Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co., Iowa
August 3, 1895
Monona brick. See them at Jas. GREGG's. Best and cheapest in the market. Supply inexhaustible. Place your order early. Brick by the 100, 1000 or carload on short notice.
Dr. Jas. GORDON will be up from Elgin tomorrow.
A.L. RASMUSSEN and family visited at Ossian last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. ABEL will return to Postville to live in a few days.
J.J. JENNEWINE has moved into the Conrad THOMA residence, on Green street.
The basement walls of POESCH & THOMA's and PARKER's new buldings are already going in.
Mrs. H.B. TAYLOR returned form her extended visit in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, on Wednesday.
Ford EISFELDER, our popular jeweler drove over to Waukon last Sunday for a visit with old time friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman HARRIS and Mrs. Bert TUTTLE and the baby visited Mrs. HAMMOND, at Monona, last Sunday.
Mr. D. McDONALD will return to Missouri to spend the winter, not daring to chance this climate through that season.
The following are advertised letters this week: C.W. DAVIS, F.A. GOFF, N.E. HARRIS, John HARTWICK, Mrs. J.M. HARRISON, Paul NAULIN, Mr. Aris STEWART, G.C. SCHROEDER & John WATSON.
The Postville Longs and Shorts play ball on the WHITE baseball grounds on Saturday afternoon, for the benefit of Bart Van VELZER. Admission 15 cents.
I wish to extend my thanks to the Aetna Insurance Company, Wm. SHEPHERD, agent; for the very prompt and satisfactory manner in which my loss by the recent fire was adjusted and paid. J.J. JENNEWINE.
Elmer COURSON and Clara ALWARD returned last week from a two weeks outing in Minnesota, visiting relatives, including J.W. WARD, at Owatonna. Miss ALWARD is going to return there and take a position in Mr. WARD's store.
'Gene STOCKMAN and Bert TUTTLE took in Ossian last Sunday and found things flourishing in that lively burg. C.H. BLANCHAINE seemed to be doing a land office business in his drug store and Frantz FRANTZEN was hustling in good shape in his restaurant. Crops between here and there are immense, especially some fields of corn.
Henry SMALFELDT, the wagonmaker, has removed to the new shop adjoining SHORTREED's blacksmith shop on the east.
We wish to extend thanks to the good people of Postville for their valuable assistance in saving so many of our goods from the recent fire. Also to the Des Moines Fire Insurance Company for the prompt and satisfactory settlement of our losses, which were paid in full. John MOIR & Frank W. TULLER.
Geo. H. JENKINS, the brick man, was up from Monona last week, interviewing our people on the subject of brick.
OBITUARY.
Died, at his residence in Postville, on Saturday afternoon, July 27th, 1895, after a lingering illness from a complication of diseases, Jonathan MOULTHROP, aged 84 years and 26 days. Mr. MOULTHROP was born in Vermont, July 1st, 1811. When quite young his parents removed to Ohio. In 1837 he married Eliza HAYS and at once removed to Rockton, Ill. In 1855 he came to Hardin, Iowa, where he resided six yeras, when he went on to his farm at Bethel, where he resided until four years ago, when his wife died, since which time he has resided in Postville, having erected a fine residence here. His family consisted of three daughters and one son. Two daughters alone survive him. The funeral was held from the M.E. church on Monday afternoon, Rev. H.S. CHURCH officiating, assisted by Rev. L.S. HAND. Interment in the Minert cemetery. Mr. MOULTHROP was a hard working upright man and amassed a competency, supposed to aggregate about $30,000. After 40 years residence here he leaves an enviable reputation for honesty and uprightness. Our sympathy is extended to the bereaved.
OBITUARY.
Our people were shocked on Saturday by the news that the remains of Mrs. Sarah AMSDELL (nee MURRAY) had come in on the Burlington from Strawberry Point, where they had resided for some time. The cause of death was pneumonia and she was sick but a short time. She leaves a husband and two children, besides other relatives to mourn her untimely death. Funeral obsequies and interment at Frankville on Sunday. The following additional particulars were handed us by a sister. The only correction in the above is that she was sick nearly four weeks with a complication of diseases, pneumonia setting in at the last:
Sarah MURRAY was born in Heckersville, Schuylkill Co. Pa., May 16th, 1858. She came to Alamakee Co. with her parents in 1878. She was married in Postville, April 24th, 1885, to Dr. I.J. AMSDELL. Three children were the result of the union, the youngest being but twenty-one months old. A father, four sisters and two brothers are left to mourn her loss, besides the children.