Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-07-10

Oak township Saturday, on business.
Stanton Elzea was down from
Bluffton Saturday, on business trip.
Miss Anstice Vance visited rela-
tives at Owatonna, Mimi, last week.
&C. F. Stinson came home from a
trip on the road to spend the Fourth.
Fred Donald, of Canton, Mimi,
was in the city Saturday, on business.
Atty. Dan Shea and H. C. Dixson
went to Dubuque Friday, on business
trip.
Prof. f. l.. Coffeen and family re-
turned Monday from their Waukon
visit.
Miss Alice Baker visited the Misses
Daubney at Lakefield, Mimi, last
week.
Mrs. Ole Bergeson and daughter
Flora spent the Fourth at Albert Lea,
MINI.
Andrew Carolan and l.. B. Rich
mond, of Button, were in the city
Saturday.
-Supt. +. l.. Coffeen and family
have been spending the past week in
Waukon.
Dana Jewell made trip to Wafer
town, s. d. last week, on business for
his father.
Mrs. f. A. Aiken is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Van Sluyters, at Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Arthur Kramer and c. F. Leonard,
of Elkader. were in the city Monday,
visiting friends.
Albert Prastmark returned from
Chicago Saturday, where he has been
for several months.
Mrs. c. r. Williams visited her
sister, Mrs. Max Walker, at New
Hampton last week.
Mrs. F. w. Abbey and baby went
to Ann Arbor, Mich, Saturday, for a
visit with relatives.
Mrs. G. r. Cleveland, of Salt Lake
City, Utah, has been visiting relatives
and friends here for week.
Harry Butler, of Elkader, came
Saturday, to take position with the
Standard Printing & Mfg. Co.
Mrs. Geo. Sinclair returned Satur-
day from visit of several weeks with
relatives in southern Minnesota.
Misses Jennie and Gladys Peck
arrived from Chicago Saturday, tor q
visit at the home of Chas. Peck.
Ole Bye departed for Montana
yesterday, after visit of two weeks
with his mother and sisters here.
&C. F.. Hitler and Geo. Zuckmayel
went to the Twin Cities last Wednes-
day, ON a business and pleasure trip. L
M. j. Soukup's jewelry store win
dows are being handsomely decorated
with gold-leaf signs by painter Lang.
Geo. Pfister and John KOppen,
two of Locust's most sturdy and es-
teemed residents were pleasant business
callers Saturday. !,
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the big Woodmen picnic al
Oelwein August 22nd. 1t is expected
that 10000 strangers will visit the shop
city that day.
The ice cream social given on the
court house square Saturday evening
by the w. r. C. was not largely at
tended on account of the GOODNESS OIL
the evening, but those who were there
were nicely served by the ladies.
Atty. w. j. Springer, of New
Hampton, was in the city last week
He is, connected with the Chickasaw
Mining and Smelling Co., ian article
elsewhere in this issue explaining the
property of the company, and was here
on business for the company.
albert Koren, oldest son of Rev
V. Koren, died in Colorado last Wed
nesday, after brief sickness. He wa
45 years of age, and was mining
engineer. The remains were brought
here and the funeral services were helt
from the Washington Prairie church
yesterday morning.
The five-year-Old son of Sam Pates
of New Hampton, was killed last weel
by a live electric wire. While on
walking with his mother he graspe'
the guy wire to pole, and his weigh
pressed the wire against live wir
from which the insulation had rubbe'
off, and the current running down tn
guy wire killed him instantly.
!, Some young men who were ex
plOding fireworks on Water stree
{ Thursday night accidentally pointed
sky rocket the wrong way, and
struck one of the windows of Mrs. L
, o. Dahly's millinery store, breakin
the glass and setting fire to the drar
cries in the window. The bystander
: promptly extinguished the flames, bt
fore much damage was done.