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1900
January 18th, fire at Ossian damages the Ossian Band and M. J. Carter's law library.
January 29th, Dr. C. W. Amy died at Decorah. He came here in 1857 and in 1861 enlisted with the Second Colorado Cavalry, serving under General Blunt and Kit Carson.
February Ist, Winneshiek County Medical Society organized with Dr. P. M. Jewell as president.
January 3Ist, Capt. Hannibal Tower, prominent citizen of Fort Atkinson, passed away.
February 10th, Corp'] Willis McMartin, Company G, Forty-fifth U. S. Infantry, died in Philippines from malaria fever. He was a Castalia boy.
February 14th, People of Fort Atkinson start movement for a state park to include site of old fort, but nothing ever came of it.
March 24th, Col. William Thurlow Baker, retired officer of the English army. passed away. He was a survivor of the Sepoy mutiny in India, and for his efforts in restraining the spread of disaffection among his own men he was rewarded by being given permission to organize the Fourth Regiment of Ghoor- kas and he was made their commander. After coming to Decorah in 1865 he was prominent in the Decorah Woolen Mill Company during its greatest activity.
April 4th, Mrs. Olinda C. Willett, widow of Judge G. R. Willett, pioneer law- yer, passed away.
April 7th, Theodore Thorson of Canoe comes to Decorah and disappears. His body was found several days later in the river, death having been due to accidental drowning.
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April 6th, Dr. E. Cartwright, well known physician, died.
April 25th, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Barfoot, pioneers of Decorah and Madison townships, celebrate golden wedding.
May toth, J. L. Windell, Castalia resident, writes relatives that he has disposed of mining interests at Nome, Alaska, for $20,000.
May 22d, Mr. and Mrs. David Dorn of Ridgeway celebrate fiftieth wedding anniversary.
May 23d. Rural Free Delivery Route No. 1. Decorah, the first route in the fourth congressional district, is approved and recommended established. Rev. Paul Koran was instrumental in securing the service, which began July ist. with Henry Viste as carrier.
June 3d. C. L. Lott kidnaps his daughter, who was being cared for by her uncle and aunt. Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Coleman. He was caught at Canton. Min- nesota, and the child restored.
June 12th, Mrs. Nancy Self celebrated her one hundred and fifth birthday. She had been a resident of Decorah for forty-three years. (She was the mother of Mrs. Win. Painter [ Decorah, 1849], who died May 28, 1900, at Dexter. S. D. Mrs. Self died November 29. 1900.)
July 9th. J. J. Marsh of Decorah departs for Oyster Bay, New York. He was chosen as one of the committee of forty-five to notify Theodore Roosevelt of his nomination for the vice-presidency.
August Ist, Decorah city council orders paving on Water and Winnebago streets. Washington street was ordered paved to the bridge later in the year.
August 15th, Mrs. Toger Landsrud of Springfield gored by a bull and dies.
August 22d. Mr. and Mrs. James Daniels of Centennial celebrate golden wedding.
October 23d, Rev. R. Swearingen, pastor of Decorah M. E. church in 1872 and presiding ekdler of Decorah district, 1873-76, died at Marshalltown.
November 4th, Andrew Meyer, who settled near Fort Atkinson April 1, 1849, passed away.
Deaths of pioneers during the year 1900: January 4th, Mrs. J. R. Slack, Decorah, 1855. January 5th, Mrs. Ned Walsh, Decorah, 1850. January 17th, Mrs. Henry Adams, Decorah, 1855. January 20th, Mrs. Christian Lower, Frank- ville. 1855. February 20th, C. W. Allison, Decorah, 1856. March 6th, C. Chris- tian, Pleasant, 1856. March 22d, John Fredenburgh, Canoe, 1850. April 13th, Mrs. Jens Christopher, Springfield, 1853. April 8th. G. W. Oxley, Bloomfield, 1854. May 12th, Mrs. Emma Perry, Canoe, middle '50s. July 16th, J. L. Cameron, Hesper 1858. July 23d, Mrs. P. Lyons, Jackson, 1856. July 31st. John Knox, Burr Oak, 1856. August 17th, Mrs. Chas. Golz, Decorah, 1857. September 10th, Mrs. Samuel Bolger, Canoe, carly '50s. October 6th, Mrs. W G. W. Sawyer, Decorah, 1855. November 10th, Lydia A. Blackinton. Decorah, 1856; Elling (). Ramsey, Frankville, 1852. November 22d, G. W. Russell, Canoe, 1854. November 30th, Mrs. C. A. MeClintock, Frankville, 1849. December 19th, Gulbrand T. Lomen, Decorah, 1851. December 20th, Mrs. Butz. Lincoln, early '50s. December 22d, Lewis W. Updegraff, Hesper. 1858; Guttorm Allen, Springfield, 1854. December 27th, James Headington, Canoe, 1859.
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1901
January 3d, census bulletin shows Winneshiek county has 23.731 people, a gain of 1.203 or 5.3 per cent in ten years.
January 5th, Locust postoffice, discontinued because the postmaster thought he could hold up the Government for $300 a year, is restored.
March 31st, Ben Bear celebrated quarter century as Decorah merchant. April 15th, Citizens Bank of Ossian begins business.
May 3d. James D. Mckay ( Frankville, 1851 ), pioneer lawyer and Representa- tive of Winneshiek and Allamakee counties in the Legislature of 1854 and 1856, passed away.
June 7th, 8th, Union Fibre Company take over Freeport paper mill and begin manufacture of flax fibre.
July 4th, George Phelps gives orders for the erection of a receiving vault at Phelps cemetery.
July 28th, a season of extreme heat, which began on June 23d, is ended. The average high reading for thirty-six days was 96.28". There were but five days in the term when the mercury showed lower than 90° and twenty-seven days showed 96° or higher. On ten days the record was 100° or higher, and the readings on July 20th to 26th were 105°, 107°, 100°, 105°. 107º, 105° and 103°, or an average of 104.6°. Crops were not damaged by the heat.
August 5th, E. P. Johnson nominated for state senator. He was defeated at the polls by Senator D. A. Lyons of Cresco.
September 14th, Mrs. Gertrude M. Olson of Pleasant township found in a deep ditch with broken hip. She became lost in the woods the Saturday previous, had fallen in the ditch, and laid there during three nights and two days of cold rainy weather.
October 24th, Ole Halvorson Valle of Pleasant township died. In 1844 he was employed by the Government to plow for the Indians located on the reserva- tion in Winneshiek county, some of the plowing being done at Trout Run.
November 25th, Michael McCabe of Plymouth Rock killed by cars at North MeGregor.
During the year the following old residents celebrated the fiftieth anniver- sary of their weddings: February 2d, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Treat, Decorah. February 13th, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Puntney, Canoe. April 24th, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Riggs, Castalia. May 5th, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Gibson, Decorah.
During the year we find the following deaths of pioneers recorded: Janu- ary 5th, Hans E. Sivesind, Glenwood, 1853. January 8th, Mrs. Sarah W. Landers, Decorah, 1856. January 23d, Mrs. Anna J. Spilde, Canoe, 1859. Jan- uary 30th, Elling E. Vold, Madison, 1853. February 7th, K. Vigen, Washington Prairie. 1853. February 13th, Mrs. Ole Burrison, Hesper, early fifties. April Ist, Mrs. Stephen Berry, Burr Oak, 1856. April 18th, Jacob Haas, Decoralı, 1857. April 25th, Jacob Thorgrimson Bjortuft, Springfield, 1853. April 23d, Rachel Hutchinson. Hesper. 1854. May 13th, George Tyler, Decorah, 1857. May 28th, Tarine Wennes, Highland, 1854. August 9th, Ezra Schoonmaker, Military, 1855. August 16th, Henry F. Dean, Bloomfield, early fifties. Septem- ber 4th, Calvin Brown, 1855. October 10th, Anon Anderson, Frankville, 1857.
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1902
January 12th, Rev. K. Seehuus' congregation in Highland township vote to build a new church.
January toth, Winneshick Co. Bank of Decorah buys G. R. Baker's bank at Ridgeway.
January 13th, David Dorn, prominent Ridgeway citizen, dies.
February 5th, Chinnock's shoe store in Decorah burned. Estimated loss $11,000, insurance $8,000. Incendiarism was suspected as the cause.
February 16th, new Methodist church at Ridgeway dedicated. This parish was the nursery of a number of prominent ministers in the church.
February 20th, J. J. Marsh celebrates fortieth anniversary as Decorah busi- ness man.
February 25th, announcement of the organization of the Castalia Savings Bank is made. It opened for business in March.
March Ist. Thomas Letchford, prominent Frankville resident, died.
March 9th, K. 1. Haugen celebrates quarter century of merchandising in Decorah.
March 24th, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Casterton. Highland township pioneers, celebrate golden wedding.
April 22d, fire destroys feed mill and other property of John McMillan, Hesper, causing loss of $5,000. In the property consumed was a Percheron stallion raised by Mr. McMillan that was a first prize winner at the International Live Stock Show the previous fall.
April 17th, Adolph Meyer, prominent citizen of Calmar, died.
April 22d, Mrs. David Kinnison, wife of Canoe pioneer, passes away. She came to the county with her husband in the fall of 1849.
May 8th, question of building new courthouse is again under discussion.
May 21st, flood in Dry Run does greatest damage in history of county. Milwaukee railroad track and bridges from Peterson's grove to Decorah practi- cally all demolished, only one bridge left intact in Decorah. Thousands of dol- lars in property destroyed; the infant child of Charles Clark drowned; John Garver died from heart failure caused by fright; Richard Bucknell and family taken from hole cut in roof of his house, which was carried two blocks from its foundation and landed against Mrs. Ellen Curtin's house, and M. T. Torsen narrowly escapes drowning. The loss in county bridges alone was $40,000.
May 27th, Dr. E. T. Wilcox of Frankville died.
June 17th, survey of proposed Decorah-Preston electric line commenced. (Aside from the survey it never progressed farther.)
July Ist. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Emory, Canoe pioneers, celebrate golden wedding.
July 2d, Joseph Mott, of the pioneer band of Quakers ( Springwater, 1855), dies.
July 21st, Levi Bullis, pioneer lawyer, dies. He came to Decorah in 1854.
July 26th, Win. Painter, who was a first settler in Decorah with the Day family in 1849, dies at Dexter, South Dakota.
August 13th, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Ousley celebrate golden wedding.
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August 17th, First Lutheran church of Decorah celebrates twenty-fifth anni- versary.
August 28th. Albert Severson killed by cars at Ossian, August 22d, and Charles Hargraves suffers same fate at Decorah, August 27th.
September 17th, board of supervisors issue statement concerning the old courthouse and announce that the question of building a new one will be placed before the voters at the November election. ( It carried by 966 majority.)
September 29th, K. P. lodge organized in Decorah.
October 7th, at a special election the town of Decorah and West Decorah vote to annex. The school districts were also annexed.
October 15th, C. N. Goddard celebrates fortieth anniversary as pioneer mer- chant of Decorah.
October 30th, ten deaths are recorded during the preceding week. The most prominent one among them is Capt. E. I. Weiser, pioneer druggist (1856), soldier and citizen of Decorah. Others were Simon Broghammer, Pleasant town- ship, 1857: Peter T. Tvenge, Springfield, 1853; Mary Ann Huber, Fort Atkinson: Lizzie Martinek. Washington township, 1857; August Schrubbe, De- corah, 1862; Ernest G. Hegner ; Ragnor J. Monrad. an editor on Decorah Posten; Mina C. Aasen, Decorah, and Ole A. Blegen, one of the pioneers of Glenwood.
November 6th, Winneshiek County Bank will incorporate after a life of forty- six years as a private institution.
November Ist. Rev. M. S. Drury, one of the first members of the board of supervisors, dies in California.
Other deaths of pioneers recorded during the year of 1902: January Ist, John Theilich, Decorah, 1853. January 4th, James Stringer, Decorah, 1856. January 27th, Francis Tucker, Freeport, 1854. January 30th, Mrs. Caroline Allen, Hesper. 1857. February 6th. Jolm S. Losen, Hesper, 1851. February 14th, Margaret Olson, Pleasant, 1854. March 18th, Mrs. Thomas Mitchell, Hesper, early fifties. March 30th, D. L. Richards, Bloomfield, 1855. May 3d, Ole Anfinson Tweet, Pleasant, 1854. May 18th, Mrs. Wm. Telford, Decorah, 1859. June 6th. Marit Rovang, Springfield, 1850. July 9th, J. C. Strong, Fort Atkinson, 1857. July 12th, Mrs. Geo. N. Holway, Hesper, 1852. July 16th, S. O. Wilson, Decorah, 1854. July 1th, Mrs. Joseph Adams, Frankville, 1855. August 6th, Mrs. Harriett Smith, Bluffton, 1857. September Ist, Law- rence Falck, Fort Atkinson, 1853. September 13th, Mrs. Dominick Curran, Glenwood. 1858. October 2d. P. McCusker. Frankville, 1858. November 18th, George Yarwood. Calmar, 1855. December 14th, Mrs. Peter Aye, Decorah, 1857. December 15th, Peter L. Wennes, Highland, 1854. December 23d, Tim- othy Finn, Decorah, 1855. December 19th, George W. McKay, Frankville, 1851. December 25th. Mrs. Jeddidiah Miller, Canoe, 1856.
1903
February 17th, Calmar postoffice burglarized and between $300 and $500 taken.
March 4th, contract for building new courthouse awarded to O. H. Olson of Stillwater for $74,875. (This only built the shell. Another bond issue of $50,000
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was necessary to complete it.) Workmen in tearing down the old building find hidden in the northeast cornice two old-fashioned folding silk sunshades of 1850 vintage, five combs, five plaited linen shirt fronts and a bolt of tape. How they got there the oldest inhabitant couldn't say.
March 21st, Congressman Haugen announces he will recommend J. J. Marsh for postinaster at Decorah. (Mr. Marsh held the office nearly nine years.)
April 14th, Mrs. Frederica Sellman of Locust dies at the age of eighty-eight years. She came to Winneshiek county in 1860.
May 7th, word comes of the death at Center Grove, Minnesota, of Thor Peter Skotland, first Calmar pioneer.
May 8th. Mrs. A. K. Sogen died. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Hegg and was born December 16. 1855, in Springfield township.
May 18th. Tim Ahern of Calmar, roadmaster of I. & M. division of C., M. & St. P. Ry., killed by being knocked from train at Cresco.
June 18th, the fiftieth anniversary meeting of the Norwegian Lutheran Synod of America held in Decorah. Thousands of visitors attended the meet- ing, which lasted a week. Rev. J. A. Otteson, Rev. 11. A. Stub and Rev. N. Brandt, three of the seven original ministers, survive. The occasion is also the anniversary of the marriage of Rev. and Mrs. V. Koren, and of their coming to Winneshiek county. King Oscar of Sweden and Norway honors Reverend Koren by conferring upon him the degree of commander of the order of St. Olaf, and Rev. 11. A. Preus and Dr. Laur Larsen are made Knights of St. Olaf.
August 18th, Rev. V. Koren and wife celebrate golden wedding.
August 22d. cornerstone of new courthouse laid.
September 1st, Decorah Methodist church celebrates semi-centenial.
September 10th, Decorah city council lets contract to pave Washington street from bridge to Milwaukee tracks.
September 11th, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Nicholson of Military township celebrate golden wedding.
September 19th, J. J. Marsh, pioneer dealer in farm implements, retired from business.
October 11th, United Lutheran church in Springfield township celebrated fiftieth anniversary.
November 30th. Samuel Rosa, Frankville pioneer, fell from load of hay and his neck was broken.
December 23d. G. O. Rustad, who came to Decorah in 1855, passed away. lle was treasurer of the Lutheran Synod from 1862 to 1900.
December 31st, in the Iroquois theatre fire in Chicago, Miss Belle Christo- pher of Decorah and Wilma Porter, daughter of Mrs. Nellie Landers Porter. lost their lives. Mrs. W. F. Coleman (now Mrs. B. Il. Adams) was painfully injured.
Deaths of pioneers during the year were as follows: January ist, Mrs. G. W. Estey, Moncek, 1854. January toth, Tollef Vick, Sr., Springfield. 1854. January 22d, Norris Miller, Decorah, 1855. January 3ist, Mrs. M. P. Riggs, Castalia, 1854. February 14th, Mrs. Mary 1. Boyd, Decorah, 1851. February 15th, Robert Burrows, Bluffton, 1852. February 27th, Moses Hostetler, Frank- ville. 1851. March toth, Mrs. Gunhild Bakke, Frankville, 1851. March 14th. Joseph Bowland. Calmar, 1856. March 11th, Moses M. Lockwood. Fort Atkin- 1
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son, 1856. March 31st, Almon Rice, Bluffton, 1857. April 22d. C. B. Riggs, Bloomfield. 1854. April 24th, Win. King, Burr Oak, 1854. July 8th, Henry R. Thomas. Decorah. 1854. July 16th. Mrs. Andrew Smith, Burr Oak, early fifties. July 28th, Gulbrand Gulbrandson, Decorah, 1852. July 29th, Mrs. Milo Emory, born in Canoe in 1853. August 2d, Betsey A. Snell, Bluffton, 1854. August 8th, John McMartin, Bloomfield, 1851. August 31st. Mrs. A. C. Ferren, Decorah, 1857. September 16th, Mrs. Oline O. Ellingson, Calmar, 1858. Octo- ber. John Odson, Springwater. 1857. November 4th, Mrs. Eliza M. Decker, Decorah, 1850. November 9th, Peter Roney. Decorah, 1855. November 8th. John Walton, Sr., Orleans, 1855. November 4th, Elijah Briggs, Burr Oak, 1855. December 2d, John Lawrence, Jackson, 1852. November 22d, John Cameron, Orleans, 1854. December 14th, James P. Mckinney, Fort Atkinson, 1857. December 16th, Mrs. Jane Wilsie, Burr Oak, 1854.
1904
January 29th, funds to build new Winneshiek Hotel in Decorah raised in one day. (The work was begun July ist and was completed April 20, 1905.)
February 1Ith, Edna Lawrence succeeds her father, Johu Lawrence, as postmaster at Navin. He held the office thirty-four years.
February 26th. Prof. H. T. Ytterboe of St. Olaf College, Northfield, dies. He was born November 25, 1857. in Springfield township.
May 21st, in district court Mrs. Lucy A. Fairman is given the estate of Almon Rice valued at $30,000. Plaintiff introduces letters to prove she is the illegitimate daughter of Rice.
July 6th, C. J. Weiser presents a clock to the county to be installed in the tower of the new courthouse. It is made in honor of his father and mother. both of whom were early pioneers.
August 6th, news comes of the death at Franklin Park, Illinois, of Henry Woodruff, editor of Decorah Journal from 1874 to 1893.
August roth, at 10:40 A. M. the last stone on the exterior of the new courthouse was laid.
August 16th, Thomas Haugen of Springfield burned by traction engine.
September 23d, Capt. James E. Simpson, pioneer county surveyor and for many years U. S. revenue collector at Dubuque, died at Norfolk, Nebraska. Mrs. Simpson died a week later. C. P. Brown, former well known attorney, died at St. Paul.
September 29th, St. Mary's Catholic church, Festina, celebrates fiftieth anni- versary.
October 11th to 13th, annual conference of Unitarian churches of Iowa held in Decorah.
October 22d, Friends' church at Hesper burned. ( It was subsequently re- placed by a new structure. )
October 29th. Jacob Aal Otteson, one of the seven charter member ministers of the Norwegian Lutheran church of America, died in Decorah.
November 5th. H. A. Bigelow, early day resident, murdered by T. I. Gifford in a quarrel over a trivial matter. Gifford subsequently escaped punishment. the jury finding he committed the crime while insane.
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November 24th, new Winneshick county courthouse completed and occupied.
During the year golden weddings were celebrated as follows: July 3d, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hamre, Springfield township. August 6th, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Falck, Calmar. September 24th, Mr. and. Mrs. Halvor Garden, Spring- field township. September 27th, Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Hoyt, Decorah.
The following names of pioneers appear in the record of deaths: January 23d. Almira Allen Russell, born in Frankville, 1858. January 31st. John Adam Kern, Pleasant, 1855. February 25th, Mrs. Rowena Libbey, Orleans. 1857. February 24th, Wi. Brinkman, Lincoln. March 2d, Eliza King Leach, Canoe, 1854. March 22d, Mrs. Claiborn Day, Decorah, 1857. March 17th, Jane McMillan Hallock, Hesper, 1852. March 22d, D. T. Manning, Burr Oak, 1853. April 16th, Charles Rudolph, Decorah, 1859. April, Henry C. Palmer, Burr Oak, 1855. April 17th, S. S. Wade, Burr Oak, 1850. April 26th, John Heckel, Burr Oak, 1855. May 23d, O. W. Ellingson, Pleasant. 1854. May, Peter J. Falstad. Hesper, 1856. June 2d. Mrs. A. C. Smith, Springfield, 1853. June 14th, Thomas K. Morrison, Bluffion, 1855. June 14th. Andrew Bakken, Madi- son, 1854. June 234, Caroline Russell Giles, Canoe, 1855. July 10th, Dominick Curran, Glenwood, 1858. July 23d, Mrs. C. W. Rowe, lesper. August 1st, Mrs. Silas H. Hendrickson, Glenwood, 1852. August 6th, Melvin Green, Bloom- field, 1850. September 6th. Mrs. Charles Rudolph, Decorah, 1859. September i5th, Mrs. M. J. Boland, Hesper, 1858. September 16th, Mrs. Abbie Malanaphy, Bluffton, 1854. September 25th, John Barth, Pleasant, 1855. October 10th, Israel Birdsell, born in Frankville in 1852. October 21st, T. . \. Windell, Bloom- field, 1853. November 10th, Mrs. John fleckel, Burr Oak, 1857. December 23d, J. Pickworth, Calmar, early fifties.
1905
January 5th, Winneshick County State Bank celebrates fiftieth anniversary. January 7th. W. S. Bucknell, Decorah architect, departs for Panama to be employed on the big canal.
April 27th, New Winneshick Hotel formally opened.
May 24th, John C. Todd, prominent farmer of Fremont township. passed away suddenly
June 7th. Decorah city council orders paving of seven blocks of city streets and alley in blocks 10 and 11.
June 12th, Student Singers of Norway visit Decorah and give concerts.
June 20th, Burr Oak old settlers' picnic brings reunion of large number of old residents.
June 22d, Freeport paper mill burned.
June 22d and 23d, North lowa Veterans' Association meets in Decorah and is attended by six score old soldiers.
July 11th, Elizabeth Douglass Adams, wife of Rev. Ephraim Adams, pioneer pastor of Decorah Congregational church, dies at Waterloo.
August 12th, Mrs. Gottlob Krumm of the second pioneer family to locate in the county ( June 20. 1848) dies at her home at Fort Atkinson. She was the mother of eight children, seven of whom survived her. At the time of her death she was eighty six years of age.
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August 23d, Iver Larson, Decorah merchant and Canoe township pioneer of 1851, passed away.
August 22d, Mr. and Mrs. James Daniels ( Frankville, 1852) celebrate their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.
September 2d, William Jennings Bryan lectured in Decorah.
September 14th, census of Winneshiek county is 24,109, a gain of 378 in five years. Decorali's population, 4,018.
September 17th, Mrs. Andrew Meyer, who came to Winneshiek in 1849, celebrates eightieth birthday.
October 21st, Heury Schulze, well known contractor and builder of Decorah, died suddenly at Mabel, Minnesota.
November Ist, E. O. Schjeldahl celebrates thirtieth anniversary as merchant at Highlandville. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Kramer of Castalia celebrate golden wedding.
October 29th, New Friends church at Hesper dedicated.
November 14th, board of supervisors let contract for building of concrete bridge to cost $15,000 over Upper lowa river in Decorah.
November 16th, C. N. Goddard, pioneer merchant, announces that he will retire from business, closing a career of fifty years.
November 20th. C. C. Bates, veteran horseman, died at his home in Decorah. In "Thalberg" he owned one of the most noted horses in the Middle West.
S. W. Field, aged eighty years, died. He came to Decorah in the early 'Gos.
November 26th, corner stone of new Lutheran church laid in Ridgeway.
December 7th, Jane Amy McKinney, pioneer of Fort Atkinson in 1857, died at Cleveland, Ohio. She was an ardent member of the W. C. T. U. and enjoyed something more than a local reputation as an able champion of that work and the fight for equal suffrage.
Deaths of pioneers recorded during the year :
January 2d, Mrs. Susan A. Reed, 1854.
January 24th, James Sharp, Hesper, 1853. January 20th, D. C. Taber. Hesper, 1855.
February 5th, James McKernan, Bloomfield, early '50s.
February 22d, Mr. Brockman, Military, carly '50s.
February 15th, James McMillen, Hesper, 1852.
March 20th, Charles Golz, Decorah, 1857.
March 12th, Thomas Daly, Fremont, 1852.
March 2Ist, George Strayer, Freeport, 1858. April 19th, Louis Nolte, Decorah, 1859. April 21st, Franklin Dean. Bloomfield, 1854.
April 22d, Lydia C. Aldrich, Hesper, 1856. May Ist, Amos J. McKay, Freeport, 1856. April 26th, C. E. Dickerman, Decorah, 1855. May 6th, Ellen Giles, born in Canoe, 1856. -, John H. Pierce, Burr Oak, 1854. July 30th, Mrs. Anna M. Christianson, Pleasant, 1854. -, Mrs. L. P. Frazine, Decorah, 1856.
August 31st, Tolley Halvorson, Military, 1854.
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August 22d, Mrs. John Ammon, Decorah, 1852. September 21st, Mrs. M. Forde, Pleasant, 1850.
November 12th. Mrs. C. F. Hiller, Spillville. 1855.
1900
January 2d, Decorah city council raises mulet tax from $000 to $1,200.
January gth. Mrs. A. Bradish celebrated her eightieth birthday on the 5th and R. F. Gibson celebrated his eightieth birthday on the 8th. ( Both are still living and in fair health. )
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