The Orleans Sangerfest At Cresco Tent Event
A sangerfest and convention of Decorah youth societies will be held at the Orleans church east of Cresco on October 7 and 8. The Saturday program runs 9 30 a m to 4 p m with convention business. Sunday features a mission service and a 2 p m grand musical program with a large choir, soloists, and the Luther College band directed by Prof Carlo Sperati. Tickets cost 50 cents. children 25 cents.
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Young People’s Societies
The
Decorah
Orleans
Cresco
Luther College
Carlo A. Sperati
Bohemian immigrant Frank Straka moves to Brainerd Minnesota
Frank Straka, long a Decorah shoe repairman, moved with his family to Brainerd Minnesota last week. He came to America years ago, bought timber north of Decorah, sold it for profit, and now owns a well improved farm near Brainerd. He plans to farm and cite America as a land of opportunity for hardworking immigrants.
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Frank Straka
Decorah
Brainerd
Minn
America
Mr. Straka
Straka
Heavy Rain Deluges Water Street in Evening Storm
A summer day reached 76 degrees before a late afternoon clouding led to a heavy rain. By seven o clock torrents poured for moments, flooding Water Street gutters. About 1.95 inches fell that night, bringing monthly total to 6.86 inches, 2.87 above average. Bear's promotes winter clothes.
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Water Street
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm at the Grand
The four act comedy Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm unfolds with Rebecca as a golden hearted girl on the cusp of womanhood. The production at the Grand, directed by Gaskell & MacVitty, features a high standard cast amid a charming Maine meadow mood.
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Maine
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Gaskell & MacVitty
The Day of Reckoning at Decorah Star Theater
A new motion picture titled The End of the World will debut in Decorah at the Star theater on Tuesday October 3rd. The drama promises a unique subject in film and aims to showcase the rise of visual storytelling as a key cinematic value.
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Decorah
Star Theater
Looking Old? Chamberlains Tablets Help Constipation
An old age health ad promotes Chamberlains Tablets to ease constipation and biliousness. It claims regular liver function makes you feel and look younger, with easy dosage and availability through R. A. Engbertson.
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R. A. Engbertso
Milne to sell Prosper home and lots inAuction
Auction set for September 30 1916 at 1 pm in Prosper Minnesota featuring an eight room house barn 20 by 30 and four lots built 1913 with electric access on Power Co line. Real estate $350 cash day of sale with balance on deed. personal property and other items to follow 7 percent notes for six months on approved buyers. Auctioneers L H Boice and clerk G C Lermo.
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Prosper
Minn
Power Co
County News Highlights Local Visits and Travel
September 26 1916 notes a flurry of social calls and visits across Ossian Decorah Castalia Calmar Postville and surrounding towns. Residents such as Fay Gilbert Beatrice Becker Marie Lansing and many others are recorded visiting relatives friends or attending events with trips to Dubuque Chicago Milwaukee and La Crosse noted among the listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Gilbert
Beatrice Becker
Marie Lansing
Postville
Will Albright
Castalia
Ossian
Bohr
New Hampton
F. A. Bucknam
C. Rosencrans
Margaret Daniels
J. A. Harvey
Decorah
C. F. Sobolik
Stacyville
Glenn Corlett
Boyle
Ruth
Wm. Broghammer
Calmar
Regina Meyer
la Crosse
Pete Tomann
West Bend
Beatrice
Anna Becker
Dubuque
E. V. Gilbert
Wm. Cahill
Idaho
Juul Hanson
Ossian Ple
Harry Carmichael
Fayette
Emma Kaupel
Ruth Heinen
Chicago
Kirby
Mason City
Joel Groff
Mildred Dean
Cedar Falls
Harry Bullard
West Union
Louis Ebelherr
Milwaukee
Tom Baxter
Theresa Schultz
Theo. Schultz
Geo. Allen
Ward
Albert Seibold
Elizabeth
Fort Atkinson
Anna Mae
Mary Ann McLane
New Hampton and Lawler
Daisy Cornell
Chas. Glass
Cree
J. Kaupel
Joe Kaupel
Cresco
Anna Kaupel
Madison Community Notes September 1916 Social News
Madison notes show visits and errands across Ridgeway Decorah Big Canoe and Lime Springs. Residents cited include Julius Woldt Carl Owen Hovey Fretheim Engen and the Dunns with activities from dental work to cattle deliveries and confirmations.
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Julius Woldt
Carl Owen
John Drew and Son
Ridgeway
Selmer Hellen
John Fretheim
Forester
Austin
A. O. Hovey
Helen Engen
Decorah
Mary Lynch
Dr. Barfoot
Nels Owen
Carl
Sunnie
A. P. Hovey
G. O. Hovey
Lime Springs
H. A. Halvorson
A. 0. Hovey
Newman
N. D. Tollef
Sunday visits and church life in Landville district
The article lists numerous Sunday visits and social calls across Landville and nearby towns. It notes visits to and from the Hovey, Owen, and Alden families, baptisms, a birth, school and mission events, and a funeral, with several residents traveling to Decorah, Dubuque, Milwaukee, and Manchester for various activities. It mentions community guests, including doctors, cattle buyers, and relatives from Austin, Ridgeway, and Northfield, Minnesota.
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Dr. Barfoot
Decorah
Will Lynch
Amund Blekeberg
Albert Hovey
Rhea
Austin
Minn
Carl Owen
J. Jodden
L. A
Christ Owen
Clarence Hovey
Stella
Florence
D. Benningen
Renton Co
E. A. Flaskerud
L. H. Larson
Ridge jWway
Lenus
Old Homestead
Nels Owen
John Odden
Paine
A. P. Istad
Washington Prairie
John Viste
Alert Engen
Florence Marcella Beatta
Martin Haugen
Oscar Gerhard
Calmar residents travel and visitors noted in local items
Victor Becker returns to Notre Dame college in Calmar while Chas Kellogg does business in Mason City. Evans Kellogg visits Charles City after a trip home. Mrs Ole Christopherson returns from Duluth and Twin Cities. Beatrice Becker Ossian and Belle Alen Decorah visit Ossian and Decorah homes. Anna Becker spends Sunday with her parents in Ossian. Haksma Dubuque visits Wm Blackmar home. Conley family moves back to Calmar from Waukon. Olson family travels Pacific coast. Mollart family Decorah visit C E Wangsness. Local funeral attendees include Hilleboe Decorah and Thygeson relatives.
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Northfield
Minn
Lena Kittlesby
Decorah
Anna Bruer
Peter Nicks
Dubuque
Ed. Ellingson
Julian
Anna
Ridgeway
S. H. Numedahl
Olga Ode
Milwaukee
O. P. Ode
Rudy Becker
Pete Meyer
Helen Numedahl
Ossian
Anna Thygeson
L. FE. Wangsness
Eyota
Lloyd Ernst
Ernst
Wangsness
Ruth Meyer
H. Miller
Carrie
Bertha Miller
Victor Becker
Notre Dame College
Chas
Kellogg
Mason City
Evans Kellogg
Charles City
Ole Christopherson
Duluth
Twin Cities
Beatrice Becker
Belle Alen
S. M. Severson
Anna Becker
C. E. Wangsness
Hilleboe
Halvor Thygeson
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Bear
Rebecca of
Peter F. Milne L
H. Boice
G. C. Lermo
Nemo
Columbia Yarns
Wayne
TNA
Brussels
Axminsters
Children’s Union
Ladies’ Union
Royal Society
Mott & CO
Skinner
County News
Wim. Gibbs
Newton Schoonmaker
Kneeland
Joe
Clermont
J. J. McManus
L.A. Meyer
H. J. Etteldorf
Beucher
Anna Cooper
Chas. McGary
Elaine MacAloon
Barney Holtey
Will
A. F. Becker
Dave Weitgenant
L. A. Meyer
Clarice
B.holtey
Festina
Chas. Krumm
Irma Giesen
J. M. Spillman
Frank Ellman
Muscatine
Jim Boyle
Galesburg
Whitlinger
George
Waukon
J. A. Huber
Madison
Bear’s
Willie
Grandma
Oie
Lehigh
Portland
N. H. Adams
Iowa
Farmers
Calmar, Iowa
John R. Boardman
Boardman
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