Iowa
Old Press
Iowa Volksblatt
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
September 10, 1915
Circus!
Never in the history of Postville have so many people gathered
here as on circus day last Friday. The first section of Ringling
Bros. shows arrived here at two a.m. and several hundred people
were on hand to watch the unloading of the four long train-loads
of paraphernalia, etc. By eight a.m. thousands of people thronged
the streets with barely room for more, but still they came. Extra
trains, long lines of automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles
brought many visitors for the big show. the parade was held at 11
o'clock and what a spectacle it was. By noon every reserved seat
had been sold at the Thoma drug store and before two o'clock the
capacity of the tent was sold out. circus folks carried straw
into the space between the seat section and rings to accommodate
as many as possible, but at that some were turned away from the
afternoon performance. It was stated that 15,000 tickets were
sold for the afternoon show, but circus people aren't in the
habit of revealing total ticket sales. The night crowd was
estimated at 5,000. Postville had planned well for the feeding of
all these people and much of the foodstuff remained unsold. This
was distributed Saturday to needy families while much of it was
hauled to farms for chicken and hog feed. Police report no
trouble in handling the crowds and as far as we have heard, only
one automobile accident occurred roundabout here. Gus and Paul
Shafer and their girl friends, while driving to their home in
Ludlow after the show report their car left the road near Myron
and went into Yellow River before they could stop it. None were
injured and a group of farmer friends helped to get the car out
of the three feet of water the next morning.
Other Local
-A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ruckdaschel.
-Henry Honn brought 56 head of cattle to the Postville market for
which he received a check for $3,038.75.
-Mrs. F.L. Rathbun has purchased a fifty foot building lot next
to the John Powers residence from the Stoneman estate and will
have a new home erected on it soon.
-Hugh Shepherd is living in the former Dr. Flynn office building.
He has purchased a building lot for $875 from Mrs. Wm. Cole next
to the Wm. Leui residence and will build a new house there.
[transcribed by S.F., August 2010]
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Iowa Volksblatt
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
September 17, 1915
-A 10 1/2 pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Beucher Monday.
-Hertha Gass will go to St. paul to take a course in nurses'
training.
-Patrick Brandt sustained a sprained shoulder when his horse ran
away Last Sunday.
-Clifford Everman, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Everman,
passed away last week.
-Mort Hastings has rented the former meat mearket building and
expects to open a restaurant.
-Charles Reincke has bought the 100 acre Obert Harris farm for
$13,500 and will take possession next March.
-Simon Brandt has purchased 125 acres of land from G.W. Miller in
Ludlow township, paying $163 per acre for it.
-Josie Nicolay has been engaged to tach manual training in the
Postville schools the coming year at salary of $80 per month.
-The following girls left on Tuesday to enroll in Iowa State
Teachers College at Cedar Falls: Hannah Lange, Louise thoma,
Melinda Casten, Mattie Daubenberger, Mahalah McCulloch and Daisy
Marston.
[transcribed by S.F., August 2010]