Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07
BULLETIN OF COMING EVENTS.

Dec. 9-Cake Walk and Dance at Steyers
Opera House.
Dec. l0-Concert by Musical Union at Luther
I College gymnasium.
| Dec. 12-l3-l4-Wm. Owen Co., In Shakes
pearean plays at Grand opera house.
Dec. E-Teachers' meeting at Hesper.
| Dec. 25-Chrlstmas.
| Dec 22-23-West DEBORAH Public School En-
| tertainment.
JanI-New Years Day.
March 27-Teachers' Institute opens.
VIM. Brace, of Mabel, Mimi, was
in the city Saturday.
--E. C. Walker was over from Cal
mar last Thursday, on business.
We acknowledge call from o. S.
Thompson, of Ossian on Saturday.
M. A. Nolan, of Button township,
was business caller on Saturday.
IF. c. Tipp, of Austin was in the
city Thursday, calling on old friends.
". E. Strayer, of Fayette, was call
ing on old friends here last Wednesday.
Mrs. B. A. Van Sluyter has been
visiting her mother Mrs. Aiken, for a
week
douglas Deremore, of Waukon,
has been legal visitor at court for a
week.
Miss A. Loring has been up from
Koekuk for several days, visiting
friends.
Mrs. Hardness and daughter,
Bertha, of Mabel, were visiting friends
in DEBORAH Saturday.
Only 25 cents to see the funniest
collection of darkies in the North.
All wool, if not yard wide, Dec. 9th.
ID. f. Reed and family last week
moved into their former home adjoin-
ing the school ground on Winnebago
street.
"A. A. Dawley returned to his
home at Belvidere, H., after a two
weeks visit with relatives and friends
here.
Mrs. S. Case and daughter came
down from Burr Oak last Wednesday,
and took the train for Leon, Kas., their
future home.
DIR. d. G. Rhines has moved to
DEBORAH from Houston, Mimi, and
opened an office for practice in the
Citizens Bank block.
Mrs F. S. Bull came up from Cedar
Rapids Saturday, for a weeks visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rossley,
before going to the coast to spend
the winter.
IF. ID. Hutchinson left last Wednes-
day for Sioux City, where he expects to
engage in the retail bakery and confec-
tionery business. He anticipates event
ually establishing Wholesale business
Miss Tee Barrow went to Geneva,
ILL.,, Friday, to visit her sister, Mrs H.
G. Goddard until after the holidays,
when she will become instructress i'm
the Kindergarten methods in Mrs. A.
Lincoln's school in Wagner, 1. Il.
The papers over the district are re.
cording the fact that brother of this
writer, at Usage, during the past season
made and sold 1900 gallons of ice cream
sodas at the rate of forty to the gallon
of cream.
The funeral of J. j. Gross, who
committed suicide last Wednesday,
was held on Friday; and of his daugh-
ter, Tillie, whom he murdered, on
Saturday. Mrs. w. w. Wheelock's
funeral occurred on Friday.
The cases on the docket are being
rapidly disposed of at the district court,
though nothing of special interest to
the general public has as yet transpired.
We will give a complete account of its
doings next week, as it is now expected
to adjourn on Saturday.
Mrs. DR.. Kellogg passed away on
Thursday after a lingering illness of
several weeks. She was an old resident
of DEBORAH, and in her long life here
had been greatly esteemed by her many
acquaintances as woman of kindly
disposition and Christian character.
The funeral occurred from the Baptist
church on Saturday.
LIN this issue will be found new
display advertisements for Wangler
Bros, N. N. Quandahl & Co., Brunt &
Parman, N. r. Croft, X. 1. Haugen,
M. ]. Soukup, Marsh Music House, HI.
]. Hedges, Schuck Dry Goods Co.,
and H. ]. Hutchinson, besides many
local readers from other merchants.
We can guarantee every one of them
as perfectly reliable and worthy of
your patronage. Look up their holt
day announcements.
1t comes to us that certain per-
son In DEBORAH is industriously ped
ding the statement that we published
our account of the murder and suicide
last week without regard for correct
ness of detail and without authority.
We are pleased to inform the gentle
man that we secured particulars of the