Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co., Iowa
June 5, 1903
Another Business Change.
On Monday last J.B. Hart purchased the undertaking stock and
outfit of J.M. Harris and has consolidated it with his already
well equipped undertaking establishment, next door to Skelton
& Tangeman's store.
Nebraska Indians 3, Postville 4.
The amalgamated and allied association of baseball players of
America opened the season in regal splendor Wednesday, with a
game between the Nebraska Indians and Postville's Famous First
Nine. This was the first game on the new grounds.
The Living and the Dead.
Following are the names of deceased veterans lying in the
cemetery at Postville Decoration Day, 1903
| John S. Post, 1st Iowa
cavalry John H. Burhans, 4th Iowa cavalry David M. Tripp, 7th Iowa cavalry Chas. J. Oehring, 2nd N.Y. cavalry John Putnam, 5th N.Y. artillery Serrano E. Putnam, 5th N.Y. artillery Wm. N. Piper, 6th Wis. artillery Wm. R. Johnson, 1st Mo. engineers Levi Minick, 3rd Iowa infantry Wm. L. Henderson, 12th Iowa infantry S.S. Blanchard, 12th Iowa infantry Wm. H. Johnson, 19th Iowa infantry Carl Knodt, 27th Iowa infantry Sylvanus Morse, 77th N.Y. infantry Wm. G. Parker, 23rd Wis. infantry G.L. Allen, 33rd Wis. infantry C.C. Combs, 4th Minn. infantry David Stark, N.Y. infantry, War of 1812 C.B. Guy, Tenn., infantry, Seminole War E.H. Williams, Iowa infantry, Mexican War J. Russell, Ill. infantry, Blackhawk War |
The surviving veterans in the line of march were:
| D.E. Harrington, 18th U.S.
infantry W.A. Owen, 16th U.S. infantry James Perry, 6th Mich. cavalry A.R. Prescott, 1st Mo. engineers D.A. McMartin, 9th Iowa infantry Jeff Earnest, 27th Iowa infantry John Pixler, 27th Iowa infantry Chas. Skelton, 38th Iowa infantry Chas Hemmings, 38th Iowa infantry E.H. Putnam, 5th N.Y. artillery Geo. Redhead, 18th Iowa infantry |
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. IA
June 12, 1903
Council Proceedings.
The town council met in regular session Friday evening June 5.
Members all present. County treasurer's report shows that
$2,408.92 was paid to the town ths past year, of which $1,783.92
was received from corporation tax, and $675 from mnict [?] tax.
The following bills were allowed:
| Wm. Shepherd, supplies .....
$8.20 C.A. Ammon, street work .....$10.00 J.A. Fisher, painting ..............$1.50 H.F. Eggert, road scraper .....$6.90 C.M. and St. P. frt on 5 cars stone .. $104.03 Durno & Nicolay, hardware ..... $20.00 W. Rollinson, drayage ............$.9.50 A. Stockman Jr,. street work ..$1.25 John Pixler, street work ......... $1.25 H.B. Taylor, salary .................. $50.00 |
C.A. Freidag, pumping
......... $2.15 J.M. Thoma, paint for water w. .. $44.58 H.F. Evart, ditching ...................$8.60 Jas. Gregg, lumber .................$18.10 H.H. Lien, oil...........................$14.00 L. Salzgeber, street work .....$8.00 G.W. Goetz, lumber ............. $35.15 H.G. Hawkins, pumping .......$2.00 Carl Holter, coal ................... $46.75 John Schultz, street work ..... $34.45 |
Locals.
Mrs. J.T. Parker leaves next week Tuesday for Muscoda, Wis., on a
visit to relatives and friends.
Mrs. J.S. McKinney, of Excelsior, Wis., an aunt of the Parker
boys, returned to her home last week after a pleasant visit here.
Miss Ollie Weldy, of Aurora, S.D., a cousin of John and James
Parker, concluded her visit here last week and returned to her
home.
Coon Schultz was down from Jackson Junction last night to attend
the graduating exercises, his sister Elizabeth being one of the
class.
Before departing for his new home at Richand Center, Minn.,
Adolph Foels, Jr., came in and paid for the Review in
advance up to Jan 1, 1905, and may good luck attend him.
The members of Bench & Bowers' show, under canvas, are all
first class minstrels and fun-makers. Good judgement has been
used in the selection of each individual of the aggregation,
which is one of the best known in the United States.
Mrs. J.J. McFaul came down from Elma Monday night and stayed
until Tuesday noon at the home of ye editor, when she departed
for Luana to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.D. McNally. She
will attend the alumni banquet ere she returns.
James Carswell, of Dubuque, is sojourning a few days among old
Postville acquaintances and friends. Jim is an employee in the
coach department of the Milwaukee shops in the Key City.
For the first time in many months we had the pleasure last
Saturday of greeting our old friend Henry Webb, who had such a
serious sick spell most of last winter and a part of this spring.
He is looking exceedingly well for one having passed through such
a trying ordeal, and may he continue to gain health and strength.
The official report, just out, gives the immigration into Canada
for the month of May as 10,133 from Great Britian, 8,254 from the
continent, and 6,100 from the United States, making a total of
24, 487. In spite of all this, Ellison Orr says he still has No.
1 wheat land less than ten miles from a railroad stateion which
he can sell for from $6 to $10 per acre.
Castalia Caperings.
- Ice cream sociable at Chas Bucknam's Tuesday.
- Emily Perry of Clermont, Sundayed with the folks.
- Theron Richards departed for Seattle, Washington, last week.
- Chet Hart went to Waterloo to visit and on business.
- Nora Floody of Ossian, is behind the calico counter in the
corner store.
- Mrs. Ervin Allen went to Cedar Falls to see her daughter
Bessie.
- Mr. Ross, from Illinois, has been visiting his brother, Rev.
Ross, of this city.
- Mrs John Vance and children of Ossian, visited at H.C.
Painton's Saturday.
- Dora Peterson of Farmersburg, has been visiting at D.C.
Stearns' the past week.
- Ethel Woolsey went to Monona Friday to attend the commencement
exercises.
- Mrs. W.S. Smith and Miss Agnes Sawyer visited over Sunday with
Postville people.
- Mr. Tatro of West Union, the aged father of our mayor, is
visiting at the home of his son.
- Miss Lena Warnholtz and Vina Muchow of Postville, attended the
ball game here Sunday.
- Elmer Marsh of Postville was canvassiing for the Champion
harvester in our village a few days last week.
- Mrs. Chris Thornton and Mrs. Will Johnson and children went to
Fayette to visit over Sunday with relatives.
Mrs. E. May Livingstone, principal of our schools has been
engaged to teach the primary department at Ossian for the coming
term.
A.W. Kramer & Son will have a grand opening of thier
commodious new hardward store Saturday of this week.