Iowa
Old Press
Hamilton County Journal
Hamilton County, Iowa
October 22, 1894
Personal Mention
Mr. H. G. Culp is enjoying a visit from his parents, of Sac City.
Mrs. J. H. Butler visited friends in Stanhope a few days last
week.
Mrs. D. T. Counts returned to her home in Troy, Ohio, last
Tuesday.
Cyrus Smith and C. F. Weston were at Renwick last week on
business.
Rev. J. T. Blanchard and wife leave for Chicago tonight on a
brief trip.
Mrs. L. Crary and daughter Bessie returned from their extended
tour in Europe, last Friday.
Mrs. Cyrus Smith and daughter Annie have returned from their
visit to friends in Omaha.
V. H. Perry, of Storm Lake, was here last week visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gill Perry.
Mrs. W. A. Hutton returned from a four week’s visit with
friends in Minneapolis, last Wednesday.
Mrs. B. F. Nickerson returned from her two month’s visit
with relatives in Illinois, Saturday morning.
Mrs. and Mrs. J.W. Evans entertained a company of ladies and
gentlemen on Saturday evening, serving six o’clock tea.
Will T. Murphy received word last week that his brother John was
dead at Omaha, and he with his father and mother went to the
funeral.
Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Burleson were in Chicago last week, purchasing
an immense stock of goods for the Burleson Dry Goods Co.
We received a pleasant call from our former townsman, Mr. A. P.
Fleming, the other day. He is looking well and enjoying good
health.
L. M. Greenwood will represent Hamilton county as a member of the
petit jury of the U.S. District Court to be held at Fort Dodge in
November next.
Ft. Dodge Post: Miss Sadie Welch of Webster City attended the
dancing party Thursday night. She was a guest at the home of her
friend, Grace Hepler.
Mrs. M. L. Tracy, formerly of this city, but whose home is now in
Springfield, MO., is visiting her many old time friends in this
place. She is the guest of Mrs. Fairchild.
Mrs. Theo. Closz, who has been spending the summer here with her
parents, returned to her home in Chicago last week. She was
accompanied by her niece, Miss Myrtle Meeks.
Attorney C.N. Nelson has gone to Hammond, La., where he has
decided to locate. Mr. Nelson is a bright, well-read young
lawyer, and we bespeak for him a successful career in his new
location.
Lyman Clark, who has been seriously ill for some months, is so
much improved that he walked down town last Friday, thanks to the
treatment he has been receiving from the Bliss Electric Company.
Our friend W. H. Lovin, of Ft. Dodge, was in the city last week,
and gave us a brief call. He was here with a car-load of those
excellent N.Y. grapes, and disposed of most of them to our
merchants.
The republican township caucus was held at the court house last
Friday evening, and was quite largely attended. The following
ticket was nominated by acclamation, and is a good one:
For Justices of the Peace – Percival Knowles and Witt Biggs.
For Constables – A.W. Little and Eugene Wiltsey.
We acknowledge a very pleasant call from Mr. Chas. N. Day, a
reporter on the Rapid City, S.D. Daily Journal, who was in the
city last week visiting his mother, who has been here some time
visiting with Mrs. B. F. Derr.
Mrs. Col. Rule, of Mason City, was in this city and vicinity a
few days last week. She was inspecting the Eastern Star lodge,
and was the guest of Mrs. Arthur Millard, the two ladies being
old schoolmates in their girlhood days.
It was the occasion of their 15th wedding anniversary, and they
never suspicioned a thing until they arrived home from a drive to
the farm last Monday evening. It was Mr. and Mrs. Fred Edwards,
and about thirty of their friends made it pleasant for them.
W. J. Ruppel returned from his trip to Arkansas last Saturday. He
reports some good country down there, but says they are away
behind the times in modern improvements. Our opinion is that a
certain quarter section out east of town looked pretty good to
“Billy” when he got back.
When in Blairsburg go to the City Hotel for first-class
accomodations.
Blairsburg - Mrs. and Mrs. Gish will start for their home in
Penn. Today. They will stop at Canton, Ill., to visit Mrs.
Gish’s sister and to look after their farm interests.
Ms. and Mrs. Montie Powers will be at home in the rooms over H.
C. Tuttle’s store.
Miss Willa McVicker has closed her fall term of school and is at
home for a short vacation.
The R. R. employees were all out early Thursday morning washing
the station windows and giving a general cleaning up as the
officials of the road were expected to pass through on an
inspection tour.
Joe Baltz has bought his father–in–law’s farm near
Mud Lake.
The L.A. S. met with Mrs. Burr Merrill and was a success both
financially and socially.
Mrs. Anna O’Brien visited her father at Dows this week.
Wm. Bruce made a trip to Chicago and Dubuque this week.
Stanhope Mail: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Olmstead are now
nicely settled in their new home in Webster City. They were
residents of Stanhope for a number of years, and during that time
have made hosts of warm friends. And now these friends, while
regretting their departure, are greatly rejoiced at the good
fortune which has come to them, and which will result in Webster
City gaining a refined and cultured family and Hamilton county an
able official. Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead’s friends in this
vicinity wish them every happiness in their new home.
The Goldfield Chronicle says: We have been reliably
informed that a farmer near Webster City is buying old horses to
feed to his hogs, paying as high as $10 for them. He claims that
this kind of feed is profitable as hogs fatten on it readily and
it keeps disease from among them. This is a happy solution of the
problem of disposing of the present surplus of horses.
[transcribed by J.M., February 2014]