Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-04-03

rriuay, on business trip.
| H. Crawford returned from h
trip to Seattle, Wash, on Saturday.
}. w. Swehla, of Calmar, wa
transacting business in the city Sal
urday.
Jos. Holmes was up from jackson
Junction Thursday, calling on Decoral
friends.
| DIR. w. D. Kellogg Is home from
Des Moines, and will resume his prac
tice here.
| "A. ID. Palmer has returned from
Britt and accepted a position will
| Bidne & Istad.
Hon. w. H. Klemme, of Ridge
way, was in the city Friday and Sat
urday morning.
Prof. l.. B. Parsons went to Water
loo Saturday, where he will spend q
part of the vacation.
Mrs. j. G. Barthell and daughter
Miss Hattie, arrived from the east Sat
urday. for the summer.
&C. n. Sanbeck returned to Dub.
uque with his family Saturday, where
they will reside in the future.
DIR. Koehne completed his course
of lectures at the congregational church
Friday night, and on Saturday went
to Rochester, MINI.
During our anniversary week COM
mencing Monday, April LIST, to Satur-
day April Sth, our store will be open
until 8 O'Clock evenings. Ben Bear.
-Messrs. M. J. Soukup, Otto Olson
and F. w. Boyd arrived home Thurs
day, from their trip down the river in
a flat boat from Lime Springs, having
had very enjoyable trip and bagged
Is ducks.
The Diamond Garment Cutter
school opened in full blast in the Eng
bretson block yesterday. A large num-
Der have already joined the class and
the indications are that there will be a
large school. 1t is an excellent oppor-
tunity for anyone to learn cutting and
fitting.
Alex. Morton, brother of Peter
Morton, was an over Sunday guest with
relatives in this city. He recently sold
his ranch near Cheyenne, Wyo., and
has purchased fruit farm in Colorado,
for which place he departed Monday
If we had the space we might use
a column in describing the many
beautiful Easter windows which our
merchants are displaying this week.
Nearly every prominent store has a
display suited to the season, and they
are all exceptionally handsome.
Every public spirited man and
woman should be at the Grand Opera
House Wednesday evening of next
week. Remember that the price of
your ticket will give you not only
good evenings entertainment but also
will rem ain here invested in one of the
best institutions town can establish.
AT the meeting of the North
western Photographers Association at
st. Paul, Mr.. f. w. Spur entered
three large Photographic portraits in
the highest portrait class, and received
the highest rating, with mark of
special per cent. Mr.. Spurr's reputa-
ton as an expert in Photographic por-
traiture is becoming widely known.
His work is conceded to be remarkably
true to life, and he is receiving high
praise from all sections. His studio is
one of the finest i'm the state, and is
very artistically and beautifully ar
The following is the noted enter
prise for Ossian. Messrs. G. f. Gun
derson, r. w. Anderson and A. Il.
of this town, and c. w.
of Lime Springs, Iowa, have
formed o-partnership under the firm
name of The Anderson & Gunderson
Banking Co. AS the name indicates
they will go into the banking business
and will open new bank here to be
known as The Citizens Bank of Ossian.
Temporarily they will commence in
the Britton building as soon as their
supplies arrive. The firm has bought
the bank of Lime Springs, at Lime
Springs, Iowa, which will become am
bank to the Ossian concern. -
Bee.
The millinery opening of the
Schuck Dry Goods Co. last Thursday,
was by far the most successful they
have ever had. Many ladies visited
their display and the very fiattering
expressions of appreciation of the
styles and models they showed were
certainly very gratifying to the enter
prising lady who has charge of that
who tells us her sales Were
far beyond her expectations and amply
repaid her for the work and energy she
has put into that department. APP
parently there was little chance for
i'm the elegant arranya-