Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-23
CORRESPONDENCE.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

Will be at the kNanSellCal CnuTNH
Sunday evening, Oct. 4th.
No threshing could be done the
past week owing to the excessive!
rains of several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Schild drove 10
Cresco last week Thursday, to call
at the Weidaman home and do some
shopping while in the city.
Earnie Peter arrived home from
Dakota last Saturday driving Ford
all the way He left out there last
Wednesday and found the roads fine
all the way until he arrived nearly
home.
A number of phones on the tele-
phone lines here were greatly impair
ed by the recent storm.
A number of farmers have started
picking corn to feed. Most of it is be-
yond danger of Jack Frost,
Messrs. Win. KratZ and Charley
Kuntz were getting their silos filled
last week
Mike Kratz arrived home from
visiting his children, Miss Remnant
Haakenson and Alvin Kratz at Grand
Rapids, North Dakota, recently.
Iowa is the best place yet, in crops,
politics, etc.
Mrs. Jacob Hornberger made a
pleasant call upon her daughter,
Mrs. Charley KuntZ, last week one
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Scheurer, form
err Linconites. came down from Gold
en- Ridge, Howard Co., the latter
part of last week, to revisit the
scenes of their former home, greet
TT Il, ~
for week or more.
During the recent electric storm
lightning struck several telephone
poles, fences and made dash thru
Win. Kratzs barn.
Miss Alma Kuntz assisted Mrs.
Winfield Kratz a few days last week
in cooking for the men filling the
silo.
Mike Kratz had heifer killed by
lightning recently, while out in the
pasture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Glass arrived
from Strawberry Point last week
Saturday for an extended visit here
among friends, relatives and ac
quaintances.
Frank Kuntz autoed up from De
corah, last week, barring over mud
dy roads to greet friends and hell
: the boys at Their work in filing silos
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Schild also Mr.
and Mrs. Theo. KratZ received tel
egram from Cedar Falls last Thurs
day stating that the women's step
mother, Mrs. Fred Martin had died
They left on the early morning pas
senger last Friday 10 attend the FL
neral of the deceased the following
day.
Philip Kraft, children, Mrs. Mar!
Kratz, Miss Emma, Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Kratz, August Walter, all Of
iCresco attended preaching services
at the Evangelical church here las,
Sunday morning.
Earnie Peter arrived home last
week one day from his sojourn
among friends in the west.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Klemme, Fritz
Ramseyer, banker Severt Risgoen
and family, Charley Boucher, Tom
Moe and family all of the town of
1.idgeway autoed west of the river
last Sunday morning to spend a
pleasant day greeting friends and
acquaintance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Glass of FIT.
n
day morning to greet relatives,
friends, etc. They returned home In
the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Drummer,
Miss Tillie Scheurer Of Golden Ridge
Howard Co. were pleasant callers on
relatives here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bigalk. New
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Walter and
others, all from Florenceville, How
ard Co., autoed down here last Sun
day for a days outing with friends.
The report reached us last week
Saturday that Charley Iaberly of
DEBORAH was accidently killed while
helping fill the silo on his farm in
Howard Co. We are without furth-
er particulars.
Harry Weidaman, family and Ed
Weidaman, drove TO Cresco last Sun
day, to call upon their father, Mr..
Weidaman, whose condition at pres
ent has become very unfavorable.
Mrs. Alfred Peter has been report
ed as being on the sick list.
A number from the country took
in the farewell address of Rev. Syl-l
vester at Ridgeway last Sunday eve
ming.
After Mr.. and Mrs Theo. KratZ re-
turned home last Sunday morningI
from attending church services, they
found that during their absenceI
their home had been taken posses
sion of by their numerous friends,
relatives and acquaintance, from
cellar to garnet, who had assembled
there in more than a score of autos,
and buggies from the nearby towns.
1t would have been worse than use
less to offer resistance for theI
crowd was strongly fortified and full
ly equipped with eatables of every
sort, kinds, color, etc, to Withstand
a siege of some time. After Mr.. and
Mrs. Kratz became acquainted with
the situation that the crowd had
merely assembled to help them cele-I
brate their silver wedding anniveT
sary, they became very submissiveI
and joined with them in merry max
ing until dinner was served to which
all helped themselves. Rev. l.. n. DayI
then in a speech of we'll chosen words |
presented the host and hostess in be
half of the people present, several
pieces of valuable silverware. Con-
gratulations followed and the crowd