Iowa
Old Press
Allamakee Journal & Lansing Mirror
Lansing, Allamakee co. Iowa
August 29, 1928
SHOE REPAIR SHOP
I am now located in Waterville and prepared to do shoe repairing
for men, women and children. Satisfaction guaranteed and your
patronage solicited. Gulick Helle.
CHERRY MOUND (Written for last week.)
- Mrs. Ed. Glynn came over from Monona Friday for a visit a the
James Slattery home and with other relatives and friends.
- L.D. Kelly went to Harpers Ferry Monday for a vacation visit
with his mother, Mrs. M.D. Kelly.
- M.F. Horan and sister, Sarah, visited Friday afternoon at Kelly
Bros.
- The J.H. Larkin family of Dorchester, and the J.P. Larkin
family were recent visitors at the Larkin home on the creek.
- Vince McGeough and Inger Bros. sold their recently purchased
threshing separator to Ed. Haehlen.
- Mr. and Mrs. D.F. Heffern and Maurice Kelly were overnight
visitors Thursday at the L.D. Heffern home on Paint Rock.
DORCHESTER
- Roy Coppersmith took in the excursion at Lansing and the Fair
at West Union last week.
- Recent rains have caused the river to be the highest in thirty
years.
- Adell Mosier and family have been here visiting the Hartley
families. Mrs. Mosier is a sister of Sidney and George Hartley.
- Sidney Hartley is spending his vacation at the Dells of
Wisconsin.
Obituary - Charles Sheriff
Charles Sheriff was born in this vicinity October 11, 1866, where
he grew to manhood. He was united in marriage with Sarah
Burroughs July 4, 1891. To this union eight sons were born,
namely: Edward of West Union; Roy of Buffalo, New York; Clarence
of Lansing; and Jasper, Leo, Harold, Merlin and Forrest at home.
Mr. Sheriff passed away Thursday morning, August 23, 1928, aged
61 years, 10 months and 12 days. He had been confined to his bed
almost a year suffering from cancer. Besides his wife and
children, he leaves to mourn his loss an aged father, John
Sheriff of Waukon; a sister, Mrs. John Burroughs of this place;
two brothers, James of New Albin, and Lafe of Indianapolis,
Indiana; two half-brothers, George Reeder of Preston, Minnesota,
and Joseph Reeder of Rossville; and a half-sister, Mrs. William
Wiemerslage of this vicinity; also three grandchildren and
numerous other relatives. Mr. Sheriff was a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church since
1920. His funeral was held Saturday, August 25th, at the M.E.
church, and he was laid to rest in the family lot in the English
bench cemetery. May his soul rest in peace.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to take this opportunity to thank all our neighbors and
friends who in any way assisted us during the long illness and
death of our beloved husband and father.
Mrs. Chas. Sheriff and Family.
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New Albin Post
New Albin, Allamakee County, Iowa
August 30, 1928
SCHOOL BELL TO BE HEARD MONDAY, SEPT. 3, AFTER LONG SUMMER
SILENCE
School All Ready for Opening Sept. 3
The New Albin high and grade school is all in apple-pie order,
cleaned and oiled from gymnasium in the basement to the highest
classroom by the efficient superintendents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Schwartzhoff, and is in readiness for the opening term, which
starts on Monday, Sept. 3.
The septic tanks are now being cleared, and will be ready for
school time. The only job undone is some plastering which must
wait until a workman is available for this work.
The faculty is complete, with two new teachers added to the
staff. Miss Beatrice Messer of Hartley, Ia., has been engaged as
principal and will teach English in the high school.
Miss Etha Lienhauser of Ottumwa, Ia., has been engaged to teach
the seventh and eighth grades and will be the grade supervisor.
Teachers' Institute
Teachers’ Institute was held at Waukon on Monday and Tuesday
of this week, and was ttended by Prof. A.J. Bogen, Miss
Lienhauser and Miss Esther Dresselhaus, who has secured the
position as teacher in the Wheatland school for the coming year.
Others who were noted at the Institute were the Misses Marian
Tabbit, Loretta Burke of Irish Hollow, Kathleen Morgan, Sylvia
Sires of Dorchester, all of whom are graduates of the New Albin
High School, and most of whom will teach in Allamakee County the
coming year.
-Prof. Bogen, who with his family returned from his
study-vacation at Iowa City on Saturday of last week, related the
incidents of the pleasant summer which his family spent in a tent
city on the grounds of the Iowa College. This tent city was
composed of 270 students’ camps, which were lighted by
electricity, with water and all conveniences. A play supervisor
superintended the play hours of the children, relieving the
parents of much of their care. Bath houses and [page ends here]
LOCAL ARCHAELOGIST FINDS BEAUTIFUL INDIAN POTTERY
Dr. H.F. Field, whose interest in archaeology is well known
locally, made an important find last week in the sand hills along
the road up the Iowa River valley. He unearthed a pottery bowl of
lovely design, which unfortunately broke on several pieces on
exposure to the air. These pieces were skillfully put together by
the doctor and the bowl is intact in its original shape, and is
given a place of honor in his growing collection.
A neatly drilled small hole is located just above the swell of
the bowl, where it begins to taper to form the mouth. Henry
Timmerman, a collector of Indian relics of long years’
standing, expressed the opinion that the bowl was made for
ceremonial purposed, possibly for burial with a deceased member
of the tribe, and the hole was put to accommodate several
feathers, which were used for decorating sacred objects. Mr.
Timmerman’s collection contains pipes which have similar
holes, and these he knows were used for feathers.
Dr. Field has made several visits to Messrs. Ed Sadd and Reed of
Lansing and is constantly adding to his store of relics and
knowledge of allied topics.
FALL FESTIVAL COMMITTEES SELECTED AT COMMUNITY MEETING
FRIDAY EVENING
In the hands of the following committees have been placed the
arrangements for the forthcoming Fall Festival, and it is hoped,
Dollar Sale, to be staged some time in September in New Albin:
Chairman— J.C. Mendenhall.
Secretary— E.E. Cook.
Treasurer— M. Blomquist.
Advertising and Publicity— Mrs. E.E. Cook, E.O. Lenz.
Concessions— H. Timmerman, E.E. Cook
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