Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-27
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

appropriate exercises IN a number
of the churches last Sunday.
No school was held in sub-distriot
No. one last week Monday, owing
to the bad roads.
Pussy willows are in full bloom
these days. Another Sign that whit
er is over.
Mike Wiedeman oflnorth of Ridge
way called on his brother, Ed, west
| of the river last week one day.
l.. K. Bechtol and Elmer Schild
were pleasant callers at Cresco Mon
day of last week.
Indications are that more sprin z
wheat will be sown this season than
for many years in the past.
Wesley Kratz was pleasant cal
Ter at the Theo. Kratz home one day
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Schild and SCH
Ralph, were pleasant CALLERS at tie
Charley Kuntz home the other Sun
day. afternoon.
Anon Anderson of north of Ridge
way was delivering bailed hay in
town last week using two teams
to one wagon to draw same.
Miss Clara KuntZ was VISITING
friends and relatives at Ridgeway
last week.
The boss of the home will now
soon have to contend with spring
housekeeping fever OF the WOMEN
folks as Of y?re.
Joe Wagner and family from near
Spillville were pleasant callers on
the formers folks west of the river
last week Wednesday.
The members of the Standard
Bearers of the German M. E. church
met with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Watt
hauer last week Friday evening in
stead of Thursday evening owing to
the program at the high school at
IRidgeway.
Some of Alfred Peter Sr. folks
were pleasant callers at Cresco last
week one day.
Cleaning small grain for seed oc-
cupied the attention of a number of
farmers the past week.
Joe Vopava Sr. and son Rober. OF
Sumner township were pleasant cal
lers at Ridgeway last week We'd
nesday.
! A number of our rural element
took in the program at the Ridge
way high school last week Thursday
evening.
Road draggers made their 1918
debut on some of our highways the
fore part of last week.
A musical concert under the au-
spices of the lecture bureau will be
given at the Ridgeway opera house
this week Saturday evening being
the last number on the program. If
you are unsteady inclined then DON {
miss it,
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. j. Kreitzer and
son Leonard were pleasant callers
at the John Vrba home the other
Sunday.
| Fremont Armstrong of Ridgeway,
has been assisting Winfield Kratz at
his work the past few weeks or so.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Kreit2er were
pleasant callers at Ridgeway last
week Monday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Vrta and s)n
Clarence were pleasant callers at the
John Vrba home other Sunday.
Frank Vrba from near Pr ,.lv'n
was a pleasant caller in that burg
the other Sunday.
| Frank Kopet was pleasant cTl-
Ter on his cousins at the j. j. Kreit-
ger and Vrba homes the past week
or so
Rev. w. A. Scholer of Cresco and
Rev. Wilfong of Bonair dined with
Mr. and Mrs. John Aegerter and
family the other Monday. They came
up from Locust where they had been
holding meetings and were enroute
for Cresco.
Her at Cresco the fore part of last
week.
Easter Sunday next, bonnets, Ill
lies, colored eggs, etc., will be
strictly up to date then.
! Mr.. and Mrs. John Aegerter
daughters Esther, Elsie, and son
Albert, were entertained at an Oy.
ster supper at the Schild home the
lother Saturday evening.
All Fools day next week Monday
Be meek as lamb and wise as a
duck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollie Kratz were
pheasant callers at the parental home
of the formers the other Sunday.
Adolph Vrba and his brother Ed
win, were pleasant callers at the
John Vrba home the other Sunday.
Miss Victoria Kratz Is working fol
her sister, Mrs. Dan Kruger al
Florenceville, Howard county these
days.
Our township assessor made q
number of annual official calls neal
the river the past week.
The N. Iowa Telephone Co. al
Cresco were testing their Otter
Greek line \the past week one day
Egg buyers have started on the
annual trip through the country
gathering up hen fruit.
Turn your watches and clocks an
hour ahead next Saturday night
then go to bed and sleep as If moth
ling unusual had happened
Some OF Schild folks We're pleas
liant callers at the ]. j. Hornhergei
home last week one day.
John Reinhart was O pleasant
business caller at Cresco last, week
FRIDAY.
Will Fuller captured a big vol
near the river last week evidently
Itho u,oIf bo5 oOtfan triad Of MAJ