Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-18
CASTALIA.


Rev. Carlton will preach at the U. |
B. church next Saturday evening.
Mrs. H. L. Myers will give an ice
cream social for the benefit of the
Ladies' fund next Friday afternoon
and evening.
On account of the rains the delega-
ton from here to the County Republi-
can Convention stayed at home.
The l. o. G. I. District Lodge con-
venes at Alpha this week.
James Windell was down from Cres-
co last Wednesday.
Mrs. VIM. Johnson visited her sister
at Fayette last week.
The Misses Fish, of Cresco are the
guests of Bessie Rathbun.
Sunday School Missionary, Taylor,
was here over Sunday.
f. Fl. Lambert came up from Dubu-
que Friday returning Saturday.
Miss Mary j. Kean and Lyon Kean
arrived from st. Louis Wednesday
and will spend the summer here.
Miss Bessie Dibble of Minneapolis
is guest at the home of Mayor Tatro
Rural Delivery Inspector, Dodge,
who was here last week approving
route No. 1 from this office was
room mate at u. l. u. of w. B. Riggs
Gibbs and Swanson our hardware
merchants have decided to dissolve
partnership. Mr.. Gibbs will continue
the business for the present at least,
and Mr.. Swanson will devote all his
time to his trade-pump and tinwork.
We wish them both success.
| Miss Alma Lambert is home from
Dubuque for a two weeks vacation.
| Theran Richards came home from
Cedar Falls last Saturday.
| c. j. Steinhelber came down from
New Hampton Sunday to renew old
acquaintance.
Master Lloyd Riggs is rusticating
at Clear Lake
Mrs. DR.. Small goes to Dubuque
today for two weeks visit.
- Miss Mabel Toye has accepted po-
sition in the Northwood schools for
the ensuing year.
Mrs. w. c. VIM arrived home from
Burr Oak today.
Quarterly meeting services at the U.
B. church next Saturday afternoon.
Miss Roney of DEBORAH visited
friends here the past week. .
John johnson has resigned his po-
sition as section foreman ON the B.
@. r. & N. here to accept other work
The new agent for the c., r. 1. &
p arrived last week and his family
are busy getting settled in the rooms
over the depot. We give them a
hearty welcome to our town.
At the T. o. G. T. lodge next Satur-
day evening the following question
will be debated: Resolved, that
less harm comes from the liscensed
saloon than the unlicensed affirma-
tive, A. w. Kramer, Jr, A. f. Smith,
negative Alonzo Harvey, Lee Fan.
Ersie Hart was down from Lawler
last week just long enough to say
hello.
The U. B. church was packed to it's
utmost seating capacity last night to
hear the Childrens' Day exercises.
The church was very prettily decorat-
ed and the exercises exceptionally
| GOOD Mich orad;f &c dna tba +oonl, ON,
for the pains spent in training.
Last Saturday was very busy day
for our merchants.
| Home strawberries are ON the mar
ket but there is not enough to supply
the demand and they are being ship
ped in.
Enough influence was brought to
bear upon one member of the city
council to induce him to change his
vote on the saloon question and so
special meeting was held last Monday
night to decide the question again.
This time its for saloon with
municipal tax of $40 year. The
council wisely ordered cooler built
and the marshal to send for hand cuffs
We have never had occasion to use
either of these before but they all go
together.
The corner store put up new avn
ing today.
| Frank Musser and Rev. Ross are in
voicing the goods for Gibbs and Swan
son.
DR.. Small went to Dubuque today to
take in the Elk's carnival.
H. w. Neverman is raising his agri-
cultural implement building another
story and enlarging same so that he
will have nearly three times the floor
space he now occupies.
Mr.. Kane, the Ossian saloon keeper
who has the permit to open one here
will begin building oparstipiis at once
ON one of Mr.. Neverman' lots He
intends to put upsa nice building.
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