Iowa
Old Press
Iowa Free Press
Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa
Thursday, September 26, 1895
THE TOWN AND COUNTY IN BRIEF.
-Miss Elsie McManigal has been very sick for a few days this
week.
-J. P. Dickey and his wife left Tuesday night to spend a week at
Sioux City.
-Leroy Fogelman, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Fogelman is attending
school at Montour, Iowa.
-Mrs. Luoisa Asmen and Mrs. Frank M. Hinman and children are
visiting friends at Omaha this week.
-Attorneys A. R. Molyneux and Claud M. Smith were at Cleghorn
Monday, arguing a case in a Justice Court.
-During the session of the last District Court Wm. Mulvaney was
appointed guardian of Bartlett Sweeney.
-Viola Reddington, daughter of Colonel Reddington, was united in
marriage W. D. Demarest, by Justice O'Donnell Monday.
-Harry Dodds came down from Primghar this morning and will help
the boys play football at Sioux City this evening.
-Deputy Worthy Matron Clinton inspected Carnation Lodge, order of
the Eastern Star, in this city, Wednesday evening.
-Misses Ida Metcalfe and Maud Morey, of Storm Lake, were the
guests of Misses Leona Smith and Besse Wilson a few days last
week.
-Asa Cobb was taken home Saturday very ill, from the Star
Restaurant, where he worked for two years. We hear he is
improving.
-Mrs. Jas. Henderson left Sunday night for Postville, Iowa. She
was called by the sudden illness of her mother who resides there.
-J. A. Wisely returned from the East the first of the week. He
reports a most enjoyable visit among the old friends and
relatives in New England.
-John Ball and wife arrived home from Fairfield, Iowa, Tuesday,
after being absent about five weeks. They were nursing the mother
of Mrs. Ball.
Jim Cleary is here from Chicago, visiting his parents and old
friends, it has been four years since he left. Jim is now
employed in the mail service at Chicago.
W. I. Brownlie of Scott County, who has been visiting his son, W.
T. Brownlee, at this place for the past few weeks, departed for
his home Wednesday morning.
The Cherokee football team play their first game tonight with
Sioux City, the game to be at Boyer's Park, Sioux City, at 8:00
PM. The grounds are well lighted by electricity.
Mr. and Mrs. and J. J. Condon gave delightful birthday parties
for their children, Wednesday. Miss Mary, who is 7, entertained
her friends in the afternoon, and Lewis received congratulations
on his 15th birthday, in the evening. Both occasions were more
reported as being highly enjoyable.
At the oratorical contest for a scholarship in Wheaton College,
Illinois, offered by the College, at Marcus last Thursday
evening, Miss Kate Henderson was the successful contestant. The
scholarship entitles the winner to a two years' course and is
valued at $50. We understand Miss Henderson will not avail itself
of the scholarship [page torn]
-Tom Clarey spent Sunday in Sioux City visiting his brother.
-A. F. Meservey, of Fort Dodge, was in town a couple days this
week.
-Miss Detta Considine, of Dubuque, is visiting with Miss Nellie
Sullivan this week.
-Mrs. C. D. Croaks is prepared to show her customers a fine stock
of fall millinery.
-Mrs. W. B. Chick gave a five o'clock tea on Friday evening, to
the Addition schoolteachers.
-Elmo Archer arrived on Saturday from a two week's visit with
relatives at Rockville, Nebraska.
-Miss Grace Hatch arrived from Ackley today to visit with her
sister, Mrs. John Jones, for a short time.
-Miss Besse Wilson left Sunday night for Storm Lake, where she
will be the guest of Miss Ida Metcalfe for a week.
-D. B. Ashenfelter, daughter and mother are spending this week at
Sioux City, visiting and taking in the fair.
-Miss Leona Smith left Sunday night for Madison, Wisconsin. Miss
Maud Morey, of Storm Lake, will attend the same school.
-Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wilson returned from Columbus, Ohio, last
Saturday, where they have been visiting for the past six months.
-Mrs. H. Townsend and Mertie Silverthorne, of Kausville,
Wisconsin, returned home Monday after a two week's visit with W.
F. Turner and family.
-Mrs. A. T. Cobb and son George arrived home the first of the
week from Andrews, Indiana, where they have been visiting for the
past six months.
-J. A. Wilson arrived home to latter part of last week from his
extended trips to the east, he visited his old home, Ogdensburg,
New York, while away.
-A. Lowrey, Jr. has leased the residence property of Jim O'Rourke
and will move in Monday. Mr. Lowrey takes possession of the Peck
Livery barn.
-Aurelia Sentinel: Fred Hunt purchased D. H. Kellogg's
barber shop Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg left her Chicago
Wednesday night, where they expect to locate.
-The social given by the Y. P. S. C. E., at Wm. Toman's in the
Addition, was not well attended on account of the weather, the
night being very disagreeable.
E. F. Bell was out on the streets again Monday, after his
protracted illness. He had a hard siege of it, having been
confined to his bed about three weeks. We are glad to know his
convalescence and hope it may not be interrupted.
Geo. Jones, who handled freight at the central office in this
place for a number of years, was married to Mrs. Ellen O'Hagan,
who is also a former resident of Cherokee, at Chicago, September
15th. Mr. Jones has a position in the Central freight office in
Chicago.
The amateur wrestling match at Davis' place, on Maple Street drew
quite a crowd Saturday night, the participants and wrestling were
Ben Evers and Will Bannister. The match was the best two in
three, catch as catch can. Will Bannister won the first fall in
four minutes and 30 seconds, with half Nelson, Ben Evers the next
two falls with a full nelson, time five and 25 -- 10.
-Forrest Webber spent a very pleasant day in Sioux City last
Friday.
-John Harding spent Sunday and Monday in Sioux City visiting his
daughter.
-Geo. Archer left Monday for a five-day visit in South Dakota
with a brother-in-law.
-Misses Nellie Sullivan and Detta Considime spent a couple days
this week in Sioux City.
-Mrs. Ray, of Minneapolis, is visiting with Mrs. Wm. Keagy. She
will be here about two weeks.
-Mrs. G. P. Lester left Monday for Chicago, where she will spend
the winter with her son, Gara.
-W. L. Ferris speaks next Friday afternoon to the high school
students, talking as his theme, "An age of conflict."
-Reverend J. M. Commings preached in the Congregational Church
last Sabbath morning and evening in exchange with the pastor of
the church.
-Harry Cline, a foreman at the Herald office, left
Wednesday for Sioux Falls, where he has accepted a position in
the job house of Will A. Beach. Mrs. Cline will follow on Sunday.
Stanley Pelton has purchased the express wagon of Tom Mason and
will take possession in the first of the month. Mr. Mason and
family will move at once to Calendar, Iowa, where he will go into
the clothing business with his brother.
Another party consisting of Dan Hoover and wife, George Fawver,
Dick Johnson, David Holley, Herman and Lute Hemerich and Tom
Jones, departed for the South in company with W. L. Miller, to
look over Smith and Miller's lands, last Friday.
The Twentieth Century Club met at the home of Miss Maud
Brownslow, Monday night to re-organize. The club this winter will
spend their evenings reading Shakespeare's Works. Two new members
were taken in, Misses Nelly Sullivan and Genevra Skavlin.
Quite a number of people boarded the train for Quimby Wednesday
to attend the wedding of Miss Daisy Carpenter to Mr. George
Groves. The bride is the sister of F. J. Carpenter, of this city,
and is well known by the young people here. Mr. Groves is also
well known among Cherokee people, having read law with E. C.
Herrick and having resided here most of his life.
At a meeting Friday evening a football team with the following
membership was organized; Thomas Clarey, Captain, Roy Smith,
Elmer Dyer, Al Kirkpatrick, Ben and Gus Evers, John and Fred
Russell, Jesse Payton, Will Nelson, Enie Hall and Art Kennedy.
New uniforms have been ordered and will be here next week.
Professor White, of the high school, will coach the team.
F. M. Kueny has a fine new sample line of wallpapers which he is
selling at cost.
-Miss Eva L. Gregg was home from Cedar Falls Saturday and Sunday.
-Jay. W. Burnett, of Alta, was in town Tuesday shaking hands with
old friends.
-John Doggett take the clerkship at the Raymond House after the
first of the month.
-Mrs. W. H. Millard arrived home from Hamburg, Iowa, Tuesday,
where she has been visiting.
-Ira S. Patterson arrived home Saturday from Waverley, where he
has been for the past two months.
-Forrest Webber left Monday for Iowa City to attend the Dental
College. He will finish this year.
-One of Ms. Mae Wright's friends informs us that Miss Wright has
a position in a millinery store at Beloit, Michigan.
-Mrs. Joseph Lockyer and children arrive 10 Wednesday morning,
from Fairbault, Minnesota, where she has been visiting her
parents.
-Rev. Maxwell will preach his farewell sermon in Larrabee next
Sabbath morning, and Afton in the evening. He starts Monday for
Conference.
The Ladies Aid Society of Larrabee will hold a "Japanese
Tea" at Scott's Hall Saturday night, instead of Tuesday
night, as announced. Everyone will be welcome.
Richard Johnson, of Cedar Township, one of Cherokee's early
settlers, sold his farm last week to Wm. Matthews. He is now in
Tennessee looking for a new location.
Farm to rent. 400 acre farm to wrench for cash. Lands nearly new
and well improved. Nearly all plow land. R. H. Kingsley, Dickens,
Clay County, Iowa.
H. S. Kneedler, whose sensational marriage caused so much comment
a few months ago, is at his wife's home in Eldora. He has been
spending the season along the Southern Pacific road and will soon
give the system an extended write-up. He is a writer of much
ability in this line and will find no troubles in getting all the
work he cares to do. -- Caroll Herald.
Claude Huntsinger, of Silver Township, was in town Friday. He
sold his place in that Township Thursday, at $35 per acre, which
is just $5 per acre more than he paid for it three years ago. Mr.
Huntsinger has not decided where he will go, but expects to
remain in the county.
Mrs. Jacob Lepper died quite suddenly at her home in Rock
Township, Sunday. The remains will be interred in the Rock
Township Cemetery, funeral services at the German Catholic Church
of Rock Township, Father Saunders officiating. Mrs. Lepper's
death was a severe shock to her fiends. She has been unwell for
some time, but no one suspected the end was so near. She leaves
her husband and several children.
-W. C. Adsit is visiting at Decorah, Iowa, this week.
-Harris Cole had an ankle badly sprained on Tuesday night.
-Frank Packard arrived home from Waterloo and vicinity Tuesday.
-O. G. Walrath and James Robertson transacted business in Omaha
last week.
-F. A. Frisbie is able to attend to business once more, after a
week's illness.
-Alert Starbuck and Miss Cora Stevens drove over from Sioux
Rapids and spent Sunday and Monday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Starbuck.
Clerk McNeil has issued the following marriage permits since our
last issue: Alfred Jackson to Alma O. Lundeen, both of Marcus; W.
D. Demorest to Viola E. Reddington, of Cherokee; G. F. Groves to
Daisy Carpenter of Quimby.
Jas. Robertson, of Washta, was appointed vice president of the
Iowa League of Republican Clubs for Cherokee clubs, at the 11th
District meeting at Sioux City last Tuesday.
Wm. A. Thompson and Mrs. Mary E. Marsden were united in marriage
at the Cherokee House at 6 o'clock, Wednesday evening, Reverend
Ferris performing the interesting ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson
are but recently from Storm Lake. They will at once move into the
Ed. Hobart residence on Piety Hill. Mr. Thompson will engage in
the real estate business and will make his office with Z. A.
Wellman, in the National Bank block.
[transcribed by L.R., May 2008]