Iowa
Old Press
Osage News
Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa
November 1, 1894
Osage
John Johnson, of Vilas, South Dakota a resident of Mitchell
County twenty-five years ago, was visiting his old friends in
Osage from Thursday until Monday. He notes some remarkable
changes in our city since he was
here the last time.
On Tuesday evening, Mrs. George E. Marsh and Mrs. A. S. Hawley
entertained a company of ladies at the home of the former on East
Main Street in honor of their cousins the Misses Balkley, of
Chicago who expect to leave for California this week.
We are informed that a mistake was made by the sexton of the
Osage cemetery last Saturday in digging the grave for Mrs.
Griffin, whose body was brought here from Waterloo, in locating
it on the lot belonging to Mr. John Decker. The error is not
serious, because the transfer can easily be made.
St. Ansgar
G. A. Stoughton, architect, was over from Osage last Friday
looking over the sheriff's residence and jail for which he
furnished plans. He experssed himself in his report as being well
pleased with the way the work has been done, except a portion of
the iron work where a few changes will have to be made. The
building is now nearly completed, and is neat and cozy and a
credit to Worth county. Northwood Anchor.
Mr and Mrs Will Ed Tucker are now snugly ensconced in their new
residence on Washington avenue. The veteran editor in his new
quarters is surrounded with all the modern comveniences and
luxuries and the house is a model of the builder's handiwork.
That Will Ed and his estimable wife may live many years to enjoy
the product of their years of labor is the heartfelt wish of a
host of friends. Mason City Herald.
J.L. Cerney informs us that while visiting his father he learned
that they had received a telegram from San Franscisco announcing
the capture of a man who is in all probability the one who shot
Mrs. Cerney last winter. He is under arrest in California for
some offense, and his description corresponded exactly with the
one who did the shooting. Thus it seems that man quilty of such
an enormous crime as that seldom escapes.
St. Ansgar Enterprise.
[transcribed by M.O., January 2006]