The menu included: roast turkey, baked chicken, cranberry jelly, giblet gravy, celery, creamed rutabaga, baked beans, mashed potatoes, water cress, boiled ham, raised biscuit, jelly, cabbage salad, chow chow, potato salad, olives, pickles, doughnuts, cakes, mince pie, pumpkin pie, cheese, tea and coffee. Price 25¢.

1906

THE OSSIAN MARKETS

This year's municipal election finds the Citizens Union ticket headed by J. Weitgenant winning by almost a two to one margin. The Bee had backed the People's party with I. H. DeGraff as their mayoral candidate. With the exception of mayor Weitgenant and councilman Dessel, the successful candidates were all incumbents who had been soundly criticized by the paper. James Floody was again appointed to the position of city marshal.

Prof. C. A. Russell was retained as principal of the public school at a salary of $85 a month. Miss Laura Becker was hired to teach intermediate grades and Mrs. M. Livingston the primary room, both at salaries of $50. There had been two applicants for the office of principal--Russell and H. O. DeGraff, a local boy. His father, I. H. DeGraff, subsequently tendered his resignation as chairman of the board.

Hiram Jennings of Waterloo, a former Ossianite, advertised for a wife in the Bee. The Galmar Courier comments, that had Hiram used their columns, he would get quick results. The Bee editors reply that Hi has already received many proposals from Calmar girls, but he has impeccable taste in women and will not settle for less than a pure Ossian Miss.

A section of Main street, between Boody and Mary, has been leveled and graded. A contract for macadamizing this block, fronting on the Frudden lumberyard, was awarded to L. J. Orke and Sam Nereson for $800.

Farm hands in Military township are receiving an average salary of $20 a month this year. The North Iowa Times of McGregor reported that they were paid $2.50 a day back in 1863 during the Civil War.

M. J. Carter was nominated as the Democratic candidate for Congress at this year's congressional convention. Mr. Carter's bid for a seat in the House of Representatives proved unsuccessful. He had declared his intention to discontinue law practice, but after this defeat, he moved his office to the rear room of the Citizen's Bank and resumed his profession.

Voting machines were used for the first time in Winneshiek county. The newspapers opposed this move, as they feared losing the revenue for printing ballots. But the Bee compared the election costs with Fayette county's expense using paper ballots, and concluded that the machines paid their way. We wonder why these early voting machines were abandoned.

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