Numerous Decorah residents travel for visits and work
Fred Reum went to Chicago on business. Dozens of Decorah residents and visitors travel to nearby cities such as Minneapolis Des Moines Madison Sioux Falls and La Crosse for relatives visits work or fairs. The item lists names and destinations including Cresco Charles City Well-known locals and extended family trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Reum
Chicago
Frank Helwig
Calmar
S. Hl. Digre
Minneapolis
George Readout
Chas. Haas
Tillie Nair
Inwood
Frank Kelly
Waukon
Decorah
O. A. Blake
Florence Olson
Cresco
Inga Holm
Wankon
Anna Anderson
Jericho
Chickasaw County
J. C. Estrem
Des Moines
Gus Westby
Madison
Anton
Julius
Tillie Nelson
Elma
John Nelson
Gena Brandos
Millie Haugen
Frank Brunner
Sadie
Walter Barthell
L. Barthell
Charles City
Gus Carlson
Austin
Minn
LaBolt
David Hexom
Tver Halverson
la Crosse
N. A. Everryd
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
James Reardon
Frank Headington
Helen Rose
Wells
Harmony
Saude
Geo. Natvig
Mary Telford
Phoenix
Ariz
A. C. Baker
M. W. Daubney
Centralia
Wash
Rachel Craft
Mandan
N. D
Lester
Josephine Degro
Ridgeway
L. Monson
W. Cornell
Ossiaf
Ray Algyer
George Sawyer
Harold
Viroqua
Wis
Herman Gilbertson
E. W. Hoyt
Pacific Coast
Jacob Anderson
Roy
L. Winger
Winneshiek County Fair finances show strong year
The Winneshiek County Fair 1913 will pay all obligations this year and nearly wipe out last year’s 8600 debt. Receipts run about 3600 with 200 from the state, total around 3800. Plans for next year favor a September return. officers Baker and Cadwell praised for financial and grounds work. Enger lauds promotions and attractions. Swine sales totalling 1735 spark idea for a livestock pavilion to boost stock advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County
Baker
Cadwell
Cad
Enger
Fair Ground
Ames
Berverican
Mda
E. J. Curtin
G. F Baker
John Young
R. M. Miller
George Willsie
P. T. Rambo
N. Richert
Winneshiek
Belles of Darktown Invade Deorah in October
The Belles of Darktown, a female minstrel group from Deco rah, arrive in Deorah during the second week of October. They will perform at the Grand Opera House with songs and dances in a revival of classic colored minstrel entertainment. The organizers keep the leading ladies’ names confidential for now. Public welcome is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deorah
Darktown
Grand Opera House
Decorah
Pine Cone Injury Leaves Will Longstreet Eye Assessment Pending
On school grounds Monday Will Longstreet was struck in the eye by a pine cone tossed among boys and suffered a severe facial cut. Doctors have not yet determined if the eye is seriously damaged. Mrs. Levi Bullis and her daughter Miss Clele Bullis will winter in California, stopping first at 922 Alvarado Blvd Los Angeles. Nellie O'Brien has returned to Chicago to resume nursing work after summer with Luke O'Brien in Bluffton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner W. Matteson
Milwaukee
Will Smith
Wansaw
Wis
Chas. Peterson
Rochester
Otto Solberg
la Crosse
R. H. Berg
F. W. Bacon
R. Miller
Mabel
Sioux City
Ben Hustvedt
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Wallace Greer
Elliston
Montana
Olga Qualley
Lyle
Minn
Nelson
Marshalltown
Town League of Municipalities
Carl Wolding
Crookston
J. Thompson
A. C. Woodward
St. Paul
C. M. Gove
Anna Flatland
Ole Juve
Ridgeway
T. A. Jayne
Minneapolis
Aiken
A. B. Robinson
Maple Plain
J. A. Robinson
Freeport
J. W. Daubney
Centralia
Wash
Jesse Limbeck
Baby Georgia
Ossian
John Dinger
Russell Burr
Roy
Grace
Cresco
Sam Glenn
Norman P. Curtis
Merrill
Carl Austin
Colton
C. Clawson
G. A. Teslow
H. N. Egge
Glenwood Township
Howard, Minn
H. H. Green
Tipton
Will Longstreet
The
Rervetian
Levi Bullis
Clele Bullis
Detroit
California
Alvarado Blvd
Los Angeles
Nellie O'Brien
Luke O'Brien
Bluffton
Chicago
King apples on display from near Deco rah
The finest apples of the year, King variety, grown by H. L. Voogeding a few miles north of Deco rah, are showcased in Sivert Larsen's window. They measure about twelve inches across one way and fourteen the other, and are described as perfect, handsome specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sivert Larsen
H. L. Voogeding
Decorah
Those Mysterious Eyes at the Empire Friday
A western thriller titled Those Mysterious Eyes screens at the Empire on Friday. The program promises tense pursuit and sharp gunplay amid dusty frontier settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Empire
Purity Sootless Coal Hailed In Decorah Appeal
A reader extols Purity Sootless coal from Ingwaldstad & Co as the cleanest soft coal for home use. The letter urges Decorah residents to switch to the coal to keep homes free of soot, reduce cleaning, and promote a cleaner city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Ingvoldstad & Company
Ingvoldstad & CO
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Decorag
Iowa
A. K. Battey & Son
Robert M. Law
Swenson Valve Co
East
James Mall
Lansing
Albert Stihring
Peoria
8. A. Dixson
JC. W. Burdick
Mankato
Lizzie Oligard
Spring Grove
W. M. Linzenmeyer
Prairie du Chien
Dick Ruffridge
Greene
L. N. Seim
C. Halverson
Adolph Olson
Eldorado
Rebecca Reetz
Mason City
R. A. Amundsen
H. M. McReynolds
E. A. Waterbury
New Hampton
J. H. Bell
Atlantic
Randall Gordon
Loretta Harrington
Superior
Katherine Headington
Frank Huber
Vera
Fort Atkinson
C. A. Schall
Jeanette
Schall
Eugene
George Rice
Wesley
Springport
Mich
Katherine Horan
Ertie Schlarbaum
Ruben Seegmiller
Hartley
Will Blackmarr
Blackmarr
Robert Bear Heller
Robert
H.C. Meene
8. Gunderson
Mary Rude
Peter Ruffridge
Mary
Stratford
Ontario
Mr. Ruffridge
George Brunner
Mr. Brunner
Ruffridge
Canada
Fair
Belles OF
Clean City Club
Mrs. Booster
Marlow Building
Plain Price Store
Nemo
Columbia Yarns
Wayne Knit
MO I I & CO
Skinner
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