Courland notes and events in a busy week
Courland locals share family visits from Canada and Minnesota. A Christmas program is planned at Dist. No. 54. A child sustains mild burns from spilled coffee while mittens freezing incident prompts help. Village Council raises saloon license fees from 500 to 700 annually. Local trip to Faribault covers dedication of Packing & Provision Co plant with Gov Burnquist and many officials. Plant costs 190000 with capacity for 1000 hogs and 100 cattle daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Etter
Canada
H. Melzer
Alma’ Schroeder
New Richmond
Wis
Till
Albert Laabs
Appleton, Minn
Kurt Steinberg
Etter
Dist. No. 54
Emma Meyer
Tast
F. H. Bode
F. H. Becker
F. W. He
Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Compound for gray hair
An advertisement touts Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair at home. It claims quick, natural-looking results with a ready-to-use formula for 50 cents plus added ingredients. The note emphasizes it is a cosmetic, not a medicine, and ends with a call to teach children about local plants and animals.
Cambria notes and obituaries in a winter issue
Will Roberts returns home to Fargo North Dakota and elderly David Price recovers from pneumonia after visiting his daughter in Mankato. Mrs Dora Roberts is honored by Cambria ladies who also plan future gatherings. Vera Harbo dies at seven from meningitis. Rev Griffiths memorializes her as a garden tower. Funeral services are held at Cambria Methodist Church and cemetery. Community updates include local visitors, band practice, and a coal shipment for the creamery followed by cold weather tree notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Roberts
Fargo
North Dakota
David Price
Peter Roberts
Mankato
Lloyd
Ulm
Evan Price
Mr. Price
Morgan Evans
Ladies Aid Society
Roberts
Sip
Everett
Harris
Warrdena
Minn
Wm. J. Evans
Rees Evans
Appleton
John Wartha
New Ulm
Bennie Tanley
Henry Bowen
Cambria Creamery
Vera Harbo
Carl Harbo
Union Hospital
Dist
E. W. Griffiths
Methodist Church
Griffiths
Cambria
Viola
Willard Price
Lyle
Pearl Ouren
Flossie
Ruby
Lillian
Myrtle
Olive
Carlson
Obituary for Louise Thaemlitz and local deaths
Louise Thaemlitz of this city died at a St Peter hospital after throat illness began last July. Funeral held at Lutheran church with burial in Lutheran cemetery. Born in Germany in 1874, married 1894 to William Kaemlitz. came to America in 1900. Survived by eleven children and three sisters, one living in New Ulm, others in Germany. Also notes infant son of Theodore Johnson and a separate obituary for Harry Lindemann, and a third death from tuberculosis in North Minnesota Street. Burial in City cemetery and Holy Trinity Catholic church respectively. County independent notes increasing doubt spears will be beaten into plowshares for next spring plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Thaemlitz
Louise 'Thaemlitz
St. Peter
Thaemlitz
Louise Hast
Germany
William Kaemlitz
America
William
Hedwig
Ora
Louise
Fred
Paul
Mary
Anna
Otto
Rudolph
Alfréd
Carl Thedens
I New Ulm
Howard
Theodore Johnson
Springfield
John Krueger
Washington’ Street
George Mayer
Harry Lindemann
William Lindemann
Minnesota Street
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
John Schneider
Fighting Slows Up In Balkans As Roumanian Army Withdraws
London reports reduced fighting in Roumania with the Roumanian army regrouping and refitting at Jassy and Bessarabia under Russian protection. Russians hold the line near Rimnik Sarat and Danube defenses, while German forces retreat to establish the eastern end of the line near the Danube. Paris notes a strong German counterattack at Lafrance north and northeast of Verdun, with a French defense report citing 11,387 prisoners, 115 cannon, 700 machine guns, and 44 bomb throwers captured in the Verdun battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roumanie
Marshal von Mackensen
Buxen
Moldavia
Rimnik Sarat
Bereu-Jaasy
Buseu
Danube
Jassy
Bessarabia
Berlin
Ibruila
Danube River
Galata
Paris
Lafrance
Verdun
Chambrettes Farm
Fort Douaumont
Paris War Office
British Liberals Endorse League of Nations Plan
New York dispatch reports John Howard Whitehouse Liberal MP endorses a world league to secure lasting peace after the war. He argues the United States can help promote the idea and that the league should form after armament rivalries subside to halt arms buildup and achieve global peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
League of Nations
John Howard Whitehouse
Whitehouse
England
United States
Mr. Whitehouse
America
Peace Note Delivered to British Government
The central powers peace note was handed to Britain by American ambassador Walter H. Page. In Balfour’s absence, Lord Robert Cecil received the document for foreign affairs. Greek King Constantine’s rule is challenged as Lemnos inhabitants say he may resign. Venizelos followers back allied war efforts. A British cruiser warns shipping to beware of a German raider off Sandy Hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Walter H. Page
A. J. Balfour
Lord Robert Cecil
Athens
Lemnos Island
Constantine
Lemnos
Venizelos War Party
New York
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Drastic Lid Law Sought by Chicago Mayor
Chicago December 19 Mayor Thompson urges an amendment to the state Sunday closing law to make violations a penitentiary offense. The proposal seeks harsher penalties than the current fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mlllnois
Thompson
Minnesota News Roundup Signals Wide Strife And Change
A string of state items reports mills closing due to car shortages in Minneapolis. Indictments for a deputy sheriff murder in Biwabik lead to guilty pleas for manslaughter. Notables include Jacob Haas a St Paul gardener and grape grower aged 86, Marcus Shields appointed clerk of the House appropriations committee, and Gardiner Butler a Minneapolis civic figure. Supreme Court upholds a $9,000 Great Northern ruling in Willmar. Agriculture plots to develop northern corn are set for Nicollet county. Gardiner Butler dies, N B McNulty is found dead in Duluth, and two Two Harbors leaders face bribery charges. Tax reassessments raise state totals. A sewer tunnel blast injures six, three entombed. hunting dog causes a fatal mink chase. J P Cochran joins Morgan & Co in New York. a new St Paul ring around-city railroad is planned. IWW Hall shooting in Minneapolis. stepfather shooting in Minneapolis. Henry Ford rumored to seek ore talks with Great Northern. Farmers and Homemakers week slated at University Farm early 1917 with multiple agricultural groups meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnneapolis
James C. Myron
Biwabik
Cant
Duluth
Jacob Haas
St. Paul
Haas
Marcus D. Shields
Winona
Appropriations Committee
National House of Representatives
House
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota Supreme Court
John T. Beecroft
Willmar
United States Department of Agriculture
Nicollet County
United States
Gardiner
Butler
Minneapolis
Mill City
Boiler
Clifton
N. Y
N. B. McNulty
Northwest
Ernest G. Strand
Two Harbors
Eltet
William Tow
Strand
Tow
State Tax Commission
Ollowed
John Mackereth
Kimball
Mackereth
Stephen McLean
Thomas Cochran
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
Cochran
Liberty National Bank of New York
City of
L. W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Twin Cities
Edwin W. Latchem
Latchem
T. J. Thorne
Edward Hunter
William L. Stacy
Stacy
Mother
Henry Ford
Detroit
Great Northern Ore Trustees
Ford
University Farm
College of Agriculture
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Courtland
Howard Johnson
Balkans
Roumania
Market Report
the Home Bakery
WD. Eibner
New Ulm, Minn
Candies
A. J. Janka
Schleuder
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