Iowa Old Press
Silver City Times
Silver City, Mills co., Iowa
Thursday, February 7, 1901
PERSONAL POINTS
It is now County Auditor, C.P. Hale, and the many friends in
Silver City are mighty glad of it.
Petersen & Huffaker are now prepared to frame your pictures
in short order at most reasonable prices. Call and see.
Mrs. J.S. Coburn called at the Times office last
Saturday and advanced their subscription mark to the home paper
another year.
Misses Kerney and Lookabill, of Malvern, were in Silver City last
Saturday and rented the room above the Times office for
the purpose of establishing a dressmaking parlor. The ladies will
be prepared to meet any one desiring work in this line about the
15th of February.
P.V. Plumb and family departed Tuesday morning for their new home
in Colorado Springs, Colo. Mr. Plumb and brother, who has been a
resident of that locality for many years, expect to engage in the
grocery business in the above city, in fact they have already
purchased an established and wll paying business. Mr. Plumb's
farm, which is one of the best in this locality, has been rented
to Lafe Alexander, in whose excellent care it will remain until
Mr. Plumb decides as to how he likes his new home and whether he
will remain or return to this vicinity. Miss Bertha Plumb, our
amicable assistant postmistress, accompanied them on their
Western trip for about a month's visit with friends and
relatives.
Bert Howard accompanied P.V. Plumb on his Western trip and will
visit a few weeks in that locality before returning.
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. E. Hoeck on Wednesday of last
week. All concerned are doing nicely.
Will Petersen visited several days the past week in Council
Bluffs.
E.H. VanKirk was a Council Bluffs and Omaha visitor Tuesday.
Miss Ellen J. Wing, of Sidney, has been visiting a few days in
Silver City this week.
Mrs. Lillian E. Dake, returned to Silver City, Tuesday, for a few
days visit with home folks.
Johnnie Taylor, who has been visiting home folks for the past few
weeks, departed Monday morning to assume his duties on the road.
Mrs. W.B. Oaks returned home from her Chicago visit last Saturday
morning. She reports a very pleasant visit with her mother,
brothers and sisters in Chicago, all of whom are enjoying good
health this winter.
Quite a number of our masons went down to Malvern last Friday
evening to attend lodge, at which them they were confering the
usual honors upon a new member. Those from here were, E.F.
Landon, C.D. Greenwood, C.F. Mears, M. Kehoe, Dr. McCue, J.J.
Taylor, Dr. Humphrey and Felton Landon.
Pronounces it Smallpox
Such is the decision came to this week, in regard to
three cases of sickness in the south part of town, namely the
Derby residence where Miss Verlan and mother are confined with
the disease, next is the Bennett residence, where Mrs. Bennett is
the unfortunate one, the third is at the home of Bruce Cobun,
where Mrs. Cobun is doomed to battle with the dread disease. Each
and every case is very mild, in fact none are confined to their
bed, and all are feeling in perfect health.
Our physicians, including Dr. Treynor, of Coucil Bluffs, were
backward at first in stating their opinion, for itwas so mild
they wer eunable to name the exact symptoms. A strick quarantine
has been placed on all the houses, and it is believed to be
confined to its presnet victims. There are but very few towns in
the state of Iowa or Nebraska that have escaped the smallpox
scare this winter, and in some localities they have many cases.
It is believed that the disease was brought here by Roy Derby,
who came in contact with it in the northern part of the state,
and upon whom the first case was found in Silver City, and was in
such a light form that he did not know what it was until he was
able to be up, and other members of the family were taken down.
IOWA NEWS
Grandma Wheeler's Great Age
Creston, Ia., Feb 5 - Grandma* Wheeler of Scotia [sic - Sciola]
is 100 years and six months old. She was born July 24, 1800, at
Watertown, Con. Her father was a Revolutionary soldier, and she
had two brothers in the war of 1812-13. She started to school
when 4 years old, and her teacher gave her a ride on one of the
first steamboats on the Hudson. Mrs. Wheeler has lived in
Montgomery county, Iowa, since 1870. She is small in stature, and
never weighed more than 105 pounds.
[transcriber note: *Polly Wheeler]
Iowa Girl Killed in Chicago
Chicago, Feb. 2 - Miss Stella Thomas, 20 years old and a resident
of Burlington, Ia., was crushed to death by the elevator in the
Young Women's Christian association building. A physician had
called at the institution for the purpose of vaccinating the
inmates. Miss Thomas watched the proceedings for a time, and then
took the elevator to go to her room. While going up in the car
she suddenly fainted, as a result, it is believed, of watching
the vaccination process, and falling forward, her head was caught
between the floor and the ascending car.
Suicide of a School Girl
Dubuque, Ia., Feb 2 - Some days since it was announced that
Frances Quinn, residing at Elkader, had been accidentally shot
and killed. A special from Elkader received here states that the
girl's name was Frances Clift, and that she committed suicide.
This fact is established by a letter to a playmate, Dora Elvidge,
wherein the deceased bade her friend goodbye, stating she whould
never see her more. She had also written on the fly-leaf of
several of her books the date of her birth, "Dec. 28,
1890" and "Died, Jan. 22nd, 1901," the latter date
being the exact date of her death. She had also told many of her
little playmates of her intentions, but they paid no attention to
it until after her death. Frances was, according to Prof. Webb,
one of his brightest and most ambitious pupils, and in her
examinations stood very near or at the head of her class. She had
complained to her parents that it was hard for her to keep on
with her studies at school. She was only 11 years old and her
home had always been pleasant.
[transcribed by S.F., July 2018]