Iowa
Old Press
The Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac Co. Iowa
January 1, 1897
MARRIED. At the residence of the bride's sister in Schaller,
Iowa, Dec. 30, 1896, by Rev. T. CATSON, Miss Nellie MERKLEY and
Mr. Gilbert MILL, both of Schaller.
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Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac co. Iowa
January 7, 1897
Geo. B. Kerlin, a prominent attorney of Storm Lake, died quite
suddenly on Monday of last week.
Married: At the residence of the bride's sister in Schaller,
Iowa, Dec. 30, 1896, by Rev. T. Carson, Miss Nellie Merkley and
Mr. Gilbert Mill, both of Schaller.
Sheldon Mail: George Caple, Jr., raised 1,323, bushels
of corn this year on 18 acres of ground. The boy did all the work
of planting, cultivating and husking himself alone. The crop
averaged 74 bushels of corn per acre. The lad deserves a good
deal of credit. Few boys of his age (13 years) do as well.
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Wright are the happy parents of a little
girl born to them on Jan. 4, 1897.
M. J. Foley, the Manson merchant who caused so much anxiety by
his mysterious disappearance the first of December, has returned
home. He left Sioux City for New York while under the influence
of morphine. He sailed for Queenstown December 5, on the
Campania, and did not regain consciousness until at sea. He
returned immediately from the other side on the Teutonic, and
arrived home, finding his business in a receiver['s hands and his
friends agonized with suspense. He will start in New Year's with
a big resolve to quit the dangerous habit.
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Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac co. Iowa
January 14, 1897
Wm. Johnson, a well-to-do farmer living near Manson, committed
suicide by hanging. He lost his hogs from cholera and had to
place a mortgage upon his farm to pay for a house he recently
built and expected to pay for when he realized from the sale of
his hogs.
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schaefer were given a surprise by a number of
their friends upon the occasion of their twentieth wedding
anniversary, which was on Jan. 10. The company gathered a short
time before noon taking enough eatables with them to feed a
regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer had not the slightest idea of
anything unusual going to happen until the friends came in on
them, and the surprise was complete. A fine set of dishes was
presented in behalf of those present and others who were not able
to be present. All present did their best to make the 20th
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer an enjoyable occasion, and
it was undoubtedly one. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs.
L. S. Starr, Mr. and Mrs. H. Schaefer, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
McKinney, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Stoelting, Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McLaughlin, and Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Lucke.
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The Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac Co. Iowa
January 21, 1897
--Jas. I. MILL a new subscriber.
--F.M. McGLAUGHLIN takes over partnership in a clothing store.
Several advertisements for different types of clothing and coffee
follow.
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Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac co. Iowa
January 28, 1897
Mrs. Wm. Wells accompanied by the girls - Winona and Bird, went
to Odebolt Tuesday to attend the wedding of her brother, which
occurred last evening.
Mesdames A. R. Gordon, T. J. Andre, and H. J. Hahne left on
Monday for Des Moines, to attend the national woman's suffrage
meeting in session there this week.
A man by name of King was killed by the passenger train, just
west of Carnarvon, this morning. He was a well-to-do farmer
living near there and just came up from Carroll on that train and
started to walk up the track to his home, going but a short
distance before he was struck by the train.
Yesterday morning Dr. Andre removed a kernel of popcorn from the
ear of Eddie Bruce, where it had been for some time, just how
long it had been there, or how it came to be there, they could
not say. In order to remove it an anesthetic had to be given, and
it was in so far and the ear so inflamed that it was hard to get
out.
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