Iowa Old Press

The New Albin Globe
New Albin, Allamakee co. Iowa
Wednesday, July 10, 1901

Issued Every Wednesday Morning
Metcalf & Son, Proprietors
$1 Per Year in Advance

TALK OF THE TOWN
-Bank statement in this issue.
-Thank goodness it's all over with.
-L.H. Gaarder spent Sunday in Waukon.
-Maud Fitzgerald is visiting friends in Caledonia.
-Mrs. J. Ross is visiting relatives in Wisconsin.
-It wasn't so much of a "glorious fourth" after all.
-Allan Bock saw the elephant at Dubuque Friday.
-The ice cream freezer does a turn or two these days.
-Dr. H.W. Riser will be in New Albin every Monday.
-Dan Kennay was a La Crosse visitor on Independence day.
-H.H. May was a Lansing business caller last week Tuesday.
-Frank Kumpf has been rusticating in the vicinity of Dorchester.
-Miss Mary Fitschen was the guest of Caledonia friends last week.
-Many people are "takeing to the woods" during this warm weather.
-Dr. Gable was called to New Albin on professional business last week.
-Grant Ladd, the Lansing contractor, was in town Saturday on busines.
-J. Smith of Boscobel has been a guest at the Tartt home for several days.
-Miss Agnus Cooper of Lansing spent a few hours of Wednesday in town.
-Some $2,000 in the city treasury, but still we can not afford water works.
-Mr. and Mrs. W. Thompson were guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. Ferris on the 4th.
-Mrs. E. Sadler of the Bench was a guest at the C. J. Bjorklund home Sunday.
-Mrs. Chas. Johnson of La Crosse is in town, the guest of her mother, Mrs. Ross.
-Thanksgiving day in this country really ought to come right after the 4th of July.
-Dr. and Mr. Harrington returned Friday from a several days visit with home folks.
-Our photography gallery will be open Saturday, Sunday and Monday of each week. BOSTON ART CO.
-Miss Daisy Robinson has been the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Gable for a few days past.
-Steve Bray of Lansing was in town Wednesday looking over the machinery prospects.
-Miss Hermae Gaunitz of Lanising has been visiting at the Globe domicile the past week.
-Mrs. H. Kronstadt of Moline, Illinois, was entertained by friends here over Sunday.
-Miss Cora Wirth of Waukon Junction has been visiting at the Casper home for some days.
-Born, Tuesday evening to Dr. and Mrs. T.F. Hannafin, a girl baby.
-Phil Roggensack, accompanied by Miss Wild, were Gateway City sight seers on the 4th of July.
-Mrs. A.P. Bock and daughter of Waukon were visiting relatives here between trains last Tuesday.
-A scientist says, "there must be a limit to space." That being the case, Sheriff Bulman will get us yet.
-Uncle Billy Beardmore was shaking hands with many of his old time friends in New Albin Saturday.
-It will not surprise the public to learn that John Smith was among the heat victims at Chicago recently.
-Geo. Winslow was among those from here who braved the elements and journeyed to LaCrosse on the 4th.
-Caledonia is discussing the light question and is undecided whether it wants electric glim or plain every­day gas.
-Miss Bessie Greer and brother arrived on the morning of the 4th from Council Bluffs and will visit with the F.P. Price family for a few days.
-The shower, or series of showers, on the 4th caused much disappointment among pleasure seekers.
-It has been so dry in New Albin recently that even the telephone and telegraph poles showed signs of wilting.
-Henry Roggensack arrived here Wednesday from Sparta, Wisconsin, where he is doing a land office business.
-It is a world of consolation to know that hereafter we shall not have to stick revenue stamps on our bank checks.
-Chas. Benson, a clam fisherman, found a pearl in the vicinity of Lansing last week for which be received $1,500.
-Possibly Mr. Erickson desires a personal notification from President McKinley concerning those revenue stamps.
-The glorious Fourth was a failure in this section. It is a wretched 4th that can't scare up a rain somewhere in the state.
-A.P. Petrehn, accompanied by Mrs. A.K. Bailey, were among those who attended the La Crosse celebration on the 4th.
-Chicken thieves are becoming so fastidious in New Albin that they are discriminating between the roosters and the pullets.
-Society women in Minneapolis are giving "cholocataires." Probably they have sandwichment and saladousness on the side.

Is it diarrhea, cholera or stomach pain? Mull's Lightning Specific is the cure. Can be taken by children with safety. 25¢ BOCK & CO.

The clouds that come up and blow away without bringing any rain remind one a good deal of our chances for a system of water works.

A number of our young people enjoyed a ride Sunday in the J.M. Seeley launch. Those who are competant to judge pronounce the boat a fine one.

Will Mr. Bryan, who said there would not be another Fourth of July celebration in this country if McKinley was elected the second time, be good now?

Fat lady -- Don't sleep too much; exercise; don't eat fats and sweets. To reduce flesh rapidly take Rocky Mountain Tea. Acts directly on the fatty tissues. 35¢ BOCK & CO.

The remains of Geo. Mous of Silver Creek were brought to New Albin yesterday from the St. Francis hospital, LaCrosse, where deceased had recently undergone an operation for liver trouble.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Albert of Wheaton, Minnesota, were guests of the Robinson family Friday. Mrs. Albert is a daughter of Capt. Bascom of Lansing and is visiting in that city at present.

A number of private families did honor to the nation's independence day by shooting off numerous fireworks, the more noteworthy of which appeared at the homes of F.P. Price and W.O. Bock.

L. Hirth of Dorchester was in the city Saturday accompanied by Lieut. Henke of the 28th Regulars, U.S.A. Lieut. Henke has just returned from Cuba and his father is a well known citizen of Clayton county.

The theory that the substitution of soft drinks for alcoholic beverages would eliminate most of the evils of societv seems to bave suffered a backset in Eitzen where a man was hit on the head by a pop bottle on the 4th of July.

During the heavy storm of a week ago the newly erected home of B. Yoeman, which is located several miles south-west of town, was struck by lightning, doing very little damage however. When the family saw the storm coming they sought refuge in a dugout, and by doing so probably saved themselves a severe shock.

One of our enthusiastic sportsmen had great luck while fishing on the Mississippi recently in tbe vicinity of Lansing. During the day he wired his wife: "I've got one, weighs six pounds and is a beauty." He was considerably surprised to receive the following reply from his wife: "So have I. Weighs ten pounds. He isn't a beauty. Looks like you."

One of the luxuries of living in a small place, which cannot be enjoyed when New Albin gets to be a large city, came to to our notice of the reporter last evening. Just about dusk a man stole out under cover of the fast approaching darkness with an alarm clock and a quilt and proceeded to go to bed. He can't do that, though, when the courthouse is removed here and cement walks and water works put in their appearance. And these things are all coming.

[transcribed by E.W., February 2007]

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