Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15
A Retrospective View.
[BN ID. NJ uNw Hls I

liz 4 fi'e mp ot the early history of
\ new town where al work for ,he ,.p-
bnildlng;"ftlirsame, 1T is hard to dis
tingulsh b-tween the parties engaged
in the work but ME man who perhaps
lid hps share 10 = & e...r degree !han
many others. was r'ari. IT, Foster.
Master Mechanic Of She = q 81 p Rv.,
Shops i'm this city !. !!n hu II for !. m
self aud ftInly, on Fourth stree. a
beautiful home, aud had under his
charge, as railroad employees. large
number OF m-n aud while caring for
the interests of The comnany. re did
NOT forget the beat interest nf las m.n
hut in time his health failed. par,ly
from close stt-n.ion TO business. and
from the eff acts of WOUNDS received IN
the civil war, which induced him to
seek a milder climate. I'm. after .ry ing
the south, he returned North and set
tied iii Fulim,n. Ill.,, aud gagged i'm
business, but finally returned ~ this
city and bought thu Thomas Cook RAG
idence just east of The ct,v. WHARF he
d'eA, hut will long h.r. mem!,rrp,. by
our people as a good citlzen.
Annth"r one ut our old citizens
of All early dav was Daniel Roach. who
engaged Ia the Hoe! IN ,,aess ", .he
building at lne curlloI of S,xth and
Erie streets, known az the '.American
H"use." hut re,irsd from the business
some years ago and built nice home
on Mill street, where he and family re-
sided until last year. when he died, re-
spected by all who knew him
In the city at AN early dav we had
- man by the name of Smit'.. syhnm we
vi called "Pra n"t SlS, T. 10 kept a
stand on Erie s;..st. wl!.srr ta.- e,.ilad
groceries, and provision. n al hrs sign
often attracted nnbTs. atten ,yn by its
peculiar wording which re4d:
"Sweet C,fer & Butter, Dried eef
Il Axe Handles; W arm meats at ali
hours y
u hss alwys been question hn'her
the axe handles were to he eaten hn,
o. cold. lie 'rtt here years aen
D.. \, " Gross VS. 4noth4r verv
ipscnliar character who will he rernem-
b4red by man" hid settlers His sign
read. "pr. A ". Cross, Physician 4
Dentist; Cons c'e.n4d and repaired or
short nofica nj! work guaranteed.
When he wrs not engaged i'm clean
ing or repairing some ladies teeth. he
" 10 ',t work on some old shot gun, aud
in his office WAS kept full set of the
tDOls necessary TO do smith work. and
from appearances IL w->s hard ,n tell
whether ~ WAS dnctnr. .ia,:.ist. gun
smith or neither one He left to. rthe,
parts some v"rrs since
DIR w MaKs,vv, of Indl4ua. came ia
the Valley and formed partnership.
With DR.. q II McG.vrnn ,n the prac
lice OF medicine, and his brother sam
nsl en9.gad in teaching i'm our school
In 1872. the Dnctnr ND "stroke of ~.
ra'ysis and died, and his br", her soon
left for Irdiara :. o.
Henry Ilar2ans vino y - emyayed in
business, left the town and retired Ga
hrs farm west of 'he CITY, hut after =
8 j,'irn on the farm of sAfaa&l 4 FEARS
tnsn returned to III. city and hn,l' .
II lmber "f iins buildings, nne IF which
ia located an iowe- Erie street, beinu
O re h.If of 'hs Hargans Mckay brick
alnck: ann; her the br,ck block on the
c'rner of Fifth and Erie, the second
s'..rv brlnv their residenca.
The Oil corner on cast side of Fifth
and south sl;ie of Erie. where The old
Ha. k.r frame building used II, stand
10 now occupied by the ma!mticelt
brick block known as the Hearn bi nck
aud now the Fl at II ,or is occupied ~,
thA Savings Bank ard the upper par
Mrs Hearn asa residence; hut VT
lid not intend. in this srticle. to give
the general Improvement Of the city
INT merely refresh the public mind on
some of the incidents OF the early his
tory Of Mo. Valley
MCPHERSON Declines The