Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-01-13
CORRESPONDENCE.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.
Jan, IL, 1915

ecu.
The cutting of ice received a re-
lapse when our thaw came along.
Fred Koch's new residence will be
ready for it's tenants early in the
spring.
Mrs. Robert Vopava, nee Viola
KOCH went to Cresco the fore part
of last week to enter Mercy hospital
for an operation for appendicitis, at
last report she is recovering nicely.
Some of our mail carriers had
great difficulty in holding their sched-
ule time in delivering mail last week
but despite bad roads and inclement
weather they did very well.
Reports from Reinhart Haakenson
who entered Mercy hospital at Ores.
co last week for an operation of
appendicitis, are very favorable.
News, his many friends will be glad
to learn.
The farmers telephone company
held their annual business meeting
in Hopperstad and Brekke's hall the
fore part of last week.
Mrs. Mike Hrushka made a very
pleasant call upon her friend, Mrs.
Mike KratZ last week Friday after
noon, passing a social time together.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Aegerter BRAY
ed the bad roads and storm weather
last week Wednesday to drive to
Cresco and make pleasant business
call.
Miss Elsie Scheurer a former Lin
coin lassie and Leslie BLY, of Cresco,
were united in wedlock by Rev.
Kerwin of the NJ E. church at Cres-
co last Wednesday morning. The
bridal pair left for Muscatine and
Monticello on the afternoon train to
spend their honeymoon.
Mrs. Reinhart Haakenson has been
staying at Cresco for a number of
days the past week, waiting upon her
husband at the hospital, and passing
greetings with friends and relatives
an that burg.
Koch's folks went to Cresco last
week to visit Mrs. Robert Vopava at
Mercy hospital. They found her on
the road to complete recovery.
The roads have been so icy and
filed with snow and water in many
places, that it has been very difficult
TO travel on same in many places,
consequently There is no Place like
Home
Reports reached here the fore part
of last week that Mrs. Mary Kratz
of Cresco was quite ill. Later news
from there are more encouragi ng,
which is pleasant news to all of us.
A number of the rural element at
tended another number of the lee
ture course at Ridgeway last week,
Friday evening.
rushed with work-shoeing horses
last week number of days that
farmers left their teams to be shod
and walked home, returning for
them the next day.
Henry Vatthauer from near Ridge
way called upon various farmers
west of the river last week trying to
buy up their surplus stock for mar
ket
Miss Abbie Lukes who has been
working as stenographer ETC., for
a firm at Waterloo for some time
spent the holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. f. Lukes, also greet
ing other relatives and friends.
Our students who spent the holt
days under their respective parental
roofs have all returned to their diff
erent schools to take up their work
again.
Mike Kratz had the pleasure Cd
to doctor one of his horses when
was quite sick one day last week
Haakenson's folks drove to Ores
co a number of times last week to
visit Reinhart Haakenson at the
Mercy hospital. They found him i'm
proving.
Master Merrill Haakenson has
been staying with his grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kratz the past
week while his Parents were at Cres-
co.
The past week a number of farm
ers have been busy getting up their
season supply OF wood. others have
been getting same sawed.
Mr. and Mrs Mike Kratz drove to
Tresco last week Thursday to call
upon relatives and make pleasant
BUSINESS calls in that burg.
Revival meetings have continued
during the past week, at the Ger
man NJ. F. church with undated
zeal, despite of the bad roads, dark
= ayeriBgs, ETC.
- huhlbSt VI NtuuiuSo hdNC OIIul-
red among our young people here
lately and more are on deck to APP
pear later on as the season advances.
Six or eight weeks more of cold
and clustering weather is the way
most of us are figuring it these days
DR.. Byron Lewis of Ridgeway
made a professional call upon A. F.
Schild. west of the river, Saturday
morning.
Frank KuntZ autoed up from De-
corah last week Friday to call at the
home place, see his brother Charley,
besides greeting other relatives and
friends in this community.
Jim Armstrong of Ridgeway made
a pleasant business call west of tue
Turkey river the latter part of last
week.
Once in a great while an auto ap-
pears on our roads yet, but they are
about as scarce as those heavenly
bodies-Comets.
Our cold foggy mornings OF the
past have been excellent BREEDERS OF
colds, sore throats, etc. furnishing
work for our physicians.
The meetings at the German NJ
T.. church which began two weeks
ago will close Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Moe drove out
from Ridgeway last Sunday morning
10 dine with the latter's parents, MI