Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-07-21
LOCAL ITEMS.
Persian Violet at Duncan's.


Otto Solberg went to st. Cloud on
business Saturday.
John Wingate was down from
Burr Oak Saturday.
Curtis Miller, of Orleans township,
was in the city Friday.
Mrs. Oscar Phillips returned from
visit at Burr Oak Saturday.
Frank Putnam returned from a
trip in southern Minnesota Saturday.
-Mesdames Mary Lane and 1. Shan
non were down from Burr Oak Satur-
day.
Mrs. H. l.. Coffeen and children
returned Saturday from visit at Burr
Oak.
Mrs. G. C. Coutant left for Portage,
Wis, Friday night for two weeks
visit.
Miss Emma Halvorson went to
McGregor Friday for fortnight's
visit.
Miss Boice, of Harmony, came
down Saturday for visit in West De-
corah.
Geo. E. Smith is happy over the
arrival of a baby boy, born yesterday
morning.
1.-The finest line of perfumes and
toilet articles is found at Brunt & Par
mans
Marion Green and George Wilson
went to Cresco on their bikes yesterday
morning.
Miss Nellie Heinberg returned
home Friday from few weeks visit
at Waterloo.
Dell Reed came back from Daven-
port where he has been taking Medi-
cal treatment Saturday.
Mrs. J. Barth left for home Friday,
after an extended visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Draper.
Misses Blodgett, Baker and Tracy
went to CrescO on their wheels Satur-
day morning, for few days visit.
Mrs. c. E. Taylor, who has been
visiting the family of M. Coughlin, re-
turned home to Minneapolis Saturday.
F. w. Thompson stopped here on
his way to Thompson from Chicago
last week. He left for home Saturday.
The Waverly Cycling Club will
hold their first annual race meeting at
the park in that city Thursday, July
23d.
Misses Bessie Halse and Nellie
Reece, of Button, and Verde Cooley,
of s. Dak., were Decoreh visitors Fri
day.
Miss Helen Cratsenberg came
down from Burr Oak Saturday and
joined the camping party at "The
Pines"
Mrs. Geo. Merrill, who has been
visiting Eugene Cham berlain and fam
lily, left Saturday for her home in
CrescO.
-Messrs. Hanson and Stevens were
up near Spring grove and put up three
DEBORAH windmills last week, return
ing Saturday.
Misses Stella Paine and Grace
Adams went to Spirit Lake Friday, to
enjoy two weeks outing with the
latter's relatives.
Rev. A. G. Wilson will preach his
last sermon for the season next Sun
day at the Unity church. Services
will be omitted during August.
Several new features have been ad-
ded to the Business and Shorthand
courses of the Valdez Business College.
This is an up to date institution.
-Ex-Gov. William E. Russell, of
Massachusetts, was found dead in his
bed near Quebec on the morning of the
10Th inst. His death probably re-
suited from heart disease.
WIN. Clement, fireman on the
train that runs on the DEBORAH branch,
accompanied by Miss Bessie Munson,
went Monday, to Prairie du Chen,
Wis, where the two were joined i'm
holy wedlock. Courier.
The Sinclair Bros, West Decorah's
popular grocers, recently purchased the
store building they now occupy from
Jacob Schaub, and they have raised the
building and laid cellar under the
entire structure, and laid new side
walk in front and arranged the second
story for living rooms. They are also
going to put in new counters, and with
a new coat of paint they will have a
very neat store.
The papers all over the state are
telling of the elopement of Rev. G. E.
Scott, pastor of the first M. E. church,
of Waterloo, and Miss Daisy Dorian,
the 15-year-old daughter of p. s. Dor
Ian, well-to-dO and respectable citizen
of that city. Scott is married and has
been in the ministry twenty years. He
had 81 500 in cash when he left Water
Ioo His wife and the girls uarents