Iowa Old Press

Osage News
Osage Mitchell Co. Iowa
November 1, 1899

Death of W. D. Murray
Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Wardall, of Topeka, Kansas, to friends in this city, announce the death of Mr. W. D. Murray at their home on Wednesday, October 24. Mr. Murray was an old settler and well known in this
county. Some two or three years ago, he suffered from a slight paralytic stroke which affecte his speech somewhat seriously. For a year or more he has been with his daughter, Mrs. Wardall. He was past the three score and ten alloted to mankind. The funeral services were held on Thursday last and the remains interred in
the Topeka cemetery.

St. Ansgar
- Mr. and Mrs Charles Rossiter came over from Riceville last Tuesday for a
short visit at home.
- Mr. and Mrs Robt. McCulla went to Waterloo a week ago Monday. They were summoned to the bedside of their niece, Mrs Griffin, who died on Tuesday.
- Mrs. J. Closz, of Webster City, with little Henry, came up last Friday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lubbiens.
- Last Saturday morning quite early we saw about a dozen teams waiting for lumber. The lumber coal business is not going to "hibernate".
- Miss Marie Closz, who has been attending the Cedar Valley Seminary began teaching west of town last week.
- Hon. Thos. Updegraff spoke at the republican rally here last Wednesday evening. He made no attempt to be funny, but gave a talk on tariff questions, which commanded closest attention from all present.
- It being W. F. Payne's birthday last Tuesday, his pupils surprised him in a body in the evening, leaving a beautiful picture as a remembrance. The austerity supposed to be attached to a constable does not keep him from a place in the warm regard of those under his daily care.
- Miss Lizzie Paterson, of Osage is giving music lessons here.
- Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Moe and others attended a wedding in Kensett last Friday.
- Mr. and Mrs. Cowelte, of New Hampton, have been visiting Wm. Priem's.
- M. Moe was in Mona a few days this week.
- Mr. Sheehan was in Osage last Week.
- The Methodist Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Dodge's Wednesday afternoon.
- Mr. Weller spoke in the city hall last Friday. It was a sort of free-for-all early everybody doing some talking.
- Miss Gardner and pupils had a picnic at their school house last Friday.
- Jas. Rossiter left last week for his home in Wyoming.
- A girls' quartette from here are to furnish the music for the old soldiers meeting to be held at Mitchell.
- C. H. Sherman's are at home in their nice new house.
- Mr. Goldberg, Sr. has been putting the finishing touches on their fine little home just east of Amos Golbergs. It will be very plesant.
- Miss Jennie Lind is the happy possessor of a fine new piano.
- Mrs. Geo. Wheeler is in poor health.
- Mr. and Mrs. H. Wheeler are the happy possessors of a new boy we think.
- Alex McCulla and son, Herbert of Lyle; Messrs. John, James and Robert McCulla with their wives;Miss Alma McCulla and T.H. Wilson attended the burial of Mrs. Griffin at Osage Saturday.

Bailey
- F. Schermerhorn, one of the Bailey skimmers has bought the Kent residence and moved into it, and is also building a nice barn.
- Wm. Robbins is building a barn and has it nearly completed.
- Augusta Bettis is building a large square house 30x32, 20 foot posts. There will also be an L attached thereto. It will seem by this that Wayme is doing his share of improvements in the building line. Pretty good for hard times.
- Threshing is all done in this vicinity and farmers have no reason to complain of the small grain crop this year.
The corn crop this year is not producing as good a yield as was expected. The ears are small and not well defined at the tips and a large percentage of the stalks have no ears on them.
- Charles Stringer, of Elgin, Ill. is visiting his son, Carl and friends in this place.
- Mr. and Mrs. George Griffin, of Oregon, are visiting friends and old neighbors. George doesn't look a day older than when he went away a number of years ago. He will visit here all winter.
- L. E. Elwell found the end of a new building, 12x16 feet in his field, dropped [missing]

Orchard
- Famers are well along with their fall work. Plowing is much better than has been.
- There was a wedding at the parsonage last Saturday. Mr. Shapley and Miss Stafford of Floyd County were married by Rev. P. Litts.
- Another wedding is to come off tomorrow night, we hear.
- J. P. Bullis and family have moved into their new home. They are nicely situated.
- Van Fairbrother and wife have moved into the house that Mr. Bullis vacated.
- Mr. and Mrs. Nettleton of Mason City, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Miller last week.
- Charles Root is fixing up his barber ship real cosily so as to be ready for the winter campaign.
- The church here held a harvest home festival Monday night, preceded Sunday morning by exercises appropriate to the occasion, and a good sermon on the subject by Rev. P. Litts, with song service by the old choir, with one exception. We heard several persons say that they wished the choir could be induced to sing every Sunday. So we say. The whole exercises and supper was a success in every way.
- W. F. Penney goes to Cherokee on business today.
- Politics are very quiet.

Lincoln Center
- We trust our neighboring vicinity are getting their share of rain, for we feel that we have had ours.
- Miss Grace Lytle closed her school on last Friday. She has given good satisfaction to all the patrons.
- Asa Danforth's mother and sister went to Wheeler on last Thursday.
- Mrs Wallace Balsley has been quite sick for a week past. We hope for her speedy recovery.
- Geo. Cheneys are building an addition to their house.
- Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Sampson had a ten-pound girl gladden their home on Friday, October 26.
- Miss Sarah McCartney is attending school in Osage at the Seminary.
- Miss Gracy Armstrong closed her school at Wheeler on last Friday and is now at home.
- Elmer House attended the services at the Lincoln church a few evenings last week and assisted in the singing.
- Miss Jesse Burch spent last Sabbath with friends in Lincoln.
- Mr. Patten of Charles City, called on some of the people in Lincoln on last Friday.

Beaver
- Mrs. Day of Riceville, was visiting her niece, Mrs. C. Hinchcliffe, last week and favored us with a pleasant call.
- Mr. John Longly of Riceville, and Mr. Markstadt of Des Moines helped us eat our first dinner in the house Thursday of last week.
- John Cannon came from Cerro Gordo county Saturday evening by way of Osage, and brought Benn Foote [missing]

Other callers will pardon me, I am sure, when I say that the most pleasant visit we have had for some time was from Mr. and Mrs. Henry Drake, Cliffe and Miss Elna Osborne who drove out early the morning of the 17th and spent the day.

The sympathies of all their friends to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Condon in the loss of their little one, who was taken from them recently. Inez Miller, a near neighbor, was inconsolable at the loss of her little pet which she was in the habit of visiting and tending every day.

The fall rains have restored the life of Beaver Creek, which has been dormant since last June. Also our never-before-failing spring, which dried up in July, compelling us to pump water for stock from the house well, which stood the test.

Sugar has riz; that is the number of pounds for a dollar.

[transcribed by M.O., January 2006]

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