Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
April 3, 1930

Local Happenings.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Fay were Cresco motor visitors Sunday.

Miss Phyllis Brause spent the weekend with home folks in West Union.

Mrs. J.A. Steele was a visitor in Cedar Rapids several days last week.

Mrs. John H. Meier is entertaining the Cozy Club at her home this afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Koevenig went to Elgin last Friday evening to attend a party.

R.R. Douglass visited the Masonic lodge at Calmar Monday.

Miss Anna Neilly returned Wednesday from her business trip to Chicago.

Fred Block and Reuben Stock have each purchased a tudor Ford sedan in Postville the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. G.L. Peterson and family were Sunday visitors at Decorah and Bily Bros. clock shop.

For sale - A shorthorn cow with calf by side; C.T.A. record. Will Christofferson, R.2, Postville.

Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Gregg and family and Mrs. James Gregg visited the Green Bros. sugar bush last Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Julius Heins spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Breitsprecher in Clayton Center.

Mrs. E.W. Moritz and children and Mrs. Amy Reincke spent Saturday with Mrs. Melvin Mitchell at Postville Junction.

Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Reincke, Delbert Knapp and Felix Moritz spent Sunday with the A.W. and H.C. Moritz families of Monona.

Judge H.E. Taylor has been suffering considerably of late with a boil in his nose, for which surgical attention was necessary. -- Waukon Journal.

Boies Capper thought he would have chickens to burn at his Allamakee Hatchery on Monday of this week, but before the sun set he had them all sold out. Miss Agnes Hubacker of Mason City has been spending the past week visiting in the Wm. Moritz and C.F. Reincke homes in this city and with Monona relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Falb and daughter went to Postville Sunday to visit in the A.J. Phillips home.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schmitz were Ossian visitors Sunday.

Louis Heins Jr. is driving a fine Chevrolet coach purchased from R.F. Hecker & Sons.

Mrs. Ernest Bentien and Mrs. Gilbert Rose spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. C.F. Reincke.

Mrs. Gertrude M. Johnson of Decorah is at Postville Hospital taking treatment for rheumatism.

Mrs. Henry Udson went to Postville Monday to visit her mother, Mrs. Harry Neff -- Clermont American.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Youngblood of Elkader were Sunday visitors here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.E. Hirsch.

W.M. Wolverton of Mason City was in Postville in the interests of the Milwaukee railroad company.

Mr. and Mrs. Erni Hathaway, Mrs. Louise Thoma and Mrs. Amy Reincke spent Monday in Decorah, where Ernie was one of the broadcasters.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Hein entertained the Jolly Rovers at a picnic supper at their home last Sunday, followed by a season at Bridge.

W.F. Brandtman of Monona was a business caller in Postville Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Lennon were business visitors in Waukon Monday.

Lloyd Palmer and son Buddie were Minneapolis business visitors Wednesday of last week.

A baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doan of Ossian at Postville Hospital Tuesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown of LeRoy, Minn., came Tuesday for a visit with relatives, the Stockman families.

Mrs. C.A. Cool and daughter of Decorah spent Saturday here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Humphrey.

Mrs. E.J. Lennon and grandson Edgar Nelson, were at Ossian Tuesday visiting in the Thos. Johnson home.

J.T. Humphrey was at Luana on Tuesday to attend the annual meeting of stockholders of the Luana Savings Bank.

Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Sires and family went to Postville Saturday evening where Mr. and Mrs. Sires attended a "500" party in the Edgar Riser home -- Elgin Echo.

George Nydegger was sick the first of the week and unable to be at work at the creamery. F.L. Sires' brother of Postville helped out during his abseence. -- Elgin Echo.
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Dr. G.F. Kelleher, physician and surgeon. Office over Luhman & Sanders Store.

Dr. F.W. Kiesau, physician and surgeon. Office over the Postoffice. Farmers phone.

Shrubbery, berry bushes -- Dietsch. New plants every week at Cora Wheeler's.

Get Ohloff's Honey at your grocers. Chas H. Ohloff, Postville.

Fresh fish every Friday and Saturday. W.J. Wagner.

Garden seeds and onion sets of the finest quality. Schroeder Bros.

E.A. Reiners, Chiropractor, has his office in the Harrington building. Telephone No. 262.

Dr. A.A. Schmidt has his office established in Postville Hospital. Day and night calls will be taken care of promptly.

Dr. Swella, optometrist, will be at our store in Postville on Tuesday of each week -- Hanks Jewelry Co.

For the best in life insurance see Gilbert Sanders, special agent for the New York Life Insurance Company.

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Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
April 10, 1930

The UB Church Bronze memorial tablet on the wall of the new Postville Church. It will bear the names of members of the Bethel Church who have long since went to their eternal reward.

Weekly Practice Record.
In the weekly practice record we find that both Jones' are ahead, Maxine with 1160 minutes and Harley with 1060, while the following have 500 or more minutes practice to their credit: Luhman, W. Masonhall, Livingood, Thoma, Olson, Bobby Harrington, Heusman, Wilma Galloway, L. Stockman, Don Galloway, M. Masonhall, R. Galloway, B. Webster, M. Jacobia, C. Harrington, Hawkins, Schara, Brewer, nesteby, Sebastian, Topel and e. Galloway.
[I believe the above 'practice' refers to band practice, as it appeared immediately below an article written by the band instructor]

Mrs. Harvey sold the late Newton Harvey residence, just at the north edge of town, to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoth, who will take possession May first. The place is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Welzel.

Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Koevenig of Postville and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shipton of Alta Vista visited in the C.J. Harrington home Sunday. In the afternoon the above mentioned and Mr. and Mrs. Harrington and daughter Mae went to Manchester, where they visited in the W.J. Kohler home. -- Elgin Echo.

Dr. and Mrs. G.E. Jorgenson have just returned to Clermont after a winter spent in Hollywood, Calif., and the morning following their arrival in Clermont the ground was white with snow, which causes the doctor to elucidate as follows: "Was delighted with the friendly greeting of the weather - a snowstorm - so appropriate for one coming home from California. We enjoyed it immensely."

One of the sure signs of the arrival of spring is the opening of the horseshoe pitching season along the east side of the Douglass Pharmacy, the links being presided over by L.J. Masonhall and his helper Harry Baldwin, who take on all comers and give them a good "reefing" if possible.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Swenson of Forest Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Chet Barr of Luana, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Pearson of Postville, Mildred Swenson and Mr. and Mrs. Geberth McSkimmons of Waukon were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Swen Swenson last Sunday. They are all relatives of the Swensons and with their families came down to see how the new hotel folks were situated in the new place. --Clermont American.

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Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
April 24, 1930

Obituary.
Louise Henriette Charlotte Koenig Kaiser died at the age of 60 years, one month and 12 days on the 6th day of April, 1930, at 4:30 p.m., at her home in Monona, Iowa. Mrs. Kaiser was the hcild of Wilhelm Koenig and Charlotte Meyer and was born February 25, 1870, in Lever Soender, Province Westphalia, Germany. Here she was baptized in the same year. March 13, 1883, she was confirmed in the Lutheran church of Postville, Iowa. Nine years later she was married to Charley Kaiser. With her departure the Ladies' Aid Society of St. Paul's E. L. congregation has lost one of its charter members, which she served in her quiet and willing way since the year 1906. The deceased leaves to mourn her departure the husband, Charley Kaiser; two sons, Alvin and Walter of Monona; one daughter, Cornelia; three brothers and their families, Louis, William and Fritz Koenig, Castalia; four sisters and their families, Mrs. Minnie Poesch, Mrs. Mary Schroeder, Mrs. Rosine Ruckdaschel, all of Postville; and Mrs. Lena Christofferson of Louisa.

Death.
Fred Lammert, a well known farmer residing a short distance northwest of Postville, was so badly injured in a runaway while returning from that place last Tuesday evening that he never regained consciousness and died the following day.

Local Happenings.
A. VanCunin and Dr. Joyee Schmidt motored here form Iowa City Saturday evening for an over-Easter visit in the home of the latter's parents, Dr. and Mrs. A.A. Schmidt.

The Goodrich Produce Co. in this city had more business Monday than the proverbial cranberry merchant, there being five helpers at work beside Manager Howard Gordon, viz., Wallace Gordon, Ed Thoma, Harry Gordon, Fritz Meyer and Richard Gordon.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koevenig and baby motored here Saturday from Dubuque to spend Easter in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Meyer.

Mrs. F. Frantzen of Ossian spent Easter here in the home of her sister, Mrs. W.E. Durno. She was on the way home from Hammond, Ind., where she had been to make the acquaintance of a little daughter recently born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of that city. Mrs. Wilson will be best remembered hereabouts as Sylvia Lukenbill of Ossian.

In sending in her subscription remittance to the Herald, Mrs. Anna Redhead Spurling of Los Angeles, Calif., says: "Have been having such a wonderful time seeing the beautiful country and getting settled in a little apartment of our own, and time sure goes by quickly here. We are just delighted with it all and now think this is where we will spend the remainder of our days. Best regards to all our dear friends back in the old home town."

On Friday last, J.W. Campbell drove to Cedar Falls after the Postville delegation at the state teachers college, Carolyn Campbell, Loretta Horgan and Helen Wegner, whom he brought back with him to spend Easter with home folks.
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Notes found in brackets [ ] were added by the transcriber.