Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-14
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. Interesting Items Of News Cleaned
the Press Of Neishborins Counties
The Cedar Rapids carnival last week


was a great success in every way.
Harry Leonard, of Waverly, suicided
by the morphine route last Thursday.
A. W. Courson has sued the town of
Postville for 1925 damages caused by
his wife slipping on an icy walk last
spring and receiving severe injuries.
Rev. Frank G. Smith, pastor of the
First Congregational church of Dubu-
que, announces his acceptance of a
call to the Warren venue Conggrega-
tional church at Chicago.
The head of the Waukon public
schools will hereafter be designated
by the title of superintendent and one
of the high school teachers will be
elevated to the principalship.
The Fayette Prohibitionists have
placed a full county ticket in the field
and also nominated S. b. Finney of
Fayette as candidate for state senator
in the Allamakee- Fayette district.
The two-year- old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Burch, of Oelwein, visiting at Elgin,
got hold of bottle of carbolic acid
last week and started to drink it, bad
ly burning his mouth, lips and fore
arm.
"Say, mamma" queried 5-ycar-old
Tommy, "am / really made of dust?"
81 suppose so, dear" was the reply.
"Then." continued the little fellow,
"why don't get muddy when you
wash me?'
While repairing a burned out arc
circuit Friday afternoon j. W. Bell,
of Cedar Rapids, having hold of live
wire accidentally touched an iron
pipe in which the wires come up from
the ground. He was instantly killed.
Thomas O'Holloran, a Cedar Rapids
travelling man, on Thursday shot his
wife twice, nearly killing her, and
then made two similar attempts to
end his own life Insane jealousy
without provocation is given as the
motive for the deed.
All of the pearl button factories at
Prairie du CHEN, excepting two, have
ceased operations temporarily. This
is the present history of large
majority of these factories, because of
over-production. The McGregor
factory is running however with four
teen men.
AS the result of fall from the loft
in Owens barn. W. W. Dubois has
been carrying himself in sling for
the past week. He fractured five ribs,
forcing the ends of four of them into
the lungs. Under the care of Dr.
Whitmore he is getting along as well
as the serious nature of his hurt will
permit. West Union Argo.
At the November election the voters
of Mason City will have submitted to
them the proposition to grant fran
chise to A. III. Cummings, James
Rule, A. H. Gale and other to use the
streets to put in heating and light
ing plant. The new franchise pro-
vides that the management shall pay
to the city two per cent of its gross
earnings.
At the recent extra session of the
Board of Supervisors of Fayette coun-
ty, franchise was granted the Del
vein and Northeast Iowa Inter Urban
Railway Co. to occupy the highways
in the construction of their proposed
line from Oelwein to Fayette via Arl-
ington. The road must be built with
in two years to take advantage OF the
concession.
Snake hunters are again busy and
from all appearances are reaping a
harvest. 1t is said the reptiles are
gathering together in their dens for
the winter season and that those who
make business of catching them are
watching the old haunts of the RATHER
very close. Over $50 were killed in
the county the past week and sos for
%he month of September. Prairie du