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Iowa Volksblatt
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
October 8, 1915

Local items
-Melbert Folsom has rented the Henry Honn farm at Hardin for next year.
-A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koopman Monday night.
-Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Meier in Ludlow have a baby girl.
-The Earl Livingoods near Frankville have a daughter born to them last week.
-Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schultz at Castalia have a baby boy at their home.
-Mrs. Myra Gray has purchased the Louis Kamp house near the schoolhouse for $2,550.
-Obert Harris has sold his farm to George Brainard for $150 per acre, Chas. Reincke, Jr., having forfeited his $200 down payment on the farm.
-The new barn on the Wm. Harris farm to replace the one destroyed in the cyclone was raised yesterday and the new house is nearing completion.

Died.
Henry Dahms, 78, since 1903 a resident of Postville, passed away last Thursday. He is survived by his wife, three sons and four daughters and 21 grandchildren, all of whom live in this community.

St Bridget's Holds Confirmation Rites
Thomas Clark, Raymond Samek, Joseph Koevenig, Raymond Mitchell, George Meier, Margaret Welsch, Nora Lydon, Agnes Schuler, Mrs. Nora McNeil and Mrs. Marie Eiholzer were confirmed in St. Bridget's Catholic church this morning. Archbishop Kean of Dubuque was present for the rites.

[transcribed by S.F., October 2010]

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Iowa Volksblatt
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
October 22, 1915

Local Items
-John Schutta and Ellen Ewing were married in Ludlow October 7.
-Nels McGhee, 82 year old former Hardin resident, passed away at McGregor Friday.
-James Merrill has bought the 80 acre Richard Suckow farm near Castalia for $105 per acre.
-Mr. and Mrs. John J. Koevenig are the parents of twins, a boy and a girl, since Saturday, born at Postville hospital.
-George W. Harris left this week for a six months tour of the south and west. He will also visit the Panama exposition in San Diego, Calif.
-Postville has a new automobile firm. Carl Sander and Roland Gass have rented the Marston building, south of the Review office as their showroom, and have engaged Ed Hanson as their mechanic.
-Fred Ruckdaschel has bought the Ira E. Nash house for $1,000. The Nash family have moved to Britt where they will make their home with their son.
-Melbert Folsom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Folsom, and Bertha David, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred David, were married at the bride's home on Wednesday. They will live on the Honn farm at Hardin.

[transcribed by S.F., December 2010]

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