Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-10
Cresco is wrestling with the sewer

seventy years or age.
A lodge of Eagles, 1875 strong. was
instituted at OelweIn Thursday night.
The proposition to establish mum.
cipal lighting plant at Boone was
voted down 1927 to SOL.
The ten-year child of Charles
Heller of Waterloo swallowed strych.
nine pills, thinking them candy. and
died.
The 18th annual meeting of the
Floyd County Veterans Association
is to be held at Rockford, Iowa,
August %.
Pollock & Nutting's jewelry store
at Oelwein was robbed of $500 worth
of goods one night last week. The
thieves escaped.
There will be no trotting race at
the Anamosa fair this year, a three
days program of running events be-
ing substituted.
Why is baby like wheat? Be-
cause it is first Graded, then thrashed.
and afterwards becomes the flower
(four) of the family.
A. Alickson, of Wells, Mimi, has
gotten the best of the automobile trust
by building an automobile of his own.
said to be very neat and durable.
At Postville tomorrow the democrats
will nominate congressional candi-
date who will have the honor of being
about 10000 votes minus when they
are counted in November.
A young lady of this city denied her
engagement for several weeks, but has
finally admitted that it is true. "Yes, -
she confessed. she is mine; am
his'n, and we are both eaches
The Odd Fellows and Masons of
Colesburg are going to erect hand
some lodge building this fall, plans
for which have been drawn by con-
tractor A. j. Bruce. of Manchester.
Rev. Luther M. Cook, residing on a
farm near Lime Springs. Iowa, was
kicked by vicious cow Saturday and
died in a few hours. Mr.. Cook was a
well known minister of theFreeM etho-
dist church.
Friday afternoon swarm of bees
took possession of an up stairs room
in the house occupied by P. j. Goss,
coming down the chimney and out in
the room by stove pipe hole. They
refused to bulge until Monday. -
Hawkeye Beacon.
The home Of Henry Worley, south
of Mason City. was burned to the
ground with all its contents last Tues
day night, being SET fire to by an in
cendiary, who stole horse from the
barn and rode away. The family mar
rowly escaped burning to death.
The gun club at GAINESVILLE is pre-
pairing for a tournament to be held on
the local grounds Wednesday, August
"a. There are to be twelve events
with an aggregate for each shooter OF
200 birds. Some of the noted shots of
the country ar expected to participate.
An Usage girl, visiting near Rice
willie, saw her country aunt putting
baking powder into her bread dough
recently and asked: what is that,
Auntie?" "Baking powder. replied
her aunt. "Oh." said the girl in sur
for baking any more?"
The Usage News says Mrs. Frank
Frazee of that place lost her diamond
ring two years ago. The other day
their little daughter complained OF
her pillow having hard Jumps in it.
The feathers were taken out to find
the cause and the ring was discovered.
How it got there is mystery but il
was a safe hiding place.
In reply to a request for compound
to clean wall paper the following is
good: To clean wall paper: Rye
-four, three pounds, whiting one pound,
carbonate of ammonia, one ounce.
Mix. When used make dough ball
the size of "a goose egg. Always keep
good surface on the ball, kneading
the soiled part into the center of the
dough as it becomes dirty.
The owners of Zeigler Hall at West
Union will at once proceed to the
making of improvements called for by
the city. This will include steel
balcony and fire escape in front; and
asbestos fire curtain and sheathing the
front of the stage with iron. The
aisles will be widened, an aisle placed
next to the east wall to give easy &C.
cess to the fire escape. and city water
and hose will be placed on the stage. -
West Union Argo.
Nearly Forfeits His Life.
A runaway almost ending fatally.