Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-10-13
CORRESPONDENCE.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

Oct. IL, 1915.
Some snow furries last week. a
gentle reminder as to coming events.
VIII Kuntz has been threshing
the past week for his neighbors.
The Northern Iowa telephone Co.
of Cresco had a man out last week
looking over their Otter Creek line.
w. James Paley of Ridgeway
has been working at the new house
of Alfred Peters Sr. few days.
Mrs. G. Schild assisted Mrs.
John Aegerter at cooking for the
threshers last week Friday.
The next meeting of the w. M. s..
OF the Evangelical church will be at
the home of Mrs. Anna Weidaman
OF Cresco the first Wednesday in
November.
Mr.. Woellstein of Cresco made
business call at the home of Alfred
Peters Sr. last week.
Rev. F. A. Damerow of DEBORAH
he'd preaching services at the Ger
man M E. church here the other
Sunday morning.
Misses Alma Kuntz, Mamie and
Vivian Mealy and Irwin Kuntz were
pleasant callers at Eresco last
week Wednesday.
Alfred Peter Sr is going to have
gas installed in his new home for
heating and lighting purposes.
Mrs. H. B. Munteridam of Elliott,
Ia, and Mrs. Earl Starr of Shenan-
doah, Ia, were guests of c. Schilds
and family for a number of days in
the past.
Wesley Kratz and his brother
Walter autoed to Protivin last week
one evening to have a pleasant time
in that burg.
A number of the women folks
Throughout the country here are us
ing gasoline or electricity now to
do their washing clothes.
Miss Amelia Kratz has been visit
\ ing her brother Rolie of Sumner
township for number of days in
the recent past.
Rev. w. A. Scholer of Cresco
will hold preaching services at the
Evangelical church here next Sun
day morning. All cordially invited
to attend.
Winfield Kratz of Howard Co. was
a Pleasant caller at Ridgeway last
week one day on business and plea
sure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Walter and
son Erwin of Golden Ridge Howard
Co. autoed down here last week one
day to spend pleasant day visit
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Kratz
and family.
Farmers are busy cutting corn
81 rAialyinO cpn1
corn, ETC., while the busy house wife
| is doing her picking, making sauer
kraut, etc.
Miss Hattie Kratz entertained, as
a guest, her cousin Miss Molie
Buehrer of Milwaukee the past
week.
Mrs. Chris Schild attended the
meeting of the w. Nj. S. of the Evan
gelical church at the home Of Mrs.
Ed Thompson of Cresco, last week
| "Wednesday.
Some of Aegerters folks were
pleasant callers at Cresco the other
week Saturday.
| Henry Butz of Ridgeway was put
ting up ewes troughs on Alfred
Peters new home last week.
Miss Ma,anva Kratz assisted her
sister, Mrs. Dan Kruger of Golden
Ridge Howard Co., in cooking for
the threshers last week.
Wild ducks and geese have been
migrating southwark. some more
evidence of approaching winter.
| The heaviest frost of the season
occurred the night of Oct. Sth. The
ground also froze and ice formed
one half inch thick.
Aegerters folks had the plasterers
out last week Saturday, repairing
their home.
Our fish man did not make MS
regular trips thru here for some
time owing to his inability to secure
the finny tribe.
Carl Haakenson hauled the cream
for the farmers last Friday In lieu
of Ross Kirschman who assisted the
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