family visited Fort Atkinson on Sunday. Miss Carrie Hruska of Spillville visited Decorah on Tuesday. Geo Cummi and James Pizenger called in Calmar on Monday. Mrs. James Janechek hosts a sister for a few days.
Local residents report cars traveling through Spillville on Friday. Public school opened this week with Miss Ida Winger as teacher. Residents including James Janechek Geo Cummings and families had grain threshed last week. Several locals visited or returned from nearby towns in Minnesota and North Dakota. A beekeeper’s mishap caused stings as James Pizenger removed bees from a wall drawing a small crowd.
Burr Oak and Decorah residents share social visits shopping trips and family news. Mentions include Mrs. H G Ward De corah visits from Decorah residents Miss Edna Butler and Miss Alice O Brien guests in Decorah and Bluffton, Mr. and Mrs. Knox welcoming a baby girl, and several trips to Fayette and Chicago for schooling and travel. Damascus claimed as oldest city.
Sunday illness for Henry Stortz on Clay Hill. Decorah worker Carl Knutson with Martin Tolstad. Ed Bolson visited county seat. School in Decorah attended by Joe Walsh and Worden Rima. Potmaster Bierman rode with Arnold Burt on Route 7. Rain boosts corn and potato crops. Baseball set next Sunday Clay Hill versus Bluffton. Mabel Howe from Alen Minnesota visited Grace Mall. Mrs Sorenson and Mrs Olson visited Mrs Torkel Martinson in Glenwood township. Misses Emma and Margaret Stoskopf left for Hoisington Kansas after visiting Wm Malli. Elsie Marquard returned to Dubuque. Hattie Gross accompanying home for visit.
The article probes the chimney swift migration puzzle. Swifts winter unseen along the gulf coast after flocking northward postbreeding. In March the birds reappear on the gulf coast, though their exact hiding place during five months remains a mystery.
Earl Henderson of Valley Farm marketed forty five Duroc Jerseys pigs Monday delivered to Hatch Brookman. Farrowed about March 20th, average weight 160 pounds, total sale price 745 dollars and 8 cents. Pigs sired by a hog from the Blount herd. Full brother and five spring pigs for sale by E R Blount Decorah Iowa.
A Chicago News editorial notes initiatives by New York Chelsea Neighborhood association to curb disorder, with 170 convictions and penalties, and PTA efforts shaping laws against child begging saloon visits and delinquency. It praises Los Angeles shoe charity linked to schools and cobblers. It cites a vice report of 14 year olds leaving school and 150000 unemployed citywide, questioning poor girls’ prospects.
The article notes the Russian empire leads in Jewish population with 6,060,415, while the United States ranks second with 2,933,374.
The Conway town house in north Wales is 300 years old and consists of two rooms, each two yards square. The upper room is reached by a tiny ladder and contains a four foot bed and a wash stand, leaving little space for movement.
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