Iowa
Old Press
Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee co. IA
August 9, 1876
--Its a girl at Elder PAINE's.
--A child of F. DRESSER died on Saturday night, of whooping cough
and was buried on Sunday afternoon. Funeral from the Baptist
Church.
The Census
Since our last issue the people have done well in the way of
multiplying and replenishing the earth.
Rev. PAINE, a daughter
A. L. STILES, a daughter
O. WHEELER, sex not reported,
E. L. LAMBERT of Castalia, a pair of twins, a girl and a boy. And
still there is room. [see Aug. 16 issue of paper]
[transcribed by M.D., January 2005]
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
August 16, 1876
At the democratic caucus held Saturday evening, August 12, 1876,
the following were elected delegates to the democratic county
convention to be held at Postville August 23, 1876:
J.H. Saunders, Matt Leithold, F.S. Burling, H. Stoe, N.J. Beedy,
A. Staadt.
Alternates -- Matt Beucher, Ferdinand Meyer.
The delegates were instructed to support J.H. Saunders for member
of the board of supervisors. A. Staadt, L. Brown and J.H. Sanders
were appointed township central committee for the ensuing year.
We ask the pardon of our friend E. S. LAMBERT, of Castalia, for
reporting him to the world as the father of twins. The paternity
should have been credited to A. instead of E. S. LAMBERT. We'll
take it all back for the
present, E. S.
[transcribed by S.F., Sept. 2003 & M.D. Jan. 2005]
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
August 23, 1876
Those farmers who have done threshing report the yield of wheat
per acre at from 3 to 5 bushels, with a very few cases of a
little larger yield.
Presiding Elder Swearingen preached a regular oldfashioned
Methodist sermon last Sunday evening, the like of which we have
not heard for thirty years.
Messrs. Roberts, Douglass and Huffman returned from their
centennial trip last Thursday. Powers and Lull still tarry among
down east friends in the state of new York.
At a republican caucus the following were nominated for township
offices:
For Justices of the Peace -- T. Stiles, F.S. Burling and A.B.
Cook.
Township Trustees -- James Roll, Jas. McEwen and N. Lamborn.
Township Clerk -- A.P. Abbott
Collector -- H.P. Dawes
Constables -- H.P. Dawes, J.B. Reed.
Assessor -- C.H. Barnes
Delegates to County convention -- T.F. Johnson, H.A. Stowe, N.
Lamborn, A. Hart, W.H. Carithers, J. Roll, J.W. Patterson, Jas.
McEwen, A.R. Prescott.
[transcribed by S.F., Sept. 2003]