Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-01-05
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trip to the John Clauson home on
the Waterloo Ridge Monday.
Mr.. Ole Anderson transacted bust
ness at DEBORAH Monday.
Mr.. Ed Severson of Thief River
Falls, Mimi, is down here visiting
relatives and shaking hands with old
time friends.
Mr.. John Foltz made a business
trip to Mabel Thursday.
Miss Anna Peterson who is en-
ployed as saleslady in the Mercan.
tile store at Burr Oak came home
Friday evening to spend a weeks va.
cation.
Mr.. Charlie Linzenmeyer is al
home during the holidays.
Miss Myra Sales senior in the
DEBORAH High School came home
Thursday to spend a weeks vaca.
ton under the parental roof.
Mr.. Lars Lane of Highland town.
ship was caller at John Richert's
Tuesday
MIR. George Foltz's neighbors as,
sisted him in marketing his hogs
Wednesday.
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Noecker and wives autoed to Decor,
all Wednesday to do some shopping
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hilleman were
visitors at Burr Oak Tuesday.
Mrs. Bertha Bender called at AL
bert Van Vliet's Tuesday.
Mrs. Lars Usgaard who has been
very poorly is able to be about again
Mr.. Pete Ramlo transacted bust
ness at DEBORAH Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Valentine Stoskopt
done some shopping at DEBORAH Tues
day.
Messrs. Andrew, Ole and Alfred
Anderson called at Mrs. Bertha Ben
der's Tuesday.
Mr.. Nicoli Lein was a visitor al
Hedge Jacobson's Monday.
Mr.. Philip Defining of Dorchester,
Ia, was a guest at his aunt's home
Mrs. Bertha Bender went to Locust
Saturday evening to visit at the Hen
ry Defining home.
Mr.. Rob. Tillapaugh marketed a
| load of hogs at DEBORAH Tuesday.
| Mrs. Lena Darlington who has
been very Ill for some time was
worse for g few days the past week.
Mrs. Mary Nelson has been assisting
her with the household work and car
ing for her. Her many friends hope
for a speedy recovery.
Mr.. Ray Smalley helped his broth
ers James Smalley the fore part OF
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casper Queal were
observed sleighing in our vicinity
Monday.
Mr.. Perry Kenyon delivered his
hogs at Mabel Monday.
Mr.. Weston Stoskopf is home from
Mabel spending the holiday vacation
| Mr.. VERNE Perry is a busy man
these days grinding feed for ma
jority of the farmers. The farmers
can save many trips to town by grind
ing up large quantity.
The Ruffridge boys of Locust saw
ed wood for Valentine Kern Monday
Mrs. Sanaker and daughter Jen-
ME of Burr Oak came out to the Chris
Rasmussen home Friday night. Ras-
mussen and Sanakers also Peter
Brandaas of Waukon were guests al
the Henning Rootvold home Xmas
day.
Mr.. George Young called at Steno's
Monday.
! The report is that Mrs. Walt Tilla-
paugh is some better. Her many
friends hope she will be able to be
about again.
The buzz saw is humming its
cheerful tune among the farmers
these days.
Mr.. Johnnie Anderson was a guest
at the Isaac Peterson home in Canoe
Sunday.
Miss Marie Peterson a student al
Valdez College of DEBORAH was home
Sunday.
Messrs, Ole Usgaard and Johnnie
Anderson assisted Will WEIGH Jr
in getting up his seasons wood the
past week
Mr.. Johnnie Halse of DEBORAH was
entertained at the John Peterson
home Sunday.
| Mr.. Ole Anderson was visitor al
the Peter Usgaard home in Canoe
Sunday.
Mr.. Rob Tillapaugh helped Edgar
Thorson haul straw Monday.
Mr.. Andrew Anderson called al
the Hedge Jacobson home Monday.
Miss Hilda Ramlo shopped at De-
corah Saturday.
Xmas was spent in many homes in
an enjoyable way by inviting friends
and relatives to a Xmas feast, but
did we all stop and think how much
we had to be glad for for this year!
We candidly had more to be thank
full for this year, much more than IL
many years gone by, because we have
had a fairly prosperous year, despite
of many predictions to the contrary
and we are now enjoying the pro
ceeds. But above all and everything
else we have peace, no wars are des
troying our homes and loved lives
and grain fields are not covered with
1.-THE dead, staring unseeingly up into
the starlit heavens! rude graves and
ruder headstones are not milestones
along our roads; the sound of canon
does not destroy our nights rest Oh
our DAYS work, and women's hearts
are not distraught with agony as
white-faced and pale of lip they wall
and wait for the word OF men who
have gone to the front and who may
never come back. All this carnage
of war has been spared us and W.
should forget we had lovely yule
tide after all.