Iowa Volksblatt
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
August 25, 1916

Louis SCHUTTE this week purchased a half interest in the undertaking business of J.M. HARRIS and henceforth the firm will be known as HARRIS & SCHUTTE.

Mrs. Otto FISCHER, 26, mother of three small children, passed away last Friday after a two weeks illness. She is survived by her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John MOETSCH, and the three children.

Clara HOYT of Decorah, who is visiting her uncle, Horace WELLS, gave a musicale in the Wm. LEUI home Monday evening and another in the F.S. BURLING home Tuesday night. Miss HOYT is an instructor in music in oklahoma State University.

Hog prices jumped to $11.30 in Chicago today, the highest price since the Civil War. Beans advanced from 5 cents/pound to 11 cents and in Duluth the price of rye went up to $1.20 per bushel. We're not in the present war, but we're paying war prices.

Eighty-three persons, relatives of the HENDERSON-DURNO-KERR families, attended the reunion last Thursday at the C.M. KERR farm on Henderson Prairie. Out-of-town folks included:
-Mrs. David B. HENDERSON, Miss Belle HENDERSON, Mrs. Angie PEASLEE and Geraldine PEASLEE -- of Dubuque.
-Mr. and Mrs. J.A. HENDERSON, Miss Mae HENDERSON, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. SHAIDLOW -- of Cherokee.
-Mrs. Robt. McINTOSH and Fred, Robert and Mary Helen McIntosh -- of Lake Inden, Mich.
-Mrs. Ida THOMAS and Juan and Harold THOMAS -- of Charles City.
-Mrs. Ella BAUMGARDNER and Karl C. BAUMGARDNER -- of Sioux Falls, So. Dak.
-T.G. HENDERSON and John GILLEN -- of Sioux City.
-Mr. and Mrs. T.J. HENDERSON, Mrs. Vera CARPENTER and William, Cathrine and James HENDERSON -- of Riceville.
-Mr. and Mrs. Frank HENDERSON, Earl and Marjorie HENDERSON, Mrs. Ethel KIRK and Mrs. Helen KETCHAM and son, Robert -- of South St. Paul, Minn.
-Mr. and Mrs. Charles RAMSEY and son, Robert -- of Racine, Wis.
-Lorin and Pauline JOHNSON -- of Lime Springs.
-Mr. and Mrs. Mort HENDERSON, Helen and Ernest HENDERSON, Mr. and Mrs. Dave HENDERSON and Marion HENDERSON -- of Waterloo.
-Mrs. Anna KNEE and Lucille and Gwyneth KNEE -- of Independence.
-Mr. and Mrs. Joel DODGE, Mabel, Dorothy and Wallace DODGE and Mr. and Mrs. Jay PARSONS -- of Newton.
-Mrs. Agnes McLEAN -- of Boise, Idaho.
-Mrs. Minnie MONTGOMERY and Miss Anna TYEBURN -- of Alexandria, So. Dak.
-Mr. and Mrs. Mark PLATT -- of Chicago, Ill.