Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
June 14, 1912

Lutheran church notes.
-The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Topel was baptised at the parsonage May 30th, receiving the names: Florance, Marie, Benrietta. Sponsers: Mrs. H. Topel and Mrs. M. Schroedee.
-The son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sanevering was baptised at the church June 2, receiving the names: Horald, Rondolph, Heinrich. Sponsers: Rudolph William and Heinrich Sanevering.
-The son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kempel, was baptised at the parsonage May 23rd receiving the names: Loyd, Wilhelm, Lorenz. Sponsers: Mrs. M. Martens and William Hein.

Obituary.
Henrietta Charlotte Wilhelmine Brandt, whose maiden name was Meyer, was born in Destil, Germany, June 2, 1827 and died at the home of her son Fred Benjegerdes, three miles west of Postville about 11 o'clock, Sunday evening June 2, 1912, aged 85 years less one day. In January 18-- [?1831] she landed with her younger brother William, in St. Sorris, where they stayed over the winter and in the springtime they moved up to Garnavillo. In May 28, 1850 she was married to Gerhart Schulte; four children were born to this union, of whom two are dead. The husband died July 22, 1862. For the second time, she was married to Mr. Friedrich Benjegerdes on March 4, 1864 and two children were born to this union, of whom one is dead. Mr. Benjegardes died November 7, 1871. For the third time she was married to Henry H. Brandt in 1884. No children were born and this husband died February 1895. Since that time she made her home with her son Fred where she obtained the best of care. When being young, people always said that she couldn't live long because she had consumption. But in crossing the big ocean she [?buried] that sickness and lived a long life. Knowing that Jesus was her redeemer, she was well prepared to meet death, and now she is with him in paradice [sic]. She is survived by three children, Fred Benjegerdes, Louis Schulte and Mrs. Anna Mohrring, four daughters-in-law, one son-in-law and two brothers. The funeral was held from the Lutheran church in this city last Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. The Fruenen-Verien, where was a member, accompanied to the grave in a body. Rev. Kuehne officiated. Interment in the Postville cemetery.

[note: my copy of this issue was extremely poor & very difficult to read, expect errors]

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
June 21, 1912

Eleven of the farmer neighbors of John Ewing, who was so badly hurt in the railroad accident Monday, hitched their teams to their corn plows Wednesday morning and drove up to the Stone House vicinity and plowed Mr. Ewing's thirty-acre field of corn in fine shape. That was mighty nice of the boys; it was a good example of practical christianity, or brotherly love, as you prefer, both meaning the same. There's lots of sympathy in this old world when we need it, and there's just as much of it on Yellow River as anywhere else on earth.

An operation was performed on Ira Riley's knee last Sunday morning and a quantity of pus removed, since which he is resting much easier.

Mrs. George Kohlmann, Misses Tillie and Louise Schultz went to Dubuque yesterday to see Guy Gregg play ball and to visit at the home of the former's mother.

In a letter to Geo. S. Tuttle, G.D. Cummins writes from Idaho that Mrs. Cummins recently had to submit to the amputation of one of her lower limbs below the knee.

Leo Hanks, Harvey Cornell, Florence Marston, Kate Kerr, Edna Ammons, Nell and Ehtell Childress attended the Christian Endeavor convention at Decorah Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Grant Huey, who for six years past have resided in Guttenberg, have returned to Postville to live and will occupy the residence lately vacated by Rev. Pease.

Rev. J.F. Childress is at Ashmore, Ill., to visit a sister just returned from a trip to Italy.

Mrs. Geo. W. Pearson and son Chet of Hardin made us a pleasant call on Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs. Josie Marquis of Waterloo is here visiting her parents, Attorney and Mrs. F.S. Burling.

Mr. and Mrs. Morgan are here from Marshalltown visiting the latter's mother, Mrs. McMaster.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tressel of Charles City were guests at the George Kohlmann home last week.

Henry Roggensack drove over from Waverly Wednesday on business. He is looking fine and doing well.

A full line of sickle sections, ledger plates and sickle heads at Pearl Ellis' shop.

Messrs. and Mesdames R.D. Sams, Fred Schara and Fred Blumenhagen returned Monday from an auto trip to Dubuque.

Miss Clara M. Mott of chicago will spend the month of July, and possibly August, in Postville. Two large piano recitals were given by her pupils last week in Chicago and Evanston. Miss Mott is willing to give instruction to teachers or students of music during the vacation spent in her old Postville home.

While Gilson, the fish peddler, was delivering fish at the convent Friday morning his team became frightened and ran down School street. Where it intersects Spring avenue the runaways crashed into a single buggy containing John Arnold and George Teeple, the former holding his little girl, a year old, on his lap. The buggy was demolished and the occupants buried beneath the wreckage, but, strange to relate, the bably came out without a scratch. Endeavoring to save the baby, Mr. Arnold received several cuts and bruises, as also did Mr. Teeple, but nothing serious. -- Waukon Journal.

Mrs. Patrick Sullivan of Clermont, a lady around 69 years of age, met with an unfortunate accident at the Commercial House here Wednesday evening. She arrived in Postville on the evening Rock Island with a niece who was to go west on the early Milwaukee. Going to the Commercial here she started for the ladies toilet on the second floor, but not being acquainted with the place, opened the wrong door and stepped into an open stairway, falling to the bottom and breaking both [remainder cut off my copy]

Will Collins and Miss Clara Walch of Monona were married at Dubuque last week Tuesday.

At LaCrosse, Wis., on Wednesday, June 19, occurred the marriage of Miss Carrie Mason and Clyde W. Hinman, two of Hardin's most estimable young people. They will reside on the Geo. Engelhardt farm west of Luana. With a host of friends the Review joins in extending its well wishes.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
June 28, 1912

There is no real need of anyone being troubled with constipation. Chamberlain's Tablets will cause an agreeable movement of the bowels without an unpleasant effect.

Ira Riley has been getting down town every day this week; and is coming along nicely, much to his own satisfaction and that of his friends.

Miss Hortense Abbott will teach a limited number of pupils while in Postville this summer. For terms direct to 538 Wrightwood Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Mrs. Hall Roberts is at LeRoy, Minnesota, visiting Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Prescott, of Sheridan, Wyoming, who are at the home of their son Ralph.

Thursday of next week will be the Fourth of July in Decorah and Prairie du Chien. It will be Sunday in Postville and the other towns about here.

The Luana Leiderkranz were guests of the Postville Maennercher Monday evening. The boys are getting in trim for the St. Paul Saengerfest next month.

The J.R. Knox, H.K. Rubyor and Roe E. Leason families autoed over from Waukon Saturday, to meet Mrs. Wallace Hawkins and baby from West Union.

Joe Nicolay was sixty years old Monday, and as old Doc Osler wasn't here to chloroform him, we hope may be here to answer roll call for many years to come.

The hot-air from the republican national convention struck here last Saturday and the corn has been heading it toward "knee-high" by the 4th at a merry clip.

Mrs. Geo. Kohlmann and the Misses Tillie and Louise Schultz returned from their Dubuque visit Tuesday accompanied by the former's grandmother, Mrs. Maybanks.

Rev. C.C. Casper, Hale Burling, Sovena Sawvell and Amy Bloxham returned yesterday from the Epworth League convention at Fredericksburg and report a fine time.

Misses Sadie Goetz and Anna Douglass went to Prairie du Chien yesterday to attend the wedding of Miss Sidney Hall of that city to John C. Colton, an attorney from Duluth, Minn.

Will Shepherd, Jacob Meyer, Frank Sebastian and Geo. Cole have joined the Lawler street cement walk colony and soon the sidewalks along the business streets will be all cement.

Lawler street has been pretty badly blockaded for foot passengers this week by the laying of cement walks in front of John Leithold's piano store, the postoffice and C.W. Meier's store, and Wm. Moll is getting ready for a like job at his residence.

John Waters returned Wednesday morning from a trip to Chicago.

W.E. Durno has received $10 in cash and a beautiful gold badge from the secretary of the National Skat tournament recently held in Chicago. Will was No. 91 in a field of 200 prize winners. To do it he "won spade Tourne against 7 Matadores 56 points, scored 595 poinss" which is as intelligible to us as the Lord's prayer in Latin; however we presume it was something like making a two-bagger with a man on first.

J.R. Laughlin and Gerald Harris put in last week traveling through the Alps of Allamakee, starting at Harper's Ferry, Lansing and New Albin. They went by team and camped at night in the jungles. The only ferocious beasts encountered were mosquitos and they were about the size of English sparrows and as blood thirsty as a band of iggorotes. At Lansing they met Rev. and Mrs. Pease and Fred Orr and wife. They returned Saturday night, coming cross lots via Waukon.

J.R. Laughlin informs us that his daughter, Miss Bernice, who has been teaching at Sheridan, Wyoming, is now having the time of her life up in the mountains at Decker, Montana, where she is the guest of the wife of a ranch owner, and as this is the season of the annual round-up of the several thousand head of cattle and branding of the calves, she is witnessing some new, interesting and thrilling sights, and seeing a real wild west show daily. She will be in Postville later to relate her experiences.

The condition of John Ewing, so seriously injured in last week's railroad accident here, is reasonably favorable. The hot weather is trying on him and there are some evidences manifest of concussion of the brain, and indications are the sight of the right eye is badly affected. His case is pitiable in the extreme, and no ordinary individual could have withstood the awful ordeal he has and is going thru. He is having the best of care and all hope he may be able to weather the storm. Charley, the unfortunate little son who lost his right arm in the same accident, is up and around and out of danger.

A bevy of Postville "boys and girls" meandered to McGregor last night to enjoy a moonlight excursion on one of the pleasure boats now plying the Mississippi River, and report a splendid time. Those going from here were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Topliff, Mr. and Mrs. John Gregg, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kellows, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meiske & Cloy, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hecker, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Dannenbrink, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Sanders, Miss Rive Tuller, Miss Irene Sheehy, Ralph Tuller, Jack Thill, Lee Bellows, Kenneth Sanders, Harvey Douglass, Miss Glessner Harris and Arthur Webster.

A nine pound girl of regulation fineness arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gordon during the late hours of Wednesday night, and as Ruth and Keith won't let them trade her off she will doubtless stay for some time.

Card of Thanks
We hereby extend our heartfelt and sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends for their many kindly deeds and tender words of sympathy during the illness and burial of our beloved husband and father. Mrs. Will Cole and Family.
[transcribers note: the obituary of Dr. Will Cole was in this issue of the paper, but was mostly cut off my copy]

Jones-Pearson Wedding
The home of Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Jones of Hardin, was the scene of a pretty wedding occasion on Tuesday evening, June 25th, at eight o'clock, when their daughter, Eula Lee, was united in marriage with Chester Allen Pearson, the Rev. Leonard Jones performing the ceremony in the presence of a gathering of immediate relatives only. Miss Nettie Pearson and Frank Coon officiated as bridesmaid and best man with becoming grace and dignity. After congratulations an elegant wedding feast was served, followed by an enjoyable social season. This union marks the joining of two of the best known and highly respected young people of that locality, and with their legion friends the Review joins in the wish that they may be abundantly blessed with the good things of life. They will be "at home" after July first, Hardin, Iowa, on the old Pearson homestead.