Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-26

rTduh Duliy spent SUNDAY mere
with his mother.
Mrs. s. L. Collins, of Calmar was
in the city Monday.
H. J. Giesen, of Calmar, was in
the city Monday afternoon.
Atty. John McCook, of Cresco,
was in the city Monday morning.
MIR. P. Johnson, the genial Nord-
ness postmaster, was pleasant caller
Saturday.
The next attraction at the Grand is
the popular play "For Her Sake" on
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Gilbert Melaas, of Button
township, was a DEBORAH business
visitor on Monday.
j. ]. Seegmiller has purchased the
Geo. Zuckmayer farm north of DEBORAH,
and will move onto it this s pring.
-Messrs. J. Brauer and E. Ask and
families departed Thursday for Seattle,
WASH, to make their future home.
L. F. Button returned Thursday
from Rockford, Iowa, where he had
been invoicing stock of merchandise.
MIR. and Mrs. Alexander Kerr, of
Waterloo, spent Sunday at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.. j.
Francisco.
VIM. Eskew, daughter and
nephew, of Freeport, took the train
here Monday for Mason City, where
he will probably engage in business.
--Frohsinn Singing Society is pre-.
pairing to entertain its friends at its
new hall next Monday evening, in
celebration Of its fifth anniversary.
The members of the "Romance of
Coon Hollow" company gave concert
in the Elks club rooms after the per-
Torrance last Wednesday evening.
AT q sale of horses at Cambridge
City, Ind, recently, "Sphinx Lassie'
formerly owned by Alderman John
Curtin, of this city, sold for $1,000.
Harley Kidder and wife, of Chi
cago, and Ed. Kidder ard wife, of
Harmony, Mimi, have been here this
week, called by the death of their
father
w A. Burdick went to st. Paul
on Monday, to take the postal clerk
examination. Mrs. Burdick and the
baby visited relatives at Postville dur
ing his absence.
Mr.. Nick. Johnson departed for
his home near Thompson, Ia, where
he will make his home in the future.
He intends working at his trade there
during the summer
1T has not taken Prof. g. A.
Oliver long to establish himself as a
prominent fixture in the town of Fay.
cite. He was nominated by the repub
licans of that place for mayor at a eau
Gus held last week.
Rev. Rett f. Olmstead, of Unity
church, DEBORAH, will preach at the
Centennial church next Sunday at 2:3(
p. m. Subject, "The Resurrection al
Viewed in the Light of Modern
Thought" A cordial invitation is ex.
tended to all.
The new fire whistle has been re.
ceived and erected upon the electric
light plant, but SO far has failed to pro
duce the desired results. For some
reason it does not emit a sound much
louder than the ordinary steamship
but we presume that will either be
properly adjusted so as to "wake the
dead" or a new one procured.
Ben Bears Easter windows arr
certainly deserving of special mention
The handsome displays of suits and
furnishings, embellished with trim
mings, Easter eggs, souvenirs. etc
combine IN picture that is indeed
pleasing and attractive. 1t is difficult
to discriminate between the beautiful
window displays of this store, but
these are easily more attractive than
any exhibited in some time.
Its very seldom that newspaper
man will hedge when the merchants
hand him copy for advertisements
but we have been kept lodging all
this week. On top of the extra work
of setting up our new typesetting
machine and an unusually large run o.
job work, the advs have been crowd
ing us pretty near to the last notch
but our plucky Office force by working
night and day have been able to take
care of everything that came along
Don't be afraid of overcrowding us In
the future, however, we will accept