Iowa
Old Press
The Volksblatt
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
April 1, 1911
Mr. and Mrs. Mort Deering have a baby girl at their home.
Paul Topel was at Cedar Rapids last week as a juryman in federal
court.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Trudo are the parents of a baby boy since
Wednesday.
The annual Woodmen picnic will be held at Ossian this year. The
date has been set for June 15.
Friends of Joe Hecker, who is soon to be married to Miss Alice
Thill, gave him a "rooster party" at Turner Hall,
Tuesday night which turned out to be an all-night party because
of the good time had by all.
Harry D. Cole, who graduates in June from the dental school at
Iowa City, will become a partner of his father here.
The state senate has adopted a measure by which townships must
levy a one mill tax to defray expenses of dragging all roads.
The concert of the Grinnell College Glee Club attracted a $60
audience to Turner Hall Thursday and it netted the high school
band $15.00.
A trial batch of brick and tile was turned out of the kilns of
the Postville Clay Products Co. yesterday and proved quite
satisfactory. The plant now employs 20 men.
Henry Krambeer has bought the three acres of land in Luana
opposite the depot from George Lindroth for $500. He expects to
build a machine shop and is now cutting and sawing the timbers to
used in its construction.
The Postville Citizens Association will meet tonight in William
Shepherd's office. This new organization has the interests of
Postville at heart and will discuss new ordinances and by-laws
which are intended to make Postville a better town in which to
live.
A fire threatened to destroy the home of our junk dealer, Harry
Rabinovitz, Monday. But for the timely work of John Gregg, Henry
Eggert and Ed Schroeder, who put the fire out before the fire
company arrived, the loss would have been much greater than the
$50 sustained.
Anti-saloon people won a decisive victory in Allamakee county the
past week when they were able to muster enough withdrawals from
the saloon petition to win by 110 names. In Post township 43
people withdrew their names from the mulet petition and thus
Allamakee will have no saloons after June 30.
Four applications for the office of street commissioner here have
been filed with the town clerk, John Schultz, Cy Ammons, Howard
Gordon, and Dick Weighner being the applicants. Dick also seeks
the marshal job. The council established a wage of $60 per month
for the combined positions of street commissioner and marshal and
appointed Weighner, who refused to accept and the council will
act upon a new appointment at its next meeting
The prize fight at Turner Hall Saturday night didn't attract
enough sportsmen to meet the expenses for the promoters.
It took 67 ballots to elect W. S. Kenyon as United States senator
to succeed the late Senator Dolliver.
Our Chinese laundryman, Fong Chong, is discontinuing his laundry
business. He says it has cost him $1200 during the past year to
keep his business open. Our business men can learn an object
lesson from this since they are continually preaching to spend
Postville money at home, but turn about and send their laundry to
out-of-town establishmentes. For the present, George Tuttle has a
laundry agency and will give prompt service. Fong Chong is
seeking work here and if he finds employment, he will continue to
make Postville his home.
[Contributed by D.H.G.; Feb. 2004]
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The Volksblatt
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
April 7, 1911
Mr. and Mrs. Henry KOOPMAN have a baby boy at their home since
Monday night.
Elkader has a population of 1181 according to the new census as
compared to 1321 in 1910.
Fred KAMP and family have moved into the house they recently
purchased from A. MACKENSTADT.
A two inch snow fall was recorded here Sunday. Last night six
inches more of the white flakes fell here.
There will be a prize fight in Turner Hall tomorrow evening.
Billy MONSON and Jones TOUTZ are the principals.
W. LANDT at Luana last week sold a span of white horses to a
liveryman at Elkader for which he received $400.
The High School students staged a mask ball at Staadt's Hall
Friday evening and reports have it all had a good time.
The Monday Club held its annual meeting at the home of Mrs. F. M.
PHILLIPS and elected the following new officers: Mrs. Charles
SONNKALB, president; Mrs. John SANDERS, vice president; Mrs. Ed
STONE, secretary and treasurer.
The stockholders of the Luana Savings Bank held their annual
meeting Tuesday and elected the following new directors: R.
STOEHR, J. F. MILLER, F. PALAS, F. SPLIES, J. HUMPHREY, George
LINDROTH, H. KNUTH and G. PUFAHL. The bank made a profit of $718
last year or seven per cent.
The saloon petition in Allamakee county shows 2852 names, which
is only 162 more than the required 65 per cent required by law.
Here in Post township anti-saloon people have been able to induce
26 signers to withdraw their names. If this ration is equaled in
the rest of the county, the petition will fall.
With the arrival of spring plans are being made for considerable
new building projects. Committees in charge of the new Turner
opera house and the new stage in the Singer Hall are making
headway with their plans. Now if the town council will find ways
to put in sewer systems, parks, street paving, a town hall, etc.
we will accomplish much needed improvements.
The Turner society at its last meeting appointed the following as
a committee to work out plans and get prices for the proposed new
opera house: Robert HECKER, Frank SEBASTIAN, John MOETSCH, J. M.
THOMA, L. H. SCHROEDER. The new building is to be of brick
construction, 40 by 90 feet in size, 18 feet high and have a
completely equipped modern stage.
[submitted by S.F.; Aug. 2003]