Oak Grove social notes list local visitors and births
Oak Grove residents record visits and gatherings across West Union Elgin Decorah and adjoining homes. Entries note guests at Dummermuth Schatz Luch singer Reed and Bennett households, a jury duty, a new baby girl born to Monahan, and various calls and dinners among families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Reed
Frank Lyons
Harold Bennett
Harry Gilson
West Union
Eldred Dummermuth
George Hyde
Bert Allen
Wm. Kohls
Robert Wilson
Elizabeth Schupbach
John Howard
Ed Boyle
Helen Luchsinger
Melchr Luchsinger
Clarence Kohls
Ellen Stillman
Judson Conner
Wm. Kamper
Edward Carr
George Gilson
Herbert Dummermuth
Cleve Erhardt
John Wilson
Wadens
Vern Overbeck and Son
Jud Conner
Elgin
Burch Monnahan
Delbert Lyons
Rob. Wilson
D. C. Dean
Albert Dummermuth
Emery Dummermuth
Enos Howard
Ward Brabham
Grace Medberry
Decorah
Two Minute Talks Food Facts for Our Women Readers
A February Sunday dinner at the Briggs home explores how a mother feeds a family. The Briggs children arrive and dine while the mother balances individual tastes, nutrients, and meal appeal. The weekly Food Facts column follows their feeding challenges and progress, focusing on Bill and the dynamics with mother Briggs as the centerpiece next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubyn Chinn
National Dairy Council
Briggs
Mother Briggs
Tom Junior
Father
Bill
Mother
Dorothy
Household care and cooking tips from early 20th century
Cleaning wicker crevices with brushing and dusting. silk handling with warm iron and cheesecloth. verdigris removal for copper using soapsuds with ammonia or whiting and oxalic acid. watch for oxalic acid poisoning. Seasonal vegetable menu includes fritters and jellied prunes with cake. Instructions cover electric washing machine currents and a potato salad recipe with celery and pickles.
Fragmentary Advice on Self Control
The note muses on controlling impulses in a difficult moment, urging focus on placing the right action rather than the easy urge. It reflects introspection about choices and consequences, hinting at personal conduct and restraint to avoid harm.
An Essay on Pants with Humorous Observations
A playful treatise on pants noting gendered ownership and grammatical quirks. It jokes that pants are for men yet sometimes for women, muses on plural and singular use, and wittily compares fabric behavior across seasons. It ends with a tongue in cheek tip to make the coat first to extend pants life.
Wm. Cheeseman Home Burned East of St Olaf
The Wm. Cheeseman residence on the Herman Klinkenberg farm east of St Olaf was destroyed by fire at three on Saturday morning. The origin is believed to be the kitchen and only a few neighbors could awaken to help, making extensive losses certain in the coldest window of winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Cheeseman
St. Olaf
Herman Klinkenberg
Color protects seed buyer in foreign origin rule
The Federal seed act requires imported alfalfa and red clover seed to be artificially colored. If the seed shows 10 percent red coloring it indicates unknown foreign origin and is considered unadapted to general use in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bread nutrition rates from large US experiments
Extensive tests in the United States show white bread digests 80 percent of its protein and 98 percent of its starch while whole wheat bread digests 75 percent of protein and 92 percent of starch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Amusing Chinese Idea In Ancient China
A fragment describes a belief that the human body consists of five gold organs and is hollow. The note reflects humorous or ironic ancient notions about body makeup and internal organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Illyria Notes From Cheery Valley and Nearby
Illyria items record visits and gatherings across Cheery Valley including Hanson, Shaffer, Gehring, and Frieden families. Local events cover funerals, birthdays, party nights, Holstein meeting, school bond vote outcomes, and shop notes. The Decorah Public Opinion sale to A C Bishop and Pharr Texas fruit notes appear among community minutiae.
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OAK Grove News
Ccormi Uy
Mick
Deering News
Mscor Ars Ue
Torkelson Bros. i
McCormick-Deering
McCormick Deering
Torkelson Bros
Illyria
Loo Hanson
la Grange
Missouri
la Fonda Shaffer
Randalia
I. F. Shaffer
Gerald Frieden
Gheery Valley
Walter Rothlisberger
John Rothlisberger
Leo
Chas. Rothlisberger
George Christen
Cheery Valley
Adolph Hanson
Ruth Schneider
Jacob Gehring
Wallace Peters
Alden
Holstein
Fayette
Arthur Yearous
Carroll Klingman
Walter Medberry
L. C. Popenhagen
Wadena
Gordon
Anna Mae Schupbach
Gottfried Frieden
Adolph Hannon
Edna
Aden
Harry
Dorothy Hermet
Christen Bros
Jim Yearous
Chas
Doty
Clarence
L. W. McKellar
Martha Chapman
Jack Shaffer
Alden Petera
Fred Rothlisberger
Harry J. Green
Des Moines
A. C. Bishop
Bloomington
Wisconsin
The
Echo
Reuben Schupbach
Pharr
Texas
Elzin
Hecho
Mt. Carroll
Mirror-Democrat
Savana
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Chevrolet
Kaory, FR
John Falk & Sons
Iowa
Mclcomb
Makomnb
Rnte Fame Mediately
Maccomb
Rt Sealer
Font
Ask' A
American Steel Products Coo
Dudley Street
Macomb
Illinois
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