Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-07
FRANKVILLE


from Our Regular CORRESPONDENT
August 5, 1907.
Fred Mandefield visited at the home
OF II. Moose, Sunday.
]. B. Hart and daughters of Post
Vile were in town Friday.
Miss Alba Smith visited her friend
Mrs. James McNair Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Miss Pansy Fox and Ross Winn of
Castalia were Frankville visitors Sun
day
Walter Pilgrim and wife were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Holm,
Sunday.
Chas. Shattuck, wife and mother
were guests of Waukon friends, Sun
day.
Mrs. j. W. Waters entertained her
cousins the Misses Lower Of Wan
kon. Wednesday.
Miss Jewell and lady friend of De-
corah were in town Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Bailey and
Mrs. l.. Le-chford visited at their old
home near Cleveland.
Mrs. O. Lower of DEBORAH visited
at the home of her son Frank last
week.
Miss Ruth Irven visited her friend
Miss Leora Letchford, Sunday.
DR.. Jewell came down from DEBORAH
in his auto and spent several days in
town last week.
Bert Van Wey of Waukon visited
his mother and other relatives here
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Bailey, who
have been visiting his sister, Mrs.
Landon Letchford, the past week, re-
turned to their home in Nebraska to-
day.
DR.. Jewell, J. G. Wood, and T. J.
Crawford went over to WaukOn We'd
nesday evening in the doctors auto,
returning Thursday.
There was base ball game here
Sunday between the raelroad men and
the home team, but on account of
the rain storm the game was postponed
until next Sunday when they will
play the finish.
There was a large crowd at the ice
cream sociable Friday evening; on &C.
count of the cold weather the supper
was served in the Masonic building
instead of on Letchford''s lawn as
was first intended the proceeds OF the
evening amounting to about $l4.
Ira Smithsand family of Myron and
Sam Harris and wife of Postville
were guests of Mrs. M. Smith and Ida
one day recently.
Herbie Padden made a trip to De-
corh last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kneeskern en-
tertained at dinner Sunday Messrs.
with their wives. j. j. Van Wey,
Chas. Miller, Tom Bollman, Kelse
Webster, and Mrs. Marie Shelf and
children.
j. Sanders of Postville accompanied
M. H. Boutell, secretary of the new
eletcric air line over to Frankville
Fridav after few days stay here
Mr.. Boutell went on to DEBORAH.
1t is reported that a deal was made
Saturday whereby Carl Dryer becomes
the :possessor OF John Hardy's farm,
the price paid being $50 per acre.
Last week one of the oldest and
about the last of Frankville's old
landmarks was removed when Matt
humphrey wltn.hls crew OF men from
Ossian moved Gene Owens b TN from
it's old location to the site of his pre-
sent residence north of town and by
the way this old barn has a history
1t was formerly steam flower mill
doing an extensive business and num-
bering among its patrons people from
Minnesota and other remote localities.
1t was owned and operated by Frances
Teabout, the founder of Frankville,
being built by him in 1856 at cost
of about $40, 600, but since the decline
of Frankville's fortunes has been used
as barn. Thus little by little the
old Frankville is disappearing to
make way for more modern town
and should be be so fortunate as to
secure the new railroad the present
town would be scarcely recognizable
to the older inhabitants as the Frank
Vile of former days.