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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IAHENRY] !! Free Press; Henry Co, IA; May 29, 1879
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 07:30:12 -0600


The Free Press
Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa
Thursday, May 29, 1879

A gold quarter was given in for change at Crane's jewelry store the other
day.
John Gustafison, the swede who met with the accident at the stone quarry is
getting well.
Single tickets for the Loan Exhibition 15cts, two tickets 25cts, season
tickets 50 cts, for sale at H.N. Cranes.
W.P. Howe will address the students of Whittier College this (Thursday)
evening on the subject of "Mental Culture."
George Cook found recently, among some old papers, some well preserved bills
of purchases of date 1817 and 1820. Nails in those good old days were billed at
16 to 18 cents, and wheat at 40 cents per bushel.
An old hen, belonging to B.F. Millspaugh, has taken up with a litter of
kittens and insists on caring for them. The maternal instincts of that bird must
be enormously developed and would take in any thing, it would seem.
Miss Fannie McClure, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McClure died this
Wednesday morning May 28, after a long lingering illness. She was 23 years of
age and had been afflicted for six years with a disease originally caused by a
fall. Funeral to take place from the residence of the parents at 10 o'clock on
Thursday, May 29.
Walter Dunham of Canaan township on Sunday last sent his little boy, seven
or eight years old, to drive some horses and mules from the door yard. One of
the mules kicked the boy cutting a large flesh wound on his cheek but breaking
no bones. The blow did not knock the boy down. The boy was in town on Monday to
have the wound dressed.
Southeastern Iowa Bee Keepers Association will meet at the Mayor's office
Saturday evening, May 31st at 7 o'clock. Come and find out what killed your bees
last winter. H.D. WALKER, Sec'y.
The new glass front for Baron Crane is finished and with the other extensive
improvements he has just made, give him one of the best lighted, most commodious
and convenient places of business in town.
Our deservedly popular hotel, the Wiggins House, has this spring been
greatly improved in many respects. This hotel is under the excellent management
of Mrs. P. Wiggins who personally supervises everything in its business
management, and not only makes it pay but also makes a delightful home for all
her guests.
In another column we publish the resignation of Prof. Crozier from the
position of principal of our high school, a position he has held for thirteen
years. The board have selected as his successor a young man from Vermont by the
name of Leigh Hunt. Mr. Hunt comes very highly recommended and will commence his
work here at the beginning of next term.
A relative of Mark Twain, Orrin Clemens, has been excommunicated from the
Presbyterian church at Keokuk because he did not accept some of their
established doctrines. The church did exactly right.- They should promptly turn
out every person who does not heartily endorse all the creed, if they do not
have more than one left. In the old days they used to persecute and torture,
that is all wrong and is done away with.
B.H. Crane has received in stock the Alaska Refrigerator. This refrigerator
has taken the first premium at every fair where it has been placed on
exhibition. It is oak grained with porcelain and plated trimmings, presents a
neat appearance externally and combines many improvements in its internal
arrangements. It gathers no moisture, expels all foul vapors arising from the
food, and is a treasure in every household for summer use. Prices very
reasonable. For sale at B.H. Crane's hardware store.

Personal.
-Mrs. Hagar of Burlington, came up last week to attend Miss Lucy White's
wedding, and spent a few days visiting here.
-Mrs. J.T. Simmons is visiting her daughter near Des Moines.
-Mrs. Horace Clark left on Tuesday evening to join her husband at Cawker City,
Kansas.
-Mrs. George Jamison of Burlington is visiting at the home of her father, Eli
Hawkins.
-Geo. H. Rudisill started last week for Ohio, where he will spend several weeks
attending to business in the settling of an estate of a relative lately
deceased.
-George W. McAdam, of the Journal leaves this Wednesday evening for a trip to
the mountains for the benefit of his health. His many friends here wish him a
pleasant and prosperous journey and that he will return with greatly improved
health and strength.
-Mrs. Lou Kurtz with that premium baby is visiting in town, the guest of R.M.
Lehew. Mrs. Kurtz is a resident of Burlington, and the Boating Association of
that city at their recent fair offered a prize for the handsomest baby. With 27
contestants this baby of Mrs. Kurtz carried away the premium.
-Mr. and Mrs. S.D. Cook, from Des Moines, have been visiting their sister, Mrs.
L.D. Lewelling and friends in this city.
-Jennie B. Herrick has gone east to spend the summer with friends residing
there. Her present post office is 38 Paris street, Boston.

Cathy Joynt Labath
(Related to the Crane families mentioned throughout transcription.)
Iowa Old Press
http://www.IowaOldPress.com/


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