Decorah public opinion., November 29, 1895, Image 5

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By AKERS A HEWITT.
D E CO R All,
LOCAL, ITEMS.
—Go and see Tarvestad.
—Go to Downie to buy your watch.
—Eat Neufert’s home-made Candies.
' 36-eow
—Flour at 75c and upwards. Couse
& Tracy. 35
—Hair Chains made to order, at
Trzcinski’s. lOw
—Pure hoarhound candy made at 217
E. Water St.
A nice new line of fresh fancy grocer
ies at Geo. Bernatz’s. 37
—O. A. Sehall returned from Cresco
last Sunday morning.
—We do not keep apples, we sell
them. At Daubney’s. 37
—Henry Perce was down from Canoe
township last Saturday.
—West Union now has a town clock,
erected at a cost of $550.
—Mrs. M. T. Torsen returned last
Saturday from St. Paul.
—J. H. Pierce was down from Fre
mont Twp., Wednesday.
—Herman Ambli is helping Joe
Morton run his bowling alley.
All kinds of feed, and fancy No. 1
upland hay at Geo. Bernatz’s. 37
—Geo. Dillingham was down from
Hesper several days this week.
—Miss Barry is here from Chicago
visiting Mrs. Dr. F. W. Coleman.
—Lake Michigan is lower now than
it has ever been, so says the press.
—A. K. Bailey returned from a busi
ness trip to Dubuque last Saturday.
A set of late, improved, Falrbank’s
Standard scales at Geo. Bernatz’s. 37
We have the very best dairy butter
in the murket. 37 Geo. Bernatz.
We have the finest line of sugar can
dies in the city. 37 Geo. Bernatz.
A full line of fresh family groceries
constantly kept at Geo.' Bernatz’s. 37
—Do you smoke? You can get the
best nickle cigar in town at Daubney’s.
We handle the celebrated King Co’s,
best flour, the best in the market.
37 Geo. Bernatz.
—Hose Co. No. 1 gave a Thanksgiving
dance at Steyer’sOpera House last even
ing.
—John Hegg made a business trip to
Decorah from Springfield Twp, Wed
nesday.
—Crockery can be furnished to our
customers at a reasonable price. Couse
& Tracy. 35
—Try our Buckwheat Flour and
Maple Sap. It will please you. Couse
& Tracy. 35
—Church societies get Neufert’s
prices on Christmas Candies by the
quantity. 36-eow’
—Neufert will have a full line of
Christmas Candida and Christmas
Tree goods. 36-oow
—The Chicago moto-cycle race w’as
a failure. Here is another ray of hope
for the horse.
—A daisy is a daisy the world over.
Spurr’s Daisy Photos for $1.50 per doz
en are daisies. 38-4
—lf you eat fruit and candy, you
want to be sure and try some that
Daubney sells. 37
—Capt. C. H. Hitchcock returned
to his duties at Washingtondast Mon
day afternoon.
Come and have your weighing done
on a new set of the best scales made at
Geo. Bernatz’s. 37
—Walter E. Hoyt, of Madison
township is foreman of the Grand
Jury this term.
—V. E. Strayer and J. 8. Grande
land were Decorah visitors from Cal
mar last Wednesday.
—Mrs. F. D. Colville left for her
home at St. Paul on the afternoon Mil
waukee train Tuesday.
—Prof. Haldor Hanson left for
Minneapolis Wednesday, to be absent
until after the holidays.
—E. W. Cutting came up from lowa
City Saturday for a few’ days’ visit
with friends in this city.
—lf you don’t think you can get a
good lunch in this city, you just try
Daubney’s restaurant once. 37
—Ed. Malloy came over from Ossian
last Friday for a few days’ visit with
his brother Dan, of this city.
—A Turkey shoot w r as going on
down on John Curtin's flat Wednes
day and Thursday of this week.
—Boy Bullis is home from lowa
College, Grinnell, to spend the Thanks
giving vacation with his parents.
—Have your repairing done at Smith
A Dixson’s. Shoes made to order. We
have the best shoemaker iu lowa.
—There was a turkey rattle in the
L. F. Nelson building on E. Water
Street Wednesday and Thursday.
—Geo. Bernatz, the west end gro
ceryman, has put in a set of standard
scales on the west side of his store.
—Have you noticed the crow’ds go
ing and coming from the big closing
out sale at the Decorah Shoe Store.
—And the band played Wednesday
evening at the opening of Joe. Morton’s
bowling alley, on Washington street.
—Felt goods, overshoes and rubbers,
the finest line and lowest price at
Smith & Dixson’s Popular Shoe Store.
—Mrs. Ed. Farnsworth, came down
from Cresco for a few days’ visit with
Miss Mabel McClaskey last Wednesday.
—Come and see me on choice Minne
sota flour, the best in the market. We
also handle the Ice Cave mills flour.
37 Qeo. Bernatz.
—C. A. Neufert has just received a
full line of novels by modern authors
which are selling at 10 cents, three for
25 cents.
—The trains on both roads have been
running somewhat irregular for a few
days past, caused by heavy snowfalls
east of us.
—Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Sehall spent
Thanksgiving in LaCrosse, at the home
of his mother. They went up Tuesday
afternoon.
—Thos. Daly, of Cresco, was in the
City last Saturday. He was on his way
to Southern Arkansas, going there for
his health.
—We can’t say we will give you our
goods below cost, but we will give you
the best of goods at a reasonable profit.
Couse & Tracy. 35
—L. A. Marsh just received another
carload of York state apples, which are
the finest in the market. Go early and
get your choice.
—Mrs. Geo. Draper went to Forrest
City last Friday to spend Thanksgiv
ing with her daughter, Mrs. John
Barth, and family. *
—Many souls have been made happy
at the big closing out sale at the De
corah Shoe Store and have gone on
their way rejoicing.
—The Metzger Medicine Company re
port the largest mail order business
last week, of any week in the history
of the establishment.
—Union services were held at the
M. E. Church yesterday morning,
Rev. James of the Baptist church,
preaching the sermon.
—The best Bon Boris, Cream Tatties,
Peanut Candy, Chocolates, Ices, Nug
ats and Cocoanut work in the city,
made at 217 E. Water St.
—Will Hall returned to his home at
Grand Forks, S. D., last Tuesday.
Mrs. Hall will remain with her moth
er, Mrs. Pike, this winter.
—lf you wish to see a beautiful stock
of holiday goods, fancy goods, toys,
dolls, silverware and jewelry, go to
the Variety store of J. C. Tarvestad.
—John McCauley, one of Bluffton
township’s prominent farmers, re
turned from Chicago last Saturday,
where he had been delivering stock.
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—The big closing out sale at the De
corah Shoe Store is still going on.
Avail yourself of this opportunity of
buying good shoes at and below’ cost.
—With the several aristocratic wed
dings and the attire they don to go
before the alter the daily papers which
come to our table manage to be filled.
—Our $2.50 and $3.00 Ladies’ and
Gent’s Shoes are the best on earth.
Call and set* them; no trouble to show’
goods. Smith & Dixson, Popular Shoe
Store.
—Miss Lottie Akers, daughter of ye
editor, has been sick for the past week
with typhoid pneumonia. She is bet
ter at this writing. Dr. H. C. Bulis at
tended her.
—Just notice the advertisement of
the big closing out sale of boots and
shot*s at the Decorah Shot* Store.
There are some prices quoted that will
surprise you.
—Mrs. E. L. Jennings of Janesville,
and Mrs. L. 8. Fox of Odebolt, re
turned home the fore part of this week
after several days’ visit with rela
tives in this city.
—The Um-zee-wee Whist Club meets
this afternoon with Miss Grace Adams.
They will play one extra table in honor
of Mrs. Farnsworth, of Cresco, and Miss
Barry, of Chicago.
—The second one of the series of club
parties, held last Wednesday evening,
was attended by a very large crowd of
people, and a most enjoyable time was
had by all present.
—Revival meetings are being held at
the M. E. Church this week. Rev. E.
P. Stubbs of Frankville has charge of
the meetings, assisted by Rev. F. P.
Shatter, of this city.
—Snow, to the extent of übout three
inches, fell last Sunday, which helped
the sleighing out temporarily, but the
weather warming up has knocked the
bottom out of it again.
—Decorah has as pure water as can
be found any where in this part of the
state. Tiie waterworks reservoir has
been cleaned out, they finding hut very
little foreign matter therein.
—Minnesota has five million acres
of public lands unsettled, and is going
to have a convention for the purpose
of inducing the people of other states
to go there to occupy these lands.
—Owing to u slight accident the
Sunday morning Milwaukee train was
partially derailed about a mile and a
half out of Conover, four box cars
leaving the track. No one was in
jured.
—E. J. Curtin, E. J. Weiner, Will
Myrick and B. B.Morss hied themselves
McGregorwards last Wednesday for a
Thanksgiving wolf hunt with their
frieud J. C. Boyle. They will return
to-day.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP
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Is only one of the many lines of Holiday
Goods found in our stock, which includes
P'cture and Story Books, £
Poets-Leather Bound, S wood
Art Metal Goods, C celluloid
Onyx Tables, >
Candelabra, > PLUSH
Toilet Cases, € articles.
Work Boxes, etc.
We are always pleased to show our goods.
STRAND & DUNCAN.
—J. A. Ingallsand Win .Moody, who
were charged with the crime of grand
larceny, and were tried at this term of
court, were acquitted. The jury after
being out five hours returned a verdict
of not guilty.
—The genial Prof. C. Gilliertson is
again employed behind the desk at
the St. Cloud Hotel. Prof, is the most
gentlemanly hotel clerk in this state,
and the St. Cloud people will do well
to retain him.
—Stephen Rice was in the city Wed
nesday en route for his home near Burr
Oak. He is attending the Agricul
tural college at Ames, lowa, and is
a prominent member of the college
foot ball eleven.
—I have in stock all varieties of
the best New York apples. Come and 1
get your choice now. They are Green
ings and Baldwins and are the best
that money can buy. Come quick and
get the best. L. A. Marsh. 35.
—Downie, the reliable watchmaker
in Grand opera house store, has added
a stock of watches, clocks, jewelry and
silverware to his repair department,
where he will be pleased to see old
patrons as well as new’ ones. 37-5
—Bring in your pictures, I w ill frame
them for the next 30 days one-fourth
otT from regular price, commencing Sat
urday November 16, 1895.
Jas. T. Relf.
Nearly opposite the post office. 37-2
—Mrs. C. Edmonds of Cresco has
been visiting in this county for the
past two weeks. She spent the first
week with friends at Bluffton and has
since visited friends in this city. She
returned to her home yesterday fore
noon.
—Some flue acting may be looked
for here in a few days, for Mr. Clay
Clement is coming. He will appear
as Baron Hohenstauffen in “The new
Dominion.’' supported by a tine com
pany of comedy players under the
management of Joseph Adelman.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Adams drove
up from Waterloo last Saturday. It
took only a day and a half to make
the trip. They came on wheels and
didn’t strike any snow until they got
as far north as Waucoma. They ex
pect to return home next Monday.
—Gen. O. O. Howard, the “hero of
Gettysburg,” will deliver his great
lecture on Gettysburg at the Grand
opera house, Dec. 4th, under the aus
pices of Geo. Q. Gardner camp, S. ofV.
He has a national reputation as a lec
turer, and comes under a heavy guar
antee.
—Coleman & Toye, the Decorah Dent
ists, are making a cast aluminum plate
that is far superior to anything ever
put out by the profession. Call and see
us and be convinced. We do any
thing in the dental line in first-class
shape, and will always treat your
children as yourself.
—Mrs. Robert Thompson has been
sick for some time. There is a swel
ling on her right side, which some
what resembles a cancer, but the phy
sicians have not, as yet, been able to
tell just what it is. It is very pain
ful, and seems to almost take her
breath away when she moves. Bhe is
a little better at this writing.
—lf you wanted to buy “ Groceries ”
you wouldn’t go io a ''Harness Shop.”
No! Well, then, when you want to
buy musical instruments of any kind
go to a Music House. That’s the way
to save money. And don't you know
that Marsh's Music House is the largest
in Northern Iowa? It’s a fact, just the
same. Call and see for yourself. 36-4
—J. E. Chase, who was one of the
pioneers of this county, coming here in
1865, and who went to Clay county,
Nebraska in 1870, came to Decorah
last Friday for a few day’s visit with
relatives and friends here and at Spring
water, in this county. He says things
have changed a good deal since he left
here in 1870. Mr. Chase now resides
on a farm in Clay county, Nebraska,
twenty-live miles west of Sioux City,
this state.
—lf Decorah can be beaten for her
elegant window displays, we would
like to know where. The latest is the
show in the west window of Smith &
Dixson’s Popular Shoe Store. It. is a
full Thanksgiving dinner, beautifully
arranged out of the numerous articles
used in the boot and shoe business,
and is one of the finest displays ever
seen iu the city.
—lt is said that “Trilby" has just
made her appearance in London, and
the people of that large sized and some
what antiquated city have just got in
terested in the novel. We hope that it
will meet with better success there than
it did here. It proved to lie too light
reading for the American people, but
will doubtless be better adapted to the
English readers.
—We had a very pleasant call yester
day from O. E. Hammer, the young
attorney from Spring Valley, Minn.,
who so ably assisted Attorney Cameron
in defending J. A. Ingalls and Wm.
Moody, in the larceny case which has
consumed the greater part of this week
in our District Court. Mr. Hammer is
a very smart young lawyer, a good
talker, and a sociable young man, and
will make his mark in this world.
—Clay Clement, the clever young
man who has been winning so much
renown for his remarkable gifts as a
comedian and character actor, has been
secured for a special engagement here
at an early date. Supported by a
strong company of comedy players
under the management of Joseph Adel
man, Mr. Clement will present his de
lightful comedy of Soutnern life “The
New Dominion,” in which real unc
tious humor and pleasant romance are
cleverly mingled.
—Clay Clement is booked to appear
here shortly in a new high class come
dy of his own writing entitled “The
New’ Dominion.” Mr. Clement is well
known for his w’ork in heavier roles.
In this new’ play of his, Mr. Clement
will assume the part of a German bot
anist, whose wanderings through Vir
ginia in search ot rare specimens,
bring him in contact with all the ele
ments of love and chivalry that haunt
those Southern hills. When he ap
pears here Mr. Clement will be sup
ported by a strong company of players
under the management of Mr. Joseph
Adelman.
—There will be delivered at Steyer’s
opera house on Saturday and Sunday
evenings, Nov. 30th, Dec. Ist, 1895,
a treat in the line of temperance lec
tures by that eloquent lecturer, G. W.
E. Hill, of European and American
reputation. It will be given under
the auspices of the I. O. G. T. of De
corah. His lectures are replete with
sparkling humor, laughable hits, ear
nest humor and with that rare pathos
that moves his audience to tears, and
are full of practical and suggestive
thoughts. All are welcome; lectures
free. On Monday evening, Dec. 2,1895,
he will lecture on the beauties of the
“Sunshine Land,” its rugged mount
ains, wild canyons and rock girt val
leys, as seen by him in his travels in
the southwest.
—One of the largest and most enjoya
ble social events of the season was the
campfire and banquet given Tuesday
night by Geo. Q. Gardner Camp, No.
34, S. of V. to the Post and Relief Corps
of this city. There were about 85 pres
ent, the Hesper Camp, S. of V., com
ing down to aid in storing aw ay those
eatables which a foraging crew had ob
tained during the past two w'eeks.
An excellent program was rendered,
consisting of music by the S. of V.
quartette of this city, and speeches by
Rev. F. P. Shatter, Dr. H. H. Green,
and R. N. Allen, after which all pres
ent partook of the bounteous rejmst
that had been spread and placed at
their disposal. All adjourned to their
respective homes at eleven o’clock
feeling that they had spent a very
pleasant evening.
EE BIG EE
Closing Out
Sale!
OF THE
Asseln Shoe Store, Decorah, lowa.
Commencing Tuesday, Nov. 12th, 1895, the entire stock
of Boots, Shoes, Rubber Goods, Gloves, Mittens, etc., will be
closed out
AT COST OR LESS.
We have decided to go out of business and thete goods mu9t be sold.
J©*See the F*rice»:
W. L. Douglas’ Men’s $4 shoes, Men’s $4.50 Patent Leather,
per pair, for only $3.00 per pair, for only $3.50
W. L. Douglas’ Men’s $3 shoes, Ladies’ $4 Fine Kid shoes,
per pair, for only $2.25 per pair, for only $3.00
W. L. Douglas’ Men’s $2.50 shoes, Ladies’ $3.50 Fine Kid shoes,
per pair, for only $1.90 per pair, for only $2.50
W. L. Douglas’ Men’s $2 shoes, Ladies’ $3.25 Fine Kid shoes,
per pair, for only $1.50 per pair, for only $2.75
W. L. Douglas’ Boys’ $3 shoes, Ladies’ $3.00 Fine Kid shoes,
per pair, for only $2.25 per pair, for only $2.10
W. L. Douglas’ Boys’s2.so shoes, Ladies’ $2.50 Fine Kid shoes,
per pair, for only $1.90 per pair, for only $1.75
W. L. Douglas’ Boys’ $2 shoes, Misses $2.00 Fine shoes,
per pair, for only $1.50 per pair, for only $1.45
Mens’ $3.00 Cork Soles, 1 lot $1.50 to $2.00 Misses and
per pair, for only $2.25 childrens’shoes. Your choice... $1.25
Men’ss4.so Cork Soles, 1 lot $1.25 to $1.75 childrens’
per pair, for only $3.50 shoes. Your choice 95c
One lot ladies’ and misses’ $2 to $3.50 shoes, your choice $1 per pair. One
lotT ladies’ and misses’ $2.50 and $4 shoes, your choice for $1.50. One lot men’s
$3 to $4 shoes, your choice $2. All tan goods and summer shoes at your own
price.
MEN’S #3 00 BOOTS FOR $2.25.
One lot 40c to 60c Baby shoes, choice Men’s 40c Carpet Slippers 27c.
for 15c. Boys’ 35c Carpet Slippers 22c.
One lot 45c to 75 Baby shoes, choice Men’s 50c Gloves and Mittens for 38c.
for 25c. * Men’s 75 and 90c Gloves and Mittens
Men’s best $1.50 arctics for $1.25. for 50c.
Men’s best $3 (Boston’s, Wales-Good- Men’s $1 and $1.25 Gloves and Mittens
year brand) rubber boots for $2.40. for 75c.
Boys’best $2.50 (Boston’s, Wales-Good- Our lot boys’ Gloves and Mittens worth
year brand) rubber boots $2. from 35c to 60c, your choice for 25c.
Buy while you can get good goods at wholesale prices and less. You will
never have an opportunity to get shoes as cheap again. Tell your friends and
neighbors about it.
Remember the place:
The DECORAH SHOE STORE./
No. 216 Water Street , Decorah, lowa.
BEAR’S.
—Last week’s business has,
been the largest in years. The
reasons are: Lowest Prices;
Square Dealing; Honest Treat
ment.
Your Conclusion: Trade with
BEN BEAR.
BEAR’S. J