Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-05-28

Saturday, on business trip
"A. Bernatz made trip to Devils
Lake, N D., last week, on business.
Hon. Nels Larson, of Highland
township, was in the city Saturday.
e. w. D. Holway was gone last
week, on business trip to Oklahoma.
Miss. Kate Gresse departed Tues
day for Minneapolis for short visit.
-Thos Rice was down from Can
ton, Mimi. Friday, on business trip
M S. Howard was over from Wau-
kon last week. ON telephone business.
An automatic stamp cancelling
machine has been provided for the De-
corah postoffice.
Henry Nelson arrived home from
Chicago Friday, having graduated at
medical school.
e. H. VanVliet, of Burr Oak
township, was transacting business
in the city Saturday.
-Thos. Powers has been attending
to business matters on his farm in
Howard county for several days.
Frank Boyd arrived from Minnea-
polls Saturday, for visit among rela-
tives and friends for few days.
Mrs. Jester arrived from Kansas
City Friday, for visit with rela-
tives and friends in DEBORAH and vici-
nifty.
r. F. B. Portman attended the
annual convention of the Episcopal
church of Iowa at Davenport last
week.
DIR. A. J. Naess, of Mabel, MINI. !,
was in the city Friday, calling on
friends and looking at the ruins left
by the flood.
Miss Laura Stone has been guest
at the home of G. w. Burdick for
several days, arriving from New
York last Tuesday.
&C. R. Wood came up from West
Union Friday, and has been engaged
in repairing damage by the flood to the
lines of the Iowa Union Telephone Co.
We have printed five hundred extra
copies of this issue for parties desir-
ing extras sent to- friends They may
be secured at this Office at five cents,
six copies for twenty-five cents.
The package of Public Opin-
ions for Freeport last week We're
carried down in a boat by Frank Stin-
son, this being the only available way
to reach our readers in that section.
Services will be conducted next
Sunday upstairs the Button store)
evening at 7:30, Sunday school at
II 90, prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing, at s 100. All are invited to attend.
The officers of the Citizens Saw
ings Bank on Monday presented their
assistant cashier, Mr.. B. j. Mckay,
with check for 500. His loss by the
food to both his houses was very
severe.
The death of John Carver called
to the city DIR. j. E. Carver and wife,
of Storm Lake, R. r. Carver and wife
of New Hampton, Mr.. and Mrs. F. F.
Farr and family, all of whom departed
for their homes Saturday afternoon.
George Treat arrived from the
west Thursday, for visit with his
parents and old friends here. 1t is
his first visit in Deocrah in eleven
years. He has been spending most of
his time in Alaska the past few years.
Saturdays dailies report that the
grand jury at Great Falls, Montana,
indicted H. H. Matteson, who was re-
Gently arrested for embezzlement on
twenty different counts, the total
amount of the embezZlement for
which he is indicted being $l96,0O
-heN. bdSCOln hODDluS dTTlNtu ldSt
Wednesday from Burlington, Kansas,
for visit with his brother, Rev. X.
W. Robbins. He preached splendid
sermon at the NJ f. church Thurs
day evening, in place of the regular
prayer meeting service.
-Mds. l.. L. Caldwell, j. w. Mil
Ter, A. M. Severson, Miss Jessie Nc
Kay, E. j. Curtin, DR.. +. w. Daub-
ney and H. ]. Green arrived home
from Des Moines Friday, where they
had been attending conventions of the
w. r. c., bankers, doctors and S., of
", respectively.
Sunday was not the day it usually
is in DEBORAH. Instead of the quiet
observance of the day, there was
activity ON every hand, for there was
work to be done. Much was accom-.
plished in the way of cleaning VI
houses, cellars and streets, and per,
haps larger force was at work that
day than on any other since the food
Hundreds of people drove in from
all parts IF the moi phhoring countrx