Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05
CASTALIA.
{ From our regular correspondent.)

From our regular correspondent)
Nov 8, 1902.
Ladies' Aid serve election dinner.
Kramer & Son hold another cloak
sale Nov. 10Th.
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McMartin
will become residents of this city this
week.
Miss Fan of Ossian visited her
brother here Saturday and Sunday.
Ward Allen was home from the U.
l. U. over Sunday. .s.s.
Mrs. G. M. Lambert of Luana visit
ed relatives here last week.
VIM. Bloxham expects to go to Ma
son City this week, to take position
as fireman on the g. M. & st. P.
Rev. Ross made flying trip to Free
port, Ill, last week.
The new street lamps made it too
light for the usual Halloween pranks
around town.
The masons resumed work on the
bank this morning and it will be
rushed to completion as fast as pos
sible.
Agent braves informs US that Octo-
Der was the best month of freight re-
ceipts at the G. NJ. & st. P. Ry sta
ton here of which he can find any
record. The ticket sales and freight
received amount to about one thousand
dollars. This of course does not in
clude freight shipped, of which there
were many cars. 1t seems as though
we are entitled to better accommoda-
tions than the company is giving us
here. sz ..- - -- -. q
Rev. and Mrs. WV. Schlung of De-
corah were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Haefner last Saturday.
A good sized audience greeted the
Miller Merry Makers at the opera
house last Saturday night.
At $50 p. m. last Saturday, Nov.
LIST occurred the wedding Of Mr..
Parker Bollman of this place and Miss
Stall of Forest Mills, at the church
in Forest.. Mills, Rev. Ross performing
the ceremony. Parker is one of our
very best young men, and we wish
them all the happiness of long and
happy welded life. They leave Tues
day for Chamberlain, S. D.. their
future home.
The next District Lodge, I. o. G.
T. to be held here Friday and Satur-
day, Nov. 14th and 18th, promises to
be the best ever held in northern
Iowa. District Chief Templar Alonzo
Harvey has worked hard for the past
two months to make it success.
Grand Chief Templar Story Keith OF
Clinton, Iowa, Grand Secretary @.
L. Thompson of Clinton. the Grand
Treasurer, Grand Supt of Juvenile
Temples and Grand Counselor will
all be present also Colonel Demery,
of Kentucky, who will be the princi-
pal speaker. Friday evening will be
devoted to a social time, with short
program arranged in which Colonel
Demery will speak. Saturday will
be devoted to executive sessions.
The District Degree and Grand
Lodge Degree will be given candi-
dates. Excellent papers will be read
by able writers from all over the dis
trict. Saturday evening will be a
medal contest, and Sunday evening a
Grand Temperance meeting at the U.
B. church. The local committee ex-
pect to have fifty delegates to enter
tain.
Rev. Ross was called to Bethel to-
day to preach the funeral sermon of
Charles Harris who committed suicide
last Friday.
Joy Dresser of Postville has leased
the house of Thos Kane just west of
Kramer's store and will fit it up for a
jewelry and repair room.
Mr.. Neverman's parents will move
from the farm into town this week.
Mr.. Neverman has rented his farm to
Mute Harvey.
G. G. johnson will move into the
house Geo. Allen recently moved into
town. 1t is being fitted up very com
fortably.
A. H. Stee is having his house paint
ed Ed Putnam of Postville is doing
the work.