Iowa Old Press
Allamakee Journal
Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa
April 4, 1888
CITY CHIT-CHAT.
- Have reduced my 35c. tea to 30cts. N.J. ALMQUIST.
- Ladies’ shoes, misses’ shoes, childrens’ shoes,
mens’ shoes, boys’ shoes, at Kemble’s.
- J.A. Kemble is showing a nice line of dress goods and trimmings
for spring of 1888.
- Full stock of boots and shoes from Boston opened up at
Nielander & Brockhausen’s.
- Kemble has a nice line of cheap remnants prints, satteens,
percales, cretonnes, etc.
- Our white goods have arrived and are opened for inspection at
Nielander & Brockhausen’s.
- Brandies, whiskies, wines, select and export beer, for
medicinal purposes only, at Theo. Natchwey’s.
- For sale, a corner lot on N. 2d street, desirable for residence
purposes. Enquire of Mrs. O’Meara.
- Domestics, sheetings, prints, of all descriptions, and cotton
dress goods at low prices, now, at Kemble’s.
- Jos. Urmersbach sold his saloon outfit, including ice box, bar,
counters, etc., to a Prairie du Chien party last week.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee, Iowa
April 7, 1888
Chris Leithold, son of J.N., is home on a visit.
Wood taken in exchange for photos at TOWN's studio.
Mr. TAYLOR will soon have his new residence on its pins.
Miss Belle PRESCOTT came home from Garner on Tuesday evening.
J.I. SHEPHERD, Esq. attended his maiden term of court at Waukon
this week.
J.N. LEITHOLD has opened a music stand in the north room of John
MOIR's building.
Jas. SHEEHY is putting up the MURPHY residence just west of is
own property.
The ladies reading club will meet with Mrs. T.B. EASTON next
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. M. COYLE went to Wisconsin to make her regular spring visit
to her parents on Wednesday morning.
Linc. REDHEAD is going back to Kansas City to "seek his
fortune" next week. Hope he will not get sick again. Linc.
has helped out in this office this week; otherwise we should have
been in a bad muss.
Charley ABEL moved into the Congregational parsonage last Monday.
We don't infer from this that he proposes to change his business.
Our Bethel correspondant was at fault in saying that Rev. W.D.
HARTSOUGH was going to Dakota to reside.
Roll of honor:
Mrs. H.B. HAZLETON, Rev. W.D. HARTSOUGH, H. POESCH, H.
CHRISTOPHERSON, J.N. TOPLIFF, Miss ANNA MITCHELL, Mrs. P.A.
HUMPHREYS, H.P. DAWES, Henry CASTEN & Jas. McEWEN.
Bert TUTTLE has entered upon his fourth year of labor in this
office, every year at an increase of salary. The Review would
hardly know how to keep house without him.
Mr. DAWES and wife returned from their Missouri trip last Friday.
Mr. DAWES made a purchase at Willow Springs, in the Ozark
district, not far from the Arkansas line. He is enthusiastic over
the prospect there and will start for his new home with his
effects, next week, Mrs. DAWES following a few days later.
Charley BAYLESS is now a full-fledged registered pharmacist with
the authority to dispense medicines anywhere in the state.
OBITUARY.
Died, at his farm home, three and a half miles northwest of
Postville, on Thursday, March 29th, 1888, John SASS, aged 66
years and 13 days. Deceased was born in Mecklenberg, Strelitz,
Germany, Mar. 16th, 1822. He was married to Sophia MILLER. Four
children were born to his first wife, all of whom are now dead.
He was married again in 1866 to Mary C. GAHL, and three children
were the result of this union, one boy and two girls. The boy is
dead but the girls survive him, one of them being Mrs. Carl
MEYER, of Postville. In 1865 he came to America, stopping one
year in Chicago. From there he came to Springfield where he lived
for a short time, when he moved to the farm where he died. The
funeral was held last Sunday from the Lutheran church in
Postville. Rev. J. GASS preaching the funeral sermon. A large
concourse of sympathizing neighbors and friends were in
attendance.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
April 14, 1888
Ed. SHEEHY went duck hunting the other day. When he returned his
assets footed up two heads of cabbage and a water pail that he
picked up on the road. We don't know where he picked up the
cabbages. He didn't get as much as a duck--ing!
Hay, brick, tile, lime and sand on hand and for sale by SCHULTZ
& PERRY.
We are informed that "Ald." CLINTON will build a fine
residence the comming summer, west of J.S. MOTT's.
Mr. RAMPAGE, the blacksmith, has bought lots and will build a
residence on the flat east of Charley BAYLESS'.
Ed. PUTNAM sent us a postal last night stating that his wife was
somewhat better, though not out of danger.
J.N. LEITHOLD takes the HAINES house, vacated by John BURHANS.
SCHULTZ has got out a new platform spring dray. Jake MEYER built
it.
John COLE, Jr. returned to his "run" in Manitoba on
Sunday.
Mrs. TURNER arrived home on Tuesday and D.N. looks more resigned
like.
The BALDWIN family has moved into the DAWES house on Military
street, lately occupied by I.A. COLE.
John SANDERS has been tearing things to pieces generally on his
residence lot this week, transforming a barn into a wood house.
Last night was the 40th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. SANDERS'
marriage. We hope their golden wedding will find them enjoying
the same degree of health and happiness as now.
CHRISS & EATON will open up at Monona with their branch store
next week.
They had an exciting wolf and hound race out at Judge WILLIAMS'
on Wednesday, and most of our sporting men were present. We
understand that Dave JACOBIA got excited, fearing the wolf would
get away, and started on the run across a plowed field to catch
it, but mired down and had to be pried out with a fence rail.
A good many changes were made on the south side of Green street
last week. Jack PHILLIPPS' barber shop was removed tot he
commodious room vacated by BEUCHER's harness shop. HAVIRLAND's
veterinary office has gone into the old barber shop and SCHMITZ
occupying the place vacated by HAVIRLAND.
Another quite large real estate transfer was made yesterday, the
largest for some time. S.B. FINNEY sold his fine, new residence,
on the west side of town, to S.W. COURSON. We are not authorized
to state the price, but it was a good sale, fully covering the
cost. Mr. FINNEY goes back to his farm the first of May, and R.L.
THOMPSON, who now resides on the farm will go into the PARKS
residence, which Mr. COURSON [remainder cut off]
DEATHS.
--Mrs. John T. CLARK died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
T.M. MILLER, in Postville, after a lingering illness, on
Wednesday morning. The family and friends have the sympathy of
our people.
--Died in Postville, April 7th, 1888, Lucy, daughter of A.M.
& Katy THOMPSON, age 1 year, 10 months and 4 days. She had
recently had the measles but was recovered. On Saturday she was
in a critical state suffering from brain and bronchial trouble
and in a few hours passed away.
OBITUARY.
Elizabeth BLAKESLEE was born in the town of Smithfield,
Connecticut, Dec. 10, 1815, and died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. T.M. MILLER, in Postville, Iowa, April 11th, 1888. She moved
in early childhood with her parents from the place of her birth
to Paris Hill, Oneda Co., N.Y., where she was married to John
Thompson CLARK, Jan. 17, 1835. Since that time she has resided
successively in te states of N.Y., Ill., and Iowa. Mr. and Mrs.
CLARK came to Waukon, Iowa, in 1853. At different times since
that time they lived in Decorah, New Oregon, Lansing and
Postville. Mr. CLARK died some three years ago. Of their ten
children, eight are still living. Mrs. CLARK was in early life
connected with the Episcopal church, of which her parents were
members. During her life in Iowa she was not connected with any
church, although a frequent attendant upon divine service The
funeral service was conducted by the writer at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. MILLER, preaching from Heb. XI-13: and then this
aged pilgrim was laid to rest in the "silent city of the
dead."
--by W.H. SLINGERLAND.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
April 21, 1888
John DILLON is at Waukon this evening.
Joh COLE has already commenced street work.
Mrs. TUTTLE and Lois LEUI will arrive this afternoon.
The Waukon Democrat says the iron boom is appently dead,
for this season at least.
T. SHORTREED has sold a half-interest in his blacksmith shop and
business to Herman MEYER.
Cash on subscription this week:
J.H. LAUGHLIN, A.R. PRESCOTT, Thos. L. SHORTREED (by T.
SHORTREED) & John A. FINNEY.
Miss Mary HENDERSON left on Monday for a six months sojourn in
Cherokee co., where she has a large class in music.
A portion of the Myron dam went out by the recent flood but it
has been repaired and the mill is running again as usual. The
Mississippi River is so high at McGregor that the transfer is
difficult.
We are glad to learn that Miss Gertie CAMERON is steadily
improving.
BETHEL BUZZINGS. April 19th, 1888. By ERAB.
--Mrs. Mary YOUNGLOVE died April 12th, at the poor farm near
Waukon, Iowa. Sometime before her death she regained her mental
faculties and was resigned to her fate. She died enjoying a
christians faith. Her husband, Ezckiel, was with her at the time
of her death.
--Mrs. Adaline SMITH is in improving health; she has been very
dangerously ill, so much so that they sent for her two daughters,
one of them came, Mrs. Patience GOODRICH, of Cherokee Co. and is
here yet; she was at church looking much as of yore.
CHEROKEE CORRESPONDENCE. Washta, Io., April 7, 1888.
I arrived in Cherokee county March 17th; the snow was all gone
and farmers ready to commence seeding. the weather is nice and
warm. The 19th we had a snow storm, but the snow soon went off.
We like our new home very well. I think this is good farming
country, the soil is good and the season is two weeks earlier
than in the northeast part of the state. I have four places of
market now, in two different railroads and there is another road
laid out, located in two miles of my place. This road will be
built this year, the station will be within two miles of my
place. I would say a word to those living in the northeastern
part of the state, wishing to go south, or to Kansas or Nebraska,
to go and see those states and then come and take a look at
northwestern Iowa before buying. I think they will say like the
Indian -- this is the land.
Yours &c, J.W. PATTERSON.
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