Iowa
Old Press
Washington Gazette
Washington, Washington co. Iowa
May 7, 1869
Agents for the Gazette
Nimrod Lease, Crawfordsville
O.M. Holcomb, Ainsworth
Dr. J. Rousseau, Yatton
Dr. J. B. Storch, Richmond
W. Kirkpatrick, Pilotsburg
M. D. Story, Lexington
Robert McCaleb, Dutch Creek
O. Gowen, Brighton
Noah Bowman, Seventy-Six
W. E. Hawthorn, Davis Creek
Rev. B. Eicher, Marshall
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Washington Gazette
Washington, Washington co. Iowa
May 18, 1869
Large Shipment of Gold
A Bohemian last week received directly from the old country, per
express $36,000 in gold. Most people may not know the fact, yet
it is true, that we have a very large settlement of Bohemians in
the north part of the county, and constantly increasing by
emigration. This class of people generally are very industrious
and attend strictly to their own business. They have brought with
them from Europe quite an amount of wealth, mostly in the shape
of gold coin.
Their clannish disposition, and perhaps their national
peculiarities induce them to settle in colonies. As in this
county, so perhaps it is all parts of the United States. When
they once locate they buy up all the land around them that can be
obtained. The large shipment of gold made last week, we learn was
for the purpose of purchasing more land in this county. Such
being the case we can expect an influx of these hardy yeomanry
during the coming summer.
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Washington Gazette
Washington, Washington co. Iowa
May 28, 1869
Indian Relic
Our esteemed fellow citizen, Robt McCaleb, of Dutch Creek
township, brought into our office a few since, an Indian axe or
tomahawk which he found on his farm this spring. To one who has
never seen anything of the kind this is quite a curiosity. It is
hewn out of old granite, and as neatly done as though it were
executed by our best sculptors. It weights nearly four pounds and
looks as though it might have seen much service.
Tradition tells of a fierce encounter which took place many years
since, between the dusky tribes of the wilderness in that
immediate vicinity. Who knows but this tomahawk may have been one
of the implements of warfare and used in this battle? It is ugly
custom, and in the hands of a skillful person cold be wielded to
great advantage.
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