Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-21
A big new ad for F. ]. Rosenthal


Miss Ellen Larsen arrived HON,
from Chicago yesterday.
Peter Meyer was DEBORAH visitO
from Calmar yesterday.
Miss Minnie Kosmo, of Eau Claire
Wis, is visiting relatives here.
| "A daughter was born to Franz
Drummer and wife on Sunday.
W. J. Norton and wife ATTENDED
family reunion at Cresco last eek.
Geo. Smell was down from Bur GAL
township yesterday, on business trip
| Mrs. Harrington is prepared to d.
all kinds of sewing. 2O7 East MAR
street. 32-2pd.
Masters John and Henry Simond.
went to National yesterday, for visi,
with relatives.
Ed Hovden and F. w. Boyd went
to Britten, s. d. Monday, with F. L.
Akers, on land business.
Our people will be glad to know
that the DEBORAH City Band will give
an open air concert next week.
B. H. Wells has been making some
substantial Improvements about his
residence "a new side walk, etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Gellerman de-
parted Monday for their home at Wah-
peton, S. D., after visit with relatives
here
Mrs. Thomas Roslsey and daugh-
ter, Miss Marguerite, are visiting at the
home of Mrs. Frank Bull, at Titonka,
Iowa.
John Wingate's celebrated herd
of shorthorn stock, the best in North
eastern Iowa, will be on exhibition at
the fair.
j. 8. Watterson arrived from Blairs-
vile, Pa, last Friday, and will reside
here with his daughter, Mrs. Jos. p
Wangler.
Mrs. Michael Farrell returned home
to Butler county Monday, aftera weeks
visit at the home of her brother, VIM.
Hauswirth
Miss Mary Holey, of Lewiston,
Maine, has been visiting her cousin,
Mrs. A. e. Baker, en- route home from
Spokane, Wash.
w. M. Baker left yesterday for
Anderson county. Kan, where he pur-
chased quarter section of land. He
may buy some more before he returns.
-On account of the room he occupies
being sold to the Turkish Oil Co., E.
X. Olson will move his blacksmith shop
into enc of the west rooms of the same
building.
j. w. Lawhead has returned to
DEBORAH and reassumed his position as
agent for the Burlington. The position
at Davenport was not entirely satisfac.
tory to him.
The drinking fountain for horses
which has been presented to the city by
Ben Bear has arrived, and will be plac-
ed near the northeast corner of the
court house square.
The call for the republican county
convention to nominate county officers
appears in this issue. 1t will be held
Monday, September 8. Now let the
fun begin in earnest.
Go into the business houses and
offices of the City of DEBORAH and you
will find that the students who We're
educated at the Valdez Schools are
employed. They are in demand where
first class help is wanted, and they
always have the preference over other
students. 1872
John Wingate was down from his
Hesper township home Monday, and
showed us sample of timothy seed
which is hard to beat. He says he has
500 bushels just like the sample, also
500 bushels of other seeds, which he
thinks will assist in keeping him from
the poor house this year.
Ole Gilbertson and Henry Frett-
helm arrived home from an extended
trip through the south and west last
Thursday. They went from here to
Oklahoma, where they registered their
names for the land drawing, then went
west to California and up the coast
and home through the north. They
report delightful trip.
Mary had little lamb, it followed
her to church, and there itstood around
outside like an owl upon q perch.
Why "don't the little lamb come in?n
the watchful people cried Why,
Mary told the silly thing to wait for
her outside. So you, each gentle
may one and all still find some
waiting near the door, if
you admire that kind.
"A writer comparing the local paper
with the city papers, and defending the
former from the facetious and ill-natur-
ed attacks of the latter, says:
HWelI you NAV nnEa finn OF Tho