Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-04-29
RIDGEw AY.
(From the Review. }


Tuesday
Mrs. A. W. ,Prann was visitor at
Cresco Tuesday.
Thos Moe has been doing some
nice jobs in papering at the Klemme
and Allen homes.
Miss Janet Scott, of Fayette, was a
guest of the Baker family the fore
part of the week.
Mrs Wetherbee, of Nora Springs,
arrived Tuesday and will remain some
time with her daughter. Mrs. O. S.
Ebbeson.
Mrs. w. H. Klemme departed Tues
day to visit her father at Madison, s.
D. She expects to have her father
return with her for visit.
There will be dance in Anderson
g. Mayors hall, April 80. Music by
Kinney & Gates harp orchestra, of
Arlington everybody invited.
Mrs. E. B. Wildman came down
from Cresco Tuesday for visit with
her daughter Jennie and the John
Wildman family.
Mrs. w. @. Klotzbach and little son
Donald, arrived Tuesday and are get
ting settled in their home that Mr..
klOtzbach has rented in the southeast
part of town. She was accompanied
by her sister, Miss Alice Barker.
Henry Butz is having the rock and
other material hauled for his fine,
large residence that will be erected on
the lots purchased last fall southeast
of the mill The house will be heated
with steam and have all modern con-
veniences Chris. Trytten is the con-
tractor.
Miss Ida West of Cresco, is a guest
at the Prann home the past week.
School in district No. /, Lincoln
township, will begin next Monday
with Miss Mabelle Potter, as teacher.
G.. r. Baker was elected as dele
gate from the Ridgeway circuit COM
posed of the Ridgeway, Morton and
Morgan M. E. churches to represent
them at the Upper Iowa lay electoral
conference which convenes at Cedar
Rapids next fall at the time OF the
annual conference.
The last meeting of the Norwegian
L. A. S. of Lincoln church, was held
with Mrs. Ole LiHde, and although
the day was very disagreeable on &C
count of the rain, fourteen ladies were
in attendance and enjoyed the hos
pltality of the PLEASANT home and
the substantial supper served by the
hostess.
Rev. j. w. Wienands, the new pastor
of the Kratz German Evangelical
church west of town, has moved here
with his family from Pipestone, Mimi.
They will reside in the house on what
is known as the old Gesell farm.
Rev. Mr.. Wienands Will preach also
at Florenceville and Locust. Rev. A.
H. Buente, the former pastor, moves
from Cresco to Alta Vista
While playing outdoors with his
companions at Jacob Scheurer's place
last Friday evening, Theodore, the
little son of Rev. j. w. Wienands,
ran into barb wire fence, striking
his face and cutting open the upper
lip, the cash extending from the
corner of the nose to the mouth. DR..
Lewis was called and gave the neces-
sary surgical aid and at last reports
the wound was healing nicely.
The Ridgeway Jefferson club is the
name Of an organization formed last
Saturday evening. The membership
at present is small but others are ex-
pected to Join. The club is organized
to uphold the political doctrines of
the democratic party in Ridgeway and
vicinity: Officers chosen were: L..
4. Fosse, president; j. w. Griffith,
1st vice president; A. +. Conrad,
2nd vice president Jacob HornberRer,
treasurer; M. o. Libbey, recording
secretary @. A. Fosse. corresponding
secretary.
The Womans Foreign Missionary
Society of the M. Z. church was en-
tertained by Mrs Will Butz and Mrs.
VIM. Brinkman at their pleasant
country home last Tuesday. The
regular routine of business and after
ward the study of chapter three, Lux
Christi, was followed by two excel
lent papers. the first on the Govern
ment and People of India, by Mrs.
Emma Kirshman, and the Geography
of India, by Mrs q. r. Baker. At
four O'Clock lunch was served by the
hostesses, assisted by Grace and Pearl
Butz. The ladies present were: Mes
DANES Kirshman, Kuntz, Michel,
Hoyt, Haakus, Henry Butt, Lewis,
Baker, Hall, Griffith, Geo. Brinkman,
Booton.
There is wood famine on in Ridge
way, Notwithstanding that there are
acres of timber in sight of town.
NJ. o. Libbey drove to Elma today
TO take Mr.. and Mrs. S. Pike over to
Elma to visit their son, ID. E. Pixies
anu family.
Little Agnes Qualley, the three
year old daughter of Ole Qualley,
was thrown out of little wagon
while playing around home one day
this week and in the fall her arm was
caught in the wheel, breaking it just
above the elbow.
While putting the horses in the
barn Wednesday evening, Harry Lib
hey received severely bruised limb,
by one OF the horses kicking him.
The animal became frightened at a
dog and in the skirmish the newly
shod foot came down on Harry's hip,
tearing his clothing off and making a
large and painful bruise.
Work is being carried forward on
the new elevator of Gilchrist q Co.
The dimensions of the main building
will be 24x32 feet and 20 feet high
from the ground to the top of the
cupalo. The structure will have a
capacity of 10000 bushels and will be
equipped with a number seven clip
per cleaner and dump and hopper
scales. For power a seven horse
power gasoline engine will be used. |
The man in charge of the carpenter