Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-06-02
NATIONS DEAD HONORED.
MEMORIAL SUNDAY SERVICE.
AND MEMORIAL SEXERCISES
ON MONDAY.
Imposing Procession of Soldiers,
Bands, Firemen and School Chill
dren and Eloquent Address
by Hon. ID. j. Palmer.

The usual ceremonies of the OBJ
servance of Memorial Sunday and
Memorial Day took place in Deco
rah on Sunday and MoMnday.
The Memorial service at the Grand
opera house Sunday morning was
attended by an audience that packed
the house. The stage had been beau
tifully decorated with flags, flowers,
pictures, etc. After a beautiful mu-
steal selection by a quartette, Rev.
H. Grant of the Baptist church read
the scripture lesson and Rev. F. G..
Young of the Methodist church Of
fered prayer. The sermon was de-
livered by Rev. NJ. Willett, D. d. of
the Congregational church, and was
strong plea in favor of universal
peace. After the sermon the quar-
tette sang another anthem, and the
service closed with benediction by
Rev. H. Grant.
The observance of Memorial Day
on Monday was along the same lines
which have been followed In Deco
rah for a number of years. At ten
o'clock the procession formed on
Main street in the following order:
officer of the day, c. o. Maltby, as
sisted by /. Linnevold, Luther Col
lege Concert Band, Veterans of the
G. A. r., disabled veterans in car
riages, flower girls in carriages, w.
R. c., DEBORAH Merchants Band, De-
corah Fire Department. speaker and
ministers in carriages, boys and
girls on bicycles trimmed in bunting,
school children carrying flags, school
children in automobiles, citizens in
carriages. The procession moved
east on Main and west on Water
street to the concrete bridge, where
the usual ceremonies in honor of the
sailors were carried out, after which
the procession countermarched and
returned to the Grand opera house,
which had been well filled by the
time they arrived.
The meeting opened with prayer
by Rev. F. G. Young of the Meth
odist church, after which Com
mander L. L. Caldwell read the Gen.
eral Orders. This was followed by
a beautiful selection by a double
quartette, and the decoration of the
vacant chair" for the late Comrade
John w. Spriggs, by Miss Katherine
Schultze. Commander Caldwell read
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and
then introduced Hon. David j. Pal
mer of Washington, Iowa, state rail-
road commissioner, who delivered
the address of the day. Col. Pal
mer's address to the comrades was
peculiarly touching and was listen
ed to with much pleasure by the
veterans and citizens generally. Be-
sides extolling the valorous deeds of
the nations defenders In the time of
need, he plead for the teachings of
the lessons Of patriotism to the
young, for cleaner manhood and up
right living. Col. Palmer never fails
to have an abundance of amusing
stories to tell his audiences. and he
always entertains and amuses them.
He has spoken in DEBORAH several
times. and each time his welcome is
more general and his reception more
hearty. He has gained warm place
in the hearts of the veterans of this
county, and his address on Monday
increased the gratitude felt here for
the efforts he has made to entertain
and please our people.
After the exercises at the opera
house, the veterans were entertain
ed at dinner as usual at the post
rooms, while committee of Sons Of
Veterans visited the different GEM
eteries and decorated the graves of
departed soldiers.
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