Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-07

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We haven't the space this week to
give in minute detail description of
all the exhibits in the various depart
ments, but desire to briefly note the
most important in each.
Floral hall as usual contained many
pretty and valuable displays. Among
the merchants Ben Bear showed his
usual fine display of gents clothing
and furnishings. Geo. P. Ode tastily
arranged display Of Home Brand
canned goods, Mott & Co. dress goods.
trimmings. etc., K. I. Haugen rugs.
The National Bank of Decorah had an
attractive booth showing their new
recording banks, in charge of W. F.
Baker. The Singer Sewing Machine
20. and Standard company exhibited
sewing machines, Frank Muller some
fine specimens of view photography.
Mrs. o. o. Lomen plain sewing. Mrs
F. D. Baker, Mrs. W. s. Bucknell and
Miss Clarissa Riste paintings and
pastel work. In art needle work we
noticed exhibits by Mrs. Dr.. F. W.
Conover in table covers, sofa pillows.
etc.. Mrs. John Alstad, Miss CLARA
johnson, Mrs. Herman Jaeger Har-
danger work; Mrs. p. NJ. Banning of
Ossian sofa pillows. lace work. etc.
Mrs. L. L. Couse showed some beauti-
full tatting lace. Also some beautiful
specimens of burnt wood work by
Mrs. NJ. 7. Engle. Misses Myrtle Top
lift and Grace CHRISTOPHER, the latter
also showing some fine paintings.
There were also several other nice ex-
hibits, making in all very attrac-
tive showing for floral hall.
In Agricultural hall the exhibits
were up to the usual standard. the
showing of grain, fruit. vegetables.
flowers, canned goods. etc. being quite
large. Among the exhibitors in vege-
tables and grain we're A. NJ. Thune.
Arthur Robinson, F. D. Baker, W. T.
Symonds. H. M. Cummings. X.
Graves, E. L. Beard, James Tilling-
hast, j. o. Nesheim, ]. M. Lennon,
Amasa Child. Mr.. E. B. Thompson.
Fred Elwick. .. j. Lee, G. A. Reed
and E. H. Rygg. In apples were Isaac
johnson with over o hundred varieties
and o. o. Lomen with over fifty. be-
sides A. NJ. Thune, j. o. Nesheim.
E. H. RygR. Fred Elwick, NJ. Borge
and Mrs. Jas. Tillinghast. In canned
fruits were Mds. o. o. Lomen, Jas.
Tillinghast, Louise Headlngton and
E. B. Thompson. W. T. Symonds
made fine display of plants. with
showing Of flowers by Mds. Tilling-
hast. Lomen. Thompson and Heading
ton. A fine lot of honey shown by E
L. Beard and butter by Mds. Lomen
and Thompson all helped in making
Agricultural hall a pleasant place to
spend an hour.
The showing of stock was large and
of the finest grade exhibited in several
years. and attracted large number
of people. We wish we could give
complete list of all the fine animals.
for it was an exhibit that the county
might feel proud of. They were all
top notchers. and one might fill two
or three columns describing them. Up
ton Bros. & Krumm of Cresco showed
a fine herd of Herefords. two bulls.
six COWS, a heifer and four calves ;
E. G. Stensland of Mabel seven head
of Shorthorns. Henry Sellman two
Shorthorns, Ernest Reed seven Black
Polled Angus, j. H. Logsdon nine
Shorthorns. Ole Tolstad five Short
horns and Jos. Rastetter fine young
bull.
The swine display was also one OF
the best ever seen here and entitled to
more than passing notice. In Poland
Chinas John Richert showed nineteen
fne ones. John Young twenty three
and P. T. Ramlo twenty-four each
vieing with the other in grade and
beauty. G. @. Pilgrim exhibited nine
teen fine Chester Whites, and g. w.
Peacock nine of the same class, each
of them fine animals.
In the sheep department the exhibit
was small as usual E. l.. Beard showed
fourteen thoroughbred Shropshires and
VIM. Malli three Southdowns.
The Poultry exhibit included large
showing of twenty -four coops by o o.
Lomen. while Ed. Peterson of Calmar
exhibited Plymouth Rocks and Black
Langshans. Eugene Shaw, Jr. White
Wyandottes, Theo. Halvorson Black
Langshans and Barred Plymouth
Rocks. John Gould and Matthias
Dotseth showed few doves, Geo.
Falck a pair of chicken hawks, and H..
F. Thompson q pair of MOngolian
pheasants. which were placed in this
department.
| In the farm machinery line Reed &
May had display including two U.
, s. cream separators, one run by dog
treadmill, a manure spreader, Fuller
q Johnson gasoline engine. car
riages, Calmar wagons, etc. F.O. Sell
man & Son manure spreader, gaso
l line engine. wagons. plows, etc. A
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