Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06


ship, was pleasant caller Saturday.
L. E. Davidson was up from Nc
Gregor over Sunday, visiting his fam
lily.
Go to Brunt Parman's for Wal
Paper. New goods and reasonable
prices, g.:
j. j. Cameron and Stenographel
Nickerson went to Cresco Monday, tc
take dispositions.
II. w. Hazelton and daughter,
Miss Name, were Calmar visitors in
DEBORAH Monday.
Miss Bertha Mckinney, of Canton,
arrived in the city Monday, fol a few
days visit at the Keegan home.
We do all kinds of tin and sheet
iron work, eave-troughing etc., repair
ing of tinware speciality. N. r.
Croft. 1913
H. Crawford left yesterday for Sc
attic, WASH, where he will look into
some timber land, with view to pur-
chasing.
Asst. Postmaster N. H. Nelson left
for Washington Friday, to assist Presi-
dent Mckinley in his inauguration GER
emonies.
John Finn moved out of the S. O..
Wilson building next to X. 1. Haugen's
on Monday, and will discontinue his
hardware business.
Mrs. T.. r. Schuck left for st. Louis
Saturday, where she will spend a
couple of weeks looking up the spring
styles in millinery.
For the best watch, clock and
jewelry repairing go to Downie, in the
Peterson music store, one-half block
west of X. 1. Haugen's. 9-3
To make room for lot of Stoves
and Ranges we have bought to be
in March, we are giving 10 per
cent. discount on all Stoves now on
hand. This is snap for any one want
ing Cook Stove. N. r. Croft.
Mark Twain, the noted humorist,
in an article in the North American
Review for February, quotes from a
letter from the Philippines publised in
this paper several weeks ago. Verify
doth our fame widen. But what per-
plexes us is how Marx Twain got hold
of that item.
Paste this in your hat: Drink
without seeing it. Sign moth
ing without reading it, and make sure
that it means nothing more than it
says. Don't 60 to law unless you are
forced to and have something to lose.
In any business never wade in where
you can't see bottom. Put no depend
ence in the label of sack and count
before you receipt for it. See
the sack before you buy what's in it,
for he who trades in the darkness asks
to be cheated"
Be sure and arrange your appoint
ments so that you can attend the per-
Torrance of the William Owen Com
pany at the Grand Opera House on
Thursday, March 7th. This is said to
be one of the very finest dramatic COM
panies on the road playing legitimate
plays. They carry their own special
scenery and their costumes are lavish
and elegant. Mr.. Owens masterpiece
is probably the character of Cardinal
Richelieu.
"A minister was one day walking
along a road, and to his establishment
he saw crowd of boys sitting in front
of ring with small dog in the center.
When he came up to them he put the
following question:: "What are you
doing to the dog?" One little boy said
Whoever tells the biggest lie he wins
it," "Oh," said the minister, II am
surprised at you little boys, for when
was like you l never told lies" There
was silence for while, until one of the
boys shouted: "Hand him up the dog. ,
Frank s. Landers, champion strong
grain man of the state of Iowa, was il
the city yesterday. Mr.. Lander
travels for a Chicago firm and lives a
DEBORAH. He has won the title o
champion strong man by his man.
feats of pure strength, and though h
is now well on towards the sixties n
is as husky as the average man o
thirty and then some. In the cours
of his career he has pulled down man.
medals and several boquets for feat
of strength, and he comes of stronl
family. His sister holds the undis
puted title of champion lady boxer il
this state, and a son living at Decoral
is accounted the speediest man in tn
l00-yard dash of the inter-scolisti
class. Mason City Globe.Gazctte.
Almost every famous actor ha
played in "Richelieu, Sir Bulwer Lyt
tons great drama, but none ever mad
a more pronounced success df the char
acter than Mr.. William Owen. TIL
part is strong, intense and inspiring
and is one very apt to be overdone