Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-08
Scarlet fever is raging at Bows.

Mabel, Mimi, will celebrate the
glorious Fourth gloriously.
The Elgin Farmers Dairy Co.,
churned 1000 pounds of cream one
day last week.
The next meeting of the Northeast
Iowa Creamerymen' S association will
be held in Hopkinton ON June %.
Ella Condor, an eighteen year old
Waterloo girl, was killed Fridy night
at Sans Souci park by street car.
John Jackson, one of the oldest resi-
dents of Cresco, died at his home there
Sunday evening, May 30, aged 90
years.
The city council of Waukon has pur
chased a new direct pressure pump for
it's waterworks system, at cost of
$140O.
Hampton's business men are arrang-
ing field day of sports on. June IS.
A ten mile bicycle race will be one of
the events.
Irwin Barker, of Cresco, won the high
jump at the state field meet last week,
making feet II inches. and breaking
the state record.
The Rock Island railroad has reduc-
ed the working days to five in its
shops at Cedar Rapids, besides laying
off altogether about 40 men.
The coming commencement week at
Iowa City will probably see the
greatest reunions Iof state university
alumni in the history of the institu-
tion.
The annual Clear Lake camp meet
ing opens July Sth and continues un-
til the 18th. the Epworth League AS
sembly opening the 10th and closing
the Goth.
The fight over the location of the
brewery at Waverly is becoming warm,
and unless the promoters drop the
scheme the temperance people of the
town promise some interesting de-
velopments.
The town of Elma has two damage
salts on its hands, one for $4,000 for
damages received on defective side
walk; one for s.. 900 brought by
citizen against the mayor and another
citizen for assault.
While moving. a house at Elgin last
week, Robert Wilson allowed the bot
tom of his trousers to become en-
tangled in the roller and his left leg
was thus drawn under, breaking the
bone between the ankle and knee.
The German Baptists of Elgin had
big jubilee recently, entertaining the
state Baptist Young Peoples Union
and the Association of German Bap-
fists. The Echo gives very creditable
write-up of the meeting, illustrated
with half tones.
The crops of northwestern Iowa and
especially of the Missouri Valley,
have been injured by neavy rains re-
Gently. Thousands of acres in the
Missouri bottoms are submerged and
probably cannot be utilized for the
third successive year.
Q The McGregor Times reports the de-
cline of.the clam industry in the Mis-
sissippl river near that place. Riding
along the river one notices the fact
that less work IS being done in that
line owing to the giving out Of the
beds. The best claiming is said to
be in the vicinity of Lake Pepin.
The annual encampments of the
Grand Army of tho Republic, Womans'
Relief Corps and Sons Of Veterans of
Iowa is being held at Mason City this
week, and promises to be largely at
tended. Several of the prominent
speakers of the state will be in at
tendance.
The young ladies of Waterloo are
organizing society amongst them
selves which shall have for it's object
the refusal to keep company with
young men who either smoke, drink
or chew. A series of fines are to be
levied against any member of the So
ciety going any where with men ad-
dicted to any of the above habits.
A gang of swindlers have been work
ing a rather sharp game on farmers in
Dubuque county during the past two
or three weeks. They were men of
good address and we'll dressed, and
their graft was to make it point to
call at the houses of farmers where
members of the family were sick with
some chronic disease representing that
they were connected with large hos
pital in New York, with a large
branch hospital in Chicago. They
made it point to call also at the
homes of other farmers to whom they
talked about the excellent virtues of
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