Iowa
Old Press
Allamakee Journal
Lansing, Allamakee co. Iowa
April 1897
- M.J. Gleason has bought a half interest in the S.E. Angell
wagon and blacksmith shop at Harpers Ferry.
- George Clancy is the latest printer's "devil" at the
Lansing Mirror office.
- W.J. Whalen is teaching Russell school.
- Boomer Brothers shipped two cars of horses from Waukon this
week.
- Joe Burton, brakeman on the Waukon branch, was given a lay-off
for "sassing" a local newspaper man.
- George Wiemerslage, Jr., bought 40 acres of ridge land in Union
City township from the Patrick McLaughlin Estate for $550.
- Village Creek farmers will meet next week to plan on organizing
a creamery.
- Ole Knudtson, the Village Creek blacksmith, has bought the
Bartheld house and shop.
- L.P. Dahly of Lafayette died last week after an illness of six
days with lung fever. He was aged about 39 years and leaves a
widow and six weeks old child.
- The dyke at McKee's, north of Lansing, is under water and the
Columbus dyke also in places.
- Two more emigrant cars -- making five this spring -- left
Lansing. Frank Ritterman went to Churchs Ferry, N.D., and Chris
Brown to northwestern Iowa.
- Lansing city council awarded the street sprinkling contract to
Emil Peters at 22 cents per hour.
- Water reached a standstill, 3-1/2 feet below the high water
mark of 1880.
- Captain Kratka made one trip with the steamer Pauline in the
LaCrosse packet trade, and then paid off the men and laid her up.
- Matt Kelly sold 40 acres in Jefferson to Miles Roache at $52
per acre.
- Mesdames Augusta M. May, Jenny Hubbell, Henrietta Hale, Emily
Eddy and Hannah Adams of Waukon have issued a call for a Woman
Suffrage convention April 28-29.
- Messrs. Danaher and Griffin have opened a new store in
Dorchester.
- George Lapham of Waterloo township is building a telephone
line, via Dr. Cass' home, to his father, Lincoln Lapham's, on
Portland Prairie, a distance of three miles.
- Walter and Warren Young shipped an emigrant car to Cando, N.D.,
the third car out of Lansing this spring.
- Lansing High School ball nine has organized for the season of
1897 with Edward Dikeman, manager, Will Severson, captain, Lib
Fellows, secretary and treasurer, John Anderson, umpire. The
players, which include a few not in school, are: Ernie Melvin,
catcher; Will Severson and Edward Dikeman, pitchers and first
base; Carl O'Neill, 2nd b; Art Torry, 3b; Phil Roggensack, ss;
Edgar Dikeman, Lib Fellows, Will Miles, fielders; Leo O'Neill,
"Billy" Anderson, subs.
- Lansing city council fixed wages for men at $1.50 for 10 hours;
man and team, $3.00.
- Joseph Johnson opened the season in Lansing by batting a ball
through one of Marti's plate glass windows.
- Burlington Ry. track workers had their wages cut from $1.25 to
$1.10 per day.
- Robert Glynn has moved onto the old Crane farm west of Lansing.
- Rud & Co. shipped their third car of wagons this year to
Westby and Viroqua, Wis., and 10 to Houston, Minn.
- Hartley, the new cigar maker, is putting out another brand
called "Chief John Waukon."
- Charles Bresbine of Muscatine has written to Lansing parties
trying to interest them in starting a button factory.
- Lansing ferry made a special trip to DeSoto Sunday for a
Salvation Army Rally. They held their first meeting on Lansing
street Saturday night, five converts being with them.
- Grant Ladd will build a new residence for the buttermaker at
Calhoun Creamery.
- Frank Maxwell began delivering ice for the Boat Store this
week.
- Daniel Heffern, Taylor twp. pioneer, died April 20, aged 50
years. His wife, two sons, John and Dan, and three daughters,
Rose, Katie and Mrs. Frank O'Hara, of Manhattan, Kan., survive.
- Henry Duffy, prominent Waukon business man, was found dead in
his store on the morning of April 27, by Emmet Hall; a clerk. A
coroner's jury of John Eddy, Frank Robbins and RH. Stilwell,
brought in a verdict of murder by parties unknown.
- Wm. Goettle, Waukon stone mason, has the foundation of Henry
Opfer's big barn nearly completed.
[transcribed by E.W., May 2007]