Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-04
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Mrs. James Ringer of Muscatine
is the guest of DEBORAH relatives.
Mrs. D. G. Graham is recovering
from severe attack of pneumonia.
j. J. Pelikan was DEBORAH bust
ness visitor from the Fort Monday.
Sam Slack went to Minneapolis
Thursday for a visit among relatives.
Henry W. Haas went to ST. Paul.
Monday, where he will buy carload
of stock.
Come in and buy a new suit be-
fore they are all gone; great line at
Mott & Co.'S.
Apron check ginghams, full
pieces, amoskeg per yard, 6 cents.
K. 1. Haugen.
DIR. Leo Hutchinson was down
from Lime Springs Monday and yes
terday, visiting relatives.
-Borger Hanson arrived home Fri
day from Austin, Mimi, where he
has been under the doctors care.
Mrs J. P. Mckinney arrived in
DEBORAH from Cleveland. Ohio, Thurs
day, and will spend the summer here.
Ole Tobiason went to Anamosa
Monday, where he will work for Hen
ry,Schulze on the building of church.
Henry Hitler went to Waterloo last
week, where he will enter the employ
of the Waterloo Threshing Machine
Co.
Sheriff Mizener took Charley
Bloomfield to Independence Monday,
for another season at the booze cure
asylum.
Miss Bessie Powers arrived home
from st. Joseph, Mo-, Saturday, where
she had been visiting for several
months.
The largest stock of second hand
goods ever in DEBORAH. Come in and
see the great bargains offer. L. R.
Morrison.
Atty. Frank Sayre arrived home
on Thursday from business trip to
Lanesboro and other points in southern
Minnesota.
We understand that the county
Jail will be painted light color, to
correspond as near as possible to the
court house.
Mr.. Hoverson and family from
Burr Oak departed last week for
Manuel, N. d., where :hey will re-
side in the future.
Mrs. W. G. Holcomb and chill
dren returned to DEBORAH Saturday.
after visiting at the home OF her
father near Ossian.
Mrs. q. E. Parker has been very
low with creeping paralysis for some
time. and her recovery is extremely
doubtful as we write.
"A new floor, newly painted front
and other improvements have been
made at the Loomis q Wheatman
meat market the past week.
Henry w. Haas went to ST. Paul
Monday, and while absent expects to
purchase about 70 head of young cattle
for feeding uDon his farm.
Ed. Bean returned home Thursday
last from Cedar Rapids, where he had
been nursing his son Ed. during pro-
longed siege of typhoid fever.
Hon. W. S. Hart stopped off in
DEBORAH Friday on his way home
from the congressional convention, to
look after some business matters.
Albert Dunning has accepted
position in the grocery store of Geo.
P. Ode. He is an industrious young
man, and will prove valuable assist
ant for Mr. Ode.
1t is reported that the Rock Island
road is considering the ACCESSIBILITY of
the passenger trains on the
DEBORAH branch on Sunday. We hope
they will decide to do So.
We understand that an effort is
being made among the local nimrods
10 compel the owners of the Freeport
lam to put in a lawful fishway, which
will permit the fish to get up the
river.
The high school track team leave
Tor Fayette tomorrow to compete in
The inter-high school field meet noted
in another column. The members of
;he team are ..Bidne, Brorby, Enger,
Harmon. HeXom, Ing
voldstad, Jewell, Knowlton, Moses,
Shea. Thayer.
Mrs. ". L. McClaskey bids fair to
hold the fishing belt against all
corners for the season. Last Saturday
1t Freeport she succeeded in landing
eighteen big suckers whose aggregate
weight was 100 pounds. We know
hey made good eating, for we sampled
4 fine one from rhe lot.