Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee, Iowa
June 12, 1886


S.S. POWERS and daughter were at Waukon last Monday.

Our old Democratic friend, Geo. PEARSON, made us one of his pleasant calls on Thursday.

Capt. ORR gave his company an open air drill in front of the brick block on Saturday evening.

Our school will close with commencement exercises at the Methodist church on Saturday evening of next week. The first graduating class will be turned out this year. Misses Ada BROWN, Annie EASTON and Paul TURNER are the only graduates from our high school this year.

Andrew THOMPSON says all towns on his line of travel are fully as dull as Postville. Misery loves company.

We understand that J.F. WILSON, former station agent here, has become proprietor of a new boy recently. Much joy, Jim.

John HAVIRLAND gave us a ride behind his mammoth Norman horse on Thursday. He stands 18 hands high "in his shoes" and he's not got his growth yet.

Next Sunday, June 13th, is Children's Day at the M.E. Church. The church will be decorated with flowers and a program in which the children will take part will be used. All are cordially invited. S.T. McKIM.

Two young men one of them at least a mere boy, we understand, residents of Elkader, Clifford HOWARD and Byron HILL, have been arrested for the postoffice burglary and safe breaking there. HILL confesses to the crime. A terrible introduction to the threshold of manhood that.

The following fine list of subscribers, mostly at Waukon, have placed us under obligations for cash on subscription this week:
M.O. TAYLOR, John P. GILLEN, Hon. W.C. EARLE, Geo. HEWIT, L.M. BEARCE, DAYTON & DAYTON, Jas. HOLAHAN, J.B. MINERT, A.G. STEWART, E.D. PURDY, Dr. A. KELLOGG, Jas. DUFFY, J.F. DOUGHERTY, Elmer VanDYKE & W. DONALDSON.

The 4th District W.C.T.U. Annual Convention will be held at Postville, June 25-27, 1886. Mesdames J. Ellen FOSTER, Annie M. PALMER, M.J. ALDRICH & L.B. BENEDICT will be in attendance. Each union will please send three delegates and district dues, 10 cents per member, if they have not been paid. Churches, Sunday Schools, Bands of Hope and other temperance organizations are cordially invited to send one delegate each. Delegates are requested to bring Bibles and to wear the White Ribbon. Please address Mrs. Hall ROBERTS, Postville, for entertainment. Thira B. TRUK, secretary. Clara P. WHITE, president.

A Sad Accident. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. PRESCOTT, formerly of Hardin, had a terrible affliction befall them on Wednesday, at Fredericksburg, where they have resided since early spring, by the drowning of their child, C. Irving PRESCOTT, aged two years, seven months and eighteen days. The little fellow was playing around the house and by some unknown means fell head first into the swill barrel, which was only about a third full, and was dead when he was discovered, only a few minutes afterwards. He was brought to Hardin and buried on Thursday. Death is always a terrible thing but it seems doubly so under such circumstances. We tender our sincere sympathy to the afflicted parents. We know from too much experience just how to pity them. Rev. McKIM conducted the services.

The tiling is being put in under the supervision of the street committee by Schultz & Stockman, to whom the contract was awarded.

A. CANDEE gave a bowery dance at his place, this side of Hardin, on Tuesday evening, and it will be repeated on Saturday evening.

From the Elkader Register - The A.O.U.W. Reunion held at Elkport, on Tuesday, was very largely attended, every lodge in the county being represented, except those of Monona and Strawberry Point. H.H. BARNARD was elected president; D.G. GRIFFITH, vice president; Charles RUEGNITZ, secretary. Hon. J.F. THOMPSON and Deputy Grand Master JACKSON gave interesting speeches.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
June 19, 1886

The drouth still continues and grass and all small grain crops on clay lands are suffering badly. There seems to be no let up to it and it is getting to be a serious matter. Much damage has already resulted. It has been years since we have had such a protracted drouth.

Loren POWERS has been down to Ottumwa during the week.

Mrs. S.S. POWERS has been in town the past week on a visit.

Dr. BROWN has indulged in the luxery of a new sidewalk and front fence.

Otto MIKELSON was over from the hub last Sunday.

The eleventh child, a son, has arrived at the ROSE residence.

Some relatives of the SANDERS family are out from Vermont on a visit.

?. RAGAN and J. GORDON are entitled to thanks for cash on subscription.

Mrs. STODDARD, of Waukon, was a visitor at the THOMPSON residence this week.

S.B. FINNEY is rebuilding his residence on the farm and also putting up a barn in town.

Walter CHRISS started on Thursday for a three months visit to Norway, his native land. He has worked hard and faithful for a good many years and is entitled to this play spell. We hope the ocean will treat him kindly and waft him back safely to his adopted country.

Note lost. All persons are hereby warned against purchasing a note made by J.M. LISHER in favor of R.S. BARCLAY, for $125.00 dated about Feb. 24th, 1886, as the same has been lost. R.S. BARCLAY.

Mrs. BETTYS returned from Chicago last week in company with Miss Emma BAILY. She went down to the BAILY homestead and remained over Sunday and on Monday went to Castalia to visit her brother, Mr. CORNELL and family. She will spend a portion of the summer in this vicinity. Her health seems first rate.

DEATH. Frank THOMAS, a son of banker J.W. THOMAS, a young man of 19 years of age, was drowned at Lansing on Monday evening while in bathing. His body was found on Tuesday morning in a hole surrounded by shallow water. Frank was a popular and intelligent young man and the whole city is in mourning at his untimely end.

J.D. WATERMAN, a practical machinst from Waukon, has rented the DRESSER machine shop and fitted it up with a large quantity of new machinery and is prepared to repair all kinds of farm and other machinery, both wood, iron and steel in a workmanlike manner. This gives us a first class machine shop and we hope it will be well patronized.

MARRIED.
At the residence of the bride's mother in Postville, Iowa, on Wednesday evening, June 16, 1886, by Rev. J.W. FERNER, Mr. John SANDERS and Miss Jessie COYLE all of Postville. The groom has grown from infancy to manhood in our midst and is counted one of our most promising and successful young merchants, steady, reliable and in every way worthy of the prize he has won. The bride has not resided here so long, but still long enough to be universally esteemed for her natural and acquired abilities, her quiet and unassuming ways and her goodness of heart. Her education and accomplishments fit her to adorn any station in life to which she may be called. The company consisted almost exclusively of the relatives of the groom and was not large, but was one of the pleasantest little wedding parties, in all its details, that we ever attended. [extracted from a lengthly article]

1776-1886 INDEPENDENCE DAY in POSTVILLE
Independence Day will be celebrated in the usual manner on Saturday, July 3rd, 1886.
President of the Day, Dr. Luther BROWN

Vice presidents of the Day:
W.N. BURDICK, of Post twp.
Cyrus RIGGS, of Castalia
W.S. SCOTT, of Luana
Alex McKINLEY, of Clermont
J.C. BEEDY, of Hardin
John H. DIXON, of Franklin twp.
James McKINLEY, of Grand Meadow twp.
Fred WLLMAN, of Monona
W.H. CARITHERS, of Myron
Luke TODD, of Frankville
Conrad HELMING, of Ludlow
R.N. SAWYER, of Ossian
Andrew KOONTZ, of Jefferson twp.
Fred WOHLHELTER, of Elgin
Col. A.G. STEWART, of Waukon.

Orator, Rev. H.E. WARNER, of Chas. City
Chaplain, Rev. J.W. FERNER
Reader, S.S. POWERS
Marshal, Capt. James PERRY

The procession will be formed at 10 a.m. at the Liberty Pole, fronting East, marching south on Lawler Street to Military Street, West to Ogden Street to School Grounds, North to stand on square South of Burlington Depot.

Exercises: Overture by band, opening hymn by quartette, prayer by chaplain, hymn by quartette, reading declaration Indep'nd, band music, oration, band music, dinner (bring your baskets well filled).

At 2 p.m. the competing Base Ball Clubs will form at the stand when the band plays and led by the band will march by twos to the club grounds. Grand prize of $10.00 is offered for club making best record.

Fantastic and other amusements: Greased pig. The person catching the pig to have it. A prize of $2.00 will be offered for the best fantastic uniform.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
June 26, 1886

Published every Saturday by W.N. BURDICK. Terms: $1.50 a year in advance.

GRADUATION EXERCISES.
At an early hour the M.E. church was crowded to repletion, including gallery and class room, and many went away unable to gain an entrance. The program was carried out to the letter without a jar. It would be invidious to commend where all did well. The graduating class, Anna EASTON, Ada BROWN and Paul TURNER, go out from the school either to higher studies or to other fields of usefulness, with the best of wishes of all who know them. May the harvest be to them bright with the golden grain of thought well matured and character always as now without a stain. The first commencement of our high school was an eminent success. May it prove an ernest of the future.

Paul TANNER has gone to Ohio to visit relatives.

Mrs. RIPLEY, of Garner, has been here on a visit the past week.

Walter CHRISS sailed from New York for Liverpool on Wednesday.

Ed. PUTNAM is back again, much livlier than two drowned men.

Rev. FERNER and wife have given some very pleasant tea parties lately.

I am prepared to give hail insurance on growing crops. W.S. WEBSTER.

We noticed A.M. MAY of the Standard, on our streets last Saturday evening.

Mrs. BRORBY and family have removed to Decorah and Paul is an "orphan".

M.J. CARTER, of the Ossian Bee proelled the light of his smiling countenance into our den on Tuesday.

J.S. DRESSER has a young bull for sale, 7/8ths short horn.

A sister from Patch Grove, Wis., made Dr. BROWN a brief visit last week. She taught a term or two in our public school some years ago.

Seven weeks next Sunday since we have had any rain to do any good.

Mrs. Kate KOEVENIG went down to Prairie du Chien on Wednesday and brought home her daughter who was attending school at St. Mary's. Wednesday was commencement.

The 4th regiment is soon to elect a Lieutenant Colonel and there is little doubt but Capt. ORR will succeed to the vacancy. He is by far the best man in the regiment for the place.

Rev. LITTLER, of Monona, the methodist minister in charge there gave us a pleasant call on Monday.

The 4th District W.C.T.U. Annual Convention.
[note: I have extracted only the names of those mentioned in the article about the Women's Christian Temperance Union; the entire program was given in the article]
Mrs. M.A. FERNER, Postville
Mrs. Annie M. PALMER, M.E. church, Postville
Rev. S.T. McKIM
Mrs. McKIM
Mrs. M.J. ALDRICH
Mrs. C.F. STEARNS, Elkader
Miss Laura MINKLER
Mrs. A.H. HOUGHTON, Lansing
Mrs. J.A. McKINNEY, Decorah
Mrs. HITCHCOCK, Ossian
Mrs. PICKETT, Charles City
Mrs. TRUE, Edgewood
Mrs. L.B. BENEDICT, Decorah
Rev. J.W. FERNER, Postville
Miss Carrie ESTEY, Fayette

DEATH.
Uncle Reuben SENCEBAUGH, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Allamakee county, and universally esteemed, died at his home near Rossville last Friday, of dropsy, aged 76 years. Thus one by one are the old landmarks passing away. Peace to his ashes.

MARRIED.
At the residence of the bride's parents, Judge and Mrs. E.H. WILLIAMS, in Grand Meadow, Clayton county, on Tuesday, June 22nd, Miss Annie B. WILLIAMS to Eli N. BAILY, by Rev. J.W. FERNER. Mr. BAILY and Miss WILLIAMS were of the best known and most honored young people of our community. In these days of change it is not often that both parties to marriage were born and reared in the same town. The wedding day was ushered in by one of those cool clear June mornings so natural in this latitude. It was a beautiful day with just enough clouds in the sky to give interest to the occasion, and to forestall too sanguine expectations. That was a goodly company of relatives and griends gathered to witness the marriage ceremony and to extend congratulations. The good taste and the imimitable tact with which all previous arrangements were made added much to the enjoyment of the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. BAILY took the train at 3 o'clock p.m. for their new home in Sac City, where Mr. BAILY is engaged in the banking business.