Iowa
Old Press
Osceola County Tribune
Sibley, Osceola co. Iowa
Friday, November 7, 1884
Here and There
-Miss Ireland went to Worthington Thursday morning.
-Hungerford & Miller have built a new flour house near their
office.
-Mrs. L. Knight, of St. Louis, is here on a visit to her sister,
Mrs. C.S. Cronk.
-Geo. Warner arrived here from Pipestone with his family Thursday
night to spend the winter.
-Miss Susan B. Anthony was up from Sioux City the first of the
week visiting her uncle, T.J. Anthony.
-Mrs. R.P. Roberts, of Trenton, New York, is visiting in Sibley,
with her brother Mr. T.J. Anthony's family.
-Miss Nellie Martin, Mr. Jordan's niece, has been engaged as
assistant teacher in the primary department. She began Monday
morning.
-F.E. Romanes left Sibley Wednesday afternoon expecting to sail
for England in a few days. Frank is a rattling good boy and we
hope his stay in Old England will be short.
-F.H. Townsend, a former Sibleyite, but now of Columbia, Dak.,
where he owns a large flouring mill, arrived in Sibley Thursday
morning. He expects a car load of his flour here today and has
sold the same to A. Romey. F.H. looks as though they fed him well
out in Dakota.
-Mrs. W.H. Morrison has moved her millinery store into Walter's
building on 3d Avenue.
-A bright little osn is the latest addition to P.L. Resley's
household.
Report of High School for month ending October 24, 1884
Grammer department. Prof. Trainer, principal; Miss
Stanton, assistant. Number enrolled: 71. Average daily
attendance: 62. Names of those neither absent nor tardy during
the month: Nina Piney, Eddie Bailey, Eugene Taylor, May Davisson,
Annie Bennett, Maud Shell, Mary Schersach, Ida Hunt and Vonnie
Taylor.
Intermediate department. Lillie A. Barger, teacher. Number
enrolled, 63. List of scholars neither absent nor tardy: Maud
Barclay, Myrtle Brooks, Millie Cressy, Alice Clemens, Iva
Davisson, Jennie Hunt, Maud Mills, Alice May, Lola Mandeville,
Hazel Mandeville, Lillie Riddlesbarger, Edith Spencer, Belle Shaw
and Tommy Thompson.
Primary Department. Ida Hanks, teacher. Number enrolled: 91.
Average daily attendance: 69. Number cases of tardiness: 48.
Names of those neither absent nor tardy during the month:Gertie
Brown, Charlie Dennis, Meda McCausland, Clyde Brown, Fred
Riddlesbarger, Herman Coleman, Claude May, Hayes Bollman and
Glenne Dunshee.
Married
At the residence of W.J. Miller, Oct. 30, 1884, by the
Rev. J.D. Whitelaw, assisted by the Rev. E.M. Heyburn, Wilbur H.
Armin of Lake Park, and J. Estella Perry, of Sibley.
The above announces, perhaps, the most enjoyable event of the
kind ever celebrated in Sibley. It was also memorable by the
reunion of the family of Mr. Perry, the bride's father, who were
again united after a separation of 16 years. During this time no
death has occurred in the family, every member being present at
roll call.
Mr. and Mrs. Armin left for Lake Park on the morning train.
Rush Lake Ripples
-Mr. Peterson has traded the Foster place on section 10
to Mr. Alice from near Rock Island. He will take possession next
spring, and be accompanied with four other families.
-Just across the county line east, Mr. Kitt's stable, horses and
harness were burned by sparks from his chimney a few days ago.
-John Hanna is building a new house, 14X20 with 12 foot posts.
-J.W. Flint shot a fine goose Monday morning.
Wilson
-Miss Blanche Pfaff, of Fairview township is visiting
friends in Wilson township.
-Mrs. Allen Cloud has began moving to Lake Park, her future home.
-A nice bronze monument has just been erected in memory of Allen
Cloud by S.H. Wescott, agent for said monuments.
-F.D. Bennett has sold his farm to a Mr. Anderson for eight
hundred dollars.
[transcribed by S.F., August 2015]