Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee, Iowa
July 5, 1890

Miss Jessie PEARSON and Miss Mary CLARK of Hardin were in town last Tuesday.

John PARKER placed two brand new barber chairs in his shop last week.

Wm. THOMA was quite badly bruised up by falling from the dray.

Mrs. Wm KERNDT of Lansing and Mrs. Wm. WIECKING of Minneapolis, relatives of Mrs. J. NICOLAY, have been visiting her this week.

Ed. PUTNAM accidently sawed the end off one of his children's fingers last Saturday. The little fellow had to be given chloroform while the injured member was sewn up.

Chas. BOLLMAN, a son of Enoch BOLLMAN, about 17 years old, became insane and was taken to the asylum on Monday.

Jim LISHER was over from West Union this week overseeing the repapering of the dining room at the Commercial House.

WEBSTER had the misfortune of having a horse impaled on a picket fence, two pickets penetrating six or eight inches. The horse was alive at our last report.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
July 12, 1890

DIED.
Mrs. Charles SCHULTZ on Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness of lung fever. Her funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the Lutheran church.

Willie WELZEL, a son of John WELZEL, in his 16th year, died on Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness. The funeral was held at the Lutheran church on Thursday.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
July 19, 1890

Johnny PHALEN has a new girl at his house.

Fred SCHULTZ and Will POLOS have purchased an $1800 steam thresher of Will HOLAHAN.

A.M. CANDEE had a small cyclone down at his farm last week Friday.

MARRIED.
At Monona July 15th, Mr. Frank MORRISON of Sioux City and Miss Johannah SHEEHY of Postville. They will make their home in Sioux City.

At the residence of the bride's parents in Beatrice, Neb. July 1st, Mr. Wm. P. TAYLOR ad Miss Meda E. KNIGHT all of Beatrice.

DEATHS.
Died,Mary, wife of Michael FLEMING, of Grand Meadow, after an illness of 3 years duration on July 9, 1890, aged seventy-three years. Deceased was born in Limerick, Ireland and when yet a child emigrated with other members of the family to America, making her home first in New York, where upon growing to womanhood she was united in marriage to Michael FLEMING, who survives her. Mr. FLEMING gradually came westward with his family, arriving in Chicago in 1848, making that his home until '56 when he again went west and settled upon his present farm four miles south of Postville. Those were the times of the early pioneer and Mr. and Mrs. FLEMING have lived to see many changes in peoples and country as they were among the earliest settlers in this locality. The union was blessed with 10 children, 8 of whom survive the mother and many of whom are located in Clayton Co. The sons, Thomas and B.C., being well known in this vicinity.

Died,at her residence near Luana, July 14th, Mary, wife of E.B. LAMBORN, aged thirty-eight years, eight months and five days. Heart disease was the cause of her death, and she had been near death's door several times in the past ten years. The funeral was held at the family residence in the open air. The father of the deceased, Mr. VANKIRK, and a daughter, residing near Chicago, were present, but had not been able to arrive in time to see her alive. She leaves a husband and three children, the youngest a babe of but 4 months.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
July 26, 1890

Linc REDHEAD comes to the front with a new 10 lb. boy to help run the farm.

Miss Minnie ENO and Mrs. DANBENBERGER, of Luana, visited at D. JACOBIA's several days this week.

The corner stone of the German Lutheran church will be laid on Saturday afternoon, Aug 2nd at 3 o'clock with proper ceremonies.