Iowa Old Press
Paullina Times
Paullina, O'Brien co. Iowa
November 7, 1895
W. H. Elder was called to Marshalltown Saturday by a telegram
announcing the death of his sister.
Mr. A. Crosbie, Sr., sailed last Saturday from New York for
Scotland to spend a year in the land of his youth.
M. T. Taylor was called to Tama Friday by a telegram announcing
the dangerous illness of his mother. She passed away Sunday and
was buried Monday. Mr. Taylor returned Tuesday.
Married licenses issued are as follows: Morace Adams and Cora E.
Stockwell, and Clarence Algyer and Gertrude Brasher.
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Paullina Times
Paullina, O'Brien co. Iowa
November 14, 1895
Marriage licenses issued are as follows: R. H. Jenkins and Janey
Lee; A. E. Johnson and Mary Guenther.
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Paullina Times
Paullina, O'Brien co. Iowa
November 21, 1895
John Manning went to Sheldon Tuesday to attend the funeral of
Nellie Hill.
Mrs. Metcalf and her sister, Miss Muse Pratt, were here from
Paullina Sunday.
Mrs. Kass of Bellevue, is here on a visit with her daughter, Mrs.
F. X. Beck.
Benn Stallman and Miss Barbara Middlemier were united in the
bonds of matrimony at the Catholic church here Tuesday by Rev.
Anler. A reception was held at the house of the groom. May their
life be one of sunshine.
The little 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Steen narrowly
escaped death last Friday by being kicked by a horse belonging to
John Martin. The little boy in company with a son of Mr. Martin
was playing at the home of the latter and in a spirit of fund the
little Steen boy went into the yard where the horse was running
loose and grabbed hold of the horse's tail. The boy was kicked
squarely in the face which was terribly cut, the roof the mouth
being split. Physicians took several stitches in the cheek and
today the little fellow is reported as improving slowly. It is a
sad affair but could easily been worse.
The marriage of John Tjossem of Paullina to Miss Altha Haynes of
Bradgate, Iowa, occurred last Thursday at the latter place. Mr.
Tjossem is a son of O. P. Tjossem of Dale township, a farmer of
good repute and well known throughout the country. John is a
young man of exceptional ability and excellent character. For
some time he has been a valued salesman in the Wollenberg general
store and is possessed of those good qualities always recognized
in a popular boon companion. The bride is unknown here but will
receive a hearty welcome by the Paullina people as the bride of
one of our best citizens. They are already comfortably domiciled
in the house prepared by John on south Rutledge street.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Marvin of Clinton, Iowa, are guests of their
daughter, Mrs. Temple, and family and will remain till after
Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Agnes Steele of LeMars is here on a visit to her mother,
Mrs. Hendry, and sister, Mrs. Jacob Fisch, south of town.
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Paullina Times
Paullina, O'Brien co. Iowa
November 28, 1895
Mrs. John Kass visited with her brother, N. H. Graff and family,
the fore part of the week.
Marriage licenses have been issued to Pat Condon and Laura E.
Mortell; Eugene Fiebig and Maggie Reaney.
Attorney Ingham received the sad news Saturday of the death of
his brother. The deceased has been ailing for some time, and
while his death was not wholly unexpected it is a hard blow. The
funeral occurred at Toledo the first of the week.
Public sentiment is gradually swinging back and centering in
favor of Jens Conradson, who is lying in jail here accused of a
heinous crime. The charge is preferred by his brother-in-law and
the whole matter is claimed by Conradson to be a well laid plan
to beat him out of his property. The farm is already in his
wife's name, yet she has brought suit for divorce and attached
every bit of personal or other property that he has in the world.
Charges are wholly unsupported except by the testimony of his
wife and daughter, and there are none of his neighbors that can
say anything against him in the case. He has always borne a good
reputation and the only offense ever charged against him was his
susceptibility to the drink habit. It is one of those charges
easily made and when backed up by the hatred of a fight between
relatives is to be looked upon with suspicion. It is not so easy
to steal a man's good name in a day when it is supported by the
record of a good character among his neighbors and friends for
several years.
The marriage of Miss Mae Temple to George E. Dunn occurred
yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Temple. Only a few near relatives and
friends witnessed the ceremony as repeated by Rev. Andrew Herron,
pastor of the Presbyterian church. The bride has been known for
the past three years as deputy postmistress here. Besides her
sweet and lovable disposition Mae is universally admired for
attentiveness to business duties during her service in the
public's employ here. The groom is a former business man here and
is quite well known as the manager of the ball club last season.
The happy couple, after partaking of the wedding supper, departed
on the 7:30 train in the evening for their future home prepared
by Mr. Dunn at Petersburg, Nebraska.
We received word this week of the marriage of Frank Ullman on
October 15th at Monte Vista, Colorado. Frank is a brother of Fred
and John Ullman and is well known by many of the older residents
of Paullina.
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