Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-05-02

Joseph Hopperstad is now clerkins
at X. Haugen's.
| "A. McRoberts, of Calmar, was il
the city Thursday.
Frank Peacock transacted business
in Burr Oak Saturday.
julie Tucker was down from Lake
Benton, Minn., over Sunday.
j, v. Hull went to Algona, Iowa
Saturday, to visit friends for week.
Miss Adaleen Allen went to Chi
cago Saturday night, for brief visit.
-Erick H. Norby departed for Par.
ker, South Dakota, to visit his daughter
Anton Viker, of Madison, Wis,
has been visiting friends and relatives
here.
Court Reporter w. w. Comstock
was up from Fayette Thursday, on
business.
-Thos. Arneson, of Freeport, went
up into Minnesota Friday, on bust
ness trip.
Editor H. w. Haislet and James
Wangler drove down from Ridgeway
Thursday.
Mrs. ]. E. Barker arrived home
last Thursday from her visit with
Indiana relatives.
The Salvation Army is now To-
Gated in the Leonard store building on
Winnebago street.
Peter Jensen's saloon has been re-
papered and repainted, and is much
approved in appearance.
Mrs. A. o. Myrond and child, of
Hatton, N. Dak., is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hendrick Larson.
DIR. S. S. Whitbeck departed Mon
day morning for Monona, and thence
to Watertown, S. D., on land business.
Mrs. A. ]. Houck returned to De-
corah Monday from Waukon, where
she has been visiting, departing yes
terday.
MIR. and Mrs. G. r. Tabor came
down from Hesper Friday. to attend
the Eastern Star meeting, returning
Saturday.
&C. b. Lennon, John Stoskopf and
F. S. Landers attended commercial
travellers ASST cation meeting at Cedar
Rapids last week.
Mrs. DIR. A. j. Swezey has success
fully passed through an operation in a
hospital at Rochester, Mimi, and is
improving rapidly.
The Carlson brothers, with their
wives, have returned to DEBORAH, ard
will doubtless he busy laying cement
walks this summer.
Geo. Bieber, Cliff Summers and
Messrs Duffy and Miller, OF Fort At
kinson, were business visitors in the
city last Wednesday.
Mrs. Frank Farr and children We're
visiting relatives here from Thursday
to Monday, while en- route from Char
les City to their new home in Waukon.
Atty. J. J. Cameron left for North
Dakota last night with N. j. Guam
dahl, who will look up some of that
Red River Valley land of Paine &
James Walden, of Spillvllle, was
brought to DEBORAH and adjudged in
sane bv the commissioners He was
taken to the hospital at Independence
by Deputy Sheriff Olson on Monday.
The dance given on last Wednes-
day evening at Steyer's opera house, by
the Public Library Association, was a
very pleasant occasion. A goodly
participated, good music was
and all enjoyed themselves.
DIR. F. w. Daubney and wife
departed for Chicago Monday night,
business with pleasure
The doctor received an official invita-
ton from the city of Chicago to attend
the Dewey Day exercises, and is
participating in these fes-
Invites while in the city.
One of the school boys of this city
wrote this definition Of the teacher who
switched" him: A school ma'am Is a
verb because it denotes action when
you throw paper wads at the girls.
switch is conjunction and is used to
connect verb school ma'am and the
noun boy. This is a compound SEN
ence, of which boy Is the subject and
switch is the object. First person, plur-
II number and awful case. A school
na'am Is different from boy: she puts
,aint on her face and some big fellows
'ome and take her home. Ma says q
chool ma'am never gets older than
eighteen before she is married. 1t takes
wo school ma'ams to get dinner
Its your own fair. Talk 1t and work
or It. August %, 20, 30, sl.- Ii