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

Rev. FIR. Have went To Lawle
yesterday morning.
Miss Ethel Francisco visited friend
at CrescO last week
Fred Sellman made business triI
to Ridgeway yesterday.
DEBORAH boys of the 10th Iowa are
expected home next week.
e. b. Woodland and wife went to
Cresco yesterday, for a visit.
F. S. Putnam has been visiting
his family here for few days.
n. Il. Baker went TO Minneapolis
Monday night, on business trip.
Atty. H. T. Reed was down from
Cresco Monday, attending to legal
business.
Jay Schultz, of New Hampton,
has been transacting business in De-
corah this week.
-Thos. Graham returned to Des
Moines yesterday, after weeks visit
with his family.
Isaac Birdsell departed yesterday
morning for Portland, Oregon, COM
bining business with pleasure.
Miss Ella Beers departed yesterday
for Wyoming, Iowa, where she has a
position in dress-making shop.
VIM. Soetebeer was up from
Waverly last week, visiting friends.
He went to Albert Lea, Mimi, Satur-
day.
&C. n. French, representing Harger
& Blish, of Dubuque, has been in the
city this week in the interest of the
Blickensderfer typewriter.
Miss Alberta Mckay, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Mckay, of West
DEBORAH, was married at Spokane,
Wash, March 9th, 1899, to Mr. VIM.
McWhorter, of Spokane
-Erick Anderson has loaned us
copy of the Manila, p L., Freedom,
sent him by his son, who is with the
American forces, which we have
placed in our window, that any who
desire may see it.
We acknowledge receipt of an in
vitation to attend reception given by
Gov. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Shaw at the
Slavery, Des MOines, May 18th, in
honor of Hon. James Harlan, Hon.
John A. Kasson, and former governors
of Iowa, together with the Iowa dele
CATION in congress.
Two kilograms arrived yesterday
morning, which cast shadow ofsorrow
over the A. A. Chandler home Mr..
Chandler received telegram from his
son-in-law, Sylvester Fisher, in Chi
cago, saying that his son, Chandler
Fisher, had died; and with it came q
message from Battle Creek, Mich,
bringing the news of the death of
Alteta Belding sister of Mr.. Chand-
Ter, on Monday. Mrs. Chandler went
to Chicago last night
"A recent issue of the GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, Daily Signal, has the following
very complimentary words to say of
Royal n. Allen, former DEBORAH boy
who is rapidly forging to the front.
Royal Allen, private secretary to Mr..
B. N. Austin, general passenger agent
of the b. 4 0. Railway was here to-
day. Mr.. Allen is regarded as one of
the coming young men in the passen-
ger service of the b. & o. Railway
He is genial, courteous young gentle
man and during his brief stay here
made number of warm friends
among the local B. & o. employees.
He left today for Chicago"
-"When times are dull and people
are not advertising" says John Wanna
maker, ''is the very time that adver-
Using should be heaviest" Ninety
nine out of every hundred merchants
advertise most when there is least need
Oft, instead of looking unto advertising
as the panacea of their business ills.
Don't lose sight of the fact that the
public is not so much interested, nor
ought it to be at any time, in your
goods or business as you are yourself,
says prominent trade journal. If you
want them to take an interest in what
you have, make your advertising at
tractive to them, arouse their curiosity,
appeal to their tastes and wants, attract
their attention, and when you have
that the battles half won.
An old gentleman was heard to
remark the other day: "Once / was
young but now Pm old, and pve
never seen a girl unfaithful to her
mother that ever came to be worth a
one-eyed button to her husband II
isn't guess. 1t isn't exactly in the
bible, but it is written large and awful
i'm the life of a misfit home. If one OF
} you boys ever comes across girl with
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