Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-07
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Alfred Drum was business visitor
at Cresco Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. G.. r. Baker visited
relatives at Cresco, Sunday.
Miss Mathilda Johnson was at
Cresco between trains, Monday.
Miss Peterson of Freeport is the
guest of josie Degro this week.
The wood floor ia Fosse creamery
has been replaced with cement.
Mrs. Arthur Johnson spent last Sun.
dy at Cresco with her parents.
Miss Leona anderson spent the past
week with her aunt Mrs. Nels Ber-
gan.
Mrs. D. D. Lyons went to Minnea-
polls Tuesday for visit with her
parents there.
g. L. Trytten has had his house
painted, greatly improving the apear-
ance of it.
Miss Henrietta Helgeson arrived
home Tuesday from an extended visit
at Taylor, n. ID.
Miss Ruth Olson of DEBORAH has
teen spending several days of this
week with Miss Ida Aga.
The Misses Florence and Blanche
Hoyt were the guests of DEBORAH re-
latives the first of the week.
The Young Peoples Society of the
United Lutheran church meets at
John Aga's Saturday evening. Aug.
10th.
Mrs. j. Humphrey and son Thomas
drove down from Prosper, Mimi.
Tuesday. to visit with Charley Lund-
by and family.
Hadwin Williams stopped off here
the first of the week on his way home
to Monona from Cedar Falls for a
visit of several days with friends.
Mesdames VIM. Blackburn of Cresco
and Mrs. W. H. Spencer of Leroy,
Mimi and daughter Elsie were the
guests of Mrs. W. James Paley this
week Monday, and on Tuesday they
all drove to DEBORAH for visit.
Miss Ann Bakken, who has been in
South Dakota since spring, returned
home from Weaver. Tuesday.
The l.. A. S. of the United Luther
an church will meet with Lars Gut.
tormson's week from Saturday,
August 1t0h.
W. James Paley, A. w. Dorm and
Seymour Fosse attended the Calmar-
DEBORAH ball game at Calmar Tues
day. DEBORAH won the game by a
score of IA to 3.
The last survey made through here
for the Dan Patch Air Line runs
north of the creek north of here, and
cuts across the Ed. Ellingson and
Knut Sandven farms.
Bakken q Hopperstad have dis
carded their acetylene lights and
installed the latest gasoline lighting
system. Severt Anderson will also
install the same system in his restaur
ant.
Mrs. w. H. Klemme visited her
daughter at Fayette from Saturday to
Tuesday. On her return home she
was accompanied by her grandchildren
who will stay with her during the
absence of their parents who are max
ing trip East.
Private Cressey has the opera mouse
for Aug. rs. On Wednesday the 18th,
he will describe and picture the great
Civil War battle, Chickamauga. where
rebel missiles hit him three times in
twenty minutes. He carries the same
old.canteen. Thursday, the Sth. an
evening of moving pictures. Double
stereopticon and calcium light.
Because show under the manage
ment of the Modern Remedy Co. were
allowed by the town to pitch their
tent on the vacant street adjoining
the residence: of James Armstrong.
considerable trouble has resulted.
Mrs. Armstrong in particular seemed
to have a grievance because of the
show being SO near their property,
and on Monday night caused the show
people considerable annoyance by the
use of abusive and indecent language
outside of their tents. The manager
of the show stated that he was pay
ing the town a license fee and de-
manded of the mayor and councilmen
present that they furnish him protec-
ton. The mayor and councilmen re-
sponded to his call and with consider
able difficulty and threats to send for
the sheriff stopped the disturbance
outside being made by Mr.. and Mrs.
Armstrong. Tuesday morning war
rants for their arrest on the charge of
diorderly conduct were given Consta-
BILE Hoyt who brought the two before
Justice Klemme. They plead guilty
to the charge and were let off with a
fiue of So apiece and costs. We are
sorry to think that we have to give
publicity to a matter like this and
hope that the lesson taught will save
a repetition of the affair at some later