Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-10-14
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.
Oct. IL, 1914.

The autuminal rains have arrived
Quite few farmers haven't dug
all of their potatoes yet.
Miss Helen Halverson visited
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Halverson at Ridgeway hast week
Thursday.
The season for threshing has clos
ed Everyone may now enjoy the
fruits of his labors.
Those of us who sewed winter
wheat find that it is doing well so
far.
A heavy Sar labored thru this
way last week thru the mud, enroute
| for the west, evidently being caught
| in the rainy weather while away
from home.
Amel Kochs new barn near OF
ter Greek is all ready for a shing-
ling bee, if some would buzz along
that way.
Mike Hrushka was a pleasant
business caller at Ridgeway Friday.
Last Saturday started in wet and
gloomy as the days prior, but ere
noon the sun smiled out from
among the clouds.
A number Of friends and neigh
hors assisted the carpenters build
ing the barn at Amel Koch's to
raise same last week one day.
Wagner's boys took westernly
tour one day last week Drawing the
mud and rain.
Miss Mary CaIitz of spillville
spent a number Of days visiting her
friend, Mrs. Mike Hrushka last
week.
Miss Agnes Novak was a pleas
ant afternoon caller on Mrs. C.
Schild last week, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fa'ck from
near Ridgeway We're out try ng their
inew car the other Sunday, motoring
to CresCo. in the forenoon to attend
church services and then to the
home of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Amel Koch, to partake of
dinner and spent a pleasant after
noon together.
Last week was so rainy and wet
that the women folks were hardly
able to pick out day for wash ng
the clothes. 1t was a case of wash
out on the line all week.
-hiCo NUN VIM DCCu
staying with her sister, Mrs. Robt
Vopava, for some time was at home
the other Sunday to greet friends
and relatives.
Theo Kratz and family autoed to
Howard Co. the Other T1E1dav to
spend a pleasant afternoon visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Kratz.
Owing to road and weather con-
ditions the attendance at our
schools was not what it ought to
have been last week.
Jacob Wiedaman arrived from
Nebraska last week to attend the flu
neral of his brother, Mr.. John VIE
daman whose death occurred at his
home in Cresco recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kratz drove
Sunday to spend the day greeting
friends relatives and acquaintance
returning home in the evening.
Farmers are busy these days
breaking up pastures and meadows.
it having been most too dry to do it
before the rainy spell.
Roy Sanderson and his sisters
Misses Ethel and Sarah, dined with
Amel Koch and family the other
Sunday besides passing pleasant
afternoon at the latter's home.
Albert Milk and family autoed to-
Protivin the other Sunday to attend
church services and spend the af-
ternoon visiting relatives close tO
that town.
Miss Elsie Scheurer and her gen
tleman friend Leslie BLY, of Golden
Ridge, Howard Co., were the guests
of friends and relatives west of the
river during the past week, return
ing to their home the fore part of
this week.
Walter Kratz is an inmate OF
Mercy hospital at Cresco, since last
week Wednesday, when he submit
ted to an operation for appendicitis.
He is doing very nicely at present
and expects to come home soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Hrushka AID
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Hrushka au-
toed to Calmar the other Sunday
to spend a pleasant day visiting
Franas folks. They returned home
later during the day, well pleased.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Vopava OF
Sumner township, drove over here
the other Sunday, to dine with the
latters parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Amsl
Koch and spent the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Kratz drove
to Cresco last Friday TO see their
boy Walter at the Mercy hospital.
Mike Kratz and family autoed to
Sumner, Ia, the other Sunday to
spend the day visiting at the homes
of George Kratz's and Dan GLASS;.
The quarterly meeting which was
to be held at the Evangelical church
next Sunday has been postponed in
definitely. Rev. Mole of Alta Vista,
who was to assist Rev. l.. N. Day in
conducting same, is unable to be
here at that date owing to sickness.