Iowa
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Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
October 15, 1925
Farm Lands Moving in Clayton County
On Monday of this week three Grand Meadow township farm deals
were consummated through Chas. H. Krumm bringing the buyers and
sellers together, the total amounts of the sales aggregating the
not insignificant sum of $67,500, as follows:
J.W. Pixler sold his 200 acre farm to Bert Waters for $25,500.
J.W. Pixler then purchased 180 acres from the Geo. W. Pixler
estate, for a total of $26,000.
And Ralph Pixler bought the 140 acre Frye tavern farm for
$16,000.
The above deals were all cash transactions.
Married.
Miss Mary E. Horton and George T. Beighle, both of this city,
were married at Waukon Saturday, Sept 26, by Rev. Mr. Kribbs in
the Presbyterian manse. The wedding although not unexpected came
as a surprise to their many friends. The bride has been an
employee of the telephone company for the past thirteen years, in
which capacity she has given the community faithful and
acceptable service. She has made her home with her sister, Mrs.
W.A. Granger, and with Mrs. May Rush. She is a lady of
irreproachable character. The groom, a telephone lineman, has
resided here about a year, during which time he has earned the
respect and good will of all who know him. -from the West
Union Argo.
Ed. Herald- The groom was for some years a Postville
resident, during which time he became known to us all as a
splendid gentleman and faithful worker, honest and upright and
dependable in every way, and the Herald joins with many
friends in extending him and his its kindliest well wishes for a
long and happy wedded life.
Aunt of Frank Reinhardt Dies in South Dakota
Frank Reinhardt of Route 1 received the sorry news last week of
the death of his aunt in Canistota, S.D., following a several
years illness from diabetes. From the Canistota Clipper
we learn that: Caroline Reinhardt was born in Germany, Nov 9,
1854. She came to this country with a married sister in 1874, and
settled in Clayton county, Iowa, and on April 22, of the same
year, she was married to Ernest Schluetter. From this union six
children were born, one of whom died in infancy. The living
children are Henry, John F. and George Schluetter, Mrs. George
Kirchner and Mrs. Wm. Neuberger, all residents of this vicinity.
The family came to McCook county in 1889 and settled on a
homestead four miles south of town. Mr. and Mrs. Schluetter moved
to Canistota in 1906, and Mr. Schluetter died early in 1912. She
was married to Peter Belsel in August 1913, and has lived in
Canistota ever since.
Emmetsburg Man Gets Supreme Judgeship
The newly appointed Judge of the Iowa supreme court, Edgar A.
Morling, of Emmetsburg, was born in Bonneville, Oneida county,
New York, April 21, 1864. He was educated in the Booneville
academy and the Albany Law School at Albany, N.Y. He was admitted
to the bar, at Albany, N.Y., in May, 1886. After practicing a
year in Booneville he removed to St. Paul and was engaged on the
editorial staff of the West Publishing company. In September
1889, he went to Emmetsburg and began the practice of law with
[illegible initials] Soper and F.E. Allen. He continued this
partnership until 1897. In 1900 he formed a partnership with F.C.
Davidson, which continued until January, 1903. He was county
attorney of Palo Alto county from 1892 to 1902. He has always
been a republican in politics.
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Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
October 22, 1925
Cemetery Meeting
The annual meeting of the Hardin cemetery association
will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1925, at the home of C.W.
Hinman in Luana, for the election of officers. C.W. Hinman,
Secretary
County Coroner Harris Called to Elon
At about 12:30 Monday afternoon County Coroner J.M.
Harris was called over to Elon, five miles east of Waukon, where
August O. Pederson, a bachelor, had been found dead in his home.
As we learn it, Pederson, who lived alone, a quiet and respected
resident of that locality for many years, was one of the haulers
for the Church creamery and accustomed to starting on his route
quite early. Monday, however, Pederson failed to start as usual
and a close neighbor going to his home to see what was the matter
found Pederson lying on the floor dead and a note he had written
saying, "Have eaten salmon and am very sick." An empty
salmon can on the table seemed to substantiate this statement;
and that Pederson had endeavored to summon help was evidence by
the fact that he was lying on the floor near the telephone, the
receiver of which was hanging down.
After conversing with some twenty odd neighbors, who had
assembled at the home, a number of whom positively identified the
handwriting on the note as that of Pederson, it was decided an
inquest was unnecessary and relatives were notified of his death.
On Pederson's person was found $105.71 in money and in his hip
pocket were found the cream checks for his patrons which he was
to have delivered that day.
This is the seventh case this year where Coronor Harris has been
called in his official capacity.
Thanks and an Appeal
I wish to express my thanks on behalf of George Bursell
and wife, who called me in the hour of sickness and death of
their child, to all who answered by call over the phone and so
nobly came to my rescue with clean bedding and clothing for the
family, and they also wish to express their heartfelt thans to
you. Again I come as a messenger thru the columns of this paper
asking that all clubs and societies of our town appoint
committees to look after this family which is left in great
distress. Mrs. Hugh Shepherd
Obituary
Chas. Edward Bursell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W.
Bursell of this city, passed away last Thursday afternoon, Oct.
15, following ten days of intense suffering from entritis, aged
three years, five months and 23 days.
This is the second time within two weeks Mr. and Mrs. Bursell
have been bereft, and at this writing another child is quite
sick. The funeral of Charles was held from the undertaking
parlors of Harris & Schutte at three o'clock last Saturday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. R.F. Galloway.
The family wish to extend thanks to friends for assistance,
sympathy and floral offerings.
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Now that we have good roads, why suffer with those aches
and pains? Come to Postville, take treaments, and be cured. -
O.A. Kinsel, Naprapathic Physician
LOCAL ITEMS
-Lester Williams left last Thursday on the return
journey to Lewiston, Mich., after a pleasant two weeks visit here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Williams.
-Mr. and Mrs. John L. Gregg, Dr. and Mrs. A.A. Schmidt and Miss
Leila Schmidt were over to Iowa City last Saturday to help Miss
Joyce Schmidt celebrate her birthday and take in the
Iowa-Illinois football game.
-Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Fay, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Farmer, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Fay, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fay and John B. Woods were down at
the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Callahan last Sunday and did
ample justice to one of Mrs. Callahan's famous chicken dinners.
-A.L. Meier, C.P. Smith, Chas. H. Hoth, and Mayor Hanks were
among the Postville contingent that went to Monona last Thursday
to help Mayor Otis and his townspeople dedicate their new $14,000
town hall, which the boys report is a thing of beauty and will be
a joy forever.
-As a result of a recent visit up in Minnesota four of our local
dairymen last Saturday received a carload of Holstein cattle to
add to their already fine herds. Of the fifteen head received
seven were for John C. Hecker, six for Edward Gass and one each
for Fred Gericke and Harry Turner.
-Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. Reno Smith and Don, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Palas, Miss Velma
Schultz and Chas. Ohloff were Sunday visitors at their Durno's
park shack, where they kept nice and warm with a roaring fire in
the fireplace and enjoyed a dinner and supper of banquet
proportions.
-Mrs. Fred J. Thoma, Neeling and Arthur and Miss Helen Cotton
motored to Cedar Rapids last Friday, where Mrs. Thoma and Arthur
stopped to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.T. McWilliams,
while the others continued their journey to Iowa City to visit
friends and see the Iowa-Illinois football game on Saturday. The
party returned to Postville Sunday evening.
-A northwest gale came chasing down over the prairies last
Saturday afternoon and pushed the mercury down almost to the
freezing point by Sunday morning, occasional flurries of snow
being in evidence during the day and everybody stayed close to
home and kept the furnace fires going and auto traffice was
almost at a standstill. It was the first taste of winter that had
real teeth in it.
-Sheriff Ben Davis came over from Waukon last Sunday morning and
after picking up J.P. McNeil of this city, stepped on the gas and
hied away to Des Moines, where the sheriffs of Iowa and members
of the vigilantes committees were given practice in shooting
pistols and sawed off shotguns, the better to enable them to pick
off bank robbers should any of these birds visit their respective
localities.
-There will be a basket social at the Ed McNeil school Thursday
evening, Oct. 29th. Everybody welcome. Ladies please bring
baskets. Eileen Thyne, teacher.
-R.R. Douglass and Richard Williams gasofied over to Iowa City
Saturday and showed Iowa how to get Grange's goat and defeat
Illinois in the football fracas.
-Frank Bollman is building a garage on the Community church
parsonage property large enough to accomodate Rev. Galloway's
Ford and furnish some room for storage besides.
-Mrs. E.E. Burdick last week accompanied Mr. and Mrs. H.C.
Burnham down from Minneapolis to their home in Waukon and later
came over to Postville to visit her sister, Mrs. L.A. Bellows.
-Walter Sander has a mighty pretty ear of white dent corn at the
E.P. Durno hardware. The ear is eleven inches in length, has
eighteen rows of kernels and is filled out unusually well clear
to the tip of the ear.
-Mr. and Mrs. John Leui, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Folsom and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Sonnkalb motored to the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Leui
near Castalia Sunday and happily helped in putting a dandy fine
dinner under cover.
-Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Sebastian, Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Sebastian, Mr.
and Mrs. Will Sebastian and Mr. and Mrs. John Sebastian were
Sunday dinner guests at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank D.
Sebastian.
-Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bowers motored to Cresco Sunday to take Mrs.
Gordon Bowers home after a week's visit here. During their trip
they encountered two flurries of wet snow - one at Calmar and the
other near Ridgeway - that so completely covered the windshield
of their car as to necessitate putting the wiper in operation.
-Mrs. Ernest Groth, northwest of Postville, was last Sunday the
vicim of a sorry accident while engaged in her usual activities.
She was washing cans near the milk house and the wter sprinkling
on the cement walk was soon coverted into ice by the chill
northwest gale, and as Mrs. Groth stepped onto the walk she
slipped and fell, striking on her side on a milk can she had in
her hand, with sufficient force to fracture two of her ribs. She
was brought to Postville Hospital Monday morning and her injuries
properly cared for, after which she was taken to her home where
she is getting along as well as possible.
-On Friday last Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hecker motored to Dubuque to
take Jack Thill and son home from a visit here. From there they
continued their journey to Iowa City to the Iowa-Illinois
football game on Saturday, after which they went to Nichols for a
few days visit to relatives.
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