Iowa
Old Press
Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa
May 4, 1899
Mrs. M.E. Feeney, accompanied by her niece Miss Maggie Waters,
went to Osage Friday to enjoy a week's visit at that place.
[submitted by C.J.L., Aug. 2003]
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Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa
May 25, 1899
Additional Locals.
-Lucian B. Fleming went to Waterloo Monday.
-Joseph Caldwell, living in Republic, was in Charles City
Tuesday.
-Will Crossman went to Waterloo Monday to work during the summer
-Miss Mabelle Fleming, of Charles City, Sundayed with her aunt,
Mrs. John Watt.
-Geo. Tracy returned Monday from his trip to Minnesota, and visit
with his son Tom, in St. Paul
-Miss Nettie Barney, of Jackson, Minn., a sister of Mrs. W.F. St.
Clair, came down Monday and will spend the summer at the St.
Clair home.
-Fred Kuhn, of Nashua, was a business caller in town; Mrs. Rod
Parrish and Miss Alma Chase were callers at Nashua Friday.
-Miss Millie Bowman, of Mitchell, was visiting her brother, (?)
Bowman, the harnessmaker at A.G. Stocks', a few days last week,
returning to her home Friday.
-Wm. Wait and family, who recently moved to Mason City, returned
this week and have decided that Nashua is as good a place as
there is to make one's home.
-Commercial Hotel in Nashua for sale or trade. Must be disposed
of at once. Located on six good business lots. Price $2,500.
Chas. T. Gulliver, Charles city, Iowa
-Mr. O. Short, of charles City, drove down to Nashua Monday. Mr.
Short is one of the early comers in these parts, having been in
this vicinity for 40 years, coming here when there was nothing
but prairie as far as the eye could see.
-Arthur Watts had a very painful accident Sunday by being burned
with gasoline. while refilling the bulb to his electric cigar
lighter with gasoline some of the fluid was spilled and ran down
his sleeve to his elbow. At that moment, as ill-luck would have
it, the two poles of the electric battery became connected and in
an instant his arm was ablaze. The flames were soon extinguished
but hot before the skin was burned off to the elbow.
Items from Exchanges.
-Ray Moffitt a member of Co. #, 49th Iowa, died at Savannah, Ga.,
of typhoid fever. His death occurred the day his comrades were
welcomed home. His home was at Jesup.
-J.M. Roberts has been waging war on the rats taht infest his
place. On Monday he caught and destroyed 22 of the rodents inside
of four hours with an ordinary wire trap. That is a good record,
but the Captain thinks that he has not reached the climax to his
rat catching business. --- Plainfield Bell
-Co. G. of the 49th Iowa, brought a protege with them on their
return to their home at Vinton, in a young Porto Rican, 17 years
old, who became much attached to the boys of that company while
they were in Savannah, and returned with them when they came
home. His father was killed by the Spaniards and he was a
prisoner for six months. He will be given an education and made
an American citizen.
-L.D. Shaw's elevator at Bristow was destroyed by fire Saturday
morning, May 13. The building was a new one and valued at $2,000.
It was insured for $1,500. About 8 carload of grain was burned.
It was the work of incendiaries. A few days before an effort had
been made to fire the building and since then a man had stayed at
the elevator nights but Saturday night the party watching went
home about midnight for a lunch and the fire was started during
his absence.
[transcribed by S.F., June 2004]