Iowa
Old Press
The Larchwood Leader
Larchwood, Lyon Co., IA
June 15, 1904
Events of the Week
-Call on Dr. Roth, dentist, every Tuesday over the Model store.
-John Moore, proprietor of the Lester bowling alley, was in town
Saturday.
-Miss Zangger is employed as clerk in Tumpowski's store in the
absence of Mrs. Tumpowsky.
-A dance will be given in Grotewold's Hall on Friday, June 24.
Klinkle's popular orchestra will furnish the music.
-I have 1000 yards of calico: 6, 6 1/2, and 7 cent values at 5
cents a yard and will sell it as long as it lasts. J.S. Tumpowsky
-Our postmaster says, tell the people of Larchwood and vicinity
when they wish to write to their friends on the rural route, to
be sure and put on a 2 cent stamp as this is a positive
requirement.
-The Larchwood kid nine went over to Inwood Thursday to cross
bats with a similar team over there. The score stood 8 to 9 in
favor of Inwood. It's the same old story, "the umpire was to
blame."
-L.A. Daily closed a successful term of school in Cleveland
township Friday. He moved his family to Lester Wednesday, having
been secured as principal of their Public School for the coming
year.
The appreciative patrons on the rural route are showing their
gratitude by helping out the carriers whose salary is
insufficient to compensate them in full for services rendered.
Mr. John Hoeck donated a $5.00 bill and 2 sacks of oats and Mrs.
John Herbst donated 2 sacks of oats.
A couple of covered wagons were in town last week. We have no
objections to this method of traveling if the proprietors are
moving or engaged in legitimate pursuits, but if otherwise
engaged as in the case of one of these wagons, so we are told, we
enter our protest as the poison of asps is preferable to this
kind of contagion.
The letter R at the head of all prescriptions is derived from the
Latin receipt. The imperative meaning "take". The
little dart over the tail to the R is a symbol of Jove, the Latin
god of Jupiter, and invests the writer with his authority by the
power of Jupiter. Therefore the sign properly translated reads:
"By Jupiter you take this."
Alvord Register
Through an oversight last week, we neglected to mention that P.H.
McCarty had sold his Alvord Register to Chester N. Leesdon of
Osmond, Neb. Bro. Leesdon says that the selling of the Register
every six months had ceased as he is there to stay. He intends to
enlarge the paper and add new type and make it one of the leading
papers in Lyon county. Here's success to you Bro. Leesdon.
Ocheydan Press: A chunk of cement sidewalk in front of
A. V. Randall's building and another in front of Dr. Ely's
residence was blown up during the past week in a manner
resembling an explosion. The case is a mystery, but is attributed
to heat from the sun and frost from beneath. A few more
occurrences of this nature and pedestrians will be more safe by
taking the middle of the street.
West Union is getting along as well as a town could be expected
to with 100 cases of measles, four of scarlet fever, one of
smallpox - and the Lord knows how many cases of beer. -- Postville
Review.
[transcribed by D.J., April 2007]
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Larchwood Leader
Larchwood, Lyon Co., IA
June 16, 1904
Lester - A number of gentlemen of the weary Willie type have been
wandering around town this week. There is no occasion this time
of year for anyone to be idle.
Jack Alberts moved his household effects to Alvord Monday. He
expects to paint with his brother, Chas., the remainder of the
season.
The Blue Label saloon changed hands Monday, Fred Hartenhoff being
the purchaser. Mr. Wenzell has not as yet decided what business
he will engage in.
Larchwood - Sever Arneson is putting in 75 feet of new sidewalk
on the west end of his 3 lots on main street.
Call on me at the Larchwood Gallery all this week. John
Fitzpatrick.
Hills has given up celebrating the Fourth, but are going to have
a two-day baseball tournament in the near future.
[transcribed by D.J., January 2008]