Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-03-15

Twould be disastrous IL you got
Your others out and put 'em on.
Messrs. Valentine Kern and Hen
ry Barth were Mabel callers Friday.
We have an idea that even the
guns in the neighborhood of Verdun
are kicking.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Noecker made
a trip to Burr Oak Friday.
Miss Anna Peterson concluded
her visit with nome folks the fore
part of the week and returned to
Burr Oak to take up her work again
as saleslady.
Mr.. Olaf Sander and Miss Eda
Young were joined in wedlock We'd
nesday. Miss Young is we'll known
as she has been saleslady in the
Burr Bureeson store for a number of
years. The husband of her choice
is a fine young man. They have a
host of friends who extend to them
their heartiest congratulations.
Some wars are entirely uninter-
esting to the soldiers, but they are
having a perfectly killing time in
Europe.
Mr.. Ole Anderson was a DecoSah
visitor Thursday.
This open winter has not been of
the best, the grip epidemic has
spread from place to place and the
disease has been the most serious
ever known, and those who were vic
Tins do not get over it quickly. 1t
also has developed into pneumonia.
ETC., taking a large toll in lives and
to lNxv; tlnn itnf
ing workers in al walks of life.
Hedge Jacobson drove to Mabel for
a load of corn Saturday.
We are glad to state that Mrs.
Perry Kenyon who has been very low
with lung trouble is little on the
gain again.
We learn that Mrs. William Feltis
has been very poorly, her many
friends hope for a speedy and per-
manent recovery.
Mr.. Ole Anderson was a shopper
at Hesper Wednesday.
A number from here attended the
auction sale at the Tamness resi-
dence in Hesper Saturday.
Mr.. Dave Wealch called at the n.
Noecker home Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Nelson of De-
corah were guests at the Will Hille
man home Wednesday.
Mr.. James Smalley and son Roy,
were visitors at Mabel Wednesday.
Charlotte and Marlowe Noecker
visited with their friend, Miss Idella
Tillapaugh Wednesday.
Quite a number from here attend
ed the L. A. S. sale at Burr Oak
Thursday.
Mrs. Henry Broghammer was a
caller at the Lawrence Stortz home
Sunday.
You can build an automobile at
home just as well as not. We read by
the paper the other day that the Uni
versfty of Wisconsin Is teaching au-
tomobile construction by mail.
P'shaw. that's easy. You take on old
coal scuttle four spools Of thread, q
gasoline can and go ahead. The on
ly trouble with the correspondence
instruction Is that ii doesn't tell
fellow how to get the gasoline.
Mr.. Henry Barth hauled a load Of
cord wood to Mabel Wednesday.
To some people the worst of the
horrors caused by the war is the
predicted price of 40 cents a gallon
for gasoline.
Miss Hilda Ramlo was a visitor at
Burr Oak, Wednesday evening.
C. j. Steno called at Ole Haugen's
I'm Canoe Thursday.
Mr.. Edward Brenna who Is laid up
with a broken arm Is getting along
as nicely as can be expected, but 1t
will be some time before he can use II
again
Philip Richert and family who
came down from Oregon recently are
visiting among friends and relatives
I'm this vicinity.
Master Earl Randall the little SOL
of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Randall who
has been very i'll with severe cold
is on the gain again.
Autos seem to have taken control
of our highways again as the roads
and weather are in good condition
for them.
Mr.. Henry Usgaard who has been
entertaining severe cold is on the
gain again.
Our vicinity was stricken with
grief when William Stortz, son o.
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