Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-02
CORRESPONDENCE.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

May 81, 1915.
Everybody feels gloomy about the
rainy weather.
The farmers held another meet
ing last Thursday evening. Owing to
the weather the attendance was
light again, as in previous meetings.
Auto agents from Cresco made a
business call down our way the 9TH
er day. What we need nowadays is
boat instead of a car.
Henry Holverson made a pleasant
business call at Cresco last week
one day.
The w. NJ. S. will hold their June
meeting with members at Cresco
this week Wednesday afternoon.
Theo. Kratz and family drove to
Florenceville Howard Co. the other
Saturday to attend quarterly meet
ing, greet friends and relatives, re-
turning home the following day.
The auto season promises to be
OF short duration as nearly one half
OF the year is gone already.
Philip KratZ and his mother au-
toed down here from Cresco last
week Thursday before the rain to
fix Up the graves of relatives in the
Evangelical cemetery.
Miss Alma Kuntz was chosen as
delegate of the German s. S. to the
convention at Dubuque last week. :
A number of our seekers of am
musements attended the Western
Ranger show at Ridgeway last week
Thursday evening. 1t was a very
good show and pleased the crowd
Members of the German NJ E.
Sunday school are making prepara-
lions for the observance of Children S
day in the near future. More defin-
ate announcements will be given
later.
Preaching services were held at
the Evangelical church Sunday NOR
ming by Rev. w. A. Scholer of Cres-
co.
The road draggers were somewhat
gloomy last week, when after drag
ging the roads up in fine shape the
weatherman again opened up the
flood gates, and undone their work
DR.. E. R. Precious one of Cresco's
successful veterinaries made a FRO
fessional call down our way last
week Wednesday.
Those of us who had planned to
take in the rural graduating eXercis-
es at DEBORAH Saturday but the wea-
therman said Nothing doing this
time"
Our rural mail carriers enjoy
ed their Memorial day Monday last
so we were without mail facilities,
thus giving respite from war
news.
Mrs. Nj = Kratz has been a suf-
ferer with rheumatism the past week
or so.
Quite a number Of farmers are
compelled to replant great deal of
their corn. Many fields wont have
a half stand, it is said.
Rollie Kratz of Sumner township
was greeting friends and relatives
in this vicinity last week.
Alfred Peter and the boys began
the excavating for their cellar last
week. They expect to put up new
modern house during the present
year yet.
Harry Weidaman purchased new
REQ" touring car for himself and
family the other week. Still there
are more to follow.
1t has been asserted by number
who seem to know, that the hay crop
will be light after all.
Philip Kraft and others from
Cresco autoed down here the other
Sunday to spend the day with Fred
Falck and family north Of Ridgeway
Sylvester Meaiy and his brother
Rob were pleasant callers at Ridge
wav the other Sunday morning.
VIII Kuntz purchased REQ
touring car for himself and family.
This makes the fifth REQ in the i'm
mediate neighborhood.
Four graduates from the rural dis
tricts in our township this year.
Last year there were nine.
Even our lovers of the rod and
line were Disguised with the state
of things last week, so they had to
be contended with salt bacon, fried
liver etc