Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-05
BURR OAK.

Our people will celebrate tomor-
row in Hesper, Harmony and Cres
co that care to take in &c .cbrations,
others will picnic at home.
| Mrs. z. NJ. Reed will entertain the |
| L. A. S. the 18th inst Ladies kindly |
remember the rules that all that at
tend these societies are to bring |
something to help out for refresh
ments, hours from to $500
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Gates and Mrs. |
E. NJ. Boerr made a drive to Decor
all Friday.
Geo. Sullivan went to Prosper Fri
day and brought his mother home
with him. She is very poorly.
Mrs. l.. Wemett and children of
Dubuque are visiting at Grandpa We
Imett's.
Home strawberries are on the mar
Iket, but not as plentiful as usual,
owing TO the heavy winter sleet.
Jno. Reese and wife autoed up
from Waterloo Saturday for a few
days visit with the Arnold family.
B. F. Shelley is in DEBORAH doing
painting and paperng for Alvin Roll
lns.
Elmer Kimber leaves today for
western life in northern Montana.
Violet Ward and Violet Stoskopf
came up from summer school at Fay
cite Saturday TO spend the Fourth.
Braytcn Whitney went to DEBORAH
Friday and came back with Saxon
runabout.
Thomas Qualley and Nels Rem
: men were up from the hub a couple
/ of days last week, in beaut OF an
uht cylinder Cadillac car
( Jno. Nolte autoed to Mabel Mon
Y day evening with V. Manning and
: wife.
: Mrs. E. NJ. Reed and son Paul and
S Mrs. R. Wanlass drove to DEBORAH
Tuesday.
e Martha Goforth is spending few
t weeks with friends in Spring VAL
ley.
+ w. Roman and son was up from
i DEBORAH on business Wednesday.
a German school is in session, Rev.
q Ulrich is the teacher.
A large crowd took in the barn
a dance at Darling's Thursday night.
s Mrs. E. McCabe and daughter Lois
of Plymouth Rock took dinner at A.
d Pierce's Wednesday and made calls
here in town in the afternoon.
. The proceeds were $4,000 from the
ice cream social Wednesday evening
,e in Van Vleit's new barn.
e A meeting was held Monday eve
IS ming to discuss the electric ligh
l. problem as a result committee con
e. sisting of A. NJ. Morrison, E. NJ
Reed, G.. H. Kimball and Jno. Gate!
}. went to Preston Tuesday and con
Is suited with the officials of the E
plant there.
m Mrs. Hannah Sharp leaves thi
n. week for Forest City, Ia, to visit he
sister, Mrs. Otis, Mrs. j. McMullel
DR. of DEBORAH will accompany her.
The past few days has been scorch
H. ers but ideal corn weather.
re d. Supt Crowder of Dubuque will
be here on the eve of the 18th t,
IN give one of his inspiring sermons a
the NJ. E. church. Everyone com
d. out and hear him.
nd Mrs. G. H. Kimball, Marjori
Pierce, Jno. Wicks and c. Mannin
err Iautoed to DEBORAH Thursday after
ay noon with Mrs. C. Ward.
o. Twenty-Five friends or more at
It. tended the Cradle Roll meeting b
Mrs. Brittendall at r. Wilbur's Fri
RI day afternoon it being Miss Lois
it first birthday. The meeting was bot
an enjoyable and profitable one.
n A large crowd attended the chi
lis dren's day exercises at the A. {
nd church Sunday morning. The churc
was prettily decorated and each on
r. did their part to make the program
re an interesting one.
ne Mrs. Fred Wemett of Mabel spen
last week at j. Wemett's.
ed Mons Jacobson is giving his hous
te. a new coat of paint.
er J. Nolte and Alberta Cox were De
corah visitors Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Whitney spen
last week at w. Darling's.
Ed Curtin was up from Decorah o
business Thursday afternoon.
90 j. Nolte has bougfiht Ted Emmon
~ runabout car so now when he don
10 want to take all of his family he ca
nd take spin by himself.
~ Mrs. w. VIM and son leave tt
80 morrow for their home in Castali
- after a fortnight visit with her fail
!, er, w. Feltis.
80 -, Friends are glad to learn that Mr.!
20 ]. Douglass is improving, havin
nc been confined to her bed for wv
~ weeks.
Victor Johnson was up from Moro
IN ness yesterday greeting old friends.
y, Several went to DEBORAH yestel
% day afternoon to see DEBORAH an
90 Fort Atkinson play ball, but Shove
u.s. stopped the game before it was fiji
ished.
"a ,a' Several from here took in tn
~ Chautauqua at DEBORAH and Nab,
10 :, and thought it very good.
az Miss Hattie Little is down frol
" La Crosse hospital for few day
rest.
ma ~ Norbert Noecker the 1O-year-ol
~ son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Noecker q
81 his face badly burned by an expl,
M sion from starting a fire with CO;
~, oil. He was brought at once to ID
S'o' Emmons who thinks in time no seal
az will remain.
~ Lawrence Butler and Jim Headin
Ao ton sold horses to w. Roman la
=, week.
~ Miss Bessie Feltis and Mrs. Y
'"' Winn visited at w. Hilleman's Fl
"a day.
l Mrs. Frank Cratsenberg and sc
% Charles of DEBORAH are visiting rel
o. tives and friends here.
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