Iowa
Old Press
Sheldon Mail
Sheldon, O'Brien co. Iowa
February 3, 1905
Rolly Cobb, who is in the Milwaukee's service at Hull, has been
sent to Chamberlain temporarily.
Fred Kellar, who has been manager of the branch house of Swift
& Co. at this place has been transferred to Des Moines. He is
succeeded here by Clarence McKellip, an industrous young man.
D.A. Miller, our genial creameryman, is at Mason City attending a
convention of creamerymen.
R.B. Piper, who was raised in the office in the days when his
father was making it famous, has resigned his position in the
Milford Savings Bank and on the first February will take charge
of the Mail.
George Buntley has gone to Ashland, Wis., to attend a business
college.
[transcribed by S.F., January 2007]
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Sheldon Mail
Sheldon, O'Brien co. Iowa
February 10, 1905
Weather Observer Beach informs us that the government thermometer
this morning registered 25 degrees below zero.
Miss Mae Winslow expects to leave Saturday for Chicago to spend a
few weeks in the wholesale millinery houses, getting the latest
styles in millinery.
The undersigned unite in a call for an anti-saloon convention of
O'Brien county to be held in Sheldon on Monday, February 20: H.S.
Smead, G.L. Sprague, John C. coates, John H. Keller, Jas.
Morfitt, W.T. Morfitt, I.N. McIntire, J.R. Tipton, John
McCandless, H.B. Perry, F.J. Clay, Joseph Rider, F.O. Kehrberg,
B.T. Woods, George W. Whitmore, S.H. Logan, D.A. Anderson.
Miss Gertrude Hospers had a basket social at the Ling school
house in Floyd Township Friday evening.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Fred E. Frisbee entertained the Silent
Stitchers. This afternoon Mrs. Frisbee is "at home" to
a number of her neighbors. On Valentine's Day, Mrs. Frisbee will
entertain about seventy five guests in the form of a reception in
two periods, from 2:00 o'clock until 4 and from 4 to 6. On the
16th Mrs. Frisbee will give a "Cake Walk Party" at
which she will entertain a still larger number of guests.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co., Iowa
February 24, 1905
p 4
Public Sale
The undersigned will sell at public auction on the northeast
quarter of Section 25, Grant township, O'Brien county, 4 miles
north and 4 miles east of Sutherland, 7 miles north and 3 miles
west of Peterson, 7 miles south of Moneta and 5 miles west and 3
miles south of Royal, on Monday, February 27th, commencing at 10
o'clock a.m., the following described property, to wit:
Sixteen head of horses, consisting of roan mare coming 1 years
old, weight 1,560; roan gelding coming 4 years old, weight 1,375;
two dark iron gray geldings coming 4 and 5 years old, weight
2,700; black mare coming 4 years old, weight 1,400; black gelding
coming 4 years old, weight 1,250; two bay geldings coming 3 years
old, weight 2,200; brown mare 12 years old, weight 1,150; bay
gelding 13 years old, weight 1,400; brown gelding 13 years old,
weight 1,200; two mares, bay and black, coming 2 years old; bay
gelding coming 2 years old; iron gray colt coming 1 year old, and
one fall colt.
Twenty-three head of cattle: six milch cows (four giving milk
now), three 2-year-old steers, seven yearling steers, two
yearling heifers, four calves, one Short-Horn bull, eight fall
pigs.
Farm machinery, etc.: Piano binder, Champion binder, McCormick
corn binder, Jones mower (nearly new), 10-foot hay rake, corn
planter with 80 rods of wire, two 16-inch riding plows, 18-inch
walking plow, 14-inch walking plow, four-section steel harrow,
three-section steel harrow, two riding cultivators, walking
cultivator, disc seeder with grass attachment, Sterling seeder,
two wagons, truck wagon, two-seated buggy, bobsled, potato plow,
feed grinder, water tank, three sets double harness, set fly
nets, hay rack, and other articles too numerous to mention.
About 12 tons of timothy hay in barn, 7 stacks of clover straw,
and about 150 bushels corn. Six dozen Back Langshan chickens.
Free lunch at noon.
Terms of sale: All sums of $10 and under, cash. On sums over $10,
11 months' time will be given on approved notes bearing 8 percent
interest from date of sale. All property must be settled for
before being removed.
J. Farquhar, Prop.
W. R. Ritchie, Auctioneer
T. B. Bark, Clerk
p 5 col 1
George E. Yocom and wife returned Friday from Illinois, where
they have been visiting since their marriage last December.
Geno Harkness was married recently to a lady living at Linn
Grove. Geno and bride visited relatives here the first of the
week.
p 5 col 2
Joseph Clifton and wife of Orchard, Neb., came Monday evening to
visit relatives in and near Sutherland. The couple had just been
married that day. Mr. Clifton is a brother of Mrs. Wm. Gilbert
and an uncle of the Clifton boys of this place.
p 5 col 4
Obituary
William Thomas Hostler born in Sinking Valley, Penn., August 4,
1862. He came to Cedar county, Iowa, with his parents in 1867. He
united with the Methodist Episcopal church in 1881. On December
21st, 1882, he married Louie A. Mitchell. To this union was born
two daughters, Eva and Olive. They lived in Cedar county, Iowa,
until 1896, when they moved to O'Brien county.
He died at ten o'clock Tuesday night, February 7, 1905. He left a
wife, two daughters, two sisters and three brothers to mourn the
loss of a loving husband, father and brother.
Bro. Hostler, united with the First Church, Sutherland, on coming
to O'Brien county. He has held official position in the Church
during almost all the time since coming here. Without fulsomeness
it can be reverently and truthfully said, he was a Christian
gentleman. Those who knew him best bear fullest testimony to his
worth. Sturdy honesty, unflinching obedience to the right as he
saw the right, and an implicit faith in the Son of God marked his
daily life. He will be missed in the church and community. -
Communicated
[transcribed by A.N., May 2012]