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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26
BURR OAK

C.. C. Ward left Thursday for. a
business trip to Dakota.
Mrs. P. c. Olson who has been
staying with her daughter Mrs.
Claude Wicks returned Saturday.
Mrs. E. NJ. Reed and son Paul
were guests Sunday afternoon OF
Mrs. w. A. Lange at DEBORAH and
called at the Fred Lent home.
Mrs. Ernest Ward spent Sunday
with her father NJ. E. Marsh.
Mrs. Charlie Murdoch and daugh-
ter Miss Irene spent part of last
week with her grandmother Mrs
Jane Fredenberg.
Mrs. Ida Heckle spent Thursday
evening with Mrs. Floyd Ferris.
Mrs. Hannah Sharp visited Mrs.
Maude Erie at Hesper Friday after.
noon.
Miss Bertha Wade is staying al
the Louis Krumm home caring fol-
the three youngest children who are
sick with measles.
Mrs. Ida Heckle was a guest al
the E. M. Reed home Thursday.
Rev. Whitman of Minneapolis spent
Wednesday night at the c. C. Ward
home.
Leslie Pierce returned last week
from Dakota where he has been
working. He was needed at home as
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26

Mary Kratz of Cresco last week
| Wednesday afternoon.
Several warm thunder showers of
late made all vegetation TEEN with
rev life.
Dan Kreuger of Howard Co. auto
| ed down here last week Wednesday
20 make a call at the Theo. Kratz
home.
Rollie Kratz was a caller at the
parental home fore part of last week.
Eddie Peter returned to Lanes
boro, Mimi. Sunday accompanied by
his brother Walter and Misses Leona
and Lizzie Koch.
Herbert Kratz assisted his brother
Rollie at latter's work the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Falck and child
rem from near Ridgeway dined and
spent other Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Gesell.
| Mrs. j. w. Huntoon and daughter
Mary were visiting friends at
Charles City the past week return
ing home Thursday afternoon.
r. L. DAVIS Of Cresco made sever
al business calls thru here the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Peter Sr. and
family dined and spent other sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Peter
of Cresco.
Albert Sobolik was a caller at the
Amel Koch home last week Tuesday
AFTERNOON.
Leona Koch was a caller at the
Fred c. Koch home last week Tues
cav afternoon.
Roy Koch spent other Sunday
afternoon at the Alfrod Peter Sr.
home.
Victoria Kratz is assisting her
! sister-in-law, Mrs. Demo Kraft at
her domestic duties while latter is
sick.
Mrs. Carl Haakenson and daughter
Gail spent last week Tuesday with
formers parents Mr. and Mrs. Amel
Koch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Haakenson,
daughter Gail, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred c.
Koch, son Clinton took dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Vopova of
Sumner twp. other Sunday and spent
balance of day together.
Robert Vopova was business cal
Ter at Ridgeway last week Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Robert Vopova of Sumner
Twp. and daughter Eileen We're cal
iers at the parental home of the
formers, Mr.. and Mrs. Amel Koch
ether Thursday afternoon.
Rev. L. w. Book of Cedar Falls
held services at the Evangelical
church here Thursday evening.
Joe Huntoon arrived home from
Marion last week Friday where he
had been attending school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Kratz were
callers at the Schild home Sunday
Afternoon.
Rev. L. w. Book of Cedar Falls
and Rev. j. H. Siewert of Cresco
were callers thru here latter part of
last week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

Last day of school in sub-dist. No.
l fore, part of last week.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. fol-
lowed by prayermeeting at the Evan
gelical church next Sunday.
The next meeting of the w. NJ. S.
of the Evangelical church will be
with Mrs. c. Schild, third Wednes-
day in June.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Falck, daugh-
tiers Ollie and Opel from near Ridge
way We're shoppers at Cresco last
week Wednesday.
Parties from Cresco motored thru
here last week, supplying a number
OF us with gas for motive power.
A number of our people are busy
these days painting their residences.
E. H. Ladwig was a caller at the
w. E. Wiedeman home fore part OF
last week.
Teacher, pupils and patrons OF
school in sub-district No. 1 enjoyed
themselves at picnic on the school
campus fore part of last week.
Little Dorothy Keruger returned
to her home at Florenceville last
week Wednesday after a stay OF
over a week with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Kraft.
Members of the w. NJ. S. OF the
Evangelical church met with Mrs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26

Thursday evening at the Wiltgen
hotel.
Mrs. Jake Vance returned to her
home in CrescO Thursday after a
visit with relatives and friends.
Mrs. C. Dewey and daughter
Kathleen visited her aunt Mrs. T. P.
Logsdon in DEBORAH Tuesday.
Mrs. Luella Weitgenant returned
from DEBORAH Saturday after spend
irg a week with friends.
Charles Daniels and family spent
Sunday at the C. w. Rathbun home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Dowd and Marie
and Mrs. Reed Elwood and children
and Miss Jennie Harris went to
Spillville Sunday to visit relatives.
Misses Aida and Ruth Gunderson
returned from Ames last week after
a visit with their sister Mrs. Steiner
son.
j. w. Banning came home from
Fayette Tuesday after visiting his
brother Peter Banning.
c. E. Ward and family were in
Eldorado yesterday.
The remains of Mrs. Mary Null
laney were brought here Tuesday
from Sioux City. The funeral was
held Friday morning from the
Catholic church She was the mother
Of Will Mullaney. Those from out of
town who attended the funeral
were: Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Barrel,
Sioux City; John Mullaney, Mason
City; Mrs. Jim Floody, Mr.. and Mrs
VIII Boeckman Castalia; VIM.
Fleming, Cresco; Mrs. Will Mullaney
and son and Miss Ella Fleming, of
Plymouth Rock; Joe Ryan, st. Paul.
John Lyden and daughter May, of
Postville; Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Powers,
Clermont; Mrs. John Meisner, Mason
City; Mr.. and Mrs. Tom McMannus
Rockwell. Mr.. Ed Donnley, Manson
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Sherry and Miss
Emily Lennon DEBORAH.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26
RIDGEWAY.

Mrs. lver Hopperstad returned on
wednesday from Prairie du Chem
where she had taken Embert to the
sanitarium for treatment
Mrs. Enoch Magnus and Mrs. Hans
Melaas were at DEBORAH Tuesday.
Mrs. w. H. Klemme went to Fay
cite Wednesday to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Parker.
l.. A. S of the Synod church will
meet with Mrs. Anna Anderson We'd
nesday afternoon.
Lydia Wemark was at DEBORAH On
Wednesday between trains.
Steen Johnson and Oscar WiLrer
OF DEBORAH were here Wednes Ia =
evening on business.
County superintendent Miller OF
DEBORAH was in town Thursday.
Della Fosse was at Cresco Thurs
day having dental work done.
Mrs. Griffith and Mrs. Paley went
to Lime Springs Thursday to see
Mrs. Shoemaker.
Graduation exercises of the high
school will be delivered by Prof.
Dickban of Fayette at the Method
list church Friday evening at eight
O'Clock.
Mrs. Hoffman and daughter Mrs.
Mcdonald were at Cresco Friday be-
tween trains, having dental work
done.
Emily Larson was at Crasco Fri
day between trains.
Will Johnson of DEBORAH was here
Friday on business.
Lloyd Fosse arrived Sunday morn
ing from Beloit, Wis. for a visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
7. FOsse.
Mrs. Alfred Drum and Mile were
at Lime Springs Tuesday to see Rev.
Shoemaker and wife.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26
OSSIAN

Joseph Boyle and family autoed
to DEBORAH Tuesday to do some
shopping.
Miss Elizabeth Heck of Clarion
visited her mother last week.
Misses Irma and Marcella Meyer
Of Des Moines are spending a few
days at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Holder and
children were DEBORAH visitors Tues
day.
George Cooper of Charles City
came home Thursday.
Mrs. c. H. Gilbert and Mrs. W. NJ.
Allen entertained the L. A. S. at
the latter's home Thursday.
Mr.. Daniel Leppo of Fairfield came
Friday to visit his\ daughter, Mrs.
c. T. Ward.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. J. Carter went to
Postville Tuesday where the latter
cnderwent an operation.
Mrs. Reed Elwood and children
and Miss Jennie Harms of Elma
came Friday to visit her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Dowd.
Mrs. Marvin Billiard was a Nc
Gregor visitor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Luenberger,
Mrs. Henry Luenberger, Mrs. Nina
; Hurley and daughter Edna and
Mrs. o. Laurence of Fl. Atkinson
spent Friday evening with friends.
Mrs. Libbie Raven of Princeton,
N. ]. came Saturday for a visit at
the c. E. Billiard home.
Mrs. Will Helwig entertained the
Five Hundred club at the Theo.
FLETCHER home Thursday afternoon
The Liberty club met with Mrs.
Percy Billiard Wednesday evening.
Rev. Robt. Bates went to Des
Moines Monday to attend the Metho-
DIST convention.
H. j. Geisen of Calmar was an
Ossian visitor Wednesday.
Hugo Schneeberger went to CAL
mar Tuesday to visit home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Powers of
Postville called at the VIM. Mullaney
home Thursday.
The alumni banquet will be held
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26
CLAY HILL

Mrs. NJ. Griebel and granddaugh-
ter Vivian Stortz were Ridgeway
callers Monday last.
| Mrs. Emma Wachuta of Prairie
du Chem came last week to visit
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. 7
LinZemeyer.
John Griebel of Minneapolis came
down the first of last week for n
Gays visit with his parents. His
lather returned With him making the
return trip by auto.
MISS Hazel StortZ' is attending
Valders College in DEBORAH the PAST
two weeks. N''''
rs. 4. Nestle and Mrs. G. Hovey
attended the L. A. S. Of the Synod
church in DEBORAH Thursday.
Ben Jaastad of DEBORAH spent a
couple OF days on his farm here.
Mrs. Geo. Rastetter is enjoying
visit from her mother Mrs. McKillup
OF Fairbault. She came last Thurs
day. Il rD..lt.up.Ia.l -
Mrs.. Sam Goettieman has been
under DR.. Kuhn's care with very
sore finger the past week.
Quite few have been entertain
ing the measles the past week.
Little Leonard Tyler was severely
hurt in a runaway last Thursday.
He was thrown out and the wagon
box throded against his side hurting
his stomach and his knee cap. He is
under the Doctors care and is do
ing as well as can be expected.
Mrs. May Schrubbe and son of De-
Corah spent last Thursday with her
friend Emma Wachuta at the LinZe-
meyer home.
Mrs. Ida Grinna spent Sunday with
her parents in DEBORAH.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward SeegmilIer
were entertained at the Glenn Stortz
home Sunday afternoon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26

his brother Glen has not been we'll
for some time.
Mrs. Carl Pierce and son Merlin
were Mabel visitors Friday.
Miss Gertrude elise spent last
week in DEBORAH with her grand
parents Mr.. and Mrs. William elise
Mrs. F. J. Potter returned Tues
day from Lacrosse where she has
been to have a cancer removed from
her face. She was treated by DR..
Cohen who has been successful with
a large number of cases from this
Vicinity.
Lawrence Butler made a business
trip to Cresco Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kimber were
guests at the John Gates home on
Thursday evening.
Mrs. c. c. Ward accompanied by
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26

Anton Ask and Tyndall Fossa
were at DEBORAH Friday.
Mrs. N. c. Putnam and Mrs. AL
fred Drum went to Cresco Friday
between trains.
Mrs. Ole Anderson and Lorna
Fosse left the first of the week to
visit relatives at Albert Lee, Mimi.
Mrs. Alice Ringdahl came from
Minneapolis Wednesday to visit her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Armstrong
Hazel Blackburn went to Forest
City Wednesday to attend the gradu-
ating exercises at Waldorf College.
Lillian Kuntz and Leda jacobson are
among the graduates there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Ar
thur Johnson and Anita were De-
corah shoppers Friday.
Mrs. Sjoboen of Ossian spent Fri
day and Saturday here with her
daughter Selma Sjoboen.
Mrs. Alfred Milbreth was at Cres-
co Friday to visit at the Milbreth
home.
Ruth Jacobson spent last week
visiting at the John Greenslade
home.
Mrs. John Dubek and daughter
Wilma Marie and Miss Clara HUI
Dek of Calmar we're visiting at the
L. t. Fosse home Friday.
Louis Steen of Cresco was in
town Sunday.
The primary and intermediate
grades of the public school will
have a picnic at the river Thursday
and the high school will go to De-
corah park for their picnic.
The confirmation class of the
Lincoln church will be held Sunday,
May 80. Those to be confirmed are:
Vivian Lomen. Olive Gullickson,
Orestes Mroe, Roy Owen, Edith
Bakken. Stella Hove, Amy ALBERT
son, and Louis Albertson.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26

her mother Mrs. Alice Pierce and
her brother Carl and family motored
to Canton Sunday afternoon and cal
led at the c. H. Pierce home.
James Headington and family Of
DEBORAH spent Sunday with Mrs.
Headington's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gates.
Mrs. Ella Thayer and son James
Weldon were guests of Mrs. c. w.
Brittendall at Bluffton Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. E. D. Weldon who has been
in very poor health for some time
is slowly improving. Many of her
friends remembered her on Mothers
Day with beautiful flowers, which
she appreciated very much.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-05-26

TRY Our Want Column.
The Irish standard., 1920-05-08
To Open An Irish
Theatre i'm New York

er, once wrote a ballad dealing with
his tardy experiences with this rail.
road. The railroad got an injunction
and made the song voiceless in Ire.
land.
The Celtic Players, with an Irish
sense of humor, have made this song
part Of their bill and it will be sung
during the performance of "A Min.
ute's Watt
AS part of the first bill the Celtic
Players will present typical Irish
interlude of songs in Gaelic, Irish folk
tales, and Irish dancing.
The company which will interpret
the plays is composed of:
Mrs. Dudley Digges, Eileen Curran
Lillian Jago, Bina Flynn, Angela Nc
Cahill, P. ]. Kelly, Edward O'Connor,
Paul Hayes, Henry Handon, Emmet
O'Reilly, Harry O'Neill, Michael Carr,
and John Burke, the new Irish tenor.
Players Are Well Known.
Each of these players is we'll known
in Ireland and in addition each has
appeared in this country in successes
Of the professional theatre:. p. J..
Kelly, for instance is now prominent
in the support of James X. Hackett
in "The Rise of Silas Lapham." Ed
ward O'Conner was the old minstrel
of "The Lost Leader" Henry Handon
had prominent roles in "Old Lady 81"
and John Ferguson, Lillian Jago had
unusual roles with James X. Hackett
and in Dark Rosaleen," while Eileen
Curran was also member of the
Dark Rosaleen" company. In addi-
! tion she arranged the music for this
Belasc0 success.
In her studio at 144 West 34th
| street, New York, Miss Bierne told
something Of the aims Of the Celtic
Players.
"Our plays will include the serious
DRAMA" she said, comedies and plays
| of a symbolic nature. We aim to
4 kIesent plays which faithfully po1-
tray the pathos, the charm and the
mysticism of the Irish character. We
are Irish men and women and we
want the world to know the best of
Ireland and the Irish. II we can sue.
ceed in this ambition we feel that we
shall have done something for the
land of our forbears in that we shall
have helped to make her understood
and something for our own land in
that we shall make her understand"
The Irish standard., 1920-05-08
Celtic Players, New Body, to Presen,
First Bill on Evening OF
May "a.

New York, May 3-Rehearsals
were begun during the past week in
New York by the Celtic Players, an
organization Of representative Irish
players, playwrights and stage direc.
tors which has just been formed un.
der the direction of Deborah Bierne,
formerly managing director of the
Manhattan English Grand Opera Com
pany; the Russian Symphony Orches-
tra's advance manager and manager
of the concert tour in this country
of Giovanni Zentello and Maria Gay.
Miss Bierne is managing director
Of the Celtic Players. She plans to
found in New York City national
Irish theatre. AS the beginning of a
comprehensive movement in that d.
rection, Miss Bierne has taken the
Provincetown Theatre at 1873 MacDou.
gal street, New York City, for sea-
son beginning May "a, when the Gel
tic Players will present their first
bill
The first bill is decidedly interest
ing, beginning as it does with a one
act play, ''The Singer" by Padraic H.
Pearse, first President of the Irish
Republic. Pearse's plays were first
presented by his pupils in the grounds
of st. Enda's and later by professional
companies in both Ireland and Eng
| land as we'll as upon the continent.
'The Singer" is the story of his own
life, told in the symbols of poetry.
The revival of this play is graceful
tribute on the part of Miss Bierne
| and her associates to the memory of
Padraic Pearse.
"Riders to the Sea-"
On the first bill of the Celtic Play.
| ers at the Provincetown Theatre is
also Riders to the Sea-" by John M.
Synge, whose work is we'll known in
America.
The third play upon the first bill of
the Celtic Players is "A Minutes
Wait" by Martin j. McHugh. 1t is
an amusing piece dealing with one of
the standard jokes of Ireland, the Dun.
fail Light Railroad which, the story
goes, has never been known to, be on
time. The railroad, as a matter of
fact, is very sensitive concerning its
failing. Percy French, the Irish sing.
The Irish standard., 1920-05-08
SCathin& Indict-
ment of Britain

Washington, ID. G., May "A SON.
ber picture of Ireland's present reign
OF terror under martial rule is con-
tained in an editorial Indictment of
Britain in the Irish independent, Just
received here. The significance of
the editorial lies in the fact that the
independent, which has the largest
circulation of any Irish daily, is not
a Sim Fein newspaper. 1t substan.
tiates the claim Of Irish sympathizers
in America that the brutal coercion
by the British government has alien.
ated every shade of Irish independ.
cnce, and has given tremendous i'm.
petus to the demand for RECOGNITION
of the Republic.
The editorial, in part, says:
Lord Salisbury's panacea for Ire.
land was twenty years of resolute
government" or coercion.
BY Tories and Liberals coercion
was alternately tried in the last quar-.
ter of the nineteenth century, and
each in turn found that the policy
was failure.
Under the present Government
there has been reversion to that
hateful system; but the methods EN-.
ployed on this occasion, for cruelty,
repression, and vindictiveness, are
worse than any punitive campaign
adopted by the British or any other
Government in modern times. Lib.
erty in the personal, as we'll as in the
political, sense has vanished. The
people dare not meet publicly to state
the national grievance: they are for.
bidden even to inquire into the eco
nomic condition of the country; raids.
arrests, and deportations are the
order Of the day.
In the month of January alone 1856
arrests were made. Without trial or
charge men, and even boys, have been
cast into prison. Lord French, Mr..
Macpherson, and their abetters at
the Castle, are, It is pretended, doing
all this for the purpose of maintaining
..,w and order" Was there ever
such a mockery?
Daily, the Government themselves
are violating the fundamental princi-
pies Of law and Justice; they have
abolished constitutional government
in this country and enthroned in its
place . form Of repression and ruth.
The Irish standard., 1920-05-08
In An Address at Mobile He Explains
How Industries Are stitied
BY Britain.

President De Valera, in his recent
visit to the South, delivered a plea
for Irish independence and American
recognition of the Irish Republic at
Mobile, Alabama, before a crowd
which filled the Lyric Theatre. The
audience rose and cheered when the
Irish President was introduced by
Frank Thompson, chairman of the
executive committee in charge of the
details of Mr.. De Valera's visit.
Explaining that wherever he has
spoken in America he has never failed
to find someone who understood the
Gaelic language, President De Valera
opened his address with message
in this tongue, which he translated
as meaning that the young people of
Ireland are determined that the Ian
guage and the nation of the Irish
people are to be saved.
Let 1t be understood" said Mr.. De
Valera, that Ireland is a nation and
not a province of Britain. 1t has
never been part of Britain by Irish
will. There is no evidence of any
contract in all history between the
Irish people and the people of Britain.
We claim the right to choose for our
selves what form of government we
shall adopt.
'The British Isles is Il fiction of
geography. The fact that a robber
holds his neighbor's goods, being
stronger than his neighbor, does not
give him right to those goods. We
are here as the representatives of one
Of two nations in certain disupte
and we recognize that in such dispute
there must be an official organ for
communication between ourselves and
other nations. We do not make our
claim by an appeal to your generosity,
ideals of liberty or as the repayment
Of q debt. Our claim is on much
higher basis-that OF simple Justice.
I'VE do not come as a self-styled
The Irish standard., 1920-05-08
The London Nation, Leading English
Paper, Says Britain Seeks to
Deprave the irish People.

The following expression of English
opinion recently appeared in the Lon
don Nation:
Once more the British Government
of Ireland has produced bill for its
own betterment. The time was, as
in the later Gladstonian period, when
such an action was evidence of an
honest desire to bring that Govern.
ment to an end. 1t has come to be
a camouflage of Unionism.
Ulster capitalism is the hand by
which England governs Ireland, and it
is the hand that writes this bill. The
Unionism that is past gave Ulster the
full advantage of the imperial system,
the pick of Irish patronage, and the
favor of the Imperial Parliament to
maintain her privileges.
But the flow of these benefits began
to dry up. Ulster could no longer
count on British boycott of Irish
Catholicism, and the support of an
anti-Home Rule Parliament at West
minister. Her landlords had almost
disappeared. Labor disputed the con-
troll of industry, and even threatened
the savage tribalism which on one
side of her activities she called her
politics and on the other her religion.
And formally, at all events, the Brit
ish Government had acknowledged
the principle of the unity and nation
ality of Ireland and embodied it in an
Act of Parliament.
A Tripartite Government.
This was the position which by an
adroit change of tactics the ascend
ancy party in Ireland and it's British
Allies have now undermined and re-
versed. BY an act of intimidation, car
ried to the point Of treason and civil
war, they frightened the Liberal party
out Of it's act for the government Of
Ireland by Irishmen, and set up a
tripartite government by England, by
Ulster, and by socalled southern Irish
men. Mr.. Redmond fell into the trap;
and having accepted partition and had
the terms of the treaty promptly
raised upon him, was repudiated and
his party-the only body with which
British statesmen could act for the
pacification of 1reland-destroyed.
The success of these tactics was
adduced by Sir Edward Carson in the
debate as his reason for accepting the
present bill. If he killed it, the uni