Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-09-06
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

The school bells merry chime
may now be heard from time to time,
getting the lads and lassies in line.
John Reinhart was pleasant
caller at the Schild home last week
one evening.
Stock buyers have been securing
the country in the interest OF their
trade, the past week.
Several local showers have been
giving us some moisture of late
but not enough so the farmer can
start blowing.
Leigh Robinson was pleasant
business caller at Cresco the other
week one day.
Some of our young lads were
sight seeing at Protivin the other
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Nettie Koch assisted her sis
ter, Mrs. Fred Falck near Ridgeway
AT her domestic duties recently.
Quite a number of the younger
and elder people took in the picnic
at Vernon Springs in Howard county
last week Wednesday given under
the auspices of the English M. E.
church at Ridgeway and Morgan.
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PARTICIPANTS had more than fine time
enjoying the scenery, ice crem lem
onade, cakes, pies, etc. galore.
Some of our progressive farmers
have started picking seed corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Aegerter and
family spent the other Sunday after
noon visiting with G. Schild and
family.
The next meeting of the members
of the w. M. S. will be at the home
of Mrs. w. A. Scholer of Cresco,
next week Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Houses company
departed the other week for their
home at New Lisbon, Wis, after
spending several days here.
Labor Day this week Monday, so
we were without our usual war
news, and consequently took day
of rest with others.
A pretty double wedding took
place, last week Tuesday, but we
feel sorry that we are unable to give
particulars.
Fritz Ramseyer and daughter Miss
Pauline of Ridgeway were pleasant
callers on friends west of the river,
last week Monday evening.
Some of our bridges have been re-
Iplanked the past week and the APP
lproaches to them filled so as to make
life more comfortable for the travel
ing public.
Don't forget to attend the Sun
day school convention at Ridgeway
Sept. L and II. This is rather a pre-
vious notice, a sort of early remind
er that you should be there with
your friends, and take in the feast
of good things.
Miss Victoria KratZ has been un-
der the Doctors care of late, here is
hoping she will soon be her former
self again.
ment went to Ridgeway the other
Sunday evening to hear Rev. Lack
land at the M. E. church.
John Griffith of Ridgeway made
several business calls among the
rural element one day last week in
his car.
The woodchucks, or groundhogs
as some choose to call his lordshiT
seem to be on the numerous order
these days, trespassing on the
lawns, etc. until Towser, Shop OF
Rover gets ahold which causes a
change in his occupation.
Mrs. Leonard Walter autoed down
here from Florenceville, Howard
county last week one day in her new
Hup car, to make pleasant call on
the home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lehigh Robinson
lwere pleasant shoppers at Crescc
last week Wednesday.
Wesley Kratz and hired man are
patching it for few days, therefore
they are monarch of all they survey
outside as well as in the house.
The Northern Iowa Telephone Co
had men out looking after their OF
ter Creek line the past week.
Some of the Kirschman boys were
shoppers at Cresco last week We'd
Inesday.
The Evangelical church people
have been making some repairs OF
their church west OF the river the
past week.
Mrs. Mike Kratz has been VISITING
her daughter, Mrs. Leonard Waiter
Iof Florenceville, Howard county {
number of days the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Drummer
children, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Krue
ger and children all of Florencevillt
Howard county autoed down here
the other Sunday to spend the da.
visiting and calling on friends. rela
Itives and acquaintance. In the dusk
of the evening they motored home
Iagain.
The great railroad strike nov
forms the chief topic of the day