Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-18
CORRESPONDENCE.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.
July 16. 1917

July 10, 1917.
Farmers would like to make hay
while the sun shines.
New potatoes have appeared on the
farmers table and altho quite small
are very appetizing.
A hail insurance agent made sew
eral business calls through here the
past week.
Ole Sanderson has been reshing-
ling his barn the past week
Some of our people had their pi-
amos tuned the past week.
The meeting of the w. NJ S. of the
Evangelical ch1rch was postponed
from last week Wednesday to this
week, owing to the bad roads and
rainy weather.
An agent soliciting for nursery
ktock made several buk,ness calls
through here last week
]. j. Hornberger was a pleasant
caller at the Charley Kuntz home
last week one day.
Some of Schild folks were callers
at Cresco last week Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred C. Koch, Mrs.
Leona Koch, Mrs. Ole Sanderson and
son Freddie autoed to Calmar the
other Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Falck, daugh-
tiers Ollie and Opel spent a very
pleasant evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Amel Koch and family.
The Misses Nettie and Leona Koch
and friends took in the carnival at
Cresco one evening last week.
Roy Sanderson and frieDd Axel
Deli and Melvin Benson spent the
other Sunday with the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Sanderson.
rs. Carl Haakenson and babe
were pleasant callers at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Amel Koch the 9TH
er week one day.
Mr.. j. l.. Hopperstad and family
now tour the county in a new Dodge
purchased recently from Cresco deal
erS
Miss Hazel Blackburn is staying
with Mrs. James Soukup these days.
Miss Nettie Koch returned home
the other Sunday after spending
few months at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Haakensons.
Miss Sarah Hornberger of Indiana
is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Har-
Ty Wiedeman these days.
Ernest Peter of Cresco, accompan-
led by Roy Kochs sisters Nettie,
Leona and Lizzie spent the other
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert VopaVa of Sumner township.
NJ :. Clement Bertossa, children
and Mrs. c. F. Bertostsa of Chicago
have been visiting at the Schild home
number Of days the past week.
Miss Loretta Kuntz visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kuntz
at DEBORAH last week Thursday and
Friday.
Some of Schild folks autoed to De-
corah last week Friday to call at the
Frank Kuntz home and do some shop
ping in that burg.
Lee Robinson has been painting on
the Goth house the past week for a
number of days.
Mrs. Frank Kuntz and children of
DEBORAH called at the c. Schild, Will
: AID Sam Kuntz home last week the
latter part.
Mrs. Mike Kratz returned from
her sojourn at Grand Rapids, n D.,
where she had been for weeks visit
ing her children, Alvin, Walter Kratz
and Mrs. Reinhart Haakenson.
number OF agents of various
hues made their presence conspicu-
Gus thru here the past week.
S. A. Mahlkuch of Madison, Wis,
was an over Sunday visitor at the
Schild home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Kratz and Wes-
ley attended the funeral of William
Walter at Florenceville, Howard
county last week Saturday.
A number of our people went to
DecCrah last Sunday to take dinner
at the City Park, greet friends, rela-
tives, etc.
A. F. Schild was listed with the
sick the fore part of the week.
The w. NJ. S. of the Evangelical
church meets with Mrs. C. Schild
this week Wednesday afternoon.
Preaching services will be held at !
the Evangelical church next Sunday |
morning Immediately following Sun
day school by Rev. w. A. Scholer of |
Cresco. Plan to attend with your
friends
The Standard Bearers of the Ger
man M. E. church will meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Black
burn the second Wednesday in Aug
ust.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Haakenson of /
DEBORAH spent a number of days at
the old homestead west of the river
the past week, greeting friends and
relatives.
Quarterly meeting conducted by
Rev. w. c. Lang of Waterloo will pc
gin at the Evangelical church Satur-
day, July 2Sth. Everybody most cor
daily invited to attend all the servi-
ces. Come and bring your friends.
Fritz Ramseyer, John Griffith and
Albert Koch of Ridgeway made
pleasant call west Of the river at the
Schild home last Sunday.
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