Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
LOCAL ITEMS.

City election is approaching.
-How's your subscription account?
All kinds of printing at this Office.
-Washington's birthday next Sat
urday.
Otto Arneson made business trip
to Cresco Thursday.
Mr.. d. Peck, of Springfield, was a
business visitor Friday.
Remember the date of the salvage
shoe sale. 80
The popular play "Yon Yonson"
at the Grand Feb. 9th.
w. S. Bucknell made business
trip to Lawler Thursday.
"A baby boy was born to Prof. and
Mrs. Sheel on Thursday.
Large and small jobs have the same
careful attention at this Office.
w. F. Abbey has joined his wife
in visit with relatives at Ann Arbor,
Mich.
We acknowledge welcome call
last Wednesday from Mr.. Edwin
Hover, of locust.
Dick Ruffridge and family have
been up from Greene, Iowa, for few
days, visiting relatives
Mr.. VIM. Brandt, of Frankville,
was among the new acquaintance
and subscribers who called on us last
Friday.
800 worth of new type and equip
ments for producing fine modern job
printing in this week. Let US do your
next job.
MIR. and Mrs. John Adams arrived
from Sterling, ILL.,, Friday, and were
greeted by the congratulations of his
friends.
Mrs. w. E. Teskey entertained her
Sunday school class at her home Fri
day evening, supper was served at
the usual hour.
Misses Taylor, Pollitt and Mont
gomery returned Friday from Madison,
Wis, where the latter two have been
taking musical instruction.
Bills printed at this office announce
an auction sale on VIM. Delays farm
north of DEBORAH on Feb. Oath, with
Andrew Danielson auctioneer.
The new Standard Telephone
directory books are product of this
Office "a demonstration that we can do
the very best of work. Give us trial.
Miss Neva Thatcher, who has
been faithful employee of this office
for several months, went to her home
at West Union Saturday, for a vaca-
ton.
L. l.. Couse and r. H. Tracy went
to Calmar Monday, to see the Calmar
Mfg, Co. regarding work for the new
store building that Mr.. Couse will erect
in the spring.
Martin G.. Hovey returned to
Cedar Rapids yesterday, after a two
weeks visit at home. He is now run
ming between Cedar Rapids and West
Liberty. PUBLIC OPINION will keep
him in touch with all the news in this
section.
Mr.. Chas. Farrell, of Bluffton, in
forms us that an error was made in
our report of the court proceedings
last week. In his settlement with f.
] Rosenthal, Mr.. Rosenthal agreed to
pay the costs of the case, Mr.. Farrell to
pay the former $40.
Mr.. Nicholi Johnson and family,
who have been residents of DEBORAH
township for some time, departed for
their new home near Thompson, Ia,
last night, where they have pur-
chased large farm. Mr.. Johnson al.
so added his name to our ever-increas.
ing list of readers.
The Newspaper Blue Book, just
now issued, gives list of what are the
best papers in each state of the union,
the rank being determined by the
amount of clippings that have been cal
led for from those papers by the press
clipping bureaus. In New York the
Times heads the list, in Chicago the
Tribune. In Iowa the Des Moines
Leader far exceeds any other journal
In the recent death of Mrs. Sam
G. Sloane, of the Charles City Intelli
gencer, the press of northeastern lows
loses faithful and efficient newspaper
woman, one who was a friend t.
everyone she knew, and Charles City
loses cheerful, lovable woman, wht
was jealous worker for the city IL
which she lived, and boon companion
In the home and business office of hel
husband, who will miss her com
partnership greatly. Mr.. Sloane hal
the sympathy Of all the fraternity.