Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-05-22

Is also touring northeastern iowa tnls
month.
Tommy Anderson, the Calmar base
ball player, has signed with Oelweir
for this season.
Hon. W. S. Hart of Waukon will de.
liver the Memorial Day address a,
Oelwein this year.
Mrs. Will Harmon OF Winthrop
made several unsuccessful attempts at
suicide last week.
The DEBORAH district conference of
the Methodist church is in session at
Postville this week
Amelia Broell, Clayton county
young lady, committed suicide one
day last week by shooting herself
with rifle.
We have reduced the price on
denatured alcohol. In quantities of
one to four gallons Our price is low.
Brunt q Pr"l"Hn.
Peter McMahun, we'll known
farmer residing about a mile from
Westgate, died suddenly Thursday
afternoon while in his barn.
Cures Liquor, drug and tobacco
habits. Send for free booklet Adj
dress Kelley Institute. Inc, 706 N
Fourth St., Des Moines, Ia. 46tf
The Manchester M. f. church is
celebrating it's fiftieth anniversary
this week. Sermons and addresses are
to be delivered by many prominent
churchmen.
DR.. J.W. Davis of Lansing has been
appointed on the board of pension ex-
aminers by Congressman Haugen, to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of DR.. Meyers of Rossville.
At Dysart. the merchants have sig
nified their intention to quit handling
butter and eggs. A butter and egg
depot will take care OF this branch of
business. In the end, it would be
more profitable for the merchants of
every town TO follow this example.
The Iowa Portland Cement Co. have
abandoned their $50 acre plant at
Mason City aud intend to move their
offices to Des Moines. This will be
regretted by those enthusiasts who
anticipated the largest cement factory
in the state TO be located at Mason
City.
l.. @. Hanlon, we'll known over
Iowa as a former state organizer of
the order of Eagles, was arrested
Thursday on an indictment returned
at Council Bluffs, accused Of obtain
ing money by false pretense while or
ganiziEg fraternal insurance order
there last winter.
Geo. Walker who has been clerk at
the Depot Hotel for some time has re-
signed his position to take effect the
25th and will take charge of 50-room
hotel at Elysian, Mimi, in which G..
H. Chaffee is interested. Mike Graf
is expected to fill Georges place here.
--Calmar Courier
Just as soon as Strawberry Point s
creamery gets the Goth Century cream
separator. which has been ordered
installed in the local plant, this insti-
tuition will have the largest separator
capacity of any similar creamery in
the United States. The new separator
has capacity of 3, 900 pounds of milk
per hour and the seven separators now
in operation have capacity of 2, SOC
pounds each. This makes total
capacity of 20, 800 pounds per hour. =
Press.
Mrs. Ann Downey met with an ac-
cident at the NJ b. Needham home in
this city last Sunday afternoon that
resulted in her death early Monday
morning. Mrs Downey was entering
the cellar for some purpose and in de-
scending the steps it is supposed made
misstep in the dark passageway and
fell distance of several feet to the
cellar floor, which is cement. 1t Is
presumed that she struck on her head,
as she was rendered unconscious by
the fall and remained in that state
until she died several hours later. i
is not known how long the old lad,
lay there after the accident. as no ont
was about the house at the time. -
Gutenberg Press.
"A fellow has been going the round
of northeastern Iowa working the Ode
Fellows fraternity by representa-,
himself to be an unfortunate brothe
in distress, and in evidence of which
he Haunted before his sympathizer
what appeared to he, without mucl
inspection, very game arm HI
graft was to get the names OF th'
members of the order, and approach
them alone with his hard luck story
and without any further evidence 81
good faith, generally managed To ge
the price of meal AT one place /
member sounded him on the secre
work and he could not tell whethe
the goat wore whiskers or not. He n
once left the town for greene
pasture. Eek.