Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-06-03
RIDGEwAY.
From the Review. J

Mrs. Geo. Schamel and Miss Mabel
Kratz were over from DEBORAH, Sun
day.
Louie Larson, of St. Paul, spent
Sunday with his people here.
Mrs. w. @. Johnson went to Waukon
last Saturday. for visit with relatives.
School commenced this week in the
little Norwegian school house. Joseph
Brorby of DEBORAH is teacher.
Miss Lena Thompson of Mt Horeb,
Wis, was guest of Sara Aga over
Sunday.
Mrs. Hathaway of Alpha, visited the
Geo. Sears home over Sunday and at
tended the convention.
Mrs. May and Mrs. Smith, of
Waukon, were guests at the j. @.
Lewis home during the convention.
Miss Cortland and Mrs. E. R. Mar
tin of Usage, were guests of Mrs. A lien
and Mrs. Henry Butz, during the con-
vention.
This morning about eight O'Clock a
train load of J. l. Case threshers and
engines passed through Ridgeway
bound for the northwest. On the train
was a steam calliope which dispensed
sweet music at the different towns
along the route.
Mrs. Olson, who has neen staying
with her daughter, Mrs. Hattie Kittle-
son near Burlington, n. D., is quite
i'll and was brought home the first of
the week. Mrs. Kittleson came with
her to care for her mother. Ben Olson,
of McGregor, accompanied them on
their journey from North Dakota.
More rain the past week and hard
ones too. Also destructive winds ac-
cumpanying them. In another item
we note some of the damage by the
wind in Friday nights storm. Dur
ing the storm Tuesday forenoon, wind
mills on the farms of Chas. Anderson,
Ed. Lundby and Holver Bakken were
blown down. There has been hardly
a day during the whole. week in which
rain has not fallen.
At public meeting of the Ridge
way school board held Tuesday night
of last week it was decided to make a
change in most of the text books now
in use in the public school, and adopt
books which are more modern and up
to-date About half of the new books
will be put into use at the beginning
of the fall term and the rest later. A
course of study is being prepared for
the entire school course, and will be
published in pamphlet form for circul-
alton among the patrons of the district.
County Supt. Hook was present at the
meeting.
Mrs. Allen spent Monday and
Tuesday in Chester and Lime Springs.
Miss Janet Barnes of Traer, Con-
ference Secretary, was guest at the
Larson home during the convention
Mr.. and Mrs. G. N. Perkins, of
BeIoit, Wis.,, are visiting relatives
here this week. Mrs. Perkins is
sister of Mrs. Allen and John Griffith
Mr.. Grunderson and Josephine Bror-
by were over from DEBORAH last Sun
day and were guests of Mesdames d.
o. Aaker and 0. A. Anderson.
Mrs. o. s. Dow of Garner and Mrs.
Charles Kellogg of Charles City, were
convention guests at the G. r. Baker
home.
Mrs. V. E. Hall is enjoying visit
from her sister, Miss Mildred Simonds.
Miss Simonds is a teacher in the
Chaddock school, deaconess school
for boys at Quincy, Ill.
l.. III. G. Larson received message
announcing the death of his father at
Hazel Run, Mimi, at the age of 50.
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Mr.. Larson's stepmother.
Mrs. Mary f. Thompson, Field
Secretary of the Des Moines Branch,
Mrs G. J. Taylor of Fredericksburg
and Mrs. Hartwig of Giald, were con-
vention guests of Mr. and Mrs. George
Brinkman.
An alarm of fire Wednesday fore
noon at eleven O'Clock called the citi-
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Brinkman, where a can of roof paint,
an ingredient of which was benzine
had become ignited For a short time
it seemed that the fire would spread
through the bui lding but Geo. Brink
man picked up the can containing the
blazing mass and carried it into the
street, burning his hands severely
while doing SO. If the fire had gained
Roadway there is no telling what the
result would have been, as the wind
was blowing quite hard at the time.
The severe wind and rain storm
which visited this section last Friday
night was the cause of considerable
damage hereabouts. The barn on Ed.
Ellingson's place was blown down
but none of the horses were injured.
Roy Anderson's granary suffered and
his barn was moved ON its foundation.
Many windmills were blown down
and the wheel on the windmill at the
railroad water tank was quite badly
shattered. The Cresco Plain Dealer
reports that large barn on the farm
of Mahlonn II. gilbert, near Kendall
Vile, was demolished and several
small buildings ON the Zach Gardner
farm blown to pieces.
The DEBORAH District convention of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary
society was held in the M. Z. church
last week, the first service being held
Friday evening. After the devotional
exercises the address of welcome was
delivered by Mrs V. E. Hall, which
was followed by an address by Mrs.
Dow of Garner, Iowa. The time on
Saturday was devoted to routine bust
ness, papers and discussions on topics
relating to the work of the society.
Sunday morning Mrs. Thompson, field
secretary of the Des Moines branch
delivered an interesting address. In
the afternoon at 2 80 Mrs. Dow con.
Quoted a conservation service which
was followed by children's meeting
led by Mrs. Thompson. The closing
service was held Sunday evening, the
address was made by Mrs. Dow. All
the meetings were we'll attended by