Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-03-22
BURR OAK.
March 90. 1916.

Marcn ~, 1915.
The l.. A. s. Thursday in the rooms
over the Mercantile store.
Reuben Wilbur and family drove
TO Bluffton Sunday to see Mrs. VS..
sister, Mrs. Walter McCauley who is
quite ill.,
Cady Potter, Florell Potter Jr.,
Bessie Feltis and Mrs. Ben Wicks
spent Sunday with Canton friends.
Mrs. H. G. Ward came up from
DEBORAH Monday and returned Fri
day to bring her husband home from
the hospital tomorrow.
Everyone present speaks we'll Of
the meeting Friday evening on Wo-
mans Suffrage.
f. c. Ward and family Sundayei
at G. H. Kimball's.
A few took in the masque ball here
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Shelley and chill
dren spent 4 couple of days last wee!I
with DEBORAH friends.
! d. Mosher of Harmony was cal
Ter in our burg Thursday.
Fred Stockman has gone to Mime
apolis to take a course in a tractor
school,
Mr.. r. White was down from Ma
bel Thursday repairing pump for
IWill Darling.
| large crowd of young people
gave Dorothy Ulrich a surprise party
at her home Wednesday in honor Of
her 18th birthday. The evening was
spent in playing games after which
refreshments were served.
| hA hoc oil
winter went to DEBORAH Saturday and
from there will go to Red River Val
| ley, Mimi.
Frank Nash had a saw outfit saw
up big pile of wood Saturday.
Jesse Reed sold team last week
to w. Welch for $500.
Insurance agent Enger was mp
from DEBORAH on business Tuesday
Mrs. Roy Gossman spent several
DAYS last week with home folks near
Button.
Bertha Wicks and Marjorie Gates
went to DEBORAH Saturday and took
part in the contest. Bertha won end
prize in spelling and Marjorie 9Th
prize.
Mrs. Fessidan and daughters were
over from Cresco Saturday for the
funeral of her sister Mrs. Townsend
Ed Sharp leaves tomorrow for
Bozeman, Mont. Little Willie We'll
don will accompany him. whers he
will make his home with his father
Jno. Johnson made a trip to Wat
erville last week. where he accepted
a position as buttermaker with SAL
Of
They ship their goods today and they
will leave here Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Whitney were
over Sunday guests at Will Darlins's.
Victor Johnson autoed up from
Nordness early yesteday morning
returning in the afternoon.
r. Wilbur and w. Darling were
Mabel business visitors Friday.
Bert Kimball disposed of car
load of corn last week, he will have
in another car soon, also a car load
of ground feed.
Jesse Reed had a streak of bad
luck last week. lost one horse with
lung fever and another got it's leg
broke.
Geo. Smell and family were Sunday
guests at Geo. Sullivan's.
On Friday votes will be cast here
for or against a consolidated school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Potter expects to
leave tomorrow for their home in
Hawai- den, Canada.
Jane Mclaughlin was born in
Westmogeland county, Penn. Nov.
23rd 1888 and died March 16, 1916.
She came to Illinois with her par
ents in 1855 and then to Iowa in 1886,
where she has since lived. She was
united in marriage to Robert Town
send Feb. 9th, 1857. To this union
three children were born. Dora E,
Boyd, who died in 1913; Jessie l.. F.
who died in infancy; Lotte Stocl:-
man, who with the aged husband sur
wives. Sympathy goes out to the be-
reaved husband who has been failing
in health for 50 long and to their
daughter who has been with her in
her declining years. Mrs. Townsend
will be greatly missed in the neigh
borhood where she has lived so Ions.