Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-05-10


Sailors for 8 cents at Schuck's Dry
Goods Co.
Isaac Jacobson visited at Calma
over Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Miller went to Charlie.
City Monday.
Peter Meyer was over from Calmal
Thursday last.
Misses Bertha and Anna Hanson
Sundayed at Calmar.
M. w. Drew was down from Crescc
Friday, on a business trip
DIR. Jewell was a business visitor
from Ossian last Thursday.
-Thos. Pierce, of Calmar, was in the
city yesterday, on business.
Ed. Stark was over from Waukon
Thursday, calling on friends
DIR. H. c. Rhines has closed his
office and gone to CALEDONIA, MINI.
Joel Dayton of West DEBORAH has
sold his Minnesota farm for So, 400.
j. f. Duffy, of Waukon, was a
business visisitor in the city Monday.
&C. ID. Tabor and wife were down
from Mabel Saturday, visiting friends.
Frank Farr came over from Wau-
kon Friday and visited with his family.
Editor DAILY, of the Ossian Bee,
transacted business in the city Thurs
day.
Bro. Summers, of the Fort Atkin-
son Times was an agreeable caller Fri
day.
g. U. Norton departed Monday
evening for Minneapolis, on business
trip.
&C. o. Maltby was down from Hes
per township last Thursday, on bust
ness trip.
The Board of Supervisors made an
inspection tour of the county bridges
last week.
Quite number from Decorah took
in the X. Of p, dance at Calmar Fri
day night.
w. r. Smith has had a bay window
placed in the upper story of his build
ing the past week.
Mr.. Mulgrew, of Mason City, was
shaking hands with friends here Fri.
day evening between trains.
Charles Trzcinski and daughter
went to Charles City, Monday, to at
tend the marriage OF his niece.
w. r. Toye was down from North
wood Thursday and Friday, transact.
ing business and visiting relatives.
-Elling Void returned from North
Dakota last Thursday, bringing with
him two handsome black stations.
Paul Hinch, of Davenport, Iowa,
was in the city last week, representing
the Security Fire Insurance Company
-Mesdames Lockard, Miller, Hong
Seavy, Houck and Miss Simpson were
at WaukOn, yesterday, in attendance
at the w. F. M. S. convention.
Mrs. H. Small departed Monday
for Lindsay, Wis, for an extended
visit with her son, DR.. l.. M. Small
who recently located in that place.
j. E. Lappen is erecting very
substantial two-story building al
Freeport. He will open store on the
ground floor, and use the upper flool
for a hall for dances, entertainments
etc.
"A young lady in our high schoo
was requested to parse the sentenc,
"He kissed me-" She cleared he
throat and began: "He," she said
is a pronoun, masculine gender, sin
gular, good looking, pretty well fixet
and universally considered goot
catch. Kissed is verb, common
very common, plural, indicative MOOD
governed by circumstances; 'me'-oh
well, everybody knows me"-anC
then she sat down.
We presume we ought to suspend
publication for the next two weeks
on account of being all torn up in tn,
office, while an addition to the build
ing is being erected. The building i
being extended thirty-five feet in tn
rear, which, when complete, will Civ
us much needed room, and place us il
better condition to do work. Som
new machinery and equipment will b
added, and we will endeavor to meri
an increase of patronage. However
we will manage to get our machiner,
moved between issues, if possible. an,
in the meantime, if the paper is not u
to its usual standard we beg your in
diligence until we are settled again
when we hope to give you bette
paper than ever.