Hopeville News Articles

July-September 1895

July 4, 1895

Mrs. Culver visited relatives at Elliott last week. The first of this month Will Perdue began to carry the mail between Murray and Hopeville. Ross Carr, from Ottumwa, is visiting his aunts Mrs. Rebecca Myers and Mrs. Jane Smith. Jesse Stark and wife and Dr. Armitage and wife attended the races at Red Oak last week. Will Shield who has been working near Shanandoah and Will Erwin, from Missouri, are home to spend the Fourth.

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July 11, 1895

Wilson Throckmorton, of Terre Haute, is visiting with his daughter, Sadie Huff. Mrs. Claypole is home from Carson. Lottie Le Baron, of Hastings, Nebraska, spent the Fourth here. Married on the Fourth by Joab Ball, Ferguson Booth and Kate Lucas. May their lives be as full of joy as the holiday they chose for their wedding day. Luther and Mattie Huff have traded their farm in Nebraska for property in Lorimor. Wilson Huff also intends returning to Iowa this fall. Clint Lucas tells of the recent death of his brother-in-law, Butlar Hitch, who will be remembered by the old residents here. A very large crowd celebrated here the Fourth. An appointment was given out for a celebration here next year and a prize of $10 offered for the best address by a resident of this vicinity. Ad and Elver Culver, of Emerson, were here last week. Kittie Yetts, of Albia, is visiting at home. Rev. Glime preached here last Sunday and expects to be here again next Sunday. Mr. Le Baron, of Hastings, Nebraska, is visiting relatives here. Mrs. Chas. Culver reports seeing some of our Hopeville folks while she was attending the races at Red Oak.

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July 18, 1895

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July 25, 1895

John Coon lost his voice lately from being overheated and taking cold. Joe Bruffy was here last week bidding his old neighbors good bye before going to Missouri. Some thrashing has been done, oats yielding about fifty bushels per acre. Last Sunday Senia and Eva Barris returned to their home. Our young folks will miss them. Mrs. Dana, a child of Rich Kent's and one of Wesley Walter's children are on the sick list. A son, aged about seven years, of Ab Crowl and wife died Sunday night and was buried in the Hopeville cemetery Tuesday. Clyde Smith nearly cut the end of his thumb off while handling a knife lately.

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August 1, 1895

Mrs. Morgan is very sick. John Anderson and family, of Kansas City, are visiting their relatives here. Sunday while Ashley Johnson's were at church someonee tried to enter their house but were frightened away before succeeding in doing so. Farmers have their harvesting all done and now thrashing is the order of the day. Big yields of oats, wheat and rye are reported. Quite a number of our people attended camp meeting at Westerville Sunday. Miss Myrtle Lockwood, of Osceola, visited her old friends in Doyle last week.

House and two lots for sale or trade in Hopeville. Inquire at Inghram's Book Store.

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August 8, 1895

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August 15, 1895

Will Castor, while working around a thrashing machine last week, lost the end of one thumb. He is at home now, visiting while the wound heals. Anna Griggs of Creston, is here visiting relatives. The birth of a son to David and Susan Adkins and a daughter to Laurance and Bertha Perdue should have been reported about three weeks ago. An I. O. O. F. picnic at Afton Junction Tuesday afforded pleasure to a number of our citizens. Joel Castor and his cousin, Frank Castor, are off on a prospecting tour to Wyoming. Jerry Hawk has been very sick but is a little better now. Edna Morgan is sick. Al. Daniels have a child very sick with inilammation of the bowels. Because of the disgrace to the place it is with regret that mention is made of so much stealing as has been done around here lately; even stealing from the widow and fatherless. Mrs. Jackson tells she lost sugar and canned fruit. Others tell of fly nets, meat, tobacco, money and sugar.

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August 22, 1895

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August 29, 1895

Threshing last week interfered with the sending of the news, so some items are a little old. Machines are still busy this week trying to save this abundant crop. The farmers have nothing to grumble about this year, and the farmers' wives that last year said: "What shall we get the threshers to eat," this year say, "How much room is there to cook," and "What do you think the men would like best." A band cutter cut his hand, dropped the knife, and it slipped into the machine and flew back hitting Bich Kent a severe blow near one eye. A stick flew from another cylinder striking Will Tygart in the eye. He went to Creston last week and had the eye ball taken out as the sight was destroyed. Mrs. Parrish and May Parrish are gone to Davis county to visit relatives and friends. Mrs. Freeman and son, Will, are gone to visit friends at Grinnell. Mr. And Mrs. Miller, daughter Abbie, Lizzie Cooper, and Elmer Colwell are gone to La Cyne, Kansas, to visit Mrs. Tom Chambers and others who moved there from this place. Mrs. Reitzel is visiting at Hopeville this week. Mrs. Van Velson is visiting her brother, George Bates, at Omaha, Nebraska. Jimmie Anderson has suffered much lately with a catarrh on his hand. The bridge builders have done some good work in our corner of the county. James Conine and wife, Eva Fitch and Gertie Lucas, of Cumberland, and Lena Coltrane, of Afton, were recent visitors here. John Wood and wife and two sons and youngest daughter have gone to Barton county, Kansas, to visit Mrs. Wood's brothers, Ed and Asa Grow. Sadie, youngest daughter of Thomas Jones, died last Saturday of typhoid fever ending in hemorrage of the bowels. She had been sick for four weeks. Funeral Monday; burial at the Gregg graveyard. Only fourteen years, seven months and a few days of life makes it hard to part with one so lovely as she was. Fred German, who has spent the season working for his uncle, N. German, has gone to his home in Mt. Ayr. He intends making a trip into Missouri before he returns. Eldon and Cora Robbins spent last Sunday with Mrs. Jackson.

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September 5, 1895

E. E. Lipsett and J. Hyner have built barns recently. Carpenters are engaged in repairing the Center school house. Mary Osmond visited her old home in Doyle last Saturday and Sunday. Ray Ashley, of Des Moines visited relatives and friends here last week. S. A. Eginoire has engaged the Hopeville school for the coming winter. Wesley Chew, of Des Moines, visited his parents recently.

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September 12, 1895

Born August 25th, to Henry and Laura Burges, a son. The members of the M. E. church gave an ice cream supper last Friday for the benefit of their pastor, Rev. McCracken. Mrs. Dick, of Truro, spent last week with her daughter, Laura Burges. Lewis Weber is quite sick. Mr. Lambert has typhoid fever. Thomas Erwin and George Swab have placed new organs in their home recently. Earl Parrish has obtained employment in Kansas City.

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September 19, 1895

Rev. McCracken baptized six persons at the river west of Hopeville last Sunday. James Castor and wife are gone on a visit to Adelphos, Kansas. Milton Daniels and wife are gone to visit at La Cyne, Kansas. Senie Burris is still very sick with typho-malarial fever; her sister Eva came last week to see her. Ad Culver is here on business. Valentine Gaumer has deserted the ranks of the young people by his marriage to Jessie Tilsey. May a happy life be theirs. John Armitage and Sol Shaffstall are visiting in Ohio. Will Claypole made a short visit recently. Remember the G. A. R. will give a bean supper the 26th of the month. Edith Mayner, of Osceola spent the two weeks past with M. T. Ashley's. Rufus Davidson and wife have been called to Kossuth county by the sickness of relatives there. Lewis Chew is building a new house, also Frank Grigg is building a new residence. Mrs. Culver, of Emerson is visiting her son, Charley at this place.

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September 26, 1895

J. H. Perdue has a catarrh on one of his hands. Will Tygart's eye did not heal as it should have done, so he had to go again to the doctor and have a cord removed. Will Shields is home again from Shenandoah. Mr. And Mrs. Topscott and Charley Chasey, of Terre Haute, visited their aunt, Mrs. Huff, last week. Mr. And Mrs. Mel Mahill, of Shenandoah and Miss Cora Pritchett, of Osceola, are visiting at Robert Johnston's. Last Wednesday evening as Charley Bates and Belle Castor were crossing the ford between Westerville and Grand River, the team began to float down stream. When they reached the bank the horses could not get up. "Sid" and Belle jumped out: he got up the bank, but she was carried back with the team, clinging to the harness. She floated down stream away, crossed and came out on this side, and called to Sid that she was out. He walked up to the bridge and came around to her. They went on their way wet, wiser and no doubt glad they were alive.

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