Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26

Miss Floy Hazelton, of Calmar
was in the city Saturday.
p. G. Olson was down from Burr
Oak Saturday, on business.
Mrs. j. M. Green is spending the
holidays with Chicago relatives.
-Chas. Mitson, and wife, of Prosper,
were in the city last Wednesday.
p. l.. Kittlesby was over from Cal
mar Saturday, on a business trip.
e. l.. Beard marketed in Chicago
last week carload of fine fat lambs.
%. g. Olson, of Jackson Junction,
was in the city Friday and Saturday.
Peter Meyer, of Calmar, was tran
sacting business in the city Saturday.
Peter Marcy, of Bluffton, was
transacting business in town Saturday.
Miss Mary Ahern, of Calmar, was
shopping in the city last Wednesday.
Miss Ruth Bulls is home from
school, for visit during the holidays.
III. F. Knoke, of Baiey Springs was
making holiday purchases here Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Meader, of
Burr Oak, were in the city last We'd
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. N. Moss and baby
went to st. Paul Saturday, for a holt
day visit.
DIR. S. S. Whitbeck transacted
business in Lac qui Parle county,
Mimi, last week.
Miss Josie Stortz and brother went
to Mason City Saturday, to spend
Christmas with their sister.
James Mckay and family, of Esther
vile, are spending the holidays with
friends and relatives in DEBORAH and
Frankville.
Prof. f. l.. Coffeen and family
went to Leroy, Mimi, Monday, to
spend Christmas at the home of Mrs.
Coffeen's parents.
Mrs. Col. Hughes, Miss Lou and
Frank went to Estherville, Iowa, Sat-
urday, to spend Christmas at the home
of Chauncey Ammon.
Miss Carrie Barden passed through
DEBORAH Saturday, on her way home
to Fayette from Waukon, where she
will spend the holidays.
If Bro. Haislet continues to give
the people of Preston as good paper
as he has the first two issues, that
town should be proud of it and support
it literally.
Don't forget the masquerade ball
to be given by Hose Co. No. l, at
Steyer's opera house on the evening of
Jan. 18th. 1t should be given a
large attendance.
--Supt. T.. j. Hook and wife left on
Saturday for Conrad, Iowa, to visit
his parents. They will attend the
State Teachers association meeting at
Des Moines this week.
The Yoemen have leased the
second story of the east side of the new
Engbretson building for lodge rooms.
1t will be finished in elegant style, and
be fitted up especially for lodge use.
They will sub-let it to one or two
other organizations, if desired.
Charles Kornmeyer has purchased
the interest of J. F. Stevens in the
brick yard, and the firm will hereafter
be Kornmeyer Bros. The boys are in
dustrious, upright business men, and
make an excellent quality of brick.
| We wish them all the success possible.
Amy Leslie, the critic of the Chi
cago Daily News, who is recognized as
one of the leading writers on theatrical
affairs in the United States, devoted a
column to Chattanooga, after it's pro-
duction at the Columbia Theatre in
Chicago last June. She headed it with
this sentence: "Lincoln j. Carriers
Chattanooga is all right"
A gentleman in neighboring town
was a good church goer, but could never
remember the text, so his wife made
fun of him. One Sunday the text was
"An angel came down from heaven
took a live coal and laid it on the
altar" He kept this in mind and
went home. His wife said: ''Well
you've forgotten the text reckon
"Oh no." said he, "I'm too fast fol
you this time" She asked him tt
repeat it. He said; can Indian cam,
down from New Haven, took liv'
colt by the tail and jerked him out o
the halter. "-EX.
"A teacher in one of Boston's pub
lie schools had instructed her pupils il
hygiene, and toward the end of tn
term, wishing to see how well the,
! could remember, told them to eacl
write out little story of the human
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