Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-06-12

The June race meet is being held a
New Hampton this week.
The Iowa q. A. r.. encampment il
being held at Dubuque this week.
The rurel mail carriers of Howard
county have organized county as
ISOLATION.
Judge l.. E. Fellows and, wife OF
Lansing have departed on trip east
to Vermont, his boyhood home, and
to the jamestown exposition.
= Garnavillo is now thinking seriously
of becoming an incorporated town and
7 the matter will soon be submitted tc
the voters at an election to be held fol
that purpose.
j. 0. Grain, the baker at Postvillle,
has evidently decamped, leaving his
wife and young baby and various
unpaid bills. He has not been heard
of for two weeks.
The Seventeenth Annual Reunion
of the North Iowa Veterans associa-
tion will be held at Clear Lake on
Wednesday and Thursday. July 10-11.
A fine event is being planned.
The woodchuck harvest is on in
great shape. Yesterday 1879 scalps
were cashed in and 2l5 on Saturday.
Herbert Moe of Paint Greek, brought
in batch of &c. In May 500 scalps
were paid for at the auditors office,
besides 500 for fox and 81 for wolf
bounties. -WauKon Democrat.
Following revival some months
sgo by a rampant professional in that
line REV. Oliver) at Cedar Falls, the
Baptist church there is in bitter war
The congregation has divided and a
party of members formed the new
Grace Baptist church. The pastor,
Rev. Mabie, Joined the revolt and
will head the new church.
At the Soldiers home in Marshall
town on Thursday occurred the death
of Maj A. o. Rowley. one of the
pioneers of Chickasaw county He
commanded battalion of Wisconsin
infantry during the civil war. He
had been in poor health for several
years, and was taken to the Soldiers
home only few weeks ago.
w. r. Ward. of Dyersburg, Tenn. I,
writes: ''This is to certify that l
have used Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
for chronic constipation, and it has
proven, without doubt, TO be a
thorough. practical remedy for this
trouble. and it is with pleasure offer
my conscientious reference. " Brunt
g. Parman. I'm
o The O., M. & st. p. railway has
settled for the following amounts
with those who sustained injuries
in the recent wreck at Cascade :
John Rowan. for the death of his
wife. So, 600; Mrs. Ted Martin, TOR
the death of her husband. So, 900 and
S125 per month; Miss Mclaughlin,
who will be crippled for life, IS. 900;
Miss Anna Davis, 50, 500; Joe Davis,
81, 900.
An incident which may convey a
warning to other ladies occurred
recently to New Hampton lady, re.
ports the Gazette. After washing out
in gasoline and corn meal silken
stand cloth, she took it out and was
swapping it to get it dry and straight
when all at once the scarf caught
fire. She dropped it and with help
beat out the flame after it had scorched
the porch quite a little.
Recently Henry Lesch caught a
twelve pound pickerel and wishing
Ato show his children the construction
pf the bones in the ,fish's head had it
Cooked. While examining it he
found what appeared to be perfectly
round white pebble in the nose. Mr..
Lesch took the stone to a jewelers.
and was told that it was "a pearl
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least sixty-five dollars if it had not
been cooked. Usage News.
With her throat cut from ear to ear
and bloody razor lying nearby. the
dead body of Maggie Hermes was
found last Monday in COW pasture a
mile and half northeast of Hampton.
There was no evidence of struggle.
The body lay on hillside about
fifteen feet below where the razor was
found, indicating that after the
wound had been inflicted the young
woman slipped or fell down hill to
where the body lay Miss Hermes
disappeared from home last week but
no alarm was felt by the family as it
was believed she had gone to visit
friends. A note found in her pocket
said among other things; This is
what love leads to. " She was 30
years old.
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