Iowa
Old Press
Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee, Iowa
December ?, 1887
[Transcribers note: the date was smudged on the photocopy. It is
either December 3 or 10, 1887]
Uncle Tom's Cabin, bound in cloth, $1.00, at the Review
office.
McMASTER's ice crop bids fair to be light owing to a break in his
dam.
Mrs. POWERS and LaRUE returned to Postville on Monday.
Geo. W. STAFFORD has reopened his blacksmith shop.
H.E. TOWNS will commence to build a photographic studio this week
and will be ready for business about Dec. 20th.
Geo. REDHEAD received a dispatch from Kansas City, last Tuesday
morning that his son, Lincoln, lay at the point of death and he
left on the next train for that city. Up to this writing we have
not heard of his death and hope still he lives and will recover.
MARRIAGE.
On Nov. 30th, 1887, a large number of friends gathered at the
residence of Mrs. John STEWART, in Fayette, to witness the
marriage ceremony of his daughter, Mabel STEWART, to Elias H.
APPELMAN, of Clermont. Rev. J.W. FERNER performed the ceremony.
The greetings of friends were many and hearty and the occasion
was one of social freedom and delightful merry-making.
OBITUARY.
Died, on Thanksgiving morning, aged about 51 years, Hon. S.S.
POWERS. Mr. POWERS was born in New York in 1836. He began the
study of law in 1857, and graduated from the Cleveland O., law
school in 1860, and this same year commenced practice in Newton
Co., Ind. In 1862 he came to Clayton county, Iowa, and in 1863
located at Hardin, Allamakee Co., where he taught school and
practiced law. In 1870 he moved to Postville where he resided
till his death. As a lawyer he was considered much above the
average and was largely sought for by litigants from the four
counties. As mayor, he looked after the interests of Postville
with an eye single to the public good. But the court room, the
council chamber, the lodge room and the community have looked
upon his face for the last time. He is sleeping, we trust,
peacefully, the sleep that knows no waking. He leaves four
children, two daughters and two sons, besides other relatives and
friends innumerable to mourn his loss. [Note: this was a long
obit, I have extracted it]
DEATH.
Mrs. Wm. BAKER died of consumption on November 29, 1887 at her
home in Winneshiek co., 3 miles south of Castalia, age seventy
years and 29 days. She leaves to mourn her loss an aged husband,
6 sons and 18 grandchildren. Besides these, are two adopted
daughters. These are Mrs. DEAN, living west of Postville and Mrs.
WELLS of Decorah. She was buried on December 1st in the cemetery
at Castalia.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
December 17, 1887
Cliff LISHER was up from West Union Sunday.
Paul BRORBY was down from New Hampton over Sunday.
Mrs. REDHEAD returned home last Saturday evening. She left her
daughter, Mrs. BOOTH, sick but improving.
The latest advices from Lincoln REDHEAD are that he is rapidly
convalescing. His father is still with him.
Mrs. TRIPP has gone to spend the holidays with her daughter, Mrs.
DUPUIS, in Illinois.
Fred WILLIAMS dehorned a hundred head of cattle this week. All
did well.
Mr. BOYNTON has done some very nice painting and decorating in
the MINNICK house.
You will find the law, insurance and collection card of SHEPHERD
Brothers on the first page of this paper.
Subscribers this week:
Mrs. Susan EARLY, Michael DEMPSEY, D.W. BALDWIN, Eugene READ, N.
McWILLIAMS, E.R.A. BRAINARD, L.M. BEARCE, G. BOYNTON, A.B. COOK,
J.H. BOLLMAN, L. McGHEE, J.P. NEY, N. LAMBORN & T. SHORTREED.
OBITUARY.
Died. At the residence of his son, N.J. BEEDY, in Postville,
Iowa, on Tuesday evening, Dec. 13th, 1887, John BEEDY, aged 87
years and 8 days. John BEEDY was born in Strafford, Vermont, Dec.
5th, 1800. He was married to Annis BELDING, in Castile, Wyoming
co., New York, on the 2nd of January, 1820. In 1822 they removed
to Vermont, residing there and at Stuyvesant, N.Y., until 1834
when they removed to northern N.Y. and lived in Essex and
Franklin counties till 1850. They then came west to Illinois, and
in the spring of 1852 to Iowa, and have resided here ever since.
Mrs. BEEDY died Dec. 26th, 1884, and father BEEDY thus survived
her a little less than three years. Their married life extended
over the long period of sixty-four years. Three children, two
sons and one daughter, blessed this union, all of whom are living
and were present at the service. Since the death of his wife Mr.
BEEDY has lived with children. Most of the time he has been with
his daughter, Mrs. C.H. BARNES, who was with him at the time of
hes death. For some weeks past he has been at the residence of
his son in Postville.