Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-09-18
BURR OAK.
September 16. 1915


Tuesday for a weeks visit with home
folks. Ben Manning has charge of
the barber shop during his absence.
Steve Brady returned last week
from Minneapolis.
Ralph Supplee is home from Oska-
loosa for few weeks visit.
Miss Lucille Emmons concluded
her visit here and returned to Kan
sas City Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Wicks were
guests at the E. NJ Reed home Tues.
evening.
SameRice was taken to the hospi-
tai at Lacrosse last week where he
underwent an operation for gall
Crosse by DR.. Dahl of DEBORAH and
his son-inllaw, Claude Headington.
AT present he is getting along nicely.
Milton Whitney of DEBORAH is
having some thing done on his farm
north of-here.
Miss Coma Pierce spent part of
last week with Mrs. Alice Morrison.
Miss Myrtle Wade spent Saturday
night with her sister. Mrs. Carl
Pierce.
Paul Reed returned Thursday from
a few days stay at the j. B. Reed
home at DEBORAH.
Rob Richert and the Misses Nettie
land Florence Reed were DEBORAH
visitors "Wednesday.
E. A. Headington and family were
guests Sunday at the Abe Pierce
home.
Daniel Ulrich went to Plymouth.
Wis. last week where he will attend
school.
Miss Florence Price is, employed at
the Mercantile during the fifteen
days sale which began Thursday
The w. G. Il. U. will meet in the
AFTERNOON of Sept. 9th at the home
|of Mrs. c.. G. Ward for a business
meeting. There will be election of
Officers and each member is request
led to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Kimber received
word last week that their son Elmer
had arrived safely in France.
Miss Marguerite Tracy OF DEBORAH
lis teaching in the Van Welt school
land Miss Anna Jaeger of DEBORAH in
the M. f. Price school, Miss Lucy
Chase in the Cold Water school and
Miss Nellie Knox in the James Wade
school.
Mrs. Ida Heckle who has been sick
the past two weeks is improving
now.
Miss Florence Larson of DEBORAH
accompanied Miss Gertrude elise
nome Friday for few days visit.
Mr. and Ms Edr,upd DpJIitt of
Cresco and Mrs. Mary Porter of
Mason City spent Wednesday night
at the home of their sister Mrs. M. F.
Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Smith and Mrs.
]. s. Nolte motored to New Hampton
Wednesday night to meet their bro
Their, Corporal Harold Cox who is
home from Camp Dodge for short
visit.
Obituary.
Zophar B. Landon, son of William
and Mary Landon was born in Litch
field Co. Conn, Feb IL, 1882. AT the
age of 81 years he went to Kent,
Ohio where on August IL, 1859 he
was married to Emogene Slayton,
who proceeded him to the better land
on Dec. 20, 1909. After year spent
in Kentucky they came to Burr Oak,
Ia, settling on farm one mile west
of the village. There they lived un-
til the fall of 1896 when they moved
into the village. Here he lived until
four years ago when he went to
Cresco to live with his daughter, Mrs.
E. Pollitt. From her home he de-
parted this life Sept. 8. 1918, aged
sc years, months and 81 days.
Three daughters, Mrs. E. Pollitt of
Cresco, Mrs. N. w. Porter, of Mason
City and Mrs. M. F. Price of this
place together with IA grandchildren
and 13 great grandchildren are left
to mourn a kind and loving parent.
Funeral services were held Sept. IL
from the M. e, church of which Mr..
Landon has been faithful member
from his early youth. He was laid
to rest in the Burr Oak cemetery.
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