Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-06-17
CASTALIA.
From our regular correspondent


| June 10, 1903.
School closes this week with pic.
mic.
The Christey Novelty Co. are draw.
ing big crowds every night.
Frankviile was we'll represented AT
| the ball game Sunday.
Many of the township schools closed
last week.
Eight tickets were sold from here
for the Clear Lake excursion Sunday.
Duncan McMartin is having his
house nicely painted.
Nine from here attended district
lodge at Monona last week.
Geo. Allen took in several loads of
hogs from west of Ossian last Satur-
day.
Rev. Ross was able to occupy the
pulpit at the y. B. church last Sun
day.
The Children's Day and Flag Day
program last evening was very
good one.
Miss Blanche Riggs is home for the
vacation from Mason City.
Lawrence Livingstone wheeled down
from Nickelson's Sunday to visit at
home.
Charles VIM comes out with new
dray and new harness. The draying
business keeps him busy all the time.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Webster of Post
vile visited here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Barnhart are
saddened at the loss of little son
which was born to them last Friday.
l.. H. Gibbs has had very fine $500
monument erected in the cemetery
north of town for his late wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. K Riggs went to
Clear Lake Sunday to visit their
children Lloyd and Miss Blanche.
Several from here will take in the
dedication exercises at Clermont next
Friday.
Ossian vs. Castalia at the Castalia
ball grounds next Sunday
j. C.Steinhelber was shaking hands
with the boys here one day last
week
Fred Kittenger came down from
Hobert, Ia, last week to renew
acquaintances
Miss Vera Bollman attended the
graduation exercises at MonOna last
week.
Several from here took in the gradua-
zion exercises at Ossian Friday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hunter spent
Sunday at DEBORAH the guests of her
sister, Mrs. f. j. Musser.
Rev. H. 0. Ross leaves for Chicago
today where he will have the X-Rays
used to ascertain the exact location
and cause of his sickness. Should a
serious operation be found necessary
he will have same performed there.
otherwise he will come home for
same. We sincerely hope he may be
permanently cured
The ball game Sunday was a sur
prise party to every one present. The
final score stood 10 TO 2 in favor of the
visitors. The result would probably
have been entirely different had the
home team n their regular battery.
The boys can play good ball and we
predict that they will atone for the
bad showing when they play the re-
turn game at Frankville in three
weeks. They hope to arrange some
week day games as soon as they get
III better practice.
Mrs. Arthur Kramer left today for
Fayette TO spend commencement week ,
and enjoy reunion of the class of
'9S' of which she was member.
Several of those interested in the
Improvement of the Bloomfield Gene
terry met there Saturday afternoon and
did lots of work cleaning up the
same and grading. There ought to be
a larger turnout on such occasions.
But the few are doing most excellent
work as it is
Geo. Allen is having new roof
put on the Blacksmith shop
w. g. VIM was a business visitor
at the Hub today.
Ed. Allen leaves tonight for Sioux
Falls, S. OAK.
Mr.. Marshall Perry aud Miss Alma
Moore were married at DEBORAH last
Wednesday. We join their many
friends in wishing them all the plea
sures of a happy welded life. They
will reside on Marshall's farm north
east of town
The Kramer family will enjoy a
reunion at the parental home here the
last of this week. Mrs. G.. G. Toye
OF North wood; Mr.. ana Mrs. Nelson
Gibbs of Dubuque ard Mr.. and Mrs A.
Nj. Thomas and children of Spokane.
Wash. Mr.. and Mrs. I. have just re-
turned from visit to Nashville,
Tenn and other southern and eastern
cities
yrs. w. Fl. Abfalter leaves today
TO visit with friends at Cedar
Rapids
The school house in sub. district
No. 10 is being treated to new coat
of paint.
Matt Balk and John Johnke are
among the farmers who are having
their residences painted
Geo. Buchanan and Thos. Doud were
busy several days last week making
additional seats for the show people.
Fred Rathbun, the manager of the
Frudden lumber yards here is having
heavy sales of lumber
all season. Last months business
exceeded by several hundred dollars
the business of the company yards
at Ossian. We are in building com