Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-15

A Mason City coal firm advertises
lone piece of anthracite coal giver
free with every order of soft coal THU
week."
Herbert E. Fleming, son of Presid
ing Elder Fleming, is..manager of the
Maroon the daily papers-established al
the University OF. Chicago.
Miss Julia Noonan of State Centre
enjoys the distinction of being the first
woman to be sentenced to the inebri
ate asylum. Fifty..men got there how
ever, before she did.
At the annual meeting of the League
for Iowa municipalities at Iowa City
last week Mayor j. A. Walters of Nc
Gregor was chosen president of the
league for the ensuing year.
While raking hay recently Eddie
limp, of Hazelton, was thrown in
front of the rake, the team running
away, dragged him several rods, al
most instantly killing him.
w. d. Hartman, one of the editors
of the Waterloo Courier and newspa-
per man we'll known throughout the
state. died October 4, after long
illness. He was 80 years old.
The Milwaukee road has placed an
order with the American Locomotive
works for seventyfv large-sized ten
wheel engines, owing to the fact that
freight traffic has grown to such an
extent that the work cannot be
handled with the present number.
Deliveries are to begin next spring.
The West Union Argo speaks of the
dedication of a new school house re-
Gently built in Fayette county and
describes it thus. 1.-The house has a
cloak room, is heated and ventilated
by modern apparatus and as up-to-
date in every respect. 1t is needless
to say that the residents are proud of
the new building"
E The New Hampton Tribune announ-
ces that it is soon to add to it's
mechanical department Simplex
Type-Setting machine. We rejoice to
see such evidence of progressiveness
and prosperity in the Tribune and can
assure its editor that, judging from
our own experience, they will find the
Simplex all that it is cracked up to be.
In an endeavor to start his gasolene
engine last Wednesday Max Witt
linger met with an accident that will
lay him up for few weeks. He had
been cleaning the machine and when
ready TO start backed it up by foot
power, and in bringing it over center
his foot was caught in the crank and
badly smashed. The wound was
dressed and Max is getting along very
nicely. -Waukon Standard.
Near his home north of West Union,
says the Argo, one day last week, Will
Hoover shot monster eagle. The
bird measured feet Z from tip to tip,
stood feet inch high and weighed
9 pounds. One wing was broken or he
could not have been taken. He made
a desperate fight for his liberty as it
was. The eagle had a mate which
flew away. L. Rubyor mas preserved
the bird and added it to his collection.
The statement recently issued by the
New Albin Savings Bank of New
Albin, town of less than 600 popula-
ton in Allamakee county, shows
remarkable increase of business for so
small a place. The statement shows
that on Sept. 10, 1899, the total re-
sources were $72, 627.7l. and on Sept.
To-, 1902, $20S, 1865. 90. On Sept. 10,
1899, the deposits were $56, 7S3. 80, and
on the corresponding date this year
they amounted to $3.50, 07O.O1.
The Elgin Canning Company will
shut down ON pumpkins after this
week. They are packing two pound
cans this week and had fairly good
run in pumpkins, having shipped in
several cars of the pie fruit from other
places. Several cars of canned goods
are sent out each week and when the
factory closes large force of labelers
will be put off and number of men
will be employed in the box factory
to make cases for the cans. -Elgin
Echo.
Misses Gertrude and Bertha Sher-
bourn, two Waterloo ladies, have gone
to Cody, Neb. near which place they
will take up homesteads of 100 acres
each. They are daughters of Police
man Sherbourn of Waterloo. They
have relatives at Cody, who have
several hundred acres under cultiva-
tion. They will make ranch of their
two claims and stock it with cattle.
The girls will live on the claims and
fulfill all the demands of the govern
ment land office.
The city council of Waukon has
decided to appeal its case against Karl
ID. Fisk, the optician, for alleged