Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-09-20
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BY HARRY j. GREEN.
DEBORAH, IOWA, SEPT. 20, 1915.
CORRESPONDENCE.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

urday on schedule time. Equinox,
days and nights of equal length.
The sudden drop in temperature
made us think of wooden goods and
furnace fires.
The meeting of the w. NJ. S. of the
Evangelical church was postponed
from last week Wednesday to this
week.
Ed Wagner and Johnnie were cal
lers at the Schild home one day the
past week.
Our Riddles at the rural schools
with this year.
A peddler passed thru here last
week with load of rags he had been
gathering.
Sweet cider, apple butter, pre-
serves, ETC., are nowadays stored in
the farmers cellar for winter use.
Jim Wagner was pleasant caller
on his brother Frank and family last
week Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. r. Wiedeman
have been entertaining some of their
cousins as guests from old Kentucky
a number Of days in the recent past.
We thought that cool weather and
muddy roads would put quitus on
the auto fever. but such is not the
case, it has developed again among
some of our young men.
Picking seed corn before Jack
Frost comes along is still occupying
portion of the farmers time.
Will Kuntz's folk autoed to Elma
recently to visit with M. II. Mealey
and family for time.
Ralph Schild made a call on the
dentist at Cresco last week one day
Threshing for the season is nearly
completed in this vicinity and ma
chimes will soon pull into winter
quarters again.
Maybe when the political tongues
get to wagging cbere will be rise in
temperature until the snowstorm of
the night of November 7th comes
along.
Since the rains of the past weeks,
cisterns and streams have plenty of
juice in them again.
Miss Emma Reinhart assisted Mrs.
VIM. E. Wiedeman in cooking for the
men that filed the silo.
Joe Novak had some business cal
lers from Cresco last week Wednes-
day.
Miss Geneva House was a pleasant
caller at the Will Kuntz home last
week one day.
Auto agents are still on deck, dis
pite the fact that the country is near
ly filled with cars.
Miss Malanna Kratz assisted her
aunt, Mrs. Mike KratZ in cooking for
the threshers last week.
Will Kuntz started filling silbs,
last week at the home of VIM. e
lWiedaman.
Wild ducks have started on their
annual fall migration towards the
sunny south. Their stay among us
seems to be limited
Miss Lauretta Kuntz and her sis
ter Mabel are away attending school
the former at Forest City and the
latter at st. Louis, Missouri.
The young peoples missionary So
ciety OF the German NJ +. church
met at the Vatthauer home north of
IRidgeway last week Wednesday.
No services were held at some of
our churches the other Sunday, ow-
ing to the rainy condition of the
weather.
School began in sub-district num-
Der four Monday, this week with Miss
Gladys Hoffman Of Ridgeway as
teacher.
Theo. Kratz ard family were cal
lers on Mr.. and Mrs. Demo Kratz OF
Sumner township last week Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs. Mike HrLska was a pleasant
caller on her friend, Mrs. Mike Xratz
last week Friday
Our band. and a bunch of lads and
lassies made merry at Schly in How
ard county, last week Friday evening.
fine time was had by the partici-
pants If the looks of their counten-
ances may be taken as evidence
A few unavoidable mistakes crept
into our items last week for which
We feel very sorry.
Mrs. Henry Albers left for Cedar
Rapids, Ia, last week Friday to take
treatments for ner case.
Mrs. Leonard Walter came down
| from Florenceville Howard county
last week one day to assist the home
folks in cooking for the threshers.
etc.
Mr.. and Mrs, Fred C.. Koch were
PHEASANT callers on the latter par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Amel Koch the
other Sunday afternoon
Several sales of stock, household
goods, etc, are on deck these days.
Cattle buyers from near Ridgeway
were interviewing some of the farm
ers thru the country last week.
Frank House is attending school
in sub-district number three this
term.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Haakenson were
pleasant callers on the latter's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Amel Koch last
week Monday evening.
Quite few of our people were
listed among the sick last week, but
are improving again.
Miss Leona Koch visited her sis
ter, Mrs. Robert Vopava of Sumner
township, the other week Friday