Iowa
Old Press
Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee, Iowa
January 15, 1887
The papers report last Friday morning as being the coldest all
over the country on record for years. At Dubuque it was 38 below
and at many points in Iowa south of us it was down to -40. Our
thermometer only registered 26 below.
T.M. MILLER has added another girl to the census.
Mrs. F.D. BAYLESS, of Elkader, has been visiting relatives and
friends here.
Eugene STOCKMAN has returned from Milwaukee where he has been
spending the holidays.
We omitted to state last week that Charley HARRIS went to
Burlington to complete his commercial studies.
Dr. GREEN's office hours for 1887 are 9-12 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. and
other hours when not engaged.
LOST. A small, teacher's Bible, soft morocco cover. The finder
will be well rewarded. F.W. ROBERTS.
Ed. SWENSON has returned to his labors at J.W. WARD & Co.
after a week's vacation at his home in Minnesota.
Mr. McMASTER is furnishing ice for all this country this winter
and the demand rather exceeds the supply. He is turning out
splendid ice.
C.E. WARREN, the plasterer, expects to move into town in the
spring.
J.S. YOUNG made us a short but pleasant call on Wednesday. He is
in the grocery and provision business in Dubuque.
Theodore DRAWES takes John HELMING's place in Armstrong &
Holter's clothing store. He was with this firm a few weeks last
fall and has since spent some time with Armstrong &
Alexander, at Waukon.
Some time ago H.J. & W.J. KLUSS purchased the harness stock
and building formerly owned by H.W. MEYER, and are in possession.
Mr. MEYER will remain with the new firm until spring, when he
will probably leave us.
Charley DUPUIS writes us from Fairmont, Dakota, that the new year
brought to his household a girl baby of 9 lbs. and 6 ounces
dimensions, and that all is lovely.
The following item will be of interest to Postville readers as
Rev. PRATT was formerly a very popular pastor here: We learn from
the Algona Courier that Rev. G.W. PRATT, a Methodist divine who a
few years ago occupied the M.E. pulpit at Lansing, was married
recently, to a Miss YOEMAN, of Eagle Grove. Rev. PRATT is now
stationed at Algona. His first wife died about a year ago.
John J. HELMING, who has been so long with the wideawake
clothiers, Armstrong & Holter, has accepted a clerkship with
T.B. CARPENTER & Son, Cedar Falls, Io. and started for his
new home Tuesday.
J.C. MURPHY, Esq., formerly of Ossian and well known here, writes
us that he expects to locate and open a law office in Duluth in
the spring. Mr. MURPHY is still in the employ of the Minnesota
Chief Machinery Works, of Stillwater, at a good salary.
Orville WHEELER has been around again paying a visit to his
mother and sister and looking up the interests of his wind mill
business.
DRESSER & MILLER have arranged to put in a saw mill in
connection with their feed mill as soon as the machinery,
including a 48 inch circular saw, can be got and put up. They
expect to have it ready for operation sometime in February.
Success to the new mill.
CARD OF THANKS. We wish hereby to express our sincere thanks to
our neighbors and friends for their sympathy and aid in our
recent great and sudden bereavement, the death of our husband and
father. Mrs. Geo. WATERS & family.
Elisha HARRIS sends us an interesting letter from California,
including some rare specimens of California flowers. But our old
friend must look a little out as to his remarks about Kansas or
he will get the top of his head taken off if he ever comes back
to the "states. Those people are a jealous people.
This week's roll of honor, which when added to the large list
given last week, exceeds the list of any previous year: E.
HARDIN, F.P. HARDIN, M.E. RILEY, Mrs. J. RILEY, J.S. MOTT, C.F.
DUPUIS, John HELMING, J.C. MURPHY, J.A. FINNEY, F.J. KLUSS, S.S.
POWERS, L.D. POWERS, A.M. THOMPSON, C.E. WARREN, Dr. J. SHEPHERD,
Mary M. HOWARD, Geo. WATERS, Jr., Mrs. Viola ENOS, C.H. BARNES,
S.F. CLINTON, Jas FAIRWEATHER, Orville WHEELER, J.S. YOUNG, H.C.
BARNES, W.H. BUTTOLPH, Dr. J.A. NEILL.
BETHEL CORRESPONDENCE. Jan. 9th, 1887, by ERAB.
--H.S. HARRIS sold his farm and has bought 320 acres in Kansas
where he expects to go in March next to live.
--Esq. SWENSON bought 40 acres of HARRIS' farm, William HARRIS,
nephew of uncle Elisha, bought 80 acres and Thos. FOLSOM 80 acres
with the house upon it. The sum paid for the whole I believe
being $6,000. Mr. HARRIS gave $4,000 for his farm in Kansas.
--Mr. HARRIS will be missed by all of us; he has superintended
our Sunday School for some three or four years and tried to be a
law abiding citizen in every wasy and place.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
January 22, 1887
John HAVIRLAND had the misfortune to cut himself quite badly with
a knife or meat ax last Monday. It is hoped it will not prove
serious.
Read the dissolution notice of Perry & Yonkers. Mr. YONKERS
expects to go west in the spring. We believe Mr. PERRY continues
the business here.
Mr. LeRue POWERS informs us that his sister, Miss Velma, returned
form Waukon Thursday night, where she has been visiting for
several weeks.
Frank TAYLOR sends us a copy of a Witchita daily paper which
contains more gush, "bloom and bloom" to the square
inch than we ever saw in any paper not edited by Geo. Francis
TRAIN or some other lunatic. Witchita is a good and growing city
we know, but such gush would sicken a dog. It isn't either
argumentative, sensible or witty. The west is too full of such
egotistic hog wash, mixed with too little fact.
Miss Nellie ABBOTT left on Thursday evening for Oberlin, Ohio,
where she will take a course of instruction at the celebrated
conservatory of music there.
ORIGINAL NOTICES.
-To T.J. RYAN, you are hereby notified...in the cause of John M.
COLLINS vs T.J. RYAN...pending in Dist. court, Allamakee Co...the
plaintiff has summoned as garnishees...to wit: L.M. BEARCE,
Michael COLLINS and Michael GEARAN...John M. COLLINS, pl'ff.
[extracted from legal notice]
-To Clarence A. LUCE, Alice HUSTIS, Lysander C. LUCE, Plemon F.
LUCE and Harvey L. LUCE, heirs at law of Harvey D. LUCE,
deceased...hereby notified...on file at Clerk of
Court...Allamakee Co...a petition of Charlotte E. LUCE, widow of
Harvey D. LUCE...asking the appointment of referees to admeasure
& assign to her...1/3 in value of the following real estate
in Allamakee co. [legal land description followed]...Charlotte E.
LUCE, Pl'ff [extracted from legal notice]
BETHEL CORRESPONDENCE. Jan 16th, 1887, by ERAB.
--Mrs. SEGRIST is sick.
--Grandmother HAMMELL is suffering much with salt rheum in one of
her feet and the lower part of the same limb.
--Mrs. Maggie POWELL is quite indisposed also.
--We hope father HARRIS will not fall in love with California so
much but that he may come home again to live.
--A week ago some three or four thieves entered Mrs. A.
BRAINARD's hen house, pulled off the heads of 4 chickens, left
the heads and took the bodies away. They also took an axe
belonging to C.S. YOUNGLOVE which was at Mrs. B's.