Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-18


and Oelwein, northeast Iowa's two
most prominent railroad towns.
We have just returned from Chi
cago with the latest things in jewel
ry, etc. Muller Bros. 49.3
Judging from the number of rugs
we are selling we are also head
quarters for rugs. A. Neish & Sons.
Go. Supt. Peck of Allamakee has
arranged for county spelling contests
throughout the county Jan. 25th and
final contest at Waukon Feb. Sth.
John Busha, who claimed to have
been ia years of age. died in Council
Bluffs Thursday. He was probably
the oldest man in the United States.
The two-and "a half year old son Of
Levi Schriner, of near Lone Tree,
died Saturday as result of drinking
small quantity of butter coloring
nearly week before.
Buy your Christmas goods where
dollar does it's duty. When you
purchase here you save hard earned
dollars. We know it and want you
to. Left Button.
The DEBORAH District Conference of
the M. E. church was held at Usage
Monday and yesterday. Rev. w. E.
Van Buren, of DEBORAH spoke on 1.-The
Pastors Relation to Up-to-date Prob
lems.''
Charged with the murder of +.
Marsalkee at Columbia, near Aber-
deem, S. D., July 4th, last, William
Moser. formerly of Strawberry Point.
was sentenced Monday to the peniten-
tiary at Sioux Falls at hard labor for
life.
The Pillsbury Milling Co. has
just sent us car of the celebrated
Pillsbury's Best brand of flour, and
authorized US to put price on this
Car of 81. 45 per sack. You all know
that Pillsburys Best is the best only
at Hutchinson's grocery, agents.
J. W. Miller of Waverly, has receiv-
ed news of the fact he has been left a
fortune of $50, 900. He was left the
sum by Emil Miller, who recently died
. in Helena, Mont. The local Miller is
an electrician in the beet sugar fac
tory at Waverly.
Mrs. Phoebe Lincoln has returned
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Jan. 6, 1908. Mrs. Lincoln is ready
to remove superfiuous hair, moles,
broken veins, lime balls, etc. by cleo
tricity. Office over Oehler 4 Killers
hardware store. 50-2
Billy Henderson, cOlored man,
aud Margie Blood were arrested at
Charles City last week in the room of
the negro. This is the second case of
white woman cohabiting with a
colored man, the former case being
one wherein negro married white
woman, and has created sensation
in Charles City.
Miss Winifred Mckenzie, a school,
ma am at Hampton, Iowa, was award
ed damages of s., 600 from J. b. Gray,
who courted her for seventeen years
under promise of marriage and then
elOped with Des Moines woman last
June. The jury brought In u verdict
after thirty four hours deliberatiOn.
Miss Mckenzie sued for $25, 900 and
nf ha faUOrQd
giving her $50. 600 except Foreman s.
N. Maine, who stuck for Is, 0QO until
he was forced to compromise at 30, 600.
Mrs. Mabel Stillman of Eldora,
Iowa, has appealed to the detective
bureau to aid her in searching for hel
husband, Chester HI. Stillman, who
she says, is touring the country il
order to enjoy himself, believing thai
he will die in the early part of mex
year. Stillman, she says, was told by
a woman fortune teller year age
that he would die in the early part o.
1908. and advised him to have "goo(
time" while he lived. This prediction
was verified, she said, when Stlllmal
consulted another woman astrologer
\ coincidence of special note tool
place in the Citizens Bank on yester
day morning. Three patrons OF tina
institution happened in at the sam
time whose average age was 93 years
They are all sound and we'll and not
one of them uses "a cane, or If they d
it is simply when they throw on
little style. In getting DR.. Earle {
Join their number the four showe
an average age of over 30, bu tn
Doctor maintains that the other tire
had to be well along in years TO rop
him into deal of that kind. -Wauko
Standard.
Neither deaf nor dumb, yet unabl
TO converse with each other is tn
predicament in which Mr.. and Mrs
George Papos of Chicago find them
uaiyaS i'm papac il n Greek and hi