Iowa
Old Press
Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa
May 1, 1884
Drs. A. B. Bowen and D. N. Loose
Drs. Bowen and Loose left Saturday evening for Washington, D. C.,
to attend the annual meeting of the American Medical Association,
which occurs at the capitol this year and expect to return the
last of this week or the forepart of the next. This association
extends over the United States and it is expected there will be
some 2000 of the Medical Doctors present. On Tuesday evening the
President of the United States gives them a reception.
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Preston Monitor
Preston, Jackson County, Iowa
May 8, 1884
Preston Monitor Ceases
Publication
With this issue of the Monitor we bid our friends and
readers good-by. As announced in our last issue, the venture of
publishing a paper here has not proved a success financially, and
we are forced to stop. During the past year we have endeavored to
serve you faithfully, and while intending to encroach on no one,
we fearlessly had our say-we thought it was our put-in. To the
many friends we have aided and encouraged us during the year of
our existence, we return our sincere thanks, and regret that we
cannot accept their offer of continued support. We have on our
books a large number of small accounts for a year or part of a
year’s subscription. Although these are small, yet in
aggregate they amount to considerable, and we earnestly request
prompt payment from all. To the few who have paid for the Monitor
for time unexpired, we will refund the money for such unexpired
time. To the neighboring press which has so generously accorded
us words of praise, we are grateful, and trust that we have done
nothing to cause unkind comment on our suspension.
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Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa
May 15, 1884
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT NEAR BELLEVUE
(From Dubuque Herald, Sunday, May 11)
The news of a terrible accident which happened near Bellevue last
evening was learned from a passenger who came up on the 6
o’clock train. Mathias Fretz, a wealthy German farmer,
living two and one-half miles from Bellevue, visited the latter
place in a farm wagon yesterday accompanied by his wife. About
three o’clock in the afternoon the two started for home, and
arrived in front of their residence about an hour later. Mr.
Fretz threw the lines upon the horses just as he stopped them,
preparatory to getting out of the wagon, but the instant the
lines were thrown upon them they started up and ran at a furious
gait along the military road. Mr. Fretz was in a standing
position when the horses started and he was thrown headlong over
the dash-board onto the traces, the wagon passing over him and he
received terrible cuts about the face, and was so badly injured
that his life is despaired of. The team continued on its maddened
course and further down the road the wagon tipped over throwing
Mrs. Fretz heavily against a fence post fracturing her skull,
death ensuing instantly. Both the above named parties are old and
respected residents of Jackson County and lived near Bellevue for
many years. The terrible accident has caused a gloom of sorrow in
the locality where they were so well known and esteemed. We have
learned from a Bellevue gentleman that Mathias Fretz died on
Monday, soon after the funeral of his wife.
FROM MOREHEAD’S BRIDGE
To The Editor of the Sentinel:
Seeing you have correspondents from other places and none from
ours I thought I would send you a few items. J.H.
Grandma Morehead was buried the 20th aged 83 years. She was the
mother of 12 children eight of whom still live. She had 45 grand
children and 25 great grand children. Rev. John Saide of Cherry
Grove preached the funeral sermon.
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Sabula Gazette
Sabula, Jackson County, Iowa
May 17, 1884
Body of Floater Discovered
The body of a floater was discovered in the river about four
miles above Bellevue on Wednesday. It was supposed to be either
Jenkel, the jeweler or Goddard, the bridge engineer, of four
drowned men, all from Dubuque, who were missing between that city
and Bellevue. There is a reward of $100.00 offered for the
recovery of both Jenkel and Goddard.
Later- The body found four miles above Bellevue proved to have
been Goddard and the $100.00 reward will be paid to the finder.
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