Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28

Jan. i, 1900
Public Opinion
and Laws of Iowa
To new subscribers for S1.50
Pay your taxes.
-Wanted-a new court house.
-Decorah pays Is cents for eggs.
The melancholy days have come.
j. HI. Duncan spent part of las
week in st. Paul.
Will Kennedy made a business TRIP
TO st, Paul last week.
H. +. Koth spent last week in Chi
cago, on business trip.
p. l.. Kittlesby, of Calmar, was q
DEBORAH business visitor Monday.
e. III. Forde, of Satire, was bust.
ness visitor in DEBORAH Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Jones, of Mabel,
Mimi, were DEBORAH visitors Monday.
II. B. Wiles, of Hesper, was visit
ing in DEBORAH last Wednesday.
Mrs. N. Peard, of New H ampton,
visited DEBORAH friends last week.
Carl F. Culmsee went to Keokuk
last Thursday, to enter the dental
college.
Rev. l.. l.. Lockard went to Marion
Monday, to attend the M. E. con-
ference.
Mrs. J. M. Odell, of Elma, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Kimball, and other
relatives.
Miss Alberta Lincoln has been en-
joying the Omaha Exposition for a
week past.
John Cassell, of Burr Oak town
ship, was transacting business in town
Wednesday.
DIR. l.. M. Small came up from
Castalia last Wednesday, to hear DR..
Johns lecture.
Isaac Brdsell, of Frankville, took
the train here for the Omaha EXPOSE
ton yesterday.
Every new subscriber paying us
$3.50 gets this paper from now until
Jan. l, 1900 and law book free.
An exchange gives as cure for a
drunken husband, "Cover him with
kerosene and then set fire to him.
The Upper Iowa Conference of the
M. f. church is in session at Marion
this week, Bishop ]. H. Vincent, pre-
siding.
&C. E. Briggs landed some big white
apples on our desk Saturday, one of
them weighing 1871 ounces. They are
beauties, and have since been adjoining
our Office window.
Mrs. E. B. Morss and daughter Miss
Clara, went to Faribault, Mimi, last
Wednesday, to visit their son and
brother, B. B. Morss, whose company
played in Faribault that night.
We are pleased to note that Miss
Duffy is giving lgreat satisfaction as a
teacher in the Valdez Normal School.
This is a strong school because 1t en-
ploys only tirst-class teachers.
Mrs. Rev. o. J. Qualley and chill
dren, of Ortonville, Wis, arrived here
yesterday from Portland, N. D., where
she has been staying for some time, for
a visit with relatives in this county.
CT. Harlan will speak on the Sun
day school Missionary work in the U.B
church at Castalia, next Sunday morn
ing, Oct 9th, at the usual hour, and at
the Centennial church in the afternoon.
"A parent wrote to an editor for in
structions as to how to stop his boy
from smoking cigarettes, and received
the following reply; 1--WE suggest
bribery, persuasion, instruction, or
shutting off his allowance; then if he
remains obstinate use q rawhide on
his raw hide. Welt him until he is
ready to hold up his hands and prom
Use never to smoke another cigarette.
If that does not work, drown him. A
drowned boy is better than boy that
smokes cigarettes"
In this issue will be found new
ads for the Racket Store, advertising a
special sale Of willow clothes baskets;
Brunt & Parman, perfumes and toilet
soaps; X. 1. Haugen, cloak sale; ]. w,
Anderson, the opening Of the "Golden
Rule" the new variety store; Ben Bear
fall and winter clothing; Schuck Dry
Goods Co., dry goods and millinery,
and H. A. Hanson, of Esterville, with
q half page telling of cheap land In
northern Iowa. Adolph Hanson Is his
agent here. Look these ads up and
profit by them,