Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-22


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A civil service examination for de-
partmental service of the government
will be held at Mason City on October
18th and 2lst.
Respectfully yours, DR.. S. Whit
beck, veterinarian, Office Volding' S
barn No calls made from 10 100 to
3 100 Saturdays. 19tf
The Graham tow mill at North
wood, built last fall, was destroyed
by fire last Wednesday morning, loss
$4,000, partly insured.
Judge Blair of Manchester was as
saulted the Fourth by a man named
Eberhart, who was fined 800 and
costs for his meanness.
"A bottle of fo't powder, 25c at
Brunt & Parmans more solid comfort
for the money than any investment
you ever made. 1872
1t is said that the Bryan meeting at
Preston, Mimi, last week was almost
failure in point of attendance. the
hall being only about half filled.
Five LaPorte fishermen were caught
SEEMING fish with trammel net and
were taken to Waterloo and fined $l2. so
each. or $50. 80 in all. Good medicine.
Il have some bargains in farms,
and also in houses and lots in DEBORAH
if taken soon. Gall on r. F. Gibson,
real estate dealer, if you want bar
gain. 2S-3pd
Congressman Haugen has secured
for Mason City two big guns which
will be mounted in the park. One is
AZ ton Rodman,> the Other 30
FOUNDER Parrot, weight 1900 pounds.
f. J. Stillman, the we'll known
Washington correspondent of the
Register and Leader, is a Waucoma
product and has been spending his
vacation the past few weeks among
his old home friends there.
Good advice-always have your
prescriptions filled at Brunt & Par
mans. 1872
Editor Bailey of the Britt Tribune
has conceived the idea of putting
some of his writings into plate form
for general use among the papers of
the country. That seems to be a fad
nowadays, but very few made a sue
cess of it.
It costs $40 to swear before q
preacher at Eagle Grove. Two resi-
dents of that town rounded out q
difference with cuss words in the
presence of resident preacher, who
had one of the parties arrested and
fined $40 and costs.
You can always get good cigar
at Br mt & Parman's. 1872
A number of the leading and most
wealthy business men of Mason City
have formed a corporation to be
known as the Banana Growers Co. )"
with capital stock of $4,000 The
company will, as its name implies,
operate large banana plantations in
the south.
Two prisoners in the county Jail at
Mason City made a successful escape
Tuesday night. They had made a
reputation for being good prisoners
and were given liberties in the Jail
during the hot weather. Friends
from the outside aided them to make
their escape.
Violet ammonia, an ideal toilet
water, at Brunt & Parmans 1872
The Waterloo street carnival met
with success In that city. Good
crowds, amounting to as high as 5000
to 5000 people, were in attendance
during the entire week. The board
of trade of Waterloo received 10 pei
cent of the receipts, the carnival
managers keeping the remainder.
The Waterloo Commercial Club il
: already. laying plans to make an ex'
hibit of that city's manufactured
products at the st. Louis fair next
year. The city will also have large
exhibit at the state fair next month.
Waterloo is a strong believer in adver
Using of every sort and from the way
the city is booming it would seen
that she is making it pay.
Violet Witch Hazel, something new
and nice, at Brunt & Parinan's. 49,:
Not another place in the,state Cal
boast of the record that Reinbeck cal
this season for public improvements
The aggregate of buildings now near
ing completion will reach $3.50, 900