Iowa
Old Press
Allamakee Journal
Lansing, Allamakee co. Iowa
April 1907
- Julius Bartheld and Olaf and Sever Rippe left for Seattle,
Washington, to engage at carpentering.
- John Englehorn has returned from Idaho and bought the Wiehe
lots in Lansing and will build a house; B. F. Henry is back from
Wishek, N.D., selling his land at $14.50 per acre and half this
year's crop.
- A quartet of Lansing hunters, Dr. Yeoman, Alderman Bill
Sweeney, Wm. Young and Mark Dunlevy, got lost in the islands and
spent the night in Will Protsman's boat.
- Louis Torgeson shipped an emigrant car to Canora, Saskatchewan,
Canada.
- Charley Wagner and Mark Dunlevy are the boss trout fishermen,
getting 56 in Village Creek on one trip. Charley gave a trout
supper to friends at the Dudley Hotel.
- Allamakee Board of Supervisors have a closed contract with
Peisen & Welch, tax ferrets. Ole Reman and Martin McLaughlin,
democrats, voted for the contract, and John Waters, republican,
against it.
- The Standard Telephone Co. defeated Mrs. Mary Coon in her $2500
damage suit.
- John and Lewis Ashbacher of French Creek ride in new surries,
bought in Waukon.
- A.C. Gaunitz of Lansing has purchased the Pioneer Meat Market
building from James Hartley for $2,000.00.
- Andrew Hanson, who recently moved to Lansing. bought the J.L.
Dehli house on North 2nd Street for $1250, and the Ziemet place
on the Park was sold to Mrs. Agnes Fritz for $900.
- Lansing was without light and power for two days and the button
factory closed down, while Mr. Nopper put in a new dynamo.
- The DeSoto ferry starts next week and the Ferryville boat is
already running.
- Dick Thompson of Lansing has received four cars of flour and
eight of feed since he engaged in business Feb. 8.
- John Ehnes, a civil war veteran and 47 years a Lansing
resident, has gone to the Soldier Home at Marshalltown.
- Dr. S.C. Myers sold his house and 10 lots in Rossville to H.C.
Campbell, and will locate for practice at Lansing.
- John C. Fritz of near Church and Miss Hannah Wilkinson of
Primrose, Iowa, were married Easter Sunday and have settled down
to housekeeping on the groom's farm.
- City Clerk N.A. Nelson of Lansing, in his report for last year,
shows receipts of $10,803.49 and disbursements of $11,066.37. The
bonded indebtedness of the city is $16,500.
- J.J. Dunlevy was installed as Mayor of Lansing and the
Councilmen are G.M. Kerndt, F.J. Hilkin, P.H. Dempsey, Martin
Kohlstad, Ole Moe and Wm. Sweeney. The first named is Mayor pro
tem, Pat Gilroy weighmaster, J.C. Brophy, marshal and Hank
Rettinger, night police.
- Jake Berringer, Herman Johnson and Robert Steger went to
Aberdeen, S.D., to work for contractor Frederick, a former
Lansing boy.
- Denny Hastings, Lansing's old pitcher, reports for duty at La
Crosse April 17th.
- Agnes Cooper is planning a trip to Scotland soon.
- Art and Frank Thompson went to Churchs Ferry, N.D., for the
season.
- The Cunard Steamship Co. are building two new ships, Lusitania
and Mauretania, 790 feet long and 75,000 horse power.
- Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sires shipped their goods from New Albin to
Canada.
- Lansing has organized a ball club with R.A. Dunlevy manager,
Otto Intlekofer captain, and Lorraine Markwardt treasurer. They
open the season at home with the Postville Club Nine on April 28.
- Co. I and the 53rd Regt. Band were inspected by State officers
and rated high as usual, but the Armory is in poor shape. 1st Lt.
Dr. A.S. Bowen was missing, having left for Panama. Drum Major Jo
Rees was up from Dubuque, and Chief Musician B.O. Marsh and wife
were over from Decorah. The band had new suits for the occasion.
- Thos. McCormick of Linton lost his barn by fire last week. Four
horses also perished.
- Dr. Hannafin, Pat Moore and John Ryan of New Albin went to
Texas on a land seeking trip.
- D. Keffeler has closed his Lansing cigar factory for lack of
patronage.
- Ackerman's drug store in Lansing has installed a new $400 soda
fountain.
- Serene's new DeSoto ferry, "Swastika," is now in
service and carries 20 people.
- Emmet Dougherty of Waukon left for Baraboo, Wis., to join
Gollmar Bros. circus band. Lawrence and Joe, sons of Andy Welch,
will run the home farm, the rest of the family going on the M.
Dougherty place; and J.M. Regan has bought the home farm in
French Creek for $1,422.20.
- Frank May, former Waukon boy, who went to Panama a couple
months ago, tired of the country and returned to his job in a
Chicago print shop.
- Wm. Lager, New Albin, has sold 10 new buggies this spring.
[transcribed by E.W., May 2007]