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1887 History of Story County, Iowa by W. G. Allen

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NEWS ITEMS 1884 ; VETERAN & WIDOW PENSION LIST 1884
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from the shops near by were left in the store. Some change from the safe was the booty.—(May 23, 1884.)

T. W. KELLY shipped two cars of hogs from Nevada on Monday and two from Ames on Wednesday.—(December 26, 1884,)

The Pleasant Grove M. E. Church hold their Quarterly meeting on the 27th and 28th of December.—(December 26, 1884.)

GILBERT PICKINGS.

With the thermometer twenty degrees below zero, we are reminded of its being mid-winter, and with the sleighing fair, the young folks are enjoying themselves on the top shelf.

The farm house of T. R. Hughes, four miles east of this place, was burned on Thursday, December twenty-eighth. The stove pipe not properly entered into the chimney was thought to be the cause.


PENSION LIST.


Below we give the list of pensioners living in Story County, as received directly from ofcial sources. There are one hundred and forty-eight names testifying to bravery in the field or sorrows at home. There is one veteran of the war of 1812 and six widows of veterans of that war. This inequality calls attention to the esteem in which war worn heroes were held forty or fifty years ago. Other matters of interest will be noted on examination.

Coffman, Abraham, inj to back and dis of lungs$ 8.00
Ives, Daniel G. g s w left knee and rt leg6.00
Drake, S. Bosworth, inj left knee17.00
Hannah Rovers, widow 18128.00
George G. Tilden, rheumatism17.00
Jacob Horner, inj right thigh4.00
William S. Anderson, bronchitis4.00
Joseph A. Savits, wd right leg10.00
Eliza Ann Farr, widow8.00
Benjamin Breneman, g s w rt leg (thigh)10.00
Edward S. McKinzie, injury to abdomen8.00
John A. J. Butler, dis of lungs12.00
A. H. Buck, g s w rt thigh and chr diary10.00
James Bradley, rheum and yes dis of heart12.00
K. W. Brown, shell wd left side and hip15.00
Thomas J. Miller, chr diary6.00
I. B. McElyea, inj to back from shell contusion and res dis of kidneys8.00
William W. Arnold, chr rheumatism24.00
Stephen P. O'Brien, opthalamia18.00
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