Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-03-25
CASTALIA.
From our regular corresp ondent.)
March "a, 1908.

| From our regular corresp ondent.)
March "a, 1908.
The robins are here but that dosn'
make spring
| There was something doing in
Mayor Tatro's court yesterday.
+ The revival meetings still continue
but will probably close this week.
| Ward Allen is home from u. /. u.
| for a weeks vacation.
Business is rushing in the sugar
bushes north of town just now.
Indications are that Castalia will
have fairly good base ball team
the coming season.
Farmers sly the roads have not been
so bad for many years as they have
been the past week.
The following ticket will be elected
without opposition at the coming city
election. For Councilmen, w. H.
Haefner and s. A. Hunter; Clerk. D.
| G. Malloy.
w. K. Riggs has been appointed
township clerk and d @. Malloy
treasurer independent school district
of Castalia to fill vacancies caused by
the death of j. A. Mrsser.
Mrs. E. w. Barnum returned from
| Milwaukee last Thursday.
Agent W. H. Abfalter made bust.
ness trip to Missouri last week.
James Dota is visiting at the home
OF Jno. Fox.
Many Of the NJ w. A. boys and the
neighbors of Hugh Armstrong will
turn out and help him get his corn
out of the field. Hugh has been on
the sick list for some time.
During the severe thunder storm
last week lightning struck the barn of
F. E. Perry one mile east of town and
killed one of his best horses, also
damaging the barn to some extent.
The horse was insured in the Ameri-
can Insurance Co. and the barn in the
Farmers Insurance Co. 1t was for
tunate the building did not burn.
During the same storm lightning
struck the windmill of ]. Helms.
Miss Fife Jewell of DEBORAH and
Miss Edna Lee of Monona were guests
of Mrs. Arthur Kramer last Friday
evening.
We are glad to announce that Rev.
Ross has been returned to this circuit
for another year. This is the third
time he has been returned and each
year he has endeared himself more
closely to the people.
The opera house was we'll filled last
Friday evening to hear the gradual
ing exercises of the Castalia high
school. The special meetings at the
M. +. church closed at s O'Clock to
give all chance to attend. The hall
was very prettily decorated and the
exercises were exceptionally good.
The primary scholars had an import
ant part in the program and did credit
to themselves and their teacher. Mr..
Theran Richards opened the program
with piano selection and Miss Effie
Jewell of DEBORAH and Mrs. Arthur
Kramer furnished two musical selec-
tions. Miss Pansy Fox chose "Black
the Back of the Heel of Your Shoe''
as the subject of her essay, and ii
was we'll written article on the i'm
portance Of paying attention to small
details if you wish to succeed in life.
Miss May Clark's subject was "Great
Men" and it showed the author had
caught the right spirit or secret fol-
obtaining the best things in life. Al
! the close of the addresses w. X. Riggs
in few we'll chosen words of advise
presented the diploma in behalf of the
| Board. Mrs. Livingston has worked
diligently for more than year to
bring this class to q successful finish
and make the graduates accredited
ones in any school and it is to be
hoped that this will not be the last
class to pass but that each year will
find a larger class