Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-12-24
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in the hip while hunting rabbits
The shot was fired by Thad Mann.
The Oelwein Improvement Club has
decided to ask Mr.. Carnegie for $780,,
900 for library. The club wants
city parks and $4,000 school build.
ing.
Four veterans of the Civil war, and
members of Memorial Post Of Cresco
have anwsered the last call within the
past five weeks. j. G. Adams, w. X.
Barker, Walter Mintney and Charles
Sawyer.
Two young fellows near National
attempted to do up their school
teacher but he laid about him with a
stove poker so lively that they were
badly battered They sought retalia-
tion in justice court and the teacher
was fined SO. 80. Argus.
Tuesday forenoon while operating a
circular saw at the yards, Jud Green
of Monona, was the victim of an
accident which costs the loss of his
right eye. In saving stick of wood
splinter flew up and pierced the ball
of the right eye clear to the interior.
Arthur Isbell is one of the farmers
who does not complain, and insists
that he "likes farming first rate, +"
though he lost over a hundred acres
of corn by frost and flood this year,
and had 200 pigs to feed which the
failure of his corn crop compelled
him to sell at sacrifice -Cresco
Times.
The Fayette Postal Gard states that.
1--WE learn indirectly that DR.. +. @.
Eastman, who was 10 years professor
of Greek and Latin at u. l. u, and
who has been four years teacher of
Latin in the State Normal School at
Cedar Falls, was this fall elected to
that position for life, his present
salary being 50, $50. :"
Ellison Orr retrdned Monday from
his trip to Canada. He was accom-
panied by W. w. Bulman, j. A.
Drogset and Jos. Hartley, their mis-
sion being to select big tract of land
for the new investment company re-
Gently organized here. A tract COM
prising 1920 acres was purchased
ninety miles west of Winnipeg. They
found plenty of zero weather abound
ing up there but only few inches of
snow. -Waukon Democrat.
The II. l. u. is to receive from Maj.
ID. w. Reed, of Evanston, ILL.,. col
lection of original papers, orders, re-
cords, etc.. of Company 60" 18th.
Iowa Infantry, the company recruited
from students of the University at the
outbreak of the Civil war. This was
Col Henderson company and the
collection will be given place in the
new Henderson library. The company
history is soon to be published and
will also be furnished to the library
1t is gift which will grow in value
as the years roll by.
Here is an editor who has come close
to hitting the nail OH the head. He
says: ''The newspaper field is wide
field, and full of roses and thorns.
When you roast the preacher, the I'M
godly smile; when you roast the I'M
godly, the preacher smiles. Ii you
roast the saloon man the teetotaler
smiles; when you roast the teetotaler
the saloon man sets 'em up. If you
swear you are wicked man and if
you pray you are hypocrite. If you
have an opinion you get cussed and if
you don't you are nonetity. Most
people know great many things but
the journalist is expected to know
everything.
The editor of the Glasgow Echo
AYERS he is not much of sport, but
SAYS he, "when we meet cinch or
the road we recognize it," He ac'
cepted proposition the other day,
made by friend, through which he
was to give his friend dime for every
time woman passed them and die
not put her hand behind her to learn
if her skirt was all right behind. On
the other hand, the editors friend
agreed to give him nickle for eacl
time woman felt of her hcit behind
"We got sixty-two nickles, tho
moulder of opinion says, land paif
him one dime--a woman with hei
arms full of parcels came along. -
Kansas City Star.
If the people of this county realized
the magnanimity of our offer to sent
them the Chicago Daily Tribune ant
the Public Opinion both ont
year for only So. 90, we would add I
thousand new subscribers to our list
There never was rate made like l
before, and may never be again. Tn
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Tribune as the best daily paper IL
America, and Public Opini OIL