Iowa
Old Press
Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. IA
March 3, 1877
City election next Monday.
D.W. Lyons, of Des Moines, is in town for a few days.
Walter Chriss takes the place of Carl Holter in Roberts &
Skelton's store.
The Iowa Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Council Bluffs
burned last Saturday.
We have got a three-corner postoffice fight on hand. E.J. Ferry
and A.R. Prescott petition, and John Moir remonstrates. Who the
winning man will be is about as hard to determine as it was a
month ago who would be president. We have passed through the
whooping cough, measles and postoffice and are consequently
happy.
The corporation caucus last Saturday evening was the largest
meeting of the kind we ever attended. Burling & Stowe's
capacious office was packed full.
Caucus -- held at Burling & Stowe's office Saturday evening,
Feb. 24th. On motion W.N. Burdick was called to the chair and
D.T. Smethurst chosen secretary. On motion all votes were to be
by ballot. W.S. Roberts and R.N. Douglass chosen tellers. On
ballot for mayor A.P. Abbott was declared nominated and made
unanimous. Mr. Abbott positively declining the nomination, Hall
Roberts was nominated. Jas. Perry was nominated for recorder,
Geo. Lull, F. Meyer, J.N. Leithold, A.P. Abbott and A. Gorham for
councilmen, D.T. Smethurst for assessor and W.S. Roberts for
treasurer.
[transcribed by S.F. August 2003]
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee co. IA
March 17, 1877
SANDERS -POMEROY -At the residence of the brides father in
Culamus, Wisconsin, March 1st, 1877 by Rev. W. VanDREISSEN, Mr.
H. A. SANDERS of Postville to Miss Clara A. POMEROY
[transcribed by M.D., January 2005]
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee co. IA
March 24, 1877
F. E. BROTHERS is now city marshal. Be careful that he don't drag
you to the cooler.
C. C. HINES, an old resident of Hardin, died on Wednesday
morning.
[transcribed by M.D., January 2005]