Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co., Iowa
March 2, 1895

Advertisers:
-Kraut & pickles, and best bread in town at John THOMA's.
-Chamber suits from $15.00 up. The latest designs in wall paper & mouldings at HART & ROYER's.
-Go see what Chas. SIMONDS keeps in his bakery and Restaurant. School stationery at Chas. SIMONDS'.
-LUHMAN & SANDERS, dress silks, all colors, a large assortment.
-At home in the room at the rear of the postoffice and prepared to do watch, clock and jewelry repairing. Joy W. DRESSER.
-I have the agency of the celebrated Mitchell (Racine) wagons. Call and see a sample. Henry BRANDT.
-Keep your feet warm. you can do it by wearing an electric insole. For men, women and children, 25 cents a pair. Sold exclusively by John CROSBY.
-I am now prepared to file saws of all kinds, do wagon wood work, furniture repairing, carpenter work, etc. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices reasonable. H.B. TAYLOR.

LOCAL REVIEW.
Mr. and Mrs. J.F. STAADT are the happy possessors of a new girl baby.

W.W.SHROYER is in Des Moines.

C.W. MEIER's auction sale comes off today.

J.H. MEIER has been having an uncomfortable rheumatism of late.

The residence now occupied by John H. MEIER, on Summer street, will be for rent March 15th to the right kind of renter.

Otto MICKELSON's family are visiting him here for a few days.

Hi TAYLOR and his mother visited Waukon last Saturday and Sunday.

Mrs. J.E. PERRY is improving, to the gratification of all of our people.

Evangelist BURROWS goes from here to Wisconsin to hold meetings, after which he will go to Marion.

We are under obligations to Senator James F. WILSON for a lot of public documents.

Bert TUTTLE is quite sick today.

Notice: At Turner Mask Ball on Tuesday evening a dark brown beaver shawl was exchanged for a grey and white shawl. I wish to exchange with owner. Mrs. C. ANDERSON.

I have six thoroughbred polled-angus bull calves for sale, ranging from four weeks to six months old. C.A. HARRIS.

H.B. TAYLOR and Ray SCHULER have formed a co-partnership in the carpenter and repair business. TAYLOR will run the shop and SCHULER the outside work, with such help as they may need.

H.A. STOWE and son, who, with Mrs. STOWE were called here by the dangerous illness of Mr. COURSON, returned home to Fort Dodge last Saturday, Mrs. STOWE remaining with her mother for a time.

Pastor HAND will speak in his own church Sunday morning, his topic being "What has Been Wrought and What Remains for us."

Early spring moving has commenced. Joe. RILEY has gone into the COURSON house, on Summer street, J. HUGHES taking the place that Mr. RILEY vacated on Military street; G.W. BELLOWS has moved into the Chas SCHULTZ residence, on west Tilden street, and W.H. DAWSON will occupy the house thus vacated next week; N. McWILLIAMS has purchased and occupied the residence adjoining John SCHULTZ on the east, on Military street; C.A. HARDWICK occupies the house vacated by Mr. BALDWIN, on west Tilden street. R.N. DOUGLASS has commenced to move into his residence south of the Congregational church to make room for Mrs. EGGERT and Geo. THOMA has moved into his residence on Green street.

DEATH.
Another child of Henry SCHRADER, a daughter, died on Saturday of last week with the dread scourge, scarlet fever. Our especial sympathy goes out to this afflicted family.

OBITUARY.
Mr. Thomas LYONS died at his residence, near Frankville, Iowa, Feb. 21, 1895, aged 79 years, seven months and five days. The deceased was born in Pennsylvania, July 16th, 1815. When but a boy he moved with his parents to Morgan Co. Ohio. He united with the Presbyterian church at Deerfield, Ohio at the age of 16 years. He was united in marriage to Miss Susannah TAYLOR, in Ohio, where there were born to them four children. With these, in the year 1854, they moved to Allamakee Co., Iowa, where by letter he and his wife united with the Presbyterian church, of Frankville, Dec. 1st, 1854. Feb. 19th, 1856, he was elected a ruling elder of the same church, where he has served faithfully and consistently. After a brief sickness he departed for his ever abiding home, where his wife preceded May 26th, 1883, leaving a son and two daughters, with other relation, to mourn his loss. The funeral was held from the Presbyterian church at Frankville, on Sunday, Feb. 24th. Funeral sermon preached by Rev. McCuskey. Interment in Frankville cemetery.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
March 9, 1895

Municipal Election. The election last Monday passed off very quietly there being but one ticket in the field. Only 41 votes were cast - less than one fourth the vote of the corporation. The following are the officers elect, all of whom are present incumbents:
Mayor, J.B. HART
Treasurer, Jas. McEWEN
Recorder, Wm. SHEPHERD
Councilmen, R.N. DOUGLASS & W.C. McNEIL.

Mrs. W.W. DARLING, nee Lillian LAUGHLIN, arrived from Denver yesterday.

Paul BRORBY, now clerk of the ocurt at New Hampton, has sold his millinery stock.

The Ladies' Reading Circle will meet with Mrs. John SANDER next week Monday.

W.G. MAKEPEACE has moved to his new farm in Chickasaw, near Jackson Junction.

DICKSON Bros. are getting their machinery in place to drill the water-works well.

Miss Bertha EMERY has returned and taken her old position in Luhman & Sander's store.

Dave JACOBIA was up on Monday with a bunch of fat steers for which he pocketed $4.50 per hundred.

We see that Steve SPOO and his partner are closing out their stock of groceries at Oelwein at cost.

Reub. DOUGLASS has finished moving and Mrs. EGGERT has taken up her residence in her new purchase.

Mr. and Mrs. Herman HARRIS returned from Missouri last Saturday. They will soon be "at home" down on the farm.

R.H. WATERS is buying all kinds of stock near Frankville. He will ship from the nearest station to the owners of the stock.

John SCHULTZ acted as marshal during the absence of Marshal SCHARA, in Milwaukee. The latter returned Wednesday night.

Jas. L. FLEMING, who was here to attend the funerals of his brother and sister, returned to his school work at Benton, Ind., last Saturday.

R.N. DOUGLASS has purchased the Warren ROBBE property, east of J.M. THOMA's drug store. In the trade the property was put in as $800.

We are sorry to learn that Dr. SHEPHERD has had quite a serious time with erysipelas. His son, Dr. J. SHEPHERD, of Lawler, has been treating him.

W.A. BURDICK is expecting a transfer from the Chicago & McGregor to the St. Paul & Decorah R.P.O. In that event, he will remove to Decorah.

We are glad to learn the P.J. BEUCHER's children are getting well. The older one had a very hard time of it, and her life was despaired of for some days. No other cases have developed.

George BARTHELL retired from the clerk of the court's on the 1st, his own poor health and especially the sickness of his father demanding a change and his presence at home. He is succeeded by J.K. HAINES as deputy.- Waukon Standard.

Each church has held services during the week since the going of Mr. BURROWS, on Monday. Mr. HAND preaching in the Methodist church on Thursday night and Mr. CHURCH in the Congregational on Friday.

Mr. A. ABEL came up from Cedar Rapids on Saturday, remaining over until Wednesday afternoon. He seems to be in good health and enjoying life. He says the old lady is poorly but better than when she left here.

Mr. SMEDLEY, of the Dubuque Iron Works, brought up the plans and specifications for our system of waterworks, and met the council and explained them fully. Proposals for bids will soon be presented to the public.

August MEIER and Will LEUI are the outgoing members of the school board.

Subscribers this week:
Mrs. C. MILLER, John H. MEIER, F.H. CHASE, Chas. GOETTEL, B.W. RATHBUN, Jas. McEWEN, Ellison ORR & G.M. HANCHETT.

W.E. BOLLMAN, son of M.A. BOLLMAN, now has one of the finest young herds of short horn cattle in this section. He has just purchased a male of OH. LYON, of Rockford, the get of the prize winner at the world's fair, and a heifer from Illinois whose dam was also a prize winner. Mr. BOLLMAN is fitting up her herd with reference to milk as well as beef qualities.

John HAMMEL, Sr. came up from Virginia last week, where he has resided some time. He looks 50 percent better than when he left here, and says that he is now anxious to go to work. He says times are very hard in the south, and growing harder all the time. He has been stopping for some time with the WILKE family who went from here, near Petersburg. He thinks that is not as good a country as further towards the coast, where J.B. SCHMIDT lives.

MARRIAGES.
--Prof. A.B. FEWELL married a Miss Catherine MOORE, of New York, at Monona last Monday.

--The following item taken from a Cresco paper, will be interesting to her friends here. Miss HENDERSON was with her relative here, Miss Josephine DURNO, the most of the winter:
"Married - At the residence of the bride's parents, February 27, 1895, by the Rev. J.H. BOGGESS, Alton R. JOHNSON, of Lime Springs and Miss Augusta HENDERSON of Cresco."

DEATHS.
--F. TANGEMAN's baby died last night. Funeral at the house Saturday afternoon.

That dread scourge, scarlet fever, claimed another victim in the SCHROEDER family in Grand Meadow township, last Saturday, a boy 16 years old being the third to go in about two weeks. Words are inadequate to express the feelings of those who remain, and sympathy seems to be only a mockery in their great grief.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
March 16, 1895

Household goods at auction, Saturday, March 23d. Mrs. E. RAGAN.

Seven DRESSERS joined the M.E. church last Sabbath, four of them married persons.

John H. MEIER has moved into his residence on "plety hill" He will have to be good now.

Mrs. THIESE has gone to the city this week trimming and looking up the latest styles in millinery.

W.T. SYMONDS' Decorah greenhouses were destroyed by fire last week. They will be rebuilt.

Principal James F. EATON, of Hull Educational Institute, spent a little time in Postville, on Thursday.

A supposed burglar attempted an entrance to the residence of August MEIER last Saturday night. Mr. MEIER heard the noise and got up and made himself known to the nocturnal intruder and he went on his way rejoicing.

Mr. and Mrs. Will COLE rejoice in the arrival of another son of standard weight. Doc. says he has more faith in raising democrats than in making them out of free silver republicans. Both methods have been known to fail, Doc.

Dr. D.H. BOWEN, of Waukon, was in Postville over Monday night and made this office a pleasant and profitable call. He is still a republican without variableness or shadow of turning.

Subscribers this week:
H.T. BOLLMAN, Mrs. Edw. STAADT, D.H. BOWEN, Otto MICKELSON, Thos. WATERS, Sam WATERS, Thos. LYONS, Geo. E. WATERS, T.E. WATERS & Mrs. M.A. HANKS.

Card of thanks. We wish to give public expression of our sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends who kindly assisted and sympathized with us in our recent bereavement, the loss of our darling child. Mr. and Mrs. F.W. TANGEMAN.

All those indebted to us will please settle at one. All accounts not paid by March 20th, 1895, go into collectors hands. Resp'y MEIER & EATON.

The Postville Roller Steam Mill will grind feed Monday and Tuesday of each week. Ground feed and corn meal for sale at lowest market prices. E.D. STILES, prop.

Trial Jury, April Term, 1895.
J.E. MILLS, Makee twp.
H. PEGLOW, Franklin twp.
Ed WATERS Sr.,Union City twp.
Wm. WALSH, Fairview twp.
John HAWES, French Creek twp.
O.F. FERRIS, Makee twp.
E.C. HALL, Makee twp.
James ROWE, Lansing twp.
J.F. KELLEY, Taylor twp.
Thos. McNERVEY, Union City twp.
Chas. FENERHELM, Lansing twp.
D.F. SAWYER, Franklin twp.
H.H. WAGNER, Lansing twp.
James LOWE, Lansing twp.
J.F. OSMUNDSON, Waterloo twp.
M.M. YEOMAN, Iowa twp.
Pat DEMPSEY, Lansing twp.
E.J. RYAN, Union Prairie twp.
Wm. FLEMING, Lansing twp.
L.D. MEIKLE, Makee twp.
F.D. MINER, Linton twp.
John DRESSER, Post twp.
John H. JOHNSON, Makee twp.
Thos. THORNTON, Lafayette twp.
Julius BARTHELD, Center twp.
John STEELE, Union Prairie twp.
Sevat SEVAFSON, Jefferson twp.
D.R. WALKER, Makee twp.
G.P. EELS, Ludlow twp.
Geo. B. LEET, Post twp.

F.L. WILLIAMS is drawn on the grand jury and Ed CORNELL & John WELZEL on the petit jury for the April term of the Federal court at Dubuque.

MARRIED.
At the residence of the bride's parents in this city, on Wednesday, March 13, 1895, at 3 o'clock p.m., by Mayor John B. HART, Mr. Henry LAWSON and Miss Anna McWILLIAMS. Our congratulations are extended.

DEATHS.
--A.V.H. CARPENTER, for many years general passenger agent of the Milwaukee road, is dead. A few years ago he was retired on half pay.

--[first line illegible]...the death by scarlet fever, of Mr. and Mrs. D.N. TURNER's little boy, who was two years old Feb. 21st, 1895, and died March 11th, after an illness of only about five days. What can we say by way of consolation to our friends who are thus bereft of the sunlight of their home and what they hoped would be the joy as well as the stay and comfort of their declining years? Feeble as human words may be we want to say to you, and we can only commend you to a higher source of consolation in whom you have faith. He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb alone can offer a panacea to bleeding hearts.

--The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Fred TANGEMAN's infant, last Saturday, was largely attended out of respect and sympathy for the bereaved parents and friends. We never saw any one more beautiful in death than was this little one, at rest on its bed of flowers. it is easy to imagine that of such is the kingdom of heaven. It is hard to part with such rare flowers, but it is a consolation to know that they are freed from the trials and hardships of earthly existence, and are transplanted to the everlasting gardens of the celestial city, where they will blossom with prennial beauty while God endures. Whatever of uncertainty there may be as to us their happiness is secure.

--Mrs. Duncan McDonald dead. Wm. HARRIS received a telegram on Wednesday morning announcing the death, at her home in Mt. Vernon, Mo., of Mrs. Jane A. McDONALD, mother of Mrs. Wm. HARRIS. Of course there were no particulars. It must have been sudden, as they had no notice of her being sick. Mr. and Mrs. HARRIS left on the afternoon Burlington for Missouri. Our sympathy is extended to the bereaved.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
March 23, 1895

The vernal equinox has passed and still no rain. It causes much fear of a drouth again this year, as the ground was never so dry before.

Joseph NICOLAY was re-elected president of the school board last Monday evening.

Mrs. C.A. ABEL went to Mt. Vernon last Friday afternoon to spend the vacation with her daughter Mamie.

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. WARD rejoice at the advent of a son. J.W. will hurry home to see his new heir apparent.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus GILSON, a boy, March 9th and to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. PIXLER, March 17th, a son.

Mrs. F.D. BAYLESS and Miss Mary HAGENSICK visited the DRESSER families a few days, going to Waukon on Monday.

Frank EATON has bought a lot in Monona and will erect a building for a bakery and restaurant and locate in business there.

Rev. SULLIVAN preaches his last sermon Sunday, March 24th, for this year.
Frank ORR was up on Monday evening getting a little "education" from our non-partisan free silver club.
Mrs. Hardy BARNES came home from Cresco on Tuesday, where she had visited A.B. BARNES, who is lying at the point of death with Bright's disease.

J.M. HARRIS was up at Decorah one day this week and happened into the "fire sale" fake. Any store in Decorah or Postville discounts their prices every time. Such traveling fakes should always be given a wide berth.

Ludwig SCHROEDER, 5 miles northeast of Postville, was severely cut with an ax on Monday. He and a son were chopping, when the ax by some means escaped from the hands of his son and struck him on the cheek, making a deep and dangerous wound.

Mrs. EGGERT has had a nice porch put in front of her residence, adding much to the appearance of her home. Two front doors add largely to the convenience also.

We are in receipt of a letter from C.H. YONKER, of Eldora, which informs us that he has retired from the bakery and restaurant business and engaged with a manufacturing firm which is making patent windmill springs and reports a prosperous business outlook.

Frank TULLER, who for the time being is a farmer, found that a hammer was harder than his head, one falling some 20 feet and inflicting a scalp wound the other day. But still he goes on building his barn.

Card of thanks. To the neighbors, friends and all who have rendered assistance and sympathy during the long illness and after the death of my wife, I extend my sincere thanks. Wm. SHEPHERD.

The members of the Postville Cemetery Association will hold their annual meeting on March 30th, at 7:30. A full attendance is desired, as steps must be taken to purchase more land for an addition, there being but 3 lots unsold. A.W. McDANELD, sec'y.

MARRIED.
At the Presbyterian parsonage, in Frankville, Ia., March 13th, 1895, by Rev. McCUSKEY, Mr. Samuel WATERS, Jr. and Miss Jennie HUGHES. The Review extends congratulations wishing much joy and happiness to this branch of the WATERS family.

OBITUARY.
Died, in Postville, on Sunday morning, March 17th, 1895, of consumption, Mrs. Margaret SHEPHERD, wife of Wm. SHEPHERD, aged 50 years and about two months. Mrs. SHEPHERD had been a great sufferer for several months and death came to her as a joyful release from pain, and she was ready and glad to go. She leaves a husband and a little boy besides some children by a former marriage to mourn her loss. The funeral was held from the Congregational church, and was very largely attended. The Workmen were out in force to show their sympathy for their afflicted brother, and had charge of the details of the funeral. The interment was in the old Postville cemetery.