Iowa
Old Press
The Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Lucas co. Iowa
July 21, 1875
MR. H.W. ELLIOTT, one of Russell's enterprising business men, and
Post Master at that place, has bought the residence and lots of
MR. D.F. COMSTOCK and will soon build a large brick store house
near the residence.
DR. H. HEED and family left on Monday of this week for Amherst,
Massachusetts, where the doctor has connected himself with a
health institution of some kind, and where he expects to reside
permanently in the future.
DR. P.E. MINCKLER, formerly of Marshall county, of this State,
has located in Chariton with headquarters at Gibbon's Drug Store.
His professional card will appear next week.
The new sidewalk mentioned last week in front of Hatcher's and
Leinen's is being extended entirely to the south-west corner of
the square. This is a good improvement, and speaks well for the
enterprising west side business men.
MR. W.C. GARRETT of Pleasant Tp. returned last week from a ten
days visit at Dubuque and other points in the north part of the
State. He reports "things all right up there, and the crops
looking much better than in this section.
DR. D.Y. COLLINS returned last Thursday from Des Moines and
Indianola, having been absent for a week at the meeting of the
State Medical Society, and visiting his sister, MRS. LUCY JAY, at
the latter place.
One night last week a party of three or four burglars entered the
house of MR. DOUGLASS, living a few miles west of town, but were
discovered and driven out before securing much if any plunder.
Some of the party are in Chariton. Keep your shot guns loaded.
How is this for an "oldest inhabitant" item? MR. E.
JACKSON, who lives a few miles south west of Chariton, is 40
years old, and both he and his wife were born in Iowa, and in the
same county. He has always lived in this State, and has seven
children all born here.
A postal card can be sent for two cents from any part of the
United States to Germany, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Denmark,
Spain, France, Great Britain, Greece, Luxembourg, Norway, the
Netherlands, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Italy, Turkey and Egypt.
MR. S.H. VAN SICKLE had $40.00 stolen from his safe in the rear
part of his store on show-day, last week. The theft was committed
while the procession was passing along the street, and while all
the clerks were at the front door, looking out. The thief, of
course, was at the rear of the building, ready to enter when the
opportunity offered.
[transcribed by N.M.S., March 2007]