Iowa Old Press
Sheldon Mail
Sheldon, O'Brien co. Iowa
August 7, 1880
LOCAL NEWS AND TOWN TALK
Temperance rally tonight.
Mr. and Mrs. Wykoff's baby is quite ill.
O'Brien county has but one colored inhabitant.
Postmaster Barmore's brother still lives.
The bowling alley is the center of attraction these cool nights.
As many as 30 trains pass through Sheldon daily these days.
George Hill is proud of that new barn, and well he may be, for it
is by all odds, the largest and best barn in town.
Mrs. Dan George will please accept the thanks of THE MAIL for a
mess of green corn.
At Sanborn the other night a woman broke in the door of a house
where she supposed her husband to be, and for a time there was
the liveliest sort of row, during which one or two of the men,
pretending to be of high social positions, made a frantic flight
for taller grass. The Pioneer says that one of the
parties is a member of the Methodist church.
At Rock Rapids the other day a man aged 55 was married to a woman
aged 43, and the couple had never met but once before. It was a
case of love at first sight. The bride has a family and the groom
one daughter. The man is well-off, which may account for the
woman's foolishness, though it does not for him.
It is now proposed to erect a $4,000 monument to the memory of
the victims of the Spirit Lake massacre, near the place where
they perished, the money to be raised in 25c subscriptions, and
the monument to be completed and unveiled on the 4th day of
August, 1881.
[transcribed by L.Z., June 2006]
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Sheldon Mail
Sheldon, O'Brien co. Iowa
August 14, 1880
ADVERTISEMENTS:
- C. Longshore, M.D. and U.S. Examining Surgeon for pensions,
Sheldon, Iowa.
- H. T. Lanning, Physician and Surgeon, Sheldon, Iowa. Orders
left at the Sheldon Drug Store will receive prompt attention.
- Dr. Peck, Homeopathic Physician, Sheldon, Iowa. Makes a
specialty of the treatment of piles and guarantees cures. No cure
no pay. Residence sis (6) miles east of Sheldon.
- O. P. Mabee, Resident Dentist, Sheldon, Iowa. Will perform all
work in dentistry in a good and workmanlike manner, and
guarantees satisfaction. Gold filling a specialty. Office in
Empire House.
LETTER TO EDITOR:
"Permit me through the columns of your paper to return my
sincere thanks to the people of Sheldon for their benevolence and
kindness to me, an entire stranger, especially to Mr. F. M.
McCormack, who as soon as he learned that I had been robbed of my
purse containing all my money, enlisted himself in my behalf,
raising not only money enough to carry me to my last railroad
station (RUNNING WATER) but some besides. Thanks also are due to
Mr. and Mrs. Shoefelt, of the Leland House, who, though I was a
stranger, took me in hungry and they, from their bountiful table,
fed me and my children, and never will their unparalleled
kindness be forgotten by: Mrs. H. S. Brill & Family, Aug. 11,
1880"
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The careful and prudent prairie farmers are already plowing
"around their outer walls" as a safeguard against the
ravages of prairie fires.
[transcribed by L.Z., June 2006]