Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-02-01
LOCAL ITEMS.

per township Saturday.
j. ]. Lamm, Jr., arrived from Chi
cago Saturday, for days home visit.
Bro. Summers, Of the Fort Akin
son Times, was in the city Saturday.
e p. Lawrence was down from
Cresco last Wednesday, on business.
e. M. Bovee was down from Burr
Oak township yesterday, on business.
Geo. Summers, of Fort Atkinson,
was DEBORAH business visitor Monday.
j. A. Bandle of Alta Vista, Iowa,
has been visiting his parents for tw"
weeks.
Miss Mamie Ahern, of Calmar,
was doing some shopping in the hub
Friday.
--Thos. and James Duffy were over
frem the Fort Monday, transacting
business.
liver Larsen went to Chicago Mon
day night. on business trip. Miss Ellen
accompanied him.
j. HI. Blaess departed Thur,day
morning, on a business trip to Charles
City and Waterloo.
Walter Pierce, of Wankon, arrived
Saturday for visit with VIM. Bandle,
of Hesper township.
George Alstad has gone to Chi
cago, where he has secured position
in the street car shops.
Andy Williams has gone to Chi
cago, to visit his daughter, Mrs. c. j..
TAYLOR for several weeks.
Miss Lena Pfster, of Locust, too k
the train here yesterday for Strawberry
Point, to visit her grandparents.
w. Z. Smith went to New York
last week, in response to a telegram
announcing the death of his mother.
-Brakemen Jalmar Larsen and
Bernard Epley were both laying off
last week, on account of slight injuries
Mrs. Lesson depaited for his home
near Winnepeg last Wednesday. after
an extended visit with her aunt, Mrs
r. F. Greer.
r.. V. Day, of Rhinlander, Wis,
has ordered from Ed. II. Prior, $500
monument to I've erected at Decorah,-
PostUillc Rcuie,O.
Mrs. Geo. M. Clark was among
those who took advantage of the sioux
Falls excursion last week, she going to
visit her son, Frank.
Ole Wansness and family, of North
Dakota, are visiting with Mons Tweet,
of Pleasant township, where they will
spend most of the winter.
Robert and Almond Wheatman
purchased farm of nearly 100 acres in
Calmar township, paying 5000 for it.
1t was owned by the Matteson estate.
Miss Bertha johnson returned to
her home i'm Chicago last Friday, after
a two weeks visit with her brother,
Gus Johnson, Of Glenwood township.
The George Daubney property in
West DEBORAH has been purchased by
c. Tonning, of Taopi, MIMI. who will
move here in few weeks. He paid
81 300 for the property.
We have been having a regular
old-fashioned Iowa winter for the past
week. The thermometer has registered
near zero or below for several days, Mon
day morning reaching 2S0 below.
Miss AIDE Tracy sold the Tracy
homestead in South DEBORAH last week
to Jacob Headington, consideration
$3.50. twill make him a comfort
able home. He will move to town In
q few weeks.
"A man might as well try to get
along without store room In business
as to try to make money and not ad-
vertise. All successful merchants con-
slider advertising as necessary expense,
the same as insurance and clerk hire.
We are just beginning to get near
the bottom of our job copy hook. We
have been kept hustling for the past
few months, but are now prepared to
get out your orders promptly. Re-
member, we print everything in the
line of job work.
DEBORAH friends of Otto Figge, of
Ossian, the young bicycle rider of con-
siderable note. will be deeply panied to
learn of his death on Monday, from
brain fever. He was taken with sew
ere pain in his head Saturday night,
and grew worse until death came at
1:3o o'clock Monday afternoon. His
relatives have our sincere sympathy.
BRO. Burdick will purchase a new
press and enlarge his heretofore blanket
sheet newspaper, the Postviite Review,
to the standard size, six column quarto.
We wish him much success in his new
venture. We tried the experiment of
an all at home six-colum quarto last
summer, after having purchased new
press, and 1t has proven success.