Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-15
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Mason City wants the next Iowa G.
A. r. encampment
Sweet cream can be had at the
Sugar Bowl, twelve cents per quart.
The Austin Flint Medical Associa-
ton is holding its summer meeting at
Clear Lake this week.
Oelwein citizens paid over 5000 for
railroad tickets to take them to neigh
boring towns to celebrate the Fourth.
Supt. Cooley of the Chicago city
schools will lecture before the Clayton
county teachers institute at Elkader
this month.
Respectfully yours, DR.. S. Whit
beck, veterinarian, office Volding's
barn. No calls made from 10 100 to
B 100 Saturdays. 19tf
B. F. Wright of the Charles City
Daily Press has taken a partner, H.
w. Smith, who retires from the minis
try to enter the journalistic field.
Park Commissioner Edgar F. Medary
is the latest title for the editor of the
Waukon Democrat. Even democratic
editors manage to gobble up an office
once in while.
The candidate for treasurer in Worth
county was born on the ocean and
without right arm. He might have
been a Norwegian had he been born
while his parents were on land.
There were 4O7 cans of cream ship
ped from here to McGregor, Elkader
and Dubuque during the month of
June. II cans went to Dubuque, %
cans to Elkader and 1858 cans to Nc
Gregor -Guttenberg Press.
Three conductors on the Waterloo
Cedar Falls electric line were arrested
last week for knocking down fares.
They plead guilty and were fined
$2l.3 apiece .Pinkerton detectives
were employed to catch them.
The New Hampton firemen broke all
records with their dance the night of
the Fourth, 45S numbers being sold.
This was the largest dance Car
penter's orchestra ever played for.
The total receipts amounted to nearly
$780,
For the Farmers Congress, which is
70 no IN narr of tha Gloar T,aHa occa,p-
bly, this year, the management has
secured Hon. Ben Clayton, one of the
most prominent farmer. politicians in
the country, as the principal speaker.
Joe Trigg will be president of the
day and make few interesting and
funny remarks on the side.
Frank Van Gorder. who was born
and grew to manhood near Postville,
recently shot three persons in quarrel
at Iron Mountain Mich, one of whom
died. Van Gorder gave himself up
and is now awaiting trial. He is the
son of the late L. H. Van Gorder.
who was a we'll known politician in
these parts in the old greenbacker
days.
The Waverly street sprinkler struck
last week and the inhabitants of that
city have since been chewing dust
along with their rag chewing over the
Carnegie library The sprinkler mans
collections the week before he quit
amounted to $l1 and as he had to pay
80 per month for his water, keep up
a good team and live himself he con-
cluded to try other work.
Harvey Roberts. Lawler l4-year
old, started to celebrate the Fourth be-
fore he got up and had one of his
hands badly mutilated by a cannon
cracker. He was lying in bed with a
number of the mutilators on stand
nearby and lit one intending to throw
it out of the window. 1t seemed to go
out and he reached for another match
to relight it when~it exploded. 1t is
doubtful if the hand can be saved
BALL PLAYER HURT.