Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-22
KENDALLVILLE.
From our Regular Correspondent

callers at the Harrison Culbert home
in Orleans Sunday.
Our village timer was called to
Fred Brow in Orleans last week to
make some repairs on the furnace.
Mrs. II. M. Daskam who has been
visiting her daughter Mrs. Goddard of
DEBORAH and her son Alison at the
Fort returned to her home at Ken
dallville Saturday.
Nick Olson, our west side mer-
chant, was at Cresco Friday and Sat-
urday hauling home flour at each trip.
Willie James who has been on the
sick list for the past four weeks is
on the gain.
VIM. Shurtliff was called to Sabula
last week.
On account of our mail carrier not
making his trip Monday, the village
correspondent was knocked out of get
ting in on time, but better late than
never.
On account of some hitch in our fast
mail service our Daily Inter Ocean
did not show up until Saturday and
then we got five IN bunch.
No services were held in the M. E.
church here last Sunday; our minister
has been on the sick list the greater
part of the winter and is not able to
fill the appointments yet.
Mrs. Sarah Green is reported on
the sick list the past week with
stomach trouble, but is better at this
writing.
(Too late for last week.
Feb. IA, 1905.
Harrison Culbert is on the sick list
vet but is able to be out :. He expects
to give up the farm and move into
Cresco to live in the near future.
Albert Dale of Orleans has bought a
nice piano and also device for play
ing it.:
Nice weather again Monday around
the village: mercury went down to 20
per cent below zero and nice breeze
from the Northwest to make things
more pleasant.
Daisy Dean, our mail carrier failed
to show up at the village Friday the
10th.
Dave W. Easier has bought fine
pair of mules and has made several
trips on his cream route with them.
The cream hauler who transfers with
AL Klink, had the misfortune to tip
over and lose 70 inches of cream last
Thursday; that is hard luck to have to
stand the loss of cream at the present
prices.
John R. Smith went through the
village last week with Ed. Culbert's
autogobill; they have put in a hard
coal burner now and it is no trouble
to keep up steam.
The snow storm of last week was a
fierce one.
Adolph Soltow and wife are the
happy parents of ten pound boy,
born to them the 9Th inst. -
L. G. Burton went out to the Ashley
school Friday evening to get his
daughter Matte who is teaching there
but he found the roads so bad that he
had to come back before getting very
far
Our assessor and census taker has
been ON the sick list the past week.
The rural free delivery man No. /
made the trip Saturday, going back by
way of Plymouth Rock.
There is to be big mask ball in the
Kendallville hall, Friday evening Feb.
II. Everybody come and enjoy the
first, last and only mask ball of the
season. The price is right and the
music will be grand.
On account of bad roads and sickness
Rev. Heald did not get here Sunday.
Adolph Soltow has the lumber and
stone ON the ground for an addition to
his barn in the spring.
Word has been received from the
hospital that Mrs. Shurtleff is very
bad, it being nearly impossible to
manage her.
Mrs. HI. M. Daskam went to DEBORAH
last week to visit with her daughter
Mrs. Fred Goddard.
The Kendallville String Band went
to w. G. Eddy's Sunday evening and
gave few selections.
Mrs. Bridget eager was born in WEEK
ford county, Ireland and died at her
home in Harmony, Mimi. Tuesday,
JAN 81, 1905. She came to America
at the age of 10 years. In 1856 she was
united in marriage to George Daskam
of DEBORAH. This union was blessed
with four children of which three now
survive her. They are Geo. Daskam,
Jr. of Kendallville, Mrs. Lizzie Dunn
of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Anna Nc
Carthy of Harmony. In the year 1869
her husband died and she was again
married to Griffin eager who survives
her. Two daughters were born to
them, Miss Florence eager of Harmony
and Lucy MCGEE of Albion. Her only
relative in this country was a sister of
Mrs. Margaret Phelan of Leroy. Mr..
and Mrs. eager lived ON farm near
Kendallville until last fall. when they
moved to Harmony. Mrs. eager has
been a patient sufferer for some years
and all was done for her that medical
skill could do. She was kind neigh
Dor and loving mother and will be
missed by a host of friends. The
funeral took place at $50 O'Clock,
Thursday, Feb. 2, and the remains
laid to rest in st. Kearn's cemetery,
Rev. Father Fitzgerald officiating.