Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-12-27
IMMATURE ALMANAC - DECEMBER, 1905
CRESCO D0INGS.
From our Regular Correspondent

From our Regular Correspondent.
Mr.. C. ]. Peck is home from Winona to
spend the holidays
Lorne Dunoon, of Evanston, H., is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Ed. Farnsworth.
The married ladies have organized whist
club to meet Monday afternoons.
Miss Alma Combs, of the Waterloo schools
is spending her vacation at home.
Mrs. Lou Emmons is spending the holidays
with her two sisters at Evansville, Wis
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Upton spent Christmas
with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Isabel at Caimar.
Mrs. Arthur Marshall NEE Kittie Rumsey),
of st. Louis, is visiting her mother and other
relatives.
Ridgeway's most prosperous merchant, G.
r. Baker, and his wife, spent Sunday with
Cresco friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin A. Church and that
baby spent Christmas with grandpa and
grandma Church.
Mrs. Strayer and son Linn went TO Calmar
Tuesday for a holiday visit at j. b. Hayes.
Mrs. Strayer and Mrs Kaye are sisters.
Miss Kittie Clink, who is teaching in the
Rochester, Minnesota, schools, is spending her
vacation with her parents at Kendallvile.
Carl Reed and Lloyd Barker are home for
the holidays, the former from University of
Minnesota; the latter from University of Iowa.
host of relatives and friends were at the
depot Monday afternoon to bid Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Hunt good bye. Their new home will
be at Ord, Neb.
Palmer Cox has ordered that regiment of
Brownies march on Cresco. They expect to
capture the town and hold it for two days,
Friday and Saturday, January 3 and 4.
A family reunion at the ]. f. Peck home
this week Mrs. Win Irvine and two sons
from Lacrosse and Charles Peck from north
ern Wisconsin complete the family circle.
The last monthly report of our public school
shows an enrolment of 475. The eighth room
has 70 girls and only 80 boys. Some of the
boys whose only task is to while away their
time on the street had much better be at
school.
Mr.. C. ]. Harlan has resigned his position
with T. J. Tomas and accepted the appoint
ment of Sunday school missionary for Howard
and Winnesheik counties. Mr.. Harlan is
familiar with the work; he has aided Mr. Win
ton of the American Sunday School Union in
county. He is certainly the man for the place.
The Sunday school children were well looked
after on Christmas eve. The Methodist, Bap-
list Congregational, German Lutheran and
Norwegian Lutheran churches each had
Christmas trees. The Congregational church
had beautiful fountain the handiwork of C..
j. Harlan. A very pretty cantata entitled
Santa Claus Junior was given at the Baptist
church. On Christmas morning there was the
customary three services, the last a special
musical service.
James j. Caward, after weeks of suffering
passed away Friday evening, Dec. Goth, at his
home in Hampton, Iowa. The deceased was a
member of the 18th Wisconsin. Mr.. Caward
lived in Csesco several years, going from here
to ST. Paul. At the time of his death he was
engaged In the mercantile business at Hamp-
ton. The body was brought here for burial at
Oak Lawn. Funeral services were held at the
residence of his brother j. b. Caward on Sun
day afternoon. Rev. Taylor officiating. Cres-
co Memorial Post conducted the services at the
grave. His wife and daughters, of Hampton,
son-in-law E. F. Thorpe, of st. Paul, and his
brother George, of owatonna, were present.