Iowa
Old Press
The Iowa Volksblatt
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
Friday, August 3, 1917
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Ellis Saturday.
Oberton Bollman and Rosa Beedle were married last week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kinsel have moved here from Waterloo.
Ed Herchert, expert auto mechanic now has his repair shop in John
McNeil's garage.
Newspapers are prohibited to tell when American soldiers are
landed at European ports, the censor says.
A federal agent was here again on Monday to check up on local
residents who were accused of being pro-German.
Merle (Bill) Cole of Minneapolis, former Postville boy, will
enter the Army August 6 and is to go to a camp in the south.
Monday's 102 degrees was the hottest of the summer. Several days
the past week showed readings of 100 degrees and this morning we
have a "cool" 98.
Market prices -- Oats, 70c; beef, $4.00 to $8.50; hogs, $14.00;
veals, #11.00; hides, 17c; dairy butter, 28c; eggs, 29c; spring
chickens, 13c; old roosters, 10c; hens, 14c.
Local draftees have been notified to appear in Waukon Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday for physical examinations. Grand Meadow boys
have been notified to appear at Elkader next week.
Bloomfield township is advertising for bids on the construction
of two new school houses, one in district No. 7 and the other in
district No. 8. Both are to be completed by November 15.
Postville is already taking on a circus day atmosphere, although
Barnum & Bailey's will not be here until next Thursday.
Another record crowd is expected the same as was entertained when
Ringling Bros. were here two years ago with the biggest crowd in
their show history.
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The Iowa Volksblatt
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
Friday, August 24, 1917
Monday's reading of 97 degrees was one of the highest of the
summer.
Jack Thill is substituting at the postoffice while Keith Gray is
on vacation.
Viola DeEnos is in Chicago to make purchases for Delia Stone's
millinery store.
Mrs. Charles Sonnkalb and family will move to Howard, So. Dak.,
tomorrow to make their future home.
John A. Palas went to Des Moines yesterday to submit to a
physical examination previous to enlistment in the army.
Adolph Koevenig has gone to Minneapolis, Minn., were he has
accepted a position with the Simmons Hardware company.
Harvey Roberts has purchased the old Milwaukee depot and has
moved it to his lots where it will be used as a storage building
for grain and seeds.
The town councils of Postville and Monona have entered into an
agreement whereby Monona buys a one-half interest in the
Postville street oiling machinery and both towns will use it as
occasion demands.
William Schultz has purchased the home of his son, Henry,
opposite the M.E. church. The Henry Schultz family have moved to
Davenport. The Evan Swenson family have moved into the Mrs.
Charles Sonnkalb home and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Shepherd are now
living in the former Swenson house which they purchased.
In the recent military call, the following from here were
notified to appear: Ace Webster Bush, Robert James Waters, John
Edward Welsch, Herman Eiholzer, Oberton Bollman, LeRoy French, Ed
Hanson and Carl Schroeder. Rejected for the time geing were B.F.
Schultz, Wm. Kozelka, Paul Schmidt, George Willis, Cecil Todd,
James Bolitha, Edward Poesch, James Wickham, Louis Martens, C.C.
Meyer and Geo. W. Hein.
[transcribed by S.F., October 2006]