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Local notices and ads from Decorah district newspapers
A collage of 1905 era notices covers advertising rates, printing services, sales on window shades and ice cream, and a July 4th note. Local happenings include visits by Joe Ainsworth and Fred Schneider, mentions of Nan Patterson retirement, Brooks Island discovery, Ossian Enterprise launch, and weather-related crop damage in Ilyria township.
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Holzer's
EB. A. Weibel
Clemont Friends
Decorah
Denver
Col
Rock Island
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Stoehr
Nan Patterson
Refrigerator Trust
Rockefeller
the Salvation of America
Ossian
Ossian Enterprise
Glen B. May
Ogsian
Bea