Newspaper Articles From September 1899
The Clinton Mirror.
P.O. Lyons, Iowa.
Clinton, Iowa, Saturday, Sept. 2, '99
(Column 1 -- this appears to be very short bits of news and advertisements. I did not include everything, just ones with names and some of the more interesting tidbits)
Labor Day in Iowa, Sept. 4th.
The Fair at DeWitt, Sept. 12th to 15th.
Four county bridges finished near Wheatland.
The mills and other business places closed up Friday.
The Jackson County Fair will be held at Maquoketa Sept. 5th to 8th.
School begins Monday--get your school shoes at Rodman's & Co.'s cash shoe store.
School reopens Monday next. Trouble begins for some, and lessons for others.
Fine New York Bartlett payers and Michigan peaches for canning at Geo. Buechner's.
The largest line of school tablets ever brought to the city, for sale by D. B. Snyder.
Child's Top Shoes--We mean on top of them all; a top with every pair, at E. M. Henle's.
The weather was too good for the Fair--to clear, sunny and warm, for men, women and race horses.
The Oakland Auxiliary will meet at Mrs. Geo. Schenk's Wednesday, September 6th, at 3 p.m. Mary Parker, Sec.
The Horse of Herman Weilage, driven by a boy, had a little runaway Thursday evening, with little harm done.
Mrs. D. C. Brandt as Herald local is making the Lyons column look up. A printer's wife, she is to the manner educated.
A Horse over-driven on one of the hacks running to the Fair dropped dead near the ticket office, Thursday afternoon.
A School House on every hill top, and a pair of Henderson's little red school shoes on every scholar, supplied by E. M. Henle.
The D. C. & E. read is being pushed so fast that a dozen cars have already been ordered. Work is rushing by different contractors.
The Noble theatrical company gave some good entertainment three night last past, and we trust Henle & Toenningsen were repaid for their efforts.
Messrs. J. H. Potts and M. H. Westbrook have put in the incandescent gasoline lighting plant that gives a light and is very economical and clear.
Henry Peterson sues Clinton county for $552.50 for damages suffered in a runaway, when his horse got scared at a bloiler on the roadside in Olive township.
Sheriff Hudson went to the Mystic to find Fred Smith, the stabber of Delmar; and Constable Judd to Sioux City, to arrest Wm. Ruhl for obtaining about $20 of Capt. Worrell under false pretenses.
Mr. Frank Hicks, conductor on the North-Western, was shot by a tramp near Des Moines. The escape of the murderers of two brakemen near Marshalltown seems to embolden the assassins on the road.
Mr. B. L. Rogers met with a very serious loss, at the Fair grounds Tuesday, by the death of his horse Victor. The animal was worth from $2000 or $2500, with part insurance. The trouble was constipation, and its death shows one of the risks in the stock business.
Sprinkling adjacent streets for a block or two, as well as the racing track, was a very desirable job by the Fair folks. Another year, it they will not only do the wetting down more thoroughly if dry, but also cut the grass and weeds on the foot way approaches, the public will appreciate the favor.
Wulf's pump, at his grocery corner, Main and Ninth, was the best patronized institution in Lyons for three days this week. As the pedestrians went by there, thousands took a drink of good, cool, sober water. All the same, other thousands refreshed themselves with beer at the numerous bars in town with little drunkenness, so far as was observed.
Mr. Walter Howe Jones, Clinton's well known pianist and composer, gave a recital at the Congregational Church last evening, assisted by A. M. Applegate, tenor soloist of the Illinois University male quartette. The entertainment was for the benefit of the Congregational Endeavor Society, and all present enjoyed it to the utmost.
The Public Schools.
The public schools will open for the new year. September 4, at 9 AM. The high school, however, including the eighth-grade, will open at 8 AM during the month of September.
The first general teachers meeting will be held at the high school building at 2 PM Saturday, Sept. 2nd. All teachers are expected to be present.
The boundaries of the districts have not been changed. At the North school pupils in grades from one to five, north of Fifth avenue will be received. At the south will be taught the pupils in the same grades living south of Washington street, except those assigned to the east school in grades one, two and three. All grades from one to six, pupils will be received at central. The seventh grade pupils will attend the east school, second floor eighth grade in high school will meet at the high school building. It may be necessary to make transfers from one school to another in case of overcrowding.
It is earnestly hoped that all pupils will report for duty Monday morning, in order that work may be assigned and the necessary supplies obtained. The school suffered very much last year owing to the great amount of tardiness and absence which occurred, much of which was entirely unnecessary. We hope all pupils will begin promptly and continue regularly. In this way the best progress can be made.
May pleasant and profitable year be in store for all of us. Respectfully, O. H. Brainerd, Supt.
Lyons School Board.
LYONS, IOWA, Aug. 28, 1899.
Bills allowed:
R. Barry, labor |
$ 5.25 |
W. M. Wilbert, mason work |
9.00 |
M. A. Disbrow & Co., lumber |
11.14 |
For High school the school house will be open from 8 to 1 o'clock during September.
The fall term opens Sept. 4th and continues 16 weeks. Adjourned.
J. W. McPherson, Sec.
A larceny case was brought before Judge Fink for Trial Tuesday afternoon. Six Negroes who came in on No. 8 from Woodbine, to work on the new railroad, called at Huston's drug store at 6:30 Tuesday morning, and while one of them was buying some stationery, some of the others "lifted" a number of small articles from the show cases. As soon as they were gone the articles were missed and the police notified. Arrests were made, but only sufficient evidence was found to convict Julius Thompson, upon whose person one of the missing articles was found. He was given a sentence of fifteen days in the county jail. Thompson's sentence was suspended so he could go to work on the railroad. -- Age
It is really amusing to see one of our alleged leading grocers wearing on his coat a button advertising the Moline Street Fair, and in his own city he is one of the smaller advertisers. Is there any reason why he should kick if his customers go to Chicago for their groceries or other goods? If Clinton should attempt to get up a street Fair we will gamble that if that man were asked for a contribution, the solicitor would hear some pretty tough language for a few minutes. -- Merry War
Died.
At Goose Lake, Aug 26th, Mr. Peter Hagge, aged 54 years. The funeral was held Tuesday with burial at Center cemetery.
At Langwortyh, Iowa, Aug. 26th, Mrs. Alice Bretnall, wife of Rev. F. W. Bretnall, aged 28 years. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Brownson, late of Lyons, and sister of Mrs. F. W. Sandiland and Mrs. Geo. W. Barker, and had many friends here who sincerely regret her early death. The funeral was held at the First Methodist Church in Clinton, Wednesday, with interment at Oakland.
At Dabney, Ind., recently, Mr. Walther H. Crew. He was a resident of Lyons in early days, and was a brother of Mrs. Nugent and Mrs. Walter Scott of this city.
In this city, on the night of Aug. 31st, of consumption, Mr. Albert Rohwedder, aged 23 years. The funeral will be held at his fathers residence Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Thursday afternoon, Aug. 31st, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Haswell. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon.
Marriage Licenses.
William R. Gilbert and Rose Wright.
Albert L. Lesermann and Neenah Hastings.
A. B. Stanley and Margurite Hammerstein.
Herman Engle to Rose Mullett.
Joseph Cauly to Clara R. Tyler.
Real Estate Record.
Sheriff Clinton County to Aug. L. Edwards, for $4000, lot 10 and pt 9, blk 29 Clinton and lots in blks 1, 2, 3, 4, Wilder park.
Sherrif of Clinton Co. to Augusta L. Edwards, for $3624, lot 10 and pt 9, blk 29 Clinton and lots in blks 1, 2, 3, 4, Wilber Park.
B. Brenker to C. H. Heldt, for $2600 land in sec 18, 83, 7.
J. W. Smith to H. J. Smith, for $1, pt lots 25, 27, blk 7 North add Clinton.
G. D. McDaid to Elizabeth J. Scott for $1 lots 14, 15, 16, blk 1, F. K. Peck's add, Clinton.
N. C. Townsley to R. C. Langan and L. F. Sutton, for $1500, lots 1, 2, blk 21, North add Clinton.
E. M. Early et al to D. C. & E. Ry Co, for $1, part lots 9, 10, blk 1, Camanche.
Sherriff to Industral [sic] S. & L. Co, for $2000, lots 1 to 8, blk 1, Lyons.
Treas Clinton Co to R. C. Langan, for $21, lots 32, 23, blk 3, VanDeventer Place, Clinton.
Union Bldg Ass'n to Nettie McMahon, for $1600, lot 8, blk 1, Underhill & Eyer's sub, Clinton.
A. Sasmussen to P. Dilerang, for $225, pt lot 12, Kimball's sub Clinton.
John Koch Jr. to N. M. Everhart, Sr. for $450 (?), pt lot 1, blk 3, Wheatland.
Dora Ehrke et al to N. M. Everhart Sr, for $1000, 1 acre in sec 10, ??, 1.
D. Langan to J. C. Langan for $1, lots 11, 12, blk 5, Curtis & Leslie's add Clinton.
S. D. Gardiner to Jennie Reusche, for $900, lot 9, Hopkin's sub Lyons.
Clinton Bldg Ass'n to L. Cheremy, for $75, lot 6, blk 16, Mfg add Clinton.