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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee, Iowa
August 7, 1886
The mercury reached 100 in the shade on Saturday. We did have a
small shower of rain on Wednesday night. It was good as far as it
went, which wasn't far.
W.M. SIMPSON got pretty roughly used by his bull, on Monday
evening. He was knocked down and rolled over and severely bruised
about the side and head. He is doing well under the care of Dr.
SHEPHERD, and will soon be as good as new.
Chet EASTON is out at Garner on a visit.
MEYER's store building is rapidly assuming proportions.
J.B. HART, D.E. BAKER & Charley GORDON comprise our roll of
honor this week.
Rev. and Mrs. R. LAUGHLIN are here visiting relatives and
friends. They will remain several days.
Tom SHORTREED has lately added to the census. Thus one by one
they come and one by one they go. The census increase has struck
our street, and Andrew THOMPSON has two pair, that it, two boys
and two girls, the latest arrival being a daughter.
The elder CORNELL, of the Commercial House, is here now, while
his son is in Ills. The "old 'un" is a good one.
The Review corner has been headquarters for pitching horse
shoes this week. Lee MINNICK is the champion to date.
Company D held an election for Captain last Saturday evening at
which F.M. ORR was almost unanimously elected.
Dr. BOYD and wife, from New York, the latter a niece of S.S.
POWERS, Esq., visited the latter over Sunday, on their way to
Alexandria, Minnesota, which will be their future home.
Ed. SHEEHY has been painting and otherwise improving his place of
business.
It is said that there were over 500 people on the ball grounds
last Sunday. It would be a great preacher that would draw out so
many people to church. Waukon is a pretty good town but it can't
quite play ball with Postville, though, by the way, it has a good
nine. As at present organized it takes a No. 1 nine to down our
boys.
Letters remaining uncalled for in the postoffice, July 31st,
1886:
George BROSA, Wm. COX, H. CHENEY, Miss Lizzie COSL, C.H. EMERSON,
J.E. ELLEGE, Prof. C.S. FARRAR, Abe GOLDBERG, R.S. GIL, George
JACKSON, Mr. JENNINGS, H. McKINNY, Mr. F.H. ROBINSON, Mr. William
THIESE, Mr. H.D. THOMPSON, John WEBSTER, Mr. G.F. WEBSTER, Rudolf
WERNER, Frank McLAUGHLIN.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. State of Iowa,
Allamakee Co.
To J.W. PATTERSON, A.J. PATTERSON, Wm.H. PATTERSON, Susan EARLY,
M.E. FALTON, Rebecca BARCLAY, Mary STULL and Sarah VanVELZER, the
last three heirs of James PATTERSON; Lizzie TAYLOR, W.M. HARRIS,
Jane LAUGHLIN, G.W. HARRIS, Caroline HAMMEL, Delila A. RIDENOUR,
H.S. HARRIS, Maggie U. POWELL, Charles A. HARRIS, children and
heirs of Margaret HARRIS who was heir of Nancy PATTERSON; and
Rena Bell BOLLMAN, Willard BOLLMAN and Maggie BOLLMAN, heirs of
Nancy BOLLMAN, who was heir of Margaret HARRIS; all heirs at law
of Nancy PATTERSON: You are hereby notified that there is now on
file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Iowa in
and for Allamakee County, the Final Report of Elisha HARRIS,
administrator of the estate of Nancy PATTERSON, asking to have
said report approved and administrator discharged. Said matter
will be called up for disposition on the first day of the next
term of court which will commence on the 30th day of September
1886, at Waukon. Elisha HARRIS, administrator. S.S. POWERS,
attorney.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
The Northeastern Iowa Loan and Trust Company. We the undersigned,
do hereby agree and associate ourselves under the Title Nine of
Chapter One of Code of Iowa, for the purpose of becoming a
Corporation. [articles of incorporation followed]. The principle
place to transact business will be at Postville, Iowa. F.L.
WILLIAMS, R.N. DOUGLASS, W.F. WARNER, Wilkes WILLIAMS, S.C.
BAILY.
[submitted by S.F., Aug. 2003]
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
August 14, 1886
Mrs. LUCAS and Cora DARLING went to Clear Lake last Friday.
John T. PARKER and wife are stopping here a few days on a visit.
P.F. SWARTZ, of the National Hotel, Waukon, is reported
dangerously ill.
Mrs. E. SHEEHY has gone to Fargo on a visit to relatives. Ed
looks like a funeral on a small scale now.
Hugh WHEELER is here on his first visit for four years. He looks
more natural than a basket of chips.
Mrs. Dr. BROWN left on the Thursday train West for a visit with
relatives in Floyd and Kossuth counties.
Mrs. Geo. F. CROUCH and family have been here visiting at the
maternal residence and with friends several days.
Aug. J. KLUSS has gone to "keeping house" in the rooms
over Ward's store. Like all well regulated young married men he
commences right by subscribing for the Review.
Another large crowd of worldly people, five or six hundred
witnessed the ball game near Monona last Sunday. The Postville
club defeated a picked nine from McGregor and Prairie du Chien
including a professional pitcher and catcher from Dubuque. The
McGregor club has challenged the Postvilles to play a matched
game here for $100. Of course they will be accomodated. The game
will come off after the encampment, probably week after next. The
officers of the Allamakee county Agricultural Society have
forbidden ball playing on the fair ground on Sunday. Postville
team:
H. McGAHREN, C. HARRIS, W. CROW, F.M. ORR, G. SIMMONS, C.D.
BAYLESS, J. McGAHREN, M. BARRETT [remainder cut off]
Thanks to Charley FABER for giving us a couple of good buggy
rides after his fleet stepping and valuable black horse.
W.R. PARKER is building a cozy residence in the East part of town
on the Jake YOUNG lots. Jas. SHEEHY is doing the carpenter work.
The two SIMMONS brothers were arrested and taken to Dubuque, this
week, on a charge of running a "pocket saloon" at
Frankville. They gave bail.
A public well is to be put in near MOTT's lumber office.
John B. HART leaves us samples of his 80 acre field of corn which
is too large for roasting and large, well filled ears. He has
threshed his 75 acres of oats which yielded 46 1/2 bushels to the
acre. A good yield. A.B. COOK informs us that he threshed an acre
and a half of winter wheat for Mr. SERVOSS which yielded a little
over 40 bushels per acre. So it seems that drouth is not the
worst thing in the world after all, especially in this latitude.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. The caucus was held at the
office of Perry & Yonkers, in Postville on Aug. 9. W.N.
BURDICK was chosen chairman and Jas. PERRY secretary. The
following delegates were chosen to attend the county convention
at Waukon on Aug. 14th:
W.H. CARITHERS, E. SWENSON, H. MELER, J.R. LAUGHLIN, J. ORR, J.H.
BURHANS, H. WEBB & Jas PERRY.
Subscribers this week:
A.B. COOK, KING & BLACK, J. HENKES, Mrs. Sarah LASSEY &
Mrs. M.C. BETTYS.
OBITUARY.
Cora STILES, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo STILES, died
very suddenly at her home in Postville, Iowa, Aug. 11th, 1886,
aged 15 years and 11 days. Her death was a surprise to all and
the result of inflammation of the bowels. She had been
complaining for some time, but was on the street the day before,
and ate her breakfast the day of her death. Cora was a kind,
modest, christian girl. Her last words were "My sins are
forgiven." She had many friends in the Sabbath school who
followed her to the grave, and who will remember her kindly. How
uncertain is life! She was buried the following day. Her parents
have the love of Christ, the sympathy of christians and neighbors
to console them.
[submitted by S.F., Aug. 2003]
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Waukon Standard
Waukon, Allamakee co. Iowa
Thursday, August 26, 1886
Village Creek Items
Village Creek, Iowa, Aug. 23d, '86
--The refreshing rain of Saturday afternoon and night was highly
appreciated by the people of this neighborhood.
--The denizens of this burg are unusually quiet these days. The
hot weather leaves them no surplus energy or activity, the
thermometer ranging in the nineties most of the time for the past
two weeks, but notwithstanding the extreme heat the National Game
is still practiced by a portion of the town, tho our ex-constable
is often obilged to divest himself of part of his clothing as he
becomes interested in the game, his bare feet and bare head with
the few remaining locks floating on the breeze, making a picture
which once seen remains "the greenest spot in memory's
waste." And it is reported that a Village Creek lady
chastised a Lansing physician with a blacksnake this afternoon;
for particulars see Lansing papers. So it is evident thus our
people retain some of their natural vigor despite the heat.
--Another game of base-ball at Harper's Ferry last Sunday
witnessed by the chief dignitaries of our village, during which
McCoy, one of the players was badly hurt; medical aid was
obtained from McGregor and it is hoped he will recover.
--We had a little episode in town to-day in shape of a runaway.
Mr. D. J. Brennan was driving his spirited team accompanied by
his little son when the horse became frightened and started to
run upsetting the buggy and precipitating the occupants on to the
ground, but happily no serious injury resulted, owing to the
presence of mind of Mrs. Brennan, who flourished some glass fruit
jars in front of the horses thus paralyzing them into subjection.
--Mrs. Charles Munro and little one from St. Paul and Mrs.
Charles Wagner were the guests of Mrs. Roeder to-day.
--Misses Lucinia Bryne and Anna Apple returned from attending
Teachers' Institute at Waukon last week.
--Miss Lottie Bartheld visited friends at Waukon last week.
--Miss Jessie Wilkenson is visiting friends and relatives at
Union City.
--Miss Mamie Spinner is visiting Mrs. Elmer Bray at Wexford.
--Mr. Peter Lang's new house will soon be ready for the family to
move into.
--There was quite a feat of drilling performed recently on the
farm of Mr. Ask, on Thompson Prairie, by a drill owned by our
enterprising fellow townsman H. N. Gate, and operated by W. J.
Aird, the drill going through 208 feet of solid limestone rock in
seven days, proving the superiority of the drill and the
engineering faculty of the operator. The drill was run by horse
power.
--The funeral of Mrs. Sullivan passed through town on Saturday,
on the way to the Paint Creek cemetery, followed by a large
number of friends.
OBSERVER
[submitted by M.D., Jan. 2004]
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
August 28, 1886
ANOTHER SMALL FIRE.
About 7 o'clock last Friday evening, the alarm of fire was
sounded and the barn belonging to James PERRY, in the northwest
part of town, was found to be in flames and was burned down
before many of the people of town could reach the ground, it
being filled with hay. The fire originated by small children
playing in the barnwith matches. We have not learned the amount
of the loss, but it was perhaps not over $100.
Rev. McKIM has a fine calf, seven months old, for sale.
H.G. GRATTAN, of Ludlow, made us a pleasant call on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey STAADT have been taking in the sights in and
around Minneapolis for a couple of weeks and visiting with the
SCHMITZ family and Dr. HANSON.
The following are entitled to credit for cash on subscription:
H.S. SMEAD, Ed. CLOUGH, E.F. DOUGLASS, John THILL, Mrs. L.
SONKALB, Will MITCHELL & W.H. BEAN.
In sending in his subscription, Ed. DOUGLASS writes that small
grain around Dysart is good and yield better than was expected.
Our old friend, Will MITCHELL, in sending his subscription,
writes: "In regard to crops would say, Ida county...was
never blessed with better crops. Drouth did not affect us."
Thanks to Tom MEDARY for editorial courtesy.
We have received a copy of the Old Orchard Summer Rambler,
published at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, which notes the arrival at
that summer watering place of Mayor McEWEN, on a visit to N.W.
STILES. We would like a mouthful of that sea breeze.
Deacon ABBOTT has gone to Spirit Lake to visit S.J. RUSSELL and
family. Mr. RUSSELL is still in feeble health. This is the first
time Mr. ABBOTT has been out of town to our knowledge, for years.
Hope he will have a good time.
MARRIED.
At the residence of Mrs. Viola ENOS, Cedar Rapids, Io, on
Tuesday, Aug 24th, by Rev. ABBOTT, congregationalist, Mr. Hiram
E. BOOTH, of Carson, Io. to Miss Carrie M. ROBINSON of this
place. We congratulate Mr. BOOTH in winning one of Iowa's truest
and fairest women. We remember Mr. BOOTH only as a bright and
rue'dy youth of twelve or thirteen summers ago. He is now a
successful attorney at Carson and also editor of the Carson
Critic. The parties will visit this place for a short time when
they will return to their future home. [extracted from a lengthly
article]
[submitted by S.F., Aug. 2003]
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Waukon Standard
Waukon, Allamakee co. Iowa
August ?, 1886
JURY LISTS
Jurors for the fall terms of court have been drawn as follows:
CIRCUIT COURT - SEPTEMBER TERM
Willard Baeon, Center [possibly Baeen or Baoon]
Andrew Amoudson, Center
Wm. Clemens, Franklin
Charles Pollard, French Creek
James Barr, Hanover
Timothy Brusuahan, Hanover [possibly Brusuaban]
P. H. Callahan, Iowa
James Fitzgerald, Jefferson
Ed Tisdale, Lafayette
Theo Groezniger, Lansing
Louis Trayur, Lansing
John Lyse, Lansing
Thomas Haas, Lansing
Jacob Underberg, Linton
Nichalus Drumm, Linton
Joseph Burton, Sr., Makee
J. E. Townsend, Makee
S. H. Opfer, Makee
L. O. Bearee, Makee
Frank Kelly, Paint Creek
Ed Livengood, Post
S. B. Finney, Post
A. R. Prescott, Post
Chas Bachtell, Post
J. H. Meier, Post
James Corrigan, Taylor
John H. Deters, Union City
James Farley, Union Prairie
David Steele, Union Prairie
James R. Martin, Waterloo
Jury called for Monday, Oct. 4, 1886, at 1 o'clock p.m.
DISTRICT COURT - NOVEMBER TERM
Peter Paulson, Center
O. G. Anderson, Center
Joseph Gardner, Fairview
Thos. McNiel, Fairview
Wm. Quinn, French Creek
John Munnz, French Creek
Wm. Dixon, Hanover
A. C. May, Iowa
Wm. Doyle, Iowa
J. J. Jenewine, Jefferson
Martin J. Larson, Jefferson
W. Powers, Lafayette
Daniel Borer, Lafayette
August Helming, Ludlow
Fred Hager, Ludlow
Joseph Zoll, Jr., Lansing
Joseph Henry, Lansing
Henry Lenz, Lansing
C. M. Beeman, Makee
J. M. Barthell, Makee
James Hall, Makee
Hebet Robinson, Makee
John Drogset, Paint Creek [hard to make out letters]
James Barrett, Post
Wm. Harris, Post
Henry Webb, Post
James Melaven, Taylor
Wm. Grillin, Waterloo [hard to make out letters]
John Flynn, Waterloo
Jonas Swenson, Waterloo
Jury called for Monday, Nov. 22d, 1886 at 1 o'clock p.m.
[submitted by E.R., Jan. 2004]