Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27

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III. j. Luthmer. an Oelwein business
man, plead guilty to the charge of
selling oleomargarine under the guise
of butter, and was fined $44 10 and
costs by Judge Hobson in the district
court.
A short course in agriculture will
be held at Manchester Feb. II, 1908.
1t will be a duplicate of the Ames
short courses, under the auspices and
direction of the Iowa State College
faculty
AT Charles City fire DESTROYED
the tank factory owned by w. ID.
Burnham and operated by his son,
Alfred Burnham. The loss is about
$1,000, with So. ZOO insurance. The
fire originated from kettle of boiling
tar
BY vote of l to the town of East
Elkport voted to change it's name to
CARRIER John CARRIER was a pioneer
county judge and brother of former
Governor CARRIER of Nebraska. and an
uncle of Judge CARRIER of Oklahoma.
This week will probably see the sus-
pension, for the season, of work on
the extension of the Des Moines Short
Line from Iowa Falls to Mason City
The track is laid to within about six
teen miles of Mason City and the
grading is practically completed with
the exception of taking out the rock
in some bad cuts near Chaplin.
The Cedar River Stone Co. of
Waverly closed their seasons opera
tions ON Friday, and it will be idle
until early spring. The past season
has been quite a successful one. More
than two thousand cars were crushed
and shipped, and an average of nearly
100 men have been employed, pay
roll of about 81. 900 per month having
been maintained.
An event that is attracting much at
tention is the coming corn husking
match between Fred Dahl. of Girls
void, and S. l.. Smith, of Elkhorn,
for the championship of Iowa. Dahl
recently husked 20n bushels in ten
hours and Smith declares he can beat
it. The men have wagered $500 each
and friends are backing both heavily.
The match will take place this week.
a Kansas editor is guilty of the
following: A couple were recently
married. The ceremony over, the
wife began to weep copiously.
whats the natter" asked the new
husband. Il never told you that l
didn't know how to COOK sobbed
the bride Don't fret" said he,
''I'u not have anything to cook; I'm
an editor.
When Mrs. o. G. Hall of Northwood
berated her husband numerically for
his attentions to the pretty daughter
of neighbor, Hall pretended to COM
nit suicide and sank down unconsci-
GUS by fence, after feigning drink
ing poison. Mortified the wife called
physician, but efforts showed that
the man had taken nothing and he
recovered, while his wife was pros
trated.
Gotlob Streicher, Young German
residing about six miles northwest of
Straw berry Point was found dead
Friday with the upper half Of his
body immersed in barrel in which
was kept water for family use. 1t APP
pears that he has not been feeling
well for several days. He went out
to get drink from the barrel and
not finding the cup, it is supposed
that he leaned over to drink from the
barrel. In this act he either tainted
or became overbalanced, with the
fatal result of drowning. When
found physicians could render no aid
Suicide is secuted, the affair being
considered accidental.