Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee, Iowa
May 2, 1885

LOCAL ITEMS.
Bert TUTTLE will go to Bob's "holler," Bob creek country, "fishin" tomorrow.

Arthur GORDON is clerking at SKELTON & McEWEN's.

Frank ORR is the proud possessor of a bran new boy. J.N. LEITHOLD has a new girl baby.

Walter CHRISS has an egg wagon on the road. Hugh SHEPHERD runs it.

A.B. COOK & G.W. HANKS have secured magnificent Estey organs from J.N. LEITHOLD.

MARRIED.
At the M.E. parsonage April 24th, Dr. I.J. AMSDELL and Miss Sarah MURRAY, both of Postville.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
May 9, 1885

Allamakee is the only county in the NE portion of the state that does not have the telephone system. We believe the system could be worked up here if properly presented by the company.

Dr. C.H. HUNT, dentist, of McGregor, has located at Waukon
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DIED.
On Sat. May 2nd, Mrs Hannah, wife of Wm. TATRE, aged 44 years. After an illness of 10 years, this wife and mother was lain to rest Sunday, May 3rd.

An old settler by the name of Sheldon MARSH died in our county poor house on Friday of last week, aged 85 years.

Mr. L.E. HOWE, a former treasurer of Allamakee county, died at Waukon last week.

MARRIED.
From the Cedar Rapids Republican, May 6--- In this city,at the Congregational parsonage, by Rev. E.E.P. ABBOTT, Mr. Henry B. ENOS, of this city, and Mrs. Viola HUNT, of Postville.
Ed. note: It is said that it should be Viola HUNTER, instead of "Mrs. Hunt" as it appears.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
May 16, 1885

F.S. BURLING has added to the census, a boy, we believe.

Mrs. R.M. DICKINSON, of Marshalltown, is visiting at the residence of MY. McMASTER, her uncle, and her sister, the old lady McMASTER, who is quite feeble.

Postmaster PRESCOTT has recieved notice from Quarter Master General's office of the U.S. Army that headstones have been shipped from Mass. for the graves of S.S. BLANCHARD and S. MORSE, soldiers buried in the Postville cemetery.

Al GILSON, the Commercial House barber, cuts hair in all the latest styles.

Chas. FITZSIMMONS died at his home, in the Irish settlement on Saturday of last week. He was buried at Clermont on Monday.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
May 23, 1885

MARRIED.
Mr. Henry BIRCH and Miss Victoria KOEVENIG, of Postville, were married at Prairie du Chien last Tuesday.

At the residence of the bride's parents, in Jefferson twp., on sunday May 17th, Mr. Jas. H. McGHEE and Miss Sophis JENNYWINE were united in marriage. They have taken up their residence in Postville.

Charles F. DUPUIS and Estella TRIPP were married last Friday evening in Postville at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. A. TRIPP. The parties are all of Postville. They will occupy a portion of J.H. SANDER's residence north of the congregatonal church.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
May 30, 1885

Lansing was visited by a disastrous fire last Saturday morning. We cull the following description from the Mirror Extra:
The fire broke out in the rear of the SPENCER building and spread with lighting rapidity. Indeed almost as soon as the alarm was given the back portion of URMERSBACH's, FUIKS', WAGNER's, ELEMDORF's and THORP's were all ablaze. To be brief, the block on the south side of Main, between Main and Centre and from second to third streets, with the exception of the postoffice is now in ashes.
The Concert Hall block, built by C.W. HUFFSCHMIDT at a cost of $30,000. It was occupied by J.W. THORP, who saved a share of his boots and shoes. Dr. THORNTON lost his valuable library. The Journal office is totally destroyed, S.H. KINNE lost most of his library, ELMENDORF managed to save most of his goods. F.W. WAGNER'S harness shop and the Misses KLEES and Masonic Hall overhead, are among the "missing" this morning.
Others burned: L. FUIKS, clothing & F. WIER dwelling upstairs; Joe URMERSBACH's restaurant and dwelling; Mrs. STRAUSE's store room and dwelling; Fred KEHR resturant; John SCHINZEL residence and pop factory; H.W. WIECKING cigar factory; E.G. SAAM boots & shoes and dwelling; SCHOBERT's barber shop and bath rooms; L.M. ELMENDORF upstairs; McBAY building with ALMQUIST grocery & J. MARTI bakery; John TULLY general store and residence; Geo. KOEHLER's Blue Front store & residence; the bank with L.E. FELLOWS and the Mirror offices; the postoffice and HOUGHTON's gallery, R.P. SPENCER's residence; W.D. MORGAN's home and the J. HETRICH house besides several other buildings.