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DECORAH, IOWA, JAN. 10, 1912.
Curtain .Rises at 8:20.Those who contemplate attending
the play, “The Country Boy’’ nextMonday night, and who does not,should remember that the curtainwill rise promptly at 8:20. Be inyour seats before that time so as
not to disturb everyone else.
Next Lecture Course Numl»er.The next number of the lecture
course will be William A. Colledge,
on Wednesday, Jan. 24th. Dr. Col-'ledge has been a wqrld-wide travel-er, with a varied and ripe experi-
ence, is a finished scholar, author
and educator, and his lecture prom-
isee to be a masterpiece.
The Decorah Choral Union.Prof. Sperati wishes us to an-
nounce that there will be no re-hearsal of the choral union on nextMonday, on account of unionrevival meetings. The next meeting
of the union will be at Marsh’s hall
on Monday, Jan. 22d.
Elks Ball a Success.The annual dance of Decorah
Lodge, No. 443, B. P. O. Elks atSteyer’s hall Thursday night was asuccess in spite of the cold weather.
There was a good crowd present,
the music was fine, and everybody
thoroughly enjoyed it.
Yearly Festival.The Symra society held its annual
festival for the members and theirfamilies at the Norske Selskab roomson Friday night. An elaborate sup-per was served, delightful musicrendered by Prof. Sperati and hisfamily orchestra, and several Inter-esting speeches made. All who par-
ticipated had a fine time.
Former Spring Valley Man MurderedMayor Daubney hands us a copy
of the Centralia, Washington Even-ing News-Examiner, containing anaccount of the murder of Mr. Lawr-
ence Bar, president of the Farmers’and Merchants’ bank of that place,
by an unknown young man who ep-
tered the bank and attempted tobold up Mr. Bar and the porter. In
the struggle which followed Mr. Barwas shot in the heart, and in two
other places, death following, f He
was formerly a resident of Spring
Valley, Minn., and will probably be
remembered by some of our readers.
The Bonds of Matrimony.This Wednesday morning at ten
o’clock, at the residence of thebride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. HenryHerwig, occurred the marriage oftheir daughter, Miss Mabel Edna, toMr. Louis Stoskopf, Rev. W. M.Lemen efficlating. Both the brideand groom have a host of friendshere who join us in hearty congratu-
lations and good wishes. The groom
is the proprietor of the Modern Bak-ery, a gentleman who is popular witheverybody, and his chosen bride isa young lady of many graces andcharming qualities which make herthe friend of everyone. They willbe at home to their friends afterFeb. Ist.
Death of Miss Karen Hoifoss.Miss Karen Hoffoss, the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Hof-foss, died early Saturday morning,after more than a year’s severe ill-ness, from tuberculosis. She wasborn in Decprah, Aug. 14, 1876, hertwin brother dying six years ago.
She was always poorly, but of a kind-ly disposition, and uncomplaininglybore her trials until the end. Sheleaves to mourn her death her par-
ents and three sisters, Mrs. O. W.Holm, Mrs. Prof. C. A. Sperati andMiss Ida. The funeral services wereheld yesterday from the UnitedLutheran church, Rev. O. E. Schmidtofficiating. The bereaved familyhave the sincere sympathy of all intheir affliction.
Preserving the Old Flag.In the second floor lobby of the
court house there Is a fine new redcedar case, with bevel plate glass
front and sides, which contains theold flag presented to Co. D, Thirdlowa Infantry by the people of De-corah when it went to the war, andwas carried by them throughout thewar. Since then it was in chargeof the family of the late Captain E.I. Weiser, and after his death Mrs.Weiser turned it over to the G. A.R., who took the matter up with theboard of supervisors, and as a re-
sult this case has been made. Itis intended also to contain otherrelics of the early history of Wlnne-
. shlek county, and will make a safedepository In which to place any-
thing ot the kind that anyone may
desire to give to the public.
And many a young man loves a
girl for the qualities she possesseswhich he wouldn’t tolerate In his
own sister for a minute.
A HOT r IRE.
Reuin Poultry House Burns. Needof Adequate Fire Alarm and Sug-
gestion For Providing One.
About one o’clock Monday morn-ing- the poultry house of Fred Reum& Co. on the flat in the rear ofWater street, was discovered on fire,and before the fire companies could
get there it was practically destroy-ed. Fortunately they were able toprotect the adjacent buildings. Itw-as a very intense, hot fire, and thefiremen fought hard to control it.The house was well stocked with liveand dressed poultry, some thirty liveturkeys and also two fine dogs being
suffocated. The loss is about $1,200,with insurance of SSOO. The cause
of the fire is unknown, Mr. Reumfinding everything all right when hewent there at 11:30 o’clock to closeup for the night.
Mr. Reum says that he is stilldoing business in the poultry lfhe asusual, and the fire will not interrupt
the business in any way.Again the inefficient, in fact the
disgraceful fire alarm system invogue in Decorah is brought intonotice. When tne men who discov-ered this fire went to the city hallthe rope leading to the dinky littlebell m the tower was frozen in sothat they could not budge it, and
one brave fellow climbed up thetower in the cold, bitter night andwith a hammer pounded out thealarm. But a few of the firemenresponded, as only a few heard thealarm. Others were roused by tele-phone.
Is it possible that Decorah musthave a fire loss running way up intothe thousands before a decent alarmis furnished? We believe this is amatter in which public interestshould be aroused. We have sug-
gested two different methods of pro-viding an adequate fire alarm tomembers of the city council, eitherof which we believe to be practic-able. One is that a special telephone
wire be stretched through the mainstreets of the city, with branches tothe rooms of firemen, with electricbells at their bedside, and telephonesin the rooms of the officers of thevarious companies, these bells to berung ahd the ward alarms soundedthroughout the entire city by thesimple touch of one button in thecentral office. Every fireman couldbe instantly awakened, and perhaps
a hundred thousand dollars savedto the city in a short time. Thisought not to be expensive, and webelieve the details could easily beworked out if the city council wouldlook into it.
Mrs. E. R. Stull Dead.Mrs. E. R. Stull passed away on
Friday evening at eight o’clock, ather home in this city, from Bright’sdisease and dropsy’, after being aninvalid for two or three years. Hermaiden name was Elizabeth Beall,and she was born in Fayette county,Pa., April 23, 1850, being marriedo,n July 6, 1878 to Elijah R. Stull,to which union one son, Wm. M. wasborn. Jhe family came to Decorahtwo years ago, and the acquaintancesshe made here regarded her as a sin-cere Christian woman of many ad-mirable qualities, a good friend andneighbor. She Is survived by herhusband, son, two sisters, one broth-er, five half sisters and one halfbrother. Brief funeral services wereheld from the home at eight o’clockSunday morning and the remainstaken to Roseville, Allamakee coun-ty, where services were held at theBaptist church and interment tookplace.
Mr. Berg is Cashier.The annual meeting of the De-
corah State Bank was held last week,and on account of hia continued illhealth, cashier A. L. Haakenson,who has served the bank faithfully
and efficiently, felt It his duty toresign, whereupon the directorselected the assistant cashier, Mr. E.E. Berg, to the position of cashier.
Mr. Berg has proven a capable andcompetent banker and has mademany friends in this place who willbe glad to know of his advancement.Mr. R. A. Engbretson was re-electedpresident and Mr. G. E. Soland vicepresident. The directors are R. A.Engbretson, G. E. Soland, T. O.
Storla, Dr. T. Stabo, Prof. L. S.Reque, Borger Hanson, E. E. Berg.
Silver Creek Creamery Co.
The postponed meeting of thestockholders of the Silver Creek
Creamery Co. will be held at thel. O. O. F. hall in Burr Oak onTuesday, Jan. 23d, at one o’clock p.
m. A full attendance is desired.2-2 J. A. Thompson, Sec.
Dance January :llst at Marsh'sThe 1912 dancing season will open
at Marsh’s hall on the evening ofWednesday, Jan. 31. Full particu-lars of the event will be announced
lu a few days.
The artificial blond’s method of
keeping her hair light is a dark sec-ret.
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THE UNION MEETINGS.
Interest, Growing in Meetings andAttendance Good Despite
Cold Weather.
The union meetings being held at
Marsh’s hall “got the swing of things’’last Sunday, despite the awfulweather with which they have' hadto contend for a week. All the meet-
ings were well attended and the in-terest deep. Smith and Colburn,while they make every moment inthe meetings alive and full of in-terest, are absolutely devoid of sen-sationalism and clap-trap methods.The music is made a great feature ofeach meeting. Both gentlemen singand have been members of promin-
ent male quartettes. Prof. Colburnis a hymn writer of note. Theirduets are always enjoyed. As a
prominent foot ball player puts it,“Their team work is well nigh per-
fect.” At the various Sunday ser-vices they were splendidly assistedby the large chorus and by Messrs.Willett and Groves and Mesdames
Adams and Perry.
One of the special musical feat-ures of this evening will be a cornetand vocal duet rendered by Messrs.Groves and Smith: “More Like theMaster.” Mr. Smith will speak upon
“Lessons from a Fool.”The Christian people of the city
are urged to attend the afternoonmeetings of tomorrow and Friday,held at 3:00 p. m. at the’Methodistchurch. Mr. Smith says’ no othermeetings will be of so great import-
ance.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Items of Interest From the DecorahHigh School, Reported by Our
Special Correspondent.
The two churches, Methodist andCongregational, will unite In theirmorning service at the Methodistchurch next Sunday, and be address-ed by Evangelist Smith and Prof.Colburn will lead In song. At 3:00p. m. a second mass meeting formen will be held at the hall and Mr.Smith will tell the story of “Win”McClure, the rescue of a railroadengineer. No services will be heldSaturday.
The Semi-Annual Meeting.The semi-annual meeting of the
Norske Selskab was held on Thurs-day night, when the following offi-cers were elected:President—Chr. Brandt. .
Vice Pres:—N. C. Qualley.Secretary—G. Jorgenson. ' 1 'Vice See. —N. N„ Quandahl.Treasurer—O. C. Johnson*; ,
Even the 1-high flyer alwaysabove suspicion. i*d
The Basket Ball Games.On last Friday occurred the dou-
ble header basket ball games, HighSchool vs. Alunmae and High Schoolvs. Alumni. Both games were inter-esting to watch. Due probably tothe fact that the Alumnae were en-tirely out of practice, they were“swamped” to the tune of 34 to 1.The work of the high school for-wards was brilliant at times. Theline-up and score follows:Alumnae High SchoolR. Helwig, f Brandt, fNaeseth, f Thompson, fR. Engbretson, c Holm, cM. Engbretson, c Haakenson, cF. Helwig, g Wold, gE. Jewell, g N. Jewell, g
Field Goals: Brandt, 8; Thomp-son, 7. Free throws: Brandt, 3;Thompeon, P; Naeseth, 1.
The boys’ game was a more evenlymatohed contest as the score, 56 to
32, plainly indicates. The game wasmarred by numerous fouls, whichare explained by the fact that someof the Alumni have been playing col-legiate basket ball. The playing wasswift, however, and several prettybaskets were netted. The team workof the high school, especially during
the last quarter, was excellent. Theline-up and score:Alumni High School
order as follows: Lillian Winter,Norman Bradish and Myron Downie.These three will be sent to Cresco on
Friday of this week, to debate thesame question with the Cresco highschool.
Annual Church Meetings.The annual meeting of the United
Lutheran church, Rev. O. E. Schmidtpastor, was held last Thursday, andof the First Norw. Lutheran church,Rev. I. B. Torrison pastor, on Mon-
day, when official church businesswas transacted. A week ago theannual meeting of the Congregation-al church was held/ the reports show-ing that the church was free fromdebt, the money for the final pay-
ments upon the parsonage havingbeen raised.
Haakenson, f McClaskey, fShima, f Downie, fSlack, c Cox, cWold, g Groff, gHansen, g Conover, g
Field goals: Haakenson, 8;Shima, 4; Wold, 1; Downie, 4; Mc-Claskey, XI; Cox, 4; Conover, 3;Groff, 1. Free throws: Haakenson,2; Shima, 3; Wold, 1; Downie, 10.
The Debate Contest.On Monday evening a debate was
held in the high school assemblyroom. The«program was opened witha duet by Agnes Thompson and RuthIngvoldstad and a solo by NellieJewell. The question for debate was,
“Resolved that the movement oforganized labor for the closed shop
should receive the support of public©pinion.” The speakers for the af-firmative were Norman Bradish,Rudolf Evans and Lawrence Acres.The negative was defended by
Jamie Groff, Lillian Winter and My-ron Downie. Mr. Harry Green, whopresented a loving cup to the win-ning society, gave a short talk, afterWhich he announced the decision ofthe judges in favor of the negative.
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Mrs. Mary J. Couse, department
inspector and past president of Gar-field Circle, L. of G. A. R., will in-stall the following officers at theYeoman hall Wednesday evening:
President—Elenora J. Coffeen.Sr. Vice —Ellen Wohlford.Jr. Vice—Anna Wingaard.Treasurer —Josie Cutting.Secretary—Christine Meyrick.Chaplain—Mary J. Couse.Conductor —Rose Larson.Guard—Nellie Thompson.Ass t. Guard —Emily Stortz.Organist and First Delegate—El-
mina Houg.Second Delegate—-Orlena Francisco;
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