Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-08-27
CASTALIA.

evening.
Our schools begin next Monday.
Bloomfield will be we'll represented
at the fair this week.
| The corner store has put in a new
line of stoves
Geo. Allen is having his new house
painted
Charles Bloxham was clerking at
Ossian during the street fair.
The Old Maids picnic had to be
/ postponed until Thursday on account
of the weather.
There was no religious services here
again Sunday on account of the camp
meeting. Except the young peoples
| meeting in the evening.
The Castalia ball club went to
Ossisn yesterday for trimming and
got it.
The Union picnic of the Good Tenn
plars Lodges will be held this week
Saturday at Glenwood caves.
Miss Mary and Alma Uhley return.
ed Friday from their outing at Spirit
Lake and Clear Lake. They atten-
ded the L O. G. T. Grand Lodge at
the latter place.
The Union Good Templar picnic at
Glenwood Caves will be held Satur-
day, August SOth, instead of August
goth, as heretofore noted
| The hardware store of w. A. Gibbs
was burglarized last Friday night and
fifty dollars worth of goods stolen.
We hope the guilty parties will yet
be apprehended and punished.
Contractor Reading went to Dubu-
que today to hurry up the iron work
| for the new bank.
Mr.. and Mrs A. w. Kramer Jr.,
leave for Chicago today to purchase
goods for the firm.
sition in Kramer & Sons store and
will begin her duties next Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Gibbs came up
from Dubuque on Thursday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Gibbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hunter and
Mrs. w. H. Bachelor and children
are visiting relatives at Des Moines.
Supt. Collins of the Milwaukee
road will meet the business men of
our town here this week by special
invitation and look over the siitu-
alton with view of giving us new
depot and better train service. We hope
tofimpress him so favorbly with our
growing town as to get many new
| improvements. The town deserves
better treatment by the c., M. & st.
P. and we would show our apprecia-i
tion of it in a substantial manner.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fox and daughter
Ethel left for Oklahoma Saturday to
visit their daughter, Mrs. Thorpe.
Miss Blanche Riggs had a young
lady from Riceville visiting her the
past week.
j. A. Windell returned Saturday
from trip to his Minnesota farm, $50
miles west of Minneapolis.
Co. Recorder was down Saturday
looking after his political fences here.
Miss Zoe Cornell visited friends in
town last Saturday.
Mrs. Eudous Riggs gave a New
England Tea Party to large number
of her young lady friends at her home
Saturday afternoon.
D. F. Kittenger and family will
leave for their new home at Des
Moines this week. They have resided
here for over forty years and will be
greatly missed by our people. We
wish them success and pleasure in
their new surroundings.
Mrs. J. Currie has her Millinery
opening at Kramer's store this week.
She was SO we'll pleased with her
sales last spring she will have a much
larger and nicer display this fall.
Between the Camp meeting and ball
game last Sunday our town was un-
usually quiet.
8. H. Fox has been opening new
stone quarry on Kramer's farm the
past week that gives promise of the
finest rock in this section. 1t is close
to town, very easy of access, and
hard blue stone. Several loads have
gone into the new bank wall and DR..
Small is now..getting it for his new
residence.
At the Republican caucus held last
Saturday night the following dele
gates were elected to the county con-
vention. W. A. Harvey, A. P. Cor
nell, Geo. Allen. A. Caldow, F. A.
Stanley and l. Allen. TheIfollowing
township ticket was placed in nomi-
nation For assessor, Frank Harvey !;
for trustee, A. Caldow; for justice of
the neace @ w Estey Jr and ID q