Various 1886 1890 Classifieds Include Remedies and Real Estate
In a noisy column of mixed ads and notices, remedies from Tomlinson’s line appear with “Quick Relief Oil” and “Dead Shot” sold by druggists, plus references to dental and medical cures. Also listed are two Holstein cattle, two bull calves, and loan offers from Dent & Mannton with installment terms. Real estate: 80 acres in Blackhawk County and a house and shop for rent or sale. Public sale notice advertises farm assets and terms 10 months, 5% discount for cash.
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Marcus
Ideats and Disbursements of Funds for School Purposes
Independent district of LeMars presents the year ending March 1 1890 accounts for the TEACHERS FUND CONTINGENT FUND and SCHOOL HOUSE FUND. Amts received from district tax semi annual appropriation and tuition introduced. amounts paid for teachers salaries and expenses. transfers between funds and reductions to soldiers fund.
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Seldiers Fund
Sakimatoe Od
LeMara
Rich man's gift or court risk as listed items flood the page
Classified items show jobs and sales from Le Mars to Sioux City. Competent girl sought for general housework at I. B. Cooper's, wages good. corn oats and barley wanted at Le Mars Planing Mill for top price. Various notices include a sociable at Free Baptist parsonage, bale deliveries by Plymouth Roller Mill, and court updates in the Schaift case before Justice Amos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. B. Cooper's
le Mars
Free Baptist
Plymouth Roller Mill Co
Schaift
Amos
Supreme Court Refines Injunctions Against Local Saloon Owners
The court recalls injunctive actions against Eugene Eilenbecker John Manderscheid Henry Brauch J B Greenen and J N Poysen who ran a saloon in this town. Appeals reached the Supreme Court and the lower court judgments were sustained, resulting in penalties from 500 to 1000 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene, Eilenbecker
John Manderscheid
Henry Brauch
J.- B. Greenen
J. N. Poysen
Drong
Supreme Court
School Election Report Totals and Named Voters
Mr Joseph Long furnished a report of the school election held Monday. The total votes cast were 406 with Ay Reichman receiving 84 votes, Ay By Steiner 854, and John Brandon 67.
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Joseph Long
Monaay
Ay Reichman
Steiner
John’ Bran‘don
Local notes from Orange City and surrounding towns
P Farrell visited Orange City on Saturday while D Cronen moved a 5000 lb safe for Burg. Various residents travel to Chicago Des Moines Sioux City and Wyoming for work and visits. Miss Porter teaches in Kingsley. Miss Mollie Sutter returns from Kansas. Rev Patterson travels from Minnesota. local candidates for school director named. several men bound for Des Moines for normal school meetings.
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P. Farrell
Orange City
D. Cronen
W. IL. Smith
Rev. Dennis
Sioux Falls
J. N. Lambert
Sioux City
Mollie Sutter
Kansas
J. M. Hurt
Liberty Township
A. B. Steiner
John Brandon
A. Reichman
A. M. Duus
Des Moines
Burt Blake
Granville
J. L. Townsend
Rev. Patterson
Minnesot
H.S. Payne
A Bad Case Involving Dogs Attack Sickness
C G Norris, a portly man, suffered a nervous prostration after being attacked by dogs belonging to a party named Kelor. He backed into a building and kicked the animals away as others joined. The fight is said to have caused his illness.
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C. G. Norris
Mr. Norris
Kelor
Blanket case before Justice Amos ends in Adler’s favor
Frank Kieffer sued Chris Adler for recovery of two blankets after leaving them on his horses from a country sale. Adler claimed them, identified by a private mark, and Justice Amos ruled in Adler’s favor, keeping the blankets. Kieffer could prove buying similar blankets but not the exact ones.
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Amos
Frank Kieffer
Chris Adler
Kieffer
Adler
Mr.k
Commissioners to Visit LeMars for Street Crossings
State railway commissioners will be in LeMars Wednesday evening and stay all day Thursday to review opening of streets and crossings and inspect city walls. Mr McClintock arranged the visit to address LeMars business interests and local wishes.
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State Railway
LeMars
McClintock
Des ‘Moines
Large Canadian lamp burns at Dubuque House office
On Thursday night last week a tall Canadian lamp in the Dubuque House office began burning fiercely around eleven p.m. It melted the metal hook securing it and dropped to the floor, narrowly sparing a major blaze. Proprietor Mr. Hoffman saved coats and garments before moving the lamp outside. Gas fixtures will be installed to prevent future fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque’House
Hoffman
Cattle Market Logs Week High Throughput
Last week featured extensive cattle activity across the market with city scales weighing livestock from Monday to Saturday evening totaling 299,660 pounds or nearly 250 tons of meat.
Water Works inquiry listing seven rooms notice
Classified fragment announces a Seven-rooms water works inquiry with contact T M Zirg at 72tfe, inviting inquiries.
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T. M. Zirg
The Drainage Question Rises In City Debate
A historical city faces urgent need for a drainage system as waterworks expand. Residents cling to old wells while neighbors dump waste, risking underground contamination and public health. The piece urges prompt action before irreversible damage occurs.
Young man arrested in Mathias jewelry theft case
Walter Cousins, about 22, was arrested Saturday on a charge of stealing Mathias jewelry from weeks earlier. He claimed the items were taken from Porter and Fairchilds. Porter and Fairchilds were brought from county jail, gave bonds or were remanded, with trial set before Justice Alline next Saturday. Some jail inmates confessed to taking the jewelry and hiding it, except for a gold watch.
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Walter Cousins
Mathias
Cousins
Porter
Fairchilds
Justice Alline
Church Difficulty Delays Evangelical Bishopric
The Evangelical church faces a crisis as one of three bishops was suspended for misconduct. Rev Otto Gearhart traveled to Chicago to join a council reviewing Bishop Bowman who faced misconduct and unbecoming behavior charges. Bowman was suspended until the conference in September 1891, with new charges likely against another bishop and a possible absence of a bishop in the field.
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Evangelical Church of America
Otto Gearhart
Chicago
Bowman
Town Meeting Considers Reducing Normal School Request
An enthusiastic gathering in the council room discussed the normal school issue. Mr. McDuffie will present before the joint house and senate committee tomorrow night. The amount requested was reduced from 75,000 to 50,000. A three member committee Al line Mohan and Haas was appointed to arrange town meetings on other important matters.
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McDuffie
House and Senate
Alline
Mohan
Haas
Family honors elderly father with gifts after kitchen fire
J C0 Koenig, a popular local man, was surprised Sunday morning when his children staged a small celebration in the wake of a kitchen fire. They rearranged rooms and presented him with a fine armchair and a gold headed cane to mark his fiftieth birthday.
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Koenig
Railroad commissioners to inspect LeMars street obstructions
Des Moines sources say the railroad commissioners will visit LeMars on Thursday to examine streets blocked by railroad tracks and buildings. Secretary Ainsworth informed the editor that a decision is expected within a week or two, signaling when the streets may be opened.
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LeMars
Ainsworth
Railroad Commision
Searinen
Des Moines
Suffocation of Ayres Family Attributed to Grippe
A Journal notice reports three Ayres family members in the county suffocated by heat and perceived coal gas during illness. Dr Richey diagnosed the cause as La Grippe and treated them. the youngest began improving first and all are convalescing.
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Isaac Ayres
Richey
What Might Have Been at Kerberg Store
On Saturday morning Mr. Kerberg rode up to his store door in a carriage drawn by a gray horse. As they turned from Sixth to Main and north to Seventh, Mike Pew rushed out and grabbed the horse’s bit at great personal risk, stopping the animal. He acted as though a lady were in the sleigh, or he would not have endangered himself.
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Seventh
Court Street
Dow
U. S
H. F. Dow
the Sentinel
Peck
Gateway Manufacturing Company
Clark Street
Kerberg
Main
Pew Bros
Mike Pew
Births and deaths in brief local notices
Birth notices report a daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Dykstra on March 84 and a son to Mr and Mrs Carl Furdiner in this city, with Carl expected to help on the homestead. Death notices note a child of Mr and Mrs John Ingalls dying Saturday afternoon aged about four from diphtheria, and Mary Schaffer dying on March 10 at age three years six months.
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John. Dykstra
Carl. Furdiner
Carl
Incarzis
John Ingalls
Births and town news mix in Alton Marcus column
Neighborhood notes from the Democrat report a baby girl for Mr and Mrs Gerrit Kemper near town while detailing measles illness in several families. The piece also notes a Sisters of Charity school planned for Marcus, a new barber from Sioux City, and the Marcus wedding of William H. Henry and Miss Sarah Harvey at the Washington House.
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Democrat
Gerrit Kemper
Nic Reisdorfer
Minnesota
Ernest Plath
Maurice
Iowa
J. ©. Trainor Is Very Sick With the Mewles, Steve Huson
McKillup
Nugelhiout
Alten
Alton
Sisters of Charity School
Marcus
Dick” Berwick
John Schnieder
Sioux City
Spare
Collier’s Shop
Manchester
Wm. H. Henry
Sarah Harvey
Washington House
Cherokee
Harry
Bond inspections and a liquor case in Orange City
A post office inspector visited to examine official bonds in the county and found all postmasters’ bonds to be gilt edged. D Summers at Calliope was tried for selling liquor and was discharged after expert and lay testimony challenged intoxication. An auditor’s price business may rise with a new multiplication method. A lightning calculator billed $25 each for a quick arithmetic lesson.
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Herald
D. Summers
Calliope
Hutchinson
Quigley
Local notes on landlords and arrivals at Blake House
Mr Manhaven takes possession of Blake House and hosts praise him as a top landlord. A photographer sets up in Remsen and plans an office on the Farmers Loan and Trust Co lot. Edward Bitche writes from Purcell that he enjoys his new home and crops look promising. The youngest son of Dominic Weiler dies shortly before the father's return, casting a pall over the welcome home reunion.
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Manhaven
Blake House
Remsen
Farmers Loan and Trust Co
Edward Bitche
Purcell
Indian Territory
Dominic Weiler
Mr. Weiler
Moves and changes in Stanton Center community
Special correspondence notes several residents relocating or traveling. Albert Stokes to Union township. Patrick Comeford quits farming for LeMars. C. B. Bartson moves to James Skelton’s vacated farm. Miss Schutt visits Neptune. George Skelton returns to the farm after city life. Wm. A. Demary travels to Hanson County South Dakota for summer. Mrs. Alfred Demary visiting before her South Dakota home. Horton Wilson and bride arrive at C. A. Wood farm with good wishes. school election results list representatives for districts one through eight and a plea for the abstive board to serve patrons justly.
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Albert Stokes
Union Township
Patrick Comeford
LeMars
Bartson
James Skelton
Miss Schutt
Neptune
Albert Scott
George Skelton
A. Demary
Hanson County
South Dakota
Henry W. Newell
Mark “Leekly
Henry Kourtemeyer
Frank Hogan
Thomas Saunders
Wm. Wort
Henry Koenig
Abstive’ Board
Merrill church plans and local health notes surface
Special Correspondence reports Robbie Reid improving at Mrs Rob inson s, Free Methodists plan building a Merrill church this summer, Albert Eckerson and Father Tallis ill with grippe, Wm Search convalescent, Wm and Florence Eastman new Merrill school students. Mail service gains, Merrill M E choir to James to aid Ladies Aid Society, Rev Griggs closes Lincoln township meetings and plans biweekly services from March 19 at Kenrick school. Friends gather at Woodruff home for a day of work turning to social evening with youth participation.
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Robbie Reid
Florence Eastman
Merrill School
Dubuque
Sioux City
Merrill M. E
James
Ladies’ Aid Society
Griggs
Lincoln Township
Kenrick School
Elegant play by Arthur Relian company at the opera house
Last evening the Arthur Relian company presented an elegant play at the opera house. The Indies and gentlemen of the cast are skilled artists. The first act is mild, but acts two and three heighten interest with surprising developments. The mother-in-law character stands out. Rusco & Swift minstrel show comes Thursday evening March 13. Tickets on sale at Thompson & Co. Opera glasses available at the door from Fox and Kehrberg.
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Opera House
Arthur Relian
Rusco & Swift
Opera
Thompson & Co
Rusco & Smith Minstrel Company
Fox and Kehrberg
Almond
Treat
State OF Towa
Plymouth County
Abvie B. Lreat
Minnie A. Bartlett
Fayette Treat
C. Creat
Hom Ts Creat
Cynthia Sweet
Charlotte Corbin
Hattie T. Walters
Eila Idena Luawry
Estelle Huarden
Corbin Grace O
Lreat
Willam Corbin
Wayland
A. ‘Treat
Victor A. Sturdevant
Harry Sturdevant
A Valuable House Tenants Grow Family Line
W H Kuytz owns a tenement leased to young married couples. Six consecutive couples have rented it and six different babies have been born there. The latest tenant is J O Messick and a new addition joined the household over the weekend.
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W. H.kuytz
J. O. Messick
Patent remedies for grippe advertised by Tomlingen
An old advertisement touts cures titled Dead Shot and Quick Relief Oil claiming to cure the grippe with chest and throat rubs followed by doses. The text emphasizes immediate use and repeated applications until cured, asserting failure is impossible.
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Tomlingen
The Dunn Failure Reveals Troubling Financial Claims
The Dunn affair unfolds with allegations that money was received and multiple farm loans were canceled on the records. Eastern holders still claim they did not receive funds and retain the notes, casting a dim light on Dunn’s financial conduct.
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Dunn
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Reward Notice
An 1890s style testimonial and ad copy promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure for catarrh with a reward offer of one hundred dollars. It names J Cheney & Co of Toledo and several Toledo wholesalers and merchants including West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin and Cashie National Bank asserting the firm’s trustworthiness. The remedy is described as taking internally to act on blood and mucous surfaces with a price of 15 cents per bottle.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & ‘Truax
Oho
Report of The First National Bank LeMars 1890
Summary of the bank's condition as of February 28 1890 including resources such as loans discounts U S bonds due from banks and currency holdings and liabilities with capital stock surplus and deposits detailed. Notable figures include capital 100000 surplus 60000 undivided profits 16067 28 and deposits 340,913 70.
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First National Bank
LeMars
Iowa
U. S
U.S. Treas
Also Mentioned on This Page
H Andrew
Mgr
Rusdo & Swift
Colored Minstrels
M. Hilbert
Baily & Co
J. A. Sammis
Spring Bros
Tomlinson
J. ©. Santorp
J. C. Jones
tfs _ Dent & Mannton
OC. B. Smith
J. H. Hoffman
Blackhawk County
Cedar Fala
Pal School
Inuquise Af
P. B Schwinitt
East 6Th
Farizavayt
Mann
Cardinal Manning
William
Conference of Nations
Winchel
Washington Township
H. Winoget
School Fund Report
Sentinel
Tasued
Bomi-Weekly
Ragsdale & Chassell
H. Ragsdale
KD. Chassell
W. Watson
Farmers Exchange Company
Merrill
Mra. Hoyt
Engle Street
Farrel
Glenn
Leeds
Tom Griffen
Doring
Freeport
Charles Wernl
Hillebrand
Steiner Block
Young
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha Railroad
Pierre
Wm. Franz
Bastiin
Eva
6Th Street
Paul L. Brick
Sunrisins
College of Physicians and Surgeons
John Smith
Wyoming
Charles Jones
C. J. Jones
Messrs. Greer
Joint Committee On Normal Schools
W.T. Jeffries
Boston
Mass
G. W. Argo
Clarence Argo
Mr. Doughty
Citizens Life Indemnity Company
Waterloo
L. W. Caldwell
Pittsburg
Henry Koehler
Garretson
Garrettson
C. P. Woodard, Son
Struble
E. D. Chassell
Woodard
Chassell
Strubie
Washington
John Kistie
Ilinois
J. N. Poyter
Mr. Kistle
Rev. Snowden
Kingsley
K. of P
SC Kingsley
E. L. Denslow
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Belle Andrew
Andres
Tvening
Va Tlinscoms
Frank Miller
Main Street
Glenwood Springs
Colorado
George Carter
Sammis & Co
Railroad
Commissioners
Neighborhood News
Rember
Stanton ‘Center
Webd Freeman
LE Mars Drug Store
Town
County of
Plymouth
G. L. Wernii
G. L. Wermayr
Joan Blopa
P.F. Darron
Herrmann
M.A. Moons
Tilnee
Wiliam
Wernl
Agun Street
Sind
A. Rondy
Independent District of
M. Be. Carr
Struble, Rishel & Hurt
The
Sentinen
Northwest
Ofice
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