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HISTORY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY.
August 30th, Fitz Henry Warren (Republican), spoke at De- corah, Judge Clark, of Dubuque, opposing him.
The Congregational church of Decorah was in process of erec- tion this season.
September 21st, County Fair was held in Decorah.
October 5th, a daily mail was established between McGregor and Decorah.
1861.
At the opening of the year, the Board of Supervisors, one from each township, in order that the terms of office might not expire at the same time, they cast lots to see which should hold office for one year, and which for two years. The result was as follows:
For one year-Levi Bullis in place of Dan Lawrence, who was elected and resigned, for Decorah; J. Pagin, Frankville; J. T. Galby, Summer; I. West, Canoe; G. N. Holloway, Hesper; J. G. Ackerson, Burr Oak; S. Christen, Madison; Lars T. Land, Calmar; Levan Wanless, Bluffton.
For two years-W. H. Baker, Bloomfield; F. S. Northup, Glenwood; Ole Nelson, Pleasant; W. B. Chamberlin, Orleans; Ammon Ammundsor, Highland; D. E. Shelmadine, Fremont; M. J. Woolsey, Military; A. O. Lommen, Springfield; Orville Jenni- son, Washington.
G. N. Holloway was elected President of the Board.
March 3d, the remains of a Norwegian, named Iver Knudsen Jouen, were found near the foot of the bluff at the head of Trout Run. He started home from Decorah, drunk, on Christmas eve- ning. Going over the road past the cemetery, it is thought that he lost his way, rolled down the bluff and froze to death.
The Decorah cemetery grounds were laid out this year.
April 8th, a public meeting was held and the Decorah Guards organized, being the first company to enter the service in the war of the rebellion. The record of this and other companies from the county, will be found in a preceding chapter.
June 14th, E. E. Cooley received the appointment as postmaster of Decorah, and took possession July 1st.
June 11th, the County Supervisors voted $3.00 per week to each of the families of the Decorah Guards.
June 17, L. Standring turned the first scraper full of dirt into the Decorah branch of the Northern Iowa Railroad. Gangs of men were set at work at Decorah, Calmar, Ossian and Monona, but the work was discontinued.
July 4th, celebration at Decorah. with oration by Geo. A. Stephens.
In July the plastering and mason work of the Congregational Church was completed.
The Norwegian Lutheran Synod decided to build a college on the site selected in West Decoralı.
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August 22, Winneshiek Normal Institute incorporated; S. Page, Principal.
September 27th and 28th, County Fair.
November 17th, Congregational Church, Decorah, dedicated, E. Adams pastor.
The Livengood-Telyea murder trial commenced near the close of this year and continued into 1862. Particulars elsewhere in this volume.
1862.
Fourth of July celebration in Decorah, Hon M. V. Burdick de- livering the oration.
August 30th, saloon of Wm. Oleson, Decorah, burned, and George Gulbranson burned to death, and others badly injured.
September 6th, Aaron Newell, an old resident, died.
In September the Norwegian High School opened in Decorah being the nucleus of the future college.
1863.
June 4th, work on the Norwegian Lutheran College commenced. The building to be 150x20 feet on the ground, and three stories high above the basement.
Population of county by assessors returns in 1863, 15,035. Population of Decorah, 2,165.
Fourth of July celebrated in Decorah; addresses by home talent.
November 3d, Elisha Hurlbut, postmaster of Decorah, died. Joseph Hutchinson, assistant, continued in office until a successor was appointed.
1864.
February 9th, J. R. Slack was appointed postmaster of Decorah, and took possession February 28th. Geo. W. Adams was appoint- ed his assistant.
June 20th, the $40,000 necessary, secured, and engineers com- menced locating a railroad to Decorah.
A grist mill was built by D. Addicken, and commenced running that year.
June 30, corner-stone of the Norwegian College laid.
Oct. 3, Capt J. R. Moore, Decorah, died suddenly in his bed.
Oct. 12, celebration of the arrival of the railroad at Castalia.
Oct. 22, the Catholics of Decorah occupied their new church.
Dec. 22, Decorah gets a through mail from Chicago.
1865.
March 20, flood in Dry Run did considerable damage. High waters in the river carried away the West Decorah bridge, and also the Freeport bridge.
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April 8, a rousing celebration in Decorah of the taking of Richmond, in which enthusiasm extravagantly boiled over in wild and peculiar freaks.
April 27, funeral services in Decorah, Castalia, and other places on the death of Lincoln.
June 15, railroad completed to near Calmar.
July 4, Fourth of July celebration at Decorah, Col. Henderson orator.
July 20, railroad completed to Conover.
September -, Methodist parsonage at Decorah completed.
Oct. 15, dedication of the Norwegian Lutheran College, one wing four stories high, with basement, being completed. Promi- nent Norwegians from all parts of the country were present.
1866.
The Decorah public school building was built this year.
April 1, Decorah post office removed to first floor of new brick building on Winnebago street, now occupied by Journal office
April 5, greatest flood since 1859, carrying off numerous bridges and doing considerable damage in the county.
July 4, celebrated in Decorah, M. V. Burdick and R. Swearingen orators.
Nov. 1, great fire in Decorah; loss from $30,000 to $40,000, burning out Dennis & Hulverson, P. S. Smout, Green & Morss, and others, also the office of the Winneshiek Register, established in 1866, Haislet Bros. proprietors.
Nov. 11, County Supervisors bought the present Poor Farm of C. E. Dickerman.
This year the railroad reached the site of Ridgeway, and gave it its first start.
1867.
The new Masonic Hall, Decorah, dedicated. It was pronounced the bestin Iowa.
Jan. 30, Fremont House and barn burned.
February 12, meeting to organize a fire company in Decorah.
May 17, Norwegian celebration. Addresses by B. O. Dahly, K. E. Burgh, O. M. Lucken, and John Steen.
May 27, Decorah graded school established.
Oct. 3 and 4, County Fair held at Decorah.
During this year the residences of E. E. Cooley, D. B. Ells- worth, Mrs. Hughes, and J. Hunter, and the Dickerman building, were erected or commenced.
The telegraph line to Decorah was completed this year.
Nov. 28, Rev. E. Adams preached his Thanksgiving sermon, entitled "The First things of Decorah."
Dec. 6, Col. T. W. Higginson lectured in Decorah.
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Near the close of the year 1867, B. Annundson established a Norwegian printing office in Decorah, printing several publica- tions for the college. A few years later he commenced the pub- lication of the Decorah Posten, which is the only Norwegian paper in Iowa, and has a very large circulation.
1868.
Feb. 1, Decorah secures two mails a day.
This winter Decorah secures a course of lectures by Fred Doug- las, Theodore Tilton, Henry Vincent and E. P. Whipple,
February 2, Norwegian M. E. Church on Washington Prai- rie dedicated.
Feb. 18, John T. Stoneman lectures in Decorah on Joe Smith, the Mormon prophet.
April, Decorah Democrat established, Bob Shurley. editor.
May 17, Norwegian celebration; oration by Prof. Larsen.
July 4, celebration at Decorah; Rev. Henderson, of Dubuque, orator.
Oct. 7, 8 and 9, County Fair at Decorah.
In 1868, by the creation of the Circuit Court as previously de- scribed, the County Court ceased to exist. The County Judge be- came ex officio County Auditor, the new state of things taking ef- fect June 1, 1869.
1869.
On New Year's day Charles Magoffin fell over the bluff over- hanging the dugway, above the mill dam, Decorah. He was get- ting some cedar branches, and stepping on ice, slipped and fell down the bluff and was killed.
Jan. 12, Oddfellows occupied their new hall in the Dickerman building, Decorah.
March 15, paper mill company at Freeport organized.
May 12, work commenced in carnest on the Decoralı branch of the railroad.
May 9, depot and six grain warehouses at Ossian burned.
June 7, A. K. Bailey appointed postmaster at Decorah.
June 13, Kramer's store burned, and depot and Lambert's store at Castalia robbed.
July 4, celebrated at Ossian and Hesper.
July 12, Calmar is incorporated as a village of the second class
Aug. 24, David Self was killed by his wagon tipping over into river, on the dugway, Decorah. He was thrown under the wagon; his wife and children escaped.
Sept 15, first regular train ran into Decorah. It was a day of celebration and rejoicing.
Sept 22, 23 and 24, County Fair at Decorah.
Oct. 28, Edgar Harden, son of H. J. Harden, was fatally stabbed at Burr Oak by Jasper Jewell, who became irritated by the badinage of a party of threshers, with whom he was working.
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HISTORY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY.
Dec. 2, Beauseant Commandery of Knights Templar fully or- ganized and officers installed at Decorah with a grand parade, dis- play, etc.
The Decorah Ventilator was established this year.
This year the railroad reached Fort Atkinson, and the building of the new town commenced.
1870.
In 1870 the old Supervisor system of one from each township gave place to the present system, except that at first there were but three Supervisors; but this was changed, in 1872, to five, the present number.
In February S. S. Haislett bought E. C. Huntington's interest in the State Press newspaper, recently established at Decorah.
In March woman's suffrage lectures were delivered in Decorah by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mrs. H. C. Reed.
A 4th of July accident occurs at Spillville by the premature ex- plosion of an anvil, by which four men were badly hurt.
August 17, the publication of the Winneshiek Representative was commenced at Calmar by Bent Wood.
Steyer's Hall, Decorah, was completed this year.
1871.
Decorah had a lecture course for the winter of 1870 and 1871, among the lecturers being Lilian Edgerton and W. H. Milburn.
February 2, a fire in Decorah destroys Goddard & Henry's store, the Howell and Heivly building occupied by P. S. Smout and Mrs. G. W. Adams' millinery store.
February 24, by legislative enactment Decorah was incorporated a city of the second class. It first election was held March 6, 1871. The first mayor was Charles F. Allen. The other officers are given in a sketch of Decorah.
May 17, Norwegian celebration at Decorah. County Fair in Decorah in September.
The number of County Supervisors was increased from three to five, as at present.
June 23, the Winneshiek Representative at Calmar suspended publication.
Decorah celebrated the 4th of July; Mahlon Willet, orator.
Sept. 6th, a homicide occurred in the evening in Frankville township. Wm. McClintock was scolding his nephew about some piece of mischief when a man, named Seeley, rode up and said: "Take one of your size." And in a quarrel that followed See- ley knocked McClintick down with a club. McClintock died three hours afterward. Seeley was held to bail in the sum of $1,000, and afterwards sent to the penitentiary.
The County Fair was held at Decorah in September.
The Decorah Democrat was discontinued, and the material taken to McGregor for a paper there.
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HISTORY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY.
1872.
Jan. 17, old settlers of the county organize.
March 27, Ole Bull comes to Decorah, gives two concerts and a mattinee, and is given a grand public reception by the people.
July 4, Fort Atkinson celebrates, with W. H. Bennett as orator.
Deborah celebrates, with Rev. Casabeer as orator and Mrs. H. Bottsford as reader.
County Fair at Decorah, Sept. 17, 18, 19 and 20.
1873.
The great storm and snow blockade commenced Jan. 7th, con- tinuing about a week. It was in this storm that Conductor Bob Jamieson organized a rescue party and went from Calmar carrying provisions to passengers in a blockaded train a little south of Ridgeway. They made their way through the blinding storm by starting from one telegraph pole to another; the one who found the pole first shouting to the others. It was nearly two weeks before the blockade was finally lifted.
Jan. 20, the new school house at Fort Atkinson was burned.
Feb. 28, Andrew Johnson of Pleasant township, starting to go home from Decorah, drunk, froze to death on his way.
March 12, W. N. Burdick, of Cresco, purchased half the inter- est in the Decorah Ventillator.
May 17, Norwegian celebration at Decorah. Addresses by Rev. Larsen and L. Reque.
June 7, Ole Bull again visited Decorah and gave a concert.
Sept. 18, the district fair was held at Hesper.
County fair was held at Decorah, Sept. 23, 24 and 26.
1874.
March 31, death of C. H. Henry, of the firm of Goddard & Henry, Decorah.
April 5, death of F. E. Ruth, of the firm of Ruth Bros., De- corah.
May 24th, about this date the business part of Ridgway burned. Twenty-five buildings were destroyed and $50,000 worth of prop- erty.
Fourth of July celebrated in Decorah. Rev. H. B. Wood- worth, pastor of Congregational Church, orator.
July 31, new bridge over Iowa river at Decorah finished.
Aug. 11, Decorah Independent started by Ed. Wood and S. S. Haislet.
Aug. 13, corner stone of the M. E. Church laid.
Sept. 11 and 12 State Line fair at Hesper.
Sept. 15, 16, 17, county fair at Decorah.
Oct. 3, H. H. Buck, of Decorah, committed suicide.
Nov. 3, A. A. Aiken's Trot Run woolen factory burned.
Greer & Hunter's mill was completed this month.
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HISTORY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY.
Dec. 2, final completion and dedication of one wing of the Nor- wegian College.
Dec. 20, new M. E. Church, of Decorah, dedicated. Bishop Andrews, of Des Moines, presiding.
In November, 1874, Aiken & Woodruff, purchased the Winne- shiek Register, published at Decorah (which was the successor of the Decorah Ventillator,) of Geo. W. Haislet. In February, 1875, the Saturday Bee was published from the Register office, and during the snow blockade about that time, and afterwards, at times when occasion demanded, it was issued daily. The present Decorah Journal, Henry Woodruff, editor and publisher, is the successor to the Register, having absorbed the Independent; the Bee also becoming a part of the Journal establishment.
1875.
February 4th, a snow blockade continued several days.
March 3d, Ole Anderson, who lived north of Hesper, going home from Decorah, froze his hands and feet. A suit against H. D. Lolberge followed, in which $6,000 damage was awarded Anderson's wife.
March 31st, it was decided to erect a new Episcopal Church in Decorah this year.
May 9, Rev. Father McNulty, pastor of the Catholic Church, Decorah, died.
June 23, this night occured the great flood of Dry Run, sup- posed to have been caused by a water spout. Three small dwell- ings were carried away, and five bridges over Dry Run; Washing- ton Street bridge being the only one saved. All the bridges and much of the railroad track between Decorah and Conover were washed away.
July 2, Presiding Elder Wm. Smith of the M. E. Church, died.
July 7, County Supervisors provided for new iron bridges in various parts of the county.
July 17, death of D. Addicken, of Decorah.
July 19, death of Horace S. Weiser, of Decorah.
September 21, 22, 23, State Line fair at Hesper.
1876.
January 4, John B. Stickles died, it was supposed that he was poisoned. The famous murder trials resulting from his death, are recorded in previous chapters.
January 9, Charles Meyers, Supervisor from Second district, died.
January 31, J. Ellen Foster lectured at the Court House on temperance.
March 3, first accident on the Decorah branch of the railroad. Train was ditched three miles from the city. Eleven persons were hurt, but none were killed.
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HISTORY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY.
March 14, the new Episcopal Church at Decorah was dedicated.
April 7, Peter Duffin, an old settler, died.
June 18, Luther Church, Decorah, was dedicated.
June 6, alleged remains of Decorah, the Indian Chief, taken up, so as to improve the Court House grounds; they were re-interred inside the new wall.
July 4, Centennial celebration at Decorah, with oration by H. B. Woodworth, and meeting of the old settlers in the afternoon.
Oct. 10, 1876, Geo. W. Haislet, who had been engaged in var- ious newspaper enterprises in Decorah, Cresco, Lansing, Mc- Gregor, and lately for about a year at Dubuque, came back to Decorah and established the Decorah Radical, which he published till the time of his death in the spring of 1881, as recorded under that date.
July 9, in Frankville township Simeon Oleson shot and killed Anderson Theonson, who came to a party uninvited. After two trials Oleson was acquitted. An account of the case is given in a preceding chapter.
Sept. 6th, Capt. T. W. Burdick was nominated for Congress, being the first Representative from Winneshiek County, and was elected.
Sept 19-21, Fair at Hesper.
At the November election a $12,000 tax, divided between two years, was voted to build a new jail.
Dec. 21, 1876, near Locust Lane, while several teams were on the way home from Decorah, a quarrel arose, and Helge Nelson struck Ed. Torfin a fatal blow on the head with a club. Nelson . escaped with six months in the penitentiary.
1877.
Feb. 1, a new hotel, the Arlington House, was opened at De- corah.
Lectures this month in Decorah by James M. Bailey, of the Danbury News, and Mong Chin Foo, followed by others.
May 30, first observance of Decoration day, in Decorah. H. S. Henderson, orator, and C. Wellington, reader.
June 8, death of Joseph Grinsell, station agent at Decorah, his body being found in an unoccupied house at Prairie du Chien.
June 14, in the District Court Helge Nelson was convicted of manslaughter in killing Edwin Torfin, December 21, 1876. Par- ticulars are given in account of murder trials in this county.
July 4, celebrated by old settlers, reunion at Weiser's grove.
July, James Relf, a pioneer, died.
July 4, Howard's livery stable, Decorah, burned, and othe prop- erty greatly endangered.
This same month it was concluded to have an artesian well in Decorah.
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HISTORY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY.
July 31, Recorder Charles A. Steen, who was wounded at Get- tysburg, died in Decorah, aged 40 years, 11 months, and 1 day. Cyrus McKey was appointed to fill the vacancy until the next election.
Oct., Fair held at Hesper.
Oct. 18, a fire at Calmar burned four business houses, includ- ing McMullin's drug store, a shoe store, restaurant and saloon.
Nov. 3, Charles Hartsing, of Castalia, one of the first settlers of Winneshiek County died, aged 65 years.
Nov. 29, Adams' block, Decorah, burned, burning out Ben Bears' clothing store, Coleman & Toye's drug store, J. C. Meus- er's jewelry store, Newton's grocery, and some other tenants.
Decorah had a lecture course the following winter with Gener- al Kilpatrick, Henry Watterson, Mrs. Livermore, and Will Carle- ton.
1878.
Jan. 28, work on the artesian well, Decorah, stopped, it having reached a depth of 1,200 feet, and the water being 30 feet from the top.
April 4, the Board of Supervisors having this spring provided for the construction of a new jail, contracted for Pauley's steel cells.
April 11, plans for the new jail adopted, the site of which is located on the southeast corner of the court house grounds.
July 1, contract awarded for building a new county jail, which was erected the same year.
Sept, 17, 18, 19, fair at Hesper.
Oct. 10, Harvey Benedict fell from the house of his brother, A. A. Benedict, and was killed.
Nov. 21, the body of H. A. Hegg, of Decorah, was found in the creek at the railroad bridge, near Standring's cut. The coro- ner's jury found that his death was caused by strychnine, and that it occurred before he fell into the water. The mystery of his death is not yet solved.
1879.
February 15, Blue Ribbon movement organized by John W. Drew, in Decorah, and reform club established.
May 17, Norwegian celebration; orations by Professors Sander, Veflen, and others.
May 30, Decoration Day in Decorah; oration by H. B. Wood- worth.
June 22, twenty-fifth anniversary of the Congregational Church of Decorah observed.
July 4, celebration in Decorah, John T. Stoneman, or ator. Celebrated at Ossian, Rev. Sherin, orator.
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HISTORY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY.
Aug. 7, Decoralı township voted a 4 per cent tax to induce the Waukon narrow guage railroad, which was then leased to the Northwestern, to come to Decorah. The road bed was graded, but the Milwaukee company bought it up-it did not come-and Decorah saved its tax.
Sept. - , Fair at Hesper this year.
Nov. 12, Jannauschek, the actress, appeared at Decorah.
Dec. 1, Judge E. E. Cooley appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Reuben Noble.
June 13, the railroad depot at Conover burned.
July 4, celebration at Hesper, Rev. H. B. Woodworth, orator. Ossian also celebrated.
July 23, at the Peter Coogan school-house, three miles north of Decorah, Willard Van Pelt shot George Rastetler through the side, the latter having been abusing and threatening Van Pelt. Both were young men. Van Pelt was arrested and held for trial, when he was finally fined $20 and costs. Rastetler's wound was at first thought to be dangerous, but he recovered.
Aug. 19, Thomas Updegraff was unanimously re-nominated for Congress by the Republican Convention at McGregor, and was re-elected.
Sept. 12, Henry Diers was stabbed by Mike Wholehan, whom he had ordered away from Addicken's brewery on Sunday. Diers' wound was thought to be fatal, but he recovered. Wholehan was held in $5,000 bail, and on trial was sentenced to one year and six months in the penitentiary.
Sept. 15, 16 and 17, fair at Hesper.
1881.
Feb. 13, Remenyi gave a concert in Decorah.
Feb. 18, meetings held in Decorah to organize Citizens' Asso- ciation, which organization was afterwards effected.
March 6, George W. Haislet, an old newspaper man and editor of the Decorah Radical, died. The publication of the Radical was continued for about one year by Mrs. Haislet, and in the spring of 1882 was purchased by C. H. Craig, who changed its name to the Decorah Pantagraph.
March 11, Wm. Telford, an old settler of Decorah, 51 years of age, fell dead at a fire at the foot of Pleasant Hill.
March 28, James McConnell, an old resident of Bluffton, was killed by being thrown from his wagon on his way home from Decorah.
March 29, Chicago, Decorah & Minnesota Railroad Company incorporated.
April 1, Prof. Jacobson, of Luther College, died.
May 11, the City Council of Decorah voted to build water works, which were completed that year.
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HISTORY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY.
May 30, Decoration day, Decorah. F. B. Daniels, of Dubuque, delivering the oration. F. E. Brush, pastor of the M. E. church, Decorah, delivered the address at the cemetery.
June 10, observance at Frankville of the 100th anniversary of Father Cutler's birthday. An account of the celebration will be found in our sketch of Frankville.
August -, contract let for water works in Decorah.
August 12, Decorah post office moved into its new building. September 20, 21 and 22, County Fair at Decorah.
November 9, Decorah Township voted a five per cent. tax to the Upper Iowa & Mississippi Railroad Company, conditioned on its building a railroad to the Mississippi, at or about Lansing. The road was not built and the tax was forfeited. It is now stated that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company, who are widening the gauge to Wankon will continue the work to De- corah, thus giving them another outlet, via Calmar from the west, rather than to build a double track from Calmar to McGregor.
Hesper, Burr Oak and Bluffton townships also voted taxes to a road running through them to be built from LaCrosse to the southwest through Charles City, and the right-of-way for the road is being secured.
1882.
February 22, Decorah water works trial, parade and celebration.
April 14, Decorah Township voted a five per cent. tax to a rail- road to connect with the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, to be completed before September, 1883. Grading has been commenced.
June 4, murder in Glenwood Township. Peter Peterson Krog- sund was shot and killed by Hans Hansen Skjerdahl. Particulars given in a preceding chapter.
June 22, Decorah Drum Corps wins first prize at the State Military Encampment at Waterloo. The Decorah Light Guards also took a prize.
June 27, prohibitory amendment adopted in Iowa. Vote of Winneshiek County was 1,411 for, 1,696 against the amend- ment.
July 4, celebrated in Decorah, with oration by F. E. Brush, of Davenport. At Ossian, oration by T. J. Sullivan. It was also observed at Fort Atkinson.
July 8, Turner Callender, an old resident of Frankville, died. He came to the county in 1849.
Aug. 29, the Decorah Drum Corps wins a victory at the Inter- State Military Encampment at Dubuque, being victors over the Chicago Drum Corps, and winning the first prize of $500.
Sept. 1, Decorah Drum Corps welcomed home with a grand re- ception at the Opera House. Address by E. E. Cooley.
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Sept. 12, 13, 14 and 15, County Fair in Decorah. A grand success; pronounced the best in this section of the country; and cqual to many State Fairs. A magnificent display of cattle and other blooded stock. Receipts, $3,173.79.
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