Iowa
Old Press
Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
December 8, 1877
Decorah had a $10,000 or $12,000 Thanksgiving fire on Thursday
night of last week. The frame building known as Adams' block was
consumed with all its contents. The occupants were Bear &
Rose, clothing; Newton, grocer; Meneer, jeweler; Coleman &
Toye; A.W. Adams, photographer and barber.
A. Hart hands us a postal card from Ohio, stating that Mrs. I.A.
Harman died suddenly at Mansfield, Ohio, on Wednesday evening of
last week. Cause of death not stated. Mr. and Mrs. Harman started
on a visit to Ohio on Tuesday afternoon and it seems that within
about 24 hours thereafter, before they arrived at their
destination, Mrs. Harman was dead. Mr. Harman, in a very short
space of time, has buried three children, and now, if his partner
has been taken away, his affliction is almost too great to be
borne.
LATER: Since writing the above, letters have been received
confirming the report of the death of Mrs. Harman. She died
instantly on the cars, from heart disease.
[transcriber's note: she was nee Lydia Shepherd - see Feb. 20
1914 issue of this paper for the obit of I.A. Harman]
The diptheria is beginning to attack grown people. Mrs. Brothers
has had it and Mrs. Skelton is now a patient.
Died. Of diptheria, Alfred E., the youngest son of C.D. and A.M.
Nichols, aged 8 years and 8 months.
We still have another death from the diptheria to record this
week - a little girl*about nine years old, daughter of Henry
Weihe, residing south of town. She died on Tuesday.
[*transcriber's note: the little girl was Emma Weihe -
transcribed by S.F., April 2009]