Meat market sale and local notes from 1874
The item notes T H Van Nostrand and Co buying McAnulty and Eastman meat market and reports Campbell Patterson’s Europe trip and return. It mentions a hot July day with a German dance celebration for an 8 lb girl, Chilcote heirs in Baltimore, Dr Chilcote’s hoped return, liquor case against E Kenepicke with fine, and local trips by Lee Loughead Andy Ferguson and Charles Innes to Clear Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Loughead
Andy Ferguson
Charles Innes
Clear Lake
County Poor Farm Attendance Narrows to About Twenty
It is believed that only some twenty paupers of the county will now go to the poor house as the county has on average supported about forty. J. L. Denny has sold his interests.
Local Business Change After August 15 in Keota and Lumber Yard
The article notes that S C Corbin and John Doods will run the lumber yard after August 15 with Messrs J P and J C Huskins. It lists local election and tax figures, birth announcements, and a concert by Prof Mountz’s class of 82 voices at Everson's hall with a sparsely filled venue.
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Keota
S.C. Corbin
John Doods
J. P
J. C. Huskins
Mountz
Everson’s Hall
City Council Clock and Bell Fund Seeks Donations
City council agreed to appropriate 500 dollars for a city clock and bell in the academy tower if the public contributes 700 dollars more. About 350 dollars has been pledged and organizers seek additional support.
Harvest Laborers Arrive as Farmers Work Steadily
Reports note trains bringing harvest hands and wages at 150 dollars with 2 dollars per day. Farmers press on with work, counting on the arriving hands, including a well dressed Indian, among the immigrants.
County weighs fireproof records building plan
Citizens discuss a proposed two story fireproof brick and iron building with stone floors to protect county records amid recent fires. Local officials consider cost and location as they seek durable storage.
Brighton area fire destroys Timothy Lowe house and contents
The article reports a Saturday evening fire three miles east of Brighton that burned Timothy Lowe’s new house and most contents, resulting in a heavy loss. Additional notes mention bread production at D Alexander, births in several households, and a Singer sewing machine agent’s newborn child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Lowe
Brighton
J. D. Sherman
Martin Smith
Engineer Ackley
Mr. Haight
Singer Sewing Machine
Jas. McCutcheon
Davenport Man Carlin Laid to Rest at St Marys
The obituary notes a Davenport resident tied to the Fraternal Order of the Eagles and the Locomotive Firemen and Engineer's Union and St Marys church. Surviving are daughter Mary Elizabeth Carlin, parents Mr and Mrs Robert Carlin, sister Mrs Katherine Boldt, and brother John Carlin, all of Davenport. Funeral was at St Mary's Catholic church with burial in St Marguerite cemetery.
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Davenport
Tie
Order of the Eagles
The
Locomotive Firemen and Engineer's Union
St. Mary's Church
Mary Elizabeth Carlin
Robert Carlin
Katherine Boldt
John Carlin
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Marguerite Cemetery
Death of Chris R Reister at seven months old
Chris R Reister aged seven months, son of W S and Lou Reister, died on July 26 1874. The brief notice records the infant's death with family names and date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris R. Reister
W. S
Lou Reister
Large Thank Offering at U P Church Totals Over 380
The United Presbyterian church held its annual Thankoffering service with gifts exceeding 380 dollars collected by the missionary societies. Rev Karl Megenelsen of Ainsworth led both services in place of Rev D Chalmers Fulton who attended Highland church’s 25th anniversary in New Castle Pa. His sermon contrasted the first Thank Offering with this year’s total to illustrate church work growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Church
D. Chalmers Fulton
New Castle
Highland Church
Karl Megenelsen
Ainsworth
Megenelsen
Dubuque Son Held After He Shot His Father
In Dubuque Iowa James W Jellison 57 was hospitalized with two bullet wounds to his back and arm while his son Leo Jellison 35 a former newspaper reporter was held in jail on charges of shooting him police say Leo claimed he fired when he believed his father would kill him the elder Jellison was in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque, Ia
James W. Jellison
Leo Jellison
Jellison
Clarence Carlin Dead in Janesville Washroom
Clarence F. Carlin aged 22 of Davenport died last week in a washroom at the C M and P railroad roundhouses in Janesville Wisconsin. Officials cite heart trouble as the probable cause. Carlin was born October 9 1907 in Washington Iowa and educated in local schools. Fight years ago he
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence F. Carlin
Davenport
C. M. St. P. and Pacific Railroad
Janesville
Wisconsin
Washington
Iowa
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Washington Press
T. H. van Nostrand & Co
McAnulty and Eastman
Campbell Patterson
Europe
Mercury
Darity
Chilcote Bros
Baltimore
Ohio
E. Kenepicke
Muscatine
Denny
Astoria
Cisio
Norman Everson
J. H. Lewis
L. Turning
Chas. J. Wilson
J. F. Henderson
J. F. MeJuikin
Gill Vincent
D. A. Wilson
Oskaloosa
Isaac Bryson
Lucius Corbin
Sigourney
Winfield Smouse
Enna
BAYER
Chris Hartman
D. Alexander
Alexander
Coats
U. P. Church
Dubuque
Clarence Carlin
Klein
Journal
Evening Journal
the Journal
the Evening Journal
Washington County
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