Iowa
Old Press
Allamakee Journal
Lansing, Allamakee co. Iowa
July ?, 1905
Norwegians celebrated the Fourth at Storla’s Grove. O.H.
Monserud presided and M. T. Jacobson was orator.
Accidents at New Albin were numerous over the Fourth. Dan Mack
had his eye peeled in a ball game; Henry Rippe was burned
shooting a cannon cracker; August Pottratz and lady friend were
hurt in a runaway accident; a young son of H. Monk had two
fingers crushed when the cover of a well fell on his hand; and
Tom Carroll, 18 year old lad, had one of his feet severed at the
ankle in trying to jump a train.
Waukon’s muddy thoroughfare, Allamakee street, is soon to be
paved.
Treasurer John Leppert bought a driving horse from Miles McDonald
for $150.
Carl Johnson, the soldier, found another $65 pearl last week.
Lansing and Postville play for a $100 purse at the Woodman Picnic
at the last named place.
Carl Roggensack and Frank Thompson each suffered badly burned
hands in shooting fireworks on the 4th.
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Waukon Standard
Waukon, Alamakee County, Iowa
July 5, 1905
[unknown column]
- .....the home of ye editor over Sunday. The girls are
good company and seemed to enjoy their visit. Miss Florence
returns to stenographic work in Minneapolis in two weeks.
-H. F. Gauntiz paid out to Indians over $100 Friday for ginseng.
Among the lot was one root dug out on Paint Creek for which he
paid $1.50 and which Herman says is the biggest he ever saw and
must be over a hundred years old. It weighed six ounces and
measured altogether about a foot. Ginseng is now worth $7.00 a
pound and is exported to China where it is highly valued by the
natives.
-Gene Clark met with an accident last week which will keep him
from work for some weeks to come. While riding his bicycle he was
thrown from the machine suffering a compound fracture of the
knee. A lucky feature of the affair is that a day or so previous
to the accident he insured with the Woodman Accident Insurance
Co., and is now drawing $12 per week as a balm for his injury.
-Residents along the great river see many strange sights, not the
least of which are the various craft. Tuesday morning many were
attracted to the foot of Main street where a house boat was
mooring, having for its cabin a relic of ancient history--the old
horse car, used in transporting city residents to and from their
daily labors, years ago, but now supplanted by the swifter and
more comfortable electric car.
DORCHESTER
-Mabel McNally was a caller in town Saturday.
-Mike McMann is working for John Schroeder.
-Miss Mayme Schwarzhoff spent last week at Maurice Waters'.
-Sadie and Clarence Leppert were down from May's Prairie Monday.
-The Misses McCormack visited at the Ben Schwarzhoff home
Saturday.
-The M. E. Sunday school enjoyed a picnic in the grove near Fred
Luehr's the 4th.
-Nora and Pearl Coppersmith attended the Kumpf-Bock wedding at
New Albin Wednesday.
-Anna Schultz came down from Hanover Monday to be present at the
wedding of her friend, Edith Long.
-M. E. Smith closed a successful term of school in this city on
Friday. Visitors and pupils were treated to ice cream and cake.
-Mrs. Wm. Weber and children of Harpers Ferry have been guests at
the .....[photocopy cut off]
[unknown column]
-Ward Austin, brother of ye scribe's better half, arrived last
Friday from Titopka and expects to stay a couple of months.
-Mrs. J. Riddle and son William have gone to their old home in
Michigan where they will live with the former's step-father.
-Mrs. Jay Robinson and son Loyd and her mother, Mrs. Gantenbein
came up from Dubuque Wednesday for a visit with relatives.
MYRON
-The Myron school Closed July 1st.
-Mr. Lawson was seen on our streets Sunday.
-Ollie White was visiting his parents Sunday.
-Rufus Ewing was at Ed Livingood's Sunday.
-Mrs. Ewing was a visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Haslip Sunday.
-Rufus Ewing and his mother were callers at Postville Saturday.
-Mrs. Willard Adams was at Mr. and Mrs. Livingood's Sunday.
-Miss Marooney has returned to her home in Waukon, after teaching
a term in Myron.
Facts About Oranges
The riper an orange gets the more yellow it becomes. A dealer's
test for a perfect orange is to press it as you would a hard
rubber ball. If you can make a slight indentation by pressing
hard, but the pulp remains firm enough to rebound, the orange is
all right.
Russet oranges are rich, but liable to spoil. When buying oranges
by the box (and this is the best plan when you use a good many)
get a repacked box instead of an original one. Thin skinned,
bright colored oranges are the best. While the California,
Florida and Arizona fruit are altogether the best for eating out
of hand or on the table, the foreign oranges, Messina or Sicily,
are considered best for marmalade. -- Philadelphia Inquirer.
Genuine Imitation
"Well, I made the sale, all right," said the new
salesman.
"But you lied to her," protested the proprietor.
"You told her they were genuine Irish laces" --
"No I didn't She simply said she didn't want any 'bogus
imitations' and I assured her ours were genuine." -Philadelphia
Press
His Secret
Raphael was explaining his fame. "It was easy," he
confessed. "I simply told every woman on the clock that I
had painted by Cherubs from hers."
Bitterly he regretted he had wasted his talents on art, instead
of shining in politics. -Harper's Bazar
Killing and Curing
The man who invented the rapid firing gun won fame, but the man
who discovered anesthesia died neglected. It is more profitable
to kill than to cure. -Montgomery Advertiser
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Waukon Standard
Waukon, Alamakee County, Iowa
July 13, 1905
[unknown column]
-James B. Henderson was married Tuesday at Prairie du Chien, to
Mrs. Ney of Waukon. They will reside on the groom's farm, south
of town.
-Miss Bell Duffy closed her school with a picnic in Barlow's
woods, which was largely attended and enjoyed by all. Miss Duffy
departed for her home at Lansing Saturday.
-Mabel Johnson held a picnic at the Cross roads school house last
Friday, it being the last day. She was a guest at J. W. Barlow's
Sunday and Monday before her departure for her home at Waukon.
MYRON
-Bad roads this week.
-Burdell Adams Sundayed at home.
-Mr. Bull and Miss Ewing were in Postville Saturday.
-Mr. and Mrs. Ollie White were in Postville Saturday.
-Clarence and Asher Adams were callers at Waukon Wednesday.
-Mrs. Livingood and her children were seen on the streets of
Myron.
-Orson Adams has returned to his home in Myron after a successful
term of school in Kendalville.
LUDLOW
-H. F. Hansesmeier of Bristol, S. D. is visiting relatives and
friends.
-Prof. I. E. Lyngass of Red Wing, Minn., is home for the summer
vacation.
-Mr. and Mrs. August Kiesau, of Norfolk, Neb., are visiting home
folks and friends.
-Mrs. Henry Ludeking returned from the hospital at LaCrosse last
week, and is gaining slowely (sic).
-Mr. and Mrs. W. H. O'Brien and Mr. and Mrs. Bauerkamper were
visitors at the R. S. church Sunday.
-A number of the young people of the R. S. Church were at West
Union on the Fourth and report a good time.
-The ice cream sociables, one at Fred Snitker's and the other at
the former Becker Bros'. store were both well attended.
-The families of August and Fred Feit, brothers of Mrs. H.
Ludeking, made a short visit at her home last Sunday. We hope
Mrs. Ludeking will soon be able to be out again.
-The celebration on the fourth turned out better than was
expected, considering the bad weather. The Zalmonia and Bethlehem
congregations celebrated in Hager's grove, a misunderstanding
among the members of the Salem church preventing them from
joining, and they observed the day at Krumme's grove. The event
of the day was the ball game between the R. S. boys and the
Zalmonia boys. The latter were enforced by five of the Waukon
High School club, but a five inning game was agreed to and the R.
S. boys succeeded in holding the picked aggregation down to a
tie, 7 to 7, and offered to play the game out but the Waukon
battery hiked for home. The spectators declared the game a fine
one.
ARMORY COMPANY I, 53RD INFANTRY, IOWA NATIONAL GUARD.
ORDERS NUMBER 10
I. Pursuant to Special Orders Number 9, Regimental Headquarters,
dated at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 3, 1905, an election is hereby
ordered in this Company for the purpose of electing a Second
Lieutenant to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of
term of service of John Colsch.
II. The election will be held at the Company Armopy, on the 13th
day of July, 1905, between the hours of 7 and 10 p.m., and will
be conducted in accordance with the Military Code.
NICHOLAS COLSCH, Jr.
Captain
Farm For Sale
I offer my farm of 200 acres in Jefferson township, on rural
route, for sale. Can be sold in whole or in part. Farm under good
cultivation and plenty of water. Also 40 acres of timber three
and one-half miles distant. Possession given to farm in the fall,
and to buildings March 1, 1906. Inquire of H. F. Denning, rds 3
Waukon, or at STANDARD office.
SAMUEL DENNING.
[transcribed by M.D., June 2009]