Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-05-06
LOCAL ITEMS.

at Winona, MINI.
Mrs. Jos. Williams and children
are visiting at Spencer, Iowa.
Paul Brorby was over from New
Hampton Thursday and Friday.
Ed. Hovden arrived home Satur-
day from trip to Britton, S. D.
Court convenes next Monday,
with Judge Fellows on the bench.
WIN. Hayes, of Mason City, was
the guest of F. L. Akers on Monday.
John Todd, of Kendallville, was
business visitor in DEBORAH on Mon
day.
Il. w. Bennett, of Burr Oak town
ship, was DEBORAH business visitor
Monday.
Mrs. James Ringer and babe, of
Muscatine, are guests of her mother,
Mrs. Bye.
MIR. and Mrs. E. N. Weed, of
Minneapolis, visited relatives here
last week.
Call and see us in our new Globe
restaurant. Modern in every respect.
G. Weblemo.
John Finn departed Monday for
New Hampton and Mason City, to
visit relatives.
DIR. and Mrs @. H. Strong, of
Toledo, Ohio, visited at the home of
w. L. Easton last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knut Wick went to
Rochester, Mimi. Monday, where she
will be treated at the hospital.
-Drs. Topliff and Conover are at
Sioux City this week, attending the
meeting of the state dental society.
Mrs. Crittenden, of Chelsea, Iowa,
has been visiting for several days at
the home of her brother, F. S. Putnam.
Henry Goocher has been here from
Ladysmith, Wis, for several days,
preparing to move his household goods.
j. F. Sandreu. formerly a resi-
dent of this city, has moved his family
here from Earlville, Iowa. He is
now travelling salesman.
Charles Hanson went to Illinois
Monday, where he will visit his
brother, and later go to Washington,
where he will make his home in the
future.
The Rev. George A. Francis of
the Congregational church of
McGregor will preach in the Congrega-
tional church next Sabbath morning
and evening.
A tennis court is being fitted up
in the vacant lots east of the high
school building, which will afford
exercise and amusements for some of
our people this summer.
On account of the increase in
wages which the company has been
compelled to pay operators the tele-
graph instruments have been taken
out of the passenger and freight sta
lions here, the business for the rail
roads being done by telephone.
The small boy who won pocket
full of pGibles playing keeps was
scolded by his mother who threatened
to report him to papa when he came
home. 30, that's all right said
Bobby, she didn't kick when you
won the silver dish at the euchre party
and he won't care about few old
marbles. "
-Messrs and Mesdames O. L..
Magnus, Steen Hovden and John
Hovden and Eliza Enga and Olaves
Hovden, all we'll known residents of
Lincoln township, were in DEBORAH
Monday settling the estate of their
father, George Johnson Hovden. This
Office is indebted to Mr.. Magnus for a
pleasant call.
The new Globe restaurant on east
Water street two doors east of Wash
ipgton street has been very neatly
fitted up, so that now it is a model
restaurant. New oak fixtures, limo.
leum flooring, fine show cases etc. are
arranged with an attractiveness that
is pleasing to the eye. 1t is as pretty
little place as can be found in this
section of the country.
in the recent civil service ex.
animation at Mason City for admis.
sion to the Annapolis Naval Academy
Olaf Hustvedt was successful in secur.
ing the place of first alternate, which
will give him an opportunity to take
the final entrance examinations II
the person now having first place
should fail to pass.
-" JOHN" asked a West Decoral
teacher of a boy at school, "if your
father borrowed from You one hun
bred dollars and should agree to pay
you SO per month, how much woult
he owe you at the end of sever
months?" lone hundred dollars, ;