The Toledo Chronicle
March 3, 1885

Miss Lizzie Stoner's school is out, and she has returned home from Highland township.

Mr. Allen Dingee, of Indian Village Township, was visiting his son A. J. Dingee, of this place Monday last.

George Alexander was elected mayor of Dysart. Geo. will make a No. 1 mayor and have no foolishness about it.

Mr. W. M. Parker, Toledo's popular tailor, visited Lisbon and Mechanicsville the early part of the week on business.

Frank Dragoon's little daughter, aged two years, died Monday night with the measles. frank and wife have the sympathy of many friends.

A clerk of Jas. Brice, of Tama, committed suicide last Thursday morning. He was a young man well liked by his employer and everybody. The cause is unknown.

The Traer, Berlin, Dysart, Gladbrook, Montour and Tama City saloonists trials were put over until next court, and they may expect to take their medicine, as they are all equally as guilty.

Mr. B. W. Hoadley has his school room in No 8 Carroll, very nicely decorated. His school room is a model of neatness. Mr. Hoadley is quite an artist and prepared most of the drawings for ornamentation himself.

If Mr. Peter Ebert is the one who took my cap from the U B Church some time since, thereby compelling me to take the one that was left or proceed without one, he can make an exchange by calling on C. R. Shatto, South Toledo.

CHELSEA ITEMS

Spring has come.

A. J. Spence is running his saw mill at Madrid.

A little "fracas" in town Saturday over a girl.

H. Cory is out again after a siege with the rhumatism.

S. Spence is fixing up his hotel building.

About thirty or forty friends of J. t. Kenner's attended his funeral at Belle Plaine last Sunday.

Miss Clara Smith, visited relatives at Blairstown this week.

OBITUARY
J. T. Kenner died at his home in Dumont, Iowa, March 5th, 1885, of neuralgia of the stomach. He was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1849. Was married Dec. 25th, 1870, to Sarah E. Spracklin at Belle Plaine. Moved to Chelsea in 1878 and lived here until Sept. 1884, when they moved to Dumont, and lived until his death. His married life was full of happiness. By his kindness and sociability he made many friends in society. He was a kind and indulgent husband and father and made home bright and cheerful. He leaves a wife and three small children to mourn their loss. Other relatives and numerous friends will feel his loss deeply. His remains were taken to Belle Plaine for interment. He was for several years a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and their order with a delegation from Chelsea lodge participated in his burial.

The Toledo Chronicle
March 12, 1885

Miss Lizzie Stoner's school is out, and she has returned home from Highland township.

Mr. Allen Dingee, of Indian Village Township, was visiting his son A. J. Dingee, of this place Monday last.

George Alexander was elected mayor of Dysart. Geo. will make a No. 1 mayor and have no foolishness about it.

Mr. W. M. Parker, Toledo's popular tailor, visited Lisbon and Mechanicsville the early part of the week on business.

Frank Dragoon's little daughter, aged two years, died Monday night with the measles. frank and wife have the sympathy of many friends.

A clerk of Jas. Brice, of Tama, committed suicide last Thursday morning. He was a young man well liked by his employer and everybody. The cause is unknown.

The Traer, Berlin, Dysart, Gladbrook, Montour and Tama City saloonists trials were put over until next court, and they may expect to take their medicine, as they are all equally as guilty.

Mr. B. W. Hoadley has his school room in No 8 Carroll, very nicely decorated. His school room is a model of neatness. Mr. Hoadley is quite an artist and prepared most of the drawings for ornamentation himself.

If Mr. Peter Ebert is the one who took my cap from the U B Church some time since, thereby compelling me to take the one that was left or proceed without one, he can make an exchange by calling on C. R. Shatto, South Toledo.

CHELSEA ITEMS

Spring has come.

A. J. Spence is running his saw mill at Madrid.

A little "fracas" in town Saturday over a girl.

H. Cory is out again after a siege with the rhumatism.

S. Spence is fixing up his hotel building.

About thirty or forty friends of J. t. Kenner's attended his funeral at Belle Plaine last Sunday.

Miss Clara Smith, visited relatives at Blairstown this week.

OBITUARY
J. T. Kenner died at his home in Dumont, Iowa, March 5th, 1885, of neuralgia of the stomach. He was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1849. Was married Dec. 25th, 1870, to Sarah E. Spracklin at Belle Plaine. Moved to Chelsea in 1878 and lived here until Sept. 1884, when they moved to Dumont, and lived until his death. His married life was full of happiness. By his kindness and sociability he made many friends in society. He was a kind and indulgent husband and father and made home bright and cheerful. He leaves a wife and three small children to mourn their loss. Other relatives and numerous friends will feel his loss deeply. His remains were taken to Belle Plaine for interment. He was for several years a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and their order with a delegation from Chelsea lodge participated in his burial.

The Toledo Chronicle
March 26, 1885

Mr. A. J. Dingee spent the Sabbath at LeGrand, with parents.

Judge Lewis, of Missouri Junction, fined three saloon keepers $3,000.

Chancy Stevens, who has been sick for some time, was in the city Monday.

Henry Bradbrook, living one mile east of Toledo, has been quite sick the past week.

Tony Dragoon has quit Saloon keeping at Tama. He says the risks are too much.

R. M. Tenney and Dr. J. H. Stevens, of Indian Village, were in the city Tuesday last.

Miss Clara Tripp, who has been teaching at Montour, has been visiting friends in Toledo.

Short hand trial lessons sent free by mail, by the reporters' Bureau, Iowa City, Iowa.

The way some Billiard Saloons are run they could easily be closed under the injunction act.

Mr. James Ross, of Cedar Rapids, was in the city Saturday, formerly a citizen of Tama county.

Some ten or fifteen saloonists in Poweshiek county, were heavily fined at the lst term of court.

Traer and Vicinity

Miss May Munger leaves this week for her home in Wisconsin.

Mr. H. Myers and family left Monday for Indiana where they will reside in the future.

Miss Burk, of Gladbrook, is visiting relatives in town.

Three of our saloon keepers, Wade, Kroger, and Wulf refused to pay their fines and were taken to Toledo to serve out their time. John Vorba the bohemian saloonist skipped the country.

John Wentch left Monday for Hancock County.

John Crawford and Thomas Emmett leave the latter part of this week for the west. The former goes to Dakota and the latter to O'Brien county.

Mrs. Brooks has been visiting with R. H. Moore and family the past week.

L. G. Kinne is in Washington D. C.

Easter Sunday comes on the 5th day of April.

At Blairstown the people indulge in baked bean sociables.

Al. Forker started for Chicago Monday night to buy new goods.

Will Ross took in the city of Garwin Wednesday on business.

L. Clark and W. F. Johnston were in Gadbrook Wednesday.

Mrs. L. B. Blinn went to Des Moines Tuesday for a short visit.

A very heavy emigration to northern Iowa and Dakota this spring.

Miss Jennie Bedford has been visiting her friend Miss Tillie Hendricks.

Drayman Cooper is building a house near the depot for his lime trade.

W. E. Hockett was looking after his farm near Garwin on Wednesday.

Some of our hunters are out looking after the frisky wild ducks and geese.

B. L. Knapp has been doing a good business in corn during the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Knight Dexter were Marshalltown visitors on Wednesday.

Charley Cooper has located at Gladbrook working at eh tinning business.

Hens are making ready for Easter it seems. Plenty of the fruit in town now.

We are glad to chronicle the improved condition of Dr. Springer the past few days.

Jack Norton heareafter will be found with S. O. Bishop, in the mason and cistern work.

Mr. Samuel Krisman, of Rusham, Minnestota, has been visiting with Mr. A. Wise the past week.

Mr. Andrew McElhinney, and old citizen was in town Friday. He is quite a stranger to out burg.

Rumor has it that some of our Tama county people, who moved to Harrison county last year, will return.