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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IAHENRY] !! Free Press; Henry Co, IA; Apr 3, 1879
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:00:06 -0600


The Free Press
Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa
April 3, 1879

STRAYED - from the pasture of C.P. Harrison two miles east and two miles
south of city a small iron grey mare three years old. Any information thankfully
acknowledged.

The following are the names of the pupils who have neither been absent nor
tardy during the past term of ten weeks in Room No. 2: Charlie Baugh, Jettie
Ford, John Gregg, Katie Johnson, Maggie Wilson, Ollie Bayles, Renni? Heltzer,
Callie Miller, Will Brewer, Martha Nickel. George Carpenter.

Miss Alice Lynchard, for several years one of the faithful workers in the
Free Press office, we incidentally learn was married on Thursday afternoon March
27th last, in Van Buren County, to George Saunders, also a former resident of
this county. Allie should have sent us a full report of this important event.

If anyone wishes to see a premium job of rooting he can be gratified by
looking over Henry Amblers hog lot on the north side of Courtland street just
wet of the McKibben corner. Mr. Ambler evidently has reared and educated his
swine on the platform of "root hog or die" and the perfection of their work
bears unmistakable evidence of the ability of their teacher and the cleverness
of the pupils. A few more years of such instruction and of equal improvement in
the pupils the sulky plowmakers will find their occupation gone.

H.T. Bird bought the Furniture establishment of W.F. Dougherty, on North
Jefferson street, where he proposes to continue in the furniture business. He is
now fitting up the room, and will soon have it fitted with one of the largest
and most complete stocks ever in this city. He will attend closely to the retail
business, always keeping his stock full and complete, and will hope to retain
all the old customers of the house and win many new ones. He invites his friends
needing anything in the line of furniture to call and examine his stock and
prices.

The family of Rev. S.S. Murphy have lately suffered a very severe
affliction in the death on Thursday March 20th, of their little four year old
boy Herbert H. Mrs. Murphy with Herbert and the baby were here from Keosauqua on
a visit to her mother Mrs. J.M. Kibben when the little boy was taken with that
terribly fatal disease diphtheria. The disease soon did its work and he was
buried on the 21st of March. Next the baby was taken, and lingering for some
time, died of the same disease, and was buried on Tuesday April 1st. Thus Mr.
and Mrs. Murphy are left with only their eldest child a boy, and when they left
here Tuesday morning on their return to Keosauqua it was feared that he had
symptoms of the same disease. The bereaved family have the sincere sympathy of
this whole community in their loss, and it is the earnest wish of all that they
may be spared further trial.

A son-in-law of P.A. Lee of this city, H.E. Mintonye died at Osceola on
Friday March 28th, and was buried on Sunday. George Lee and wife attended the
funeral.

Cathy Joynt Labath
Iowa Old Press
http://www.IowaOldPress.com/



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