Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-04-20
.-Chas. E. Childs went to Shell Lake

miss sloane departed IOr Marlettd'
Ohio, on Friday.
Bert Bernatz spent Sunday with
relatives in Calmar.
Mrs. S. l.. Collins of Calmar was
shopping in the city Monday.
Cheap muslins, cheap crash, cheap
calico, this week at Mott & Co.'S.
Mrs Minnie Reed, of Belvidere,
ILL.,, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. F..
Fraser.
The United Ladies' Aid Society
will meet with Mrs. H. Renken, Fri
day, April %.
With every 81 in trade you get a
dozen photos for 80 cents at Billow's.
Tickets free. 16-1.
Miss Mary Graf came over from
Calmar Monday morning. for brief
visit with friends in the city.
Il. L. Button. the Mason City
dancing master. was business visitor
in the city Friday and Saturday.
VIM. Barthell, Jr. of st. Paul
was the guest of relatives and friends
in the city last week, returning Satur-
day.
800 yards black cotton warp cash
mere, mill ends, worth 20 cents pei
yard at IS cents this week at Mott &
Co.'S.
Tom Weldon left Monday night
for Palermo. n. D., where he will
make final proof on fine claim he has
near there.
Atty. Jno. M. Cannon, the wide
awake land agent, was down from
Cresco Saturday. interviewing some
of our people.
.-Formalin or formadelhyde, for the
prevention of smut on grain and scat
on potatoes. See Brunt g. Parman re-
garding the use of the same.
Handsome line of ladies tailored
suits, covert jackets and silk coats,
latest styles. best qualities, lowest
prices at Mott & Co.'S, this week.
Rev. DR.. 7. E. Flemming of Fay
cite delivered sermon at the NJ E..
church on Monday evening. in connec-
ton with the quarterly meeting SER
vices.
The Yoemen lodge initiated an
other class of applicants last evening
They have been taking in large num-
Der of new members the past few
months.
Il have about 1900 elm trees buried
in the ground since last fall ready
now to replant which gives them
much better roots and nice tops. Joel
Dayton.
Ed. Trzcinski, who accompanied
f. l.. Akers to Salem, Mo-, last week,
purchased farm of 17S acres near
Salem and will remain there to
manage it.
The subject for Sunday morning
at the Methodist church will be THE
First Beatitude. In the evening,
"What Our Missionaries Found in the
Philippines. -
Editor F. W. Ellsworth of the
Usage News was the guest of the edit
or on Friday, having come over to
consult with regard to an excursion of
editors to the ST. Louis Worlds Fair.
The annual inspection of Beaus
SAINT Commandery, knights Templar
will be held at the Masonic hall this
Wednesday evening. The inspection
will be under Mr.. Walton of Dubuque.
Rev. E. G. Hunt goes to Burr Oak
to attend quarterly meeting Friday af-
ternoon at 2 80 O'Clock. He delivers
his lecture on Mormonism" at Hes
per OH Thursday night, and at Burr
Oak Friday night.
Mr.. Alta Dawley and wife are
here from st. Louis, visiting among
friends and relatives. Mr.. Dawley is
an old resident of DEBORAH. and now
fills position in the general superin-
tendent's Office of the Rock Island at
st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Hanson and
son Louis left Monday evening for
Palermo, N. D., where Mr.. Hanson
has land claim. On their return
they will. visit several days in st.
Paul with their son Henry. who is in
business in that city.
On the fourth and eighth pages of
this issue we give complete resume
Of all the laws passed by the legisla-
ture which closed last week. Our
readers are thus enabled to keep
posted with the doings of the legisla-
ture with little effort.
The republican county convention
to select delegates to the state and
congressional conventions will be held
at the Grand opera house on Saturday
afternoon of this week. Inasmuc, as
Congressman G. N. Haugen will be