Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
February 6, 1930

Here's A Hand At Bridge Worth Taking A Shot At.
Postville has a lot of bridge fans, but we wonder how many of them ever held a hand like this one held by a McGregor lady and related in the Times as follows: One of those bridge hands you "read about" was held by Mrs. Eileen Walter at the Business and Professional Women's club card party at the Community Rooms Monday evening. Mrs. Walter had ony two suits, hearts and diamonds. She held 100 honors in hearts and 80 honors in diamonds. After her bid was raised to 4 hearts and then doubled, her partner, Martin Eggen, having 80 honors in clubs, and the ace in the opponents suit bid 5 clubs. Mrs. Walter bid five hearts. Her opponents were Mrs. Jack Slyfield and Charles Widman and Mr. Widman doubled. Mrs. Walter redoubling. She made a small slam, scoring 667 points, losing only the ace of diamond trick.

Castalia Go-Getters Present Fine Program.
The Castalia Go-Getters Club met at the home of Mrs. E.J. Baltz last week with nine members and one new member, Nina Palmer, present. The program was as follows:
Irma Schmidt -- Picture, "Baby Stuart"
Genevieve Bachelder -- Health talk, "Care of Nails"
Erma Bodensteiner -- Picture, "Blue Boy"
Leone Bodensteiner -- Music, "Marching Thru Georgia"
Mildred Bollman -- Health Talk, "Good Exercise"
Catherine Tehel, Sec'y

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Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
Thursday, February 13, 1930

Wm. J. Klingbeil, Publisher
Bert E. Tuttle, Editor

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Advertisements:
-Dietsch writes automobile & accident insurance & burglar insurance.
-Brunswick radios at Putnam's Harness Store. Brunswick double disc phonograph records, the standard of quality, are only 75 cents.
-Try our noon-day hot special dishes for your lunch. The Blue Arrow.
-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.
-Get Ohloff's Honey at your grocers. Chas. H. Ohloff, Postville.
-Wall Paper Cleaner 10 cents at the Winchester Store.
-New plants at Cora Wheeler's.
-Dr. Swella, optometrist, will be at our store in Postville on Tuesday of each week -- The Hanks Jewelry Co.
-Dr. A.A. Schmidt has his office established in Postville Hospital, day and night calls will be taken care of promptly.

Local:

Rebekahs - Regular meeting on Thursday evening, Feb. 13th. Be there.

Don Inskeep of the Interstate Co. returned Monday from his trip to Chicago.

Albert Dreir has returned from Chicago, where he went to consult a specialist.

Mrs. Lena Benson returned Wednesday to her home in Elgin after a visit here in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Boies Capper.

Lester Heins drove to Dubuque this morning on business.

J.T. Melvold returned Thursday night from a business trip to St. Paul.

Chet Pearson was a business visitor in Elkader Wednesday.

Mrs. Frank Schmitz and son Philip attended church in Ossian Sunday.

Miss Anna M. Neilly returned Staurday morning from a marketing trip to Chicago.

Mrs. Gilbert Sanders' entertained the Croquet Club at her home Friday evening last.

Ralph Pliester was down from Riceville over the week-end visiting his many Postville friends. [He] journeyed over to Decorah by bus Sunday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Pleister.

Fred Kruger of Ludlow, who has been at Iowa City hospital submitting to a surgical operation, is expected home this week.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Schultz was released from Quarantine last week, their daughter having recovered from a siege of scarlet fever.

Herman Doscher of West Union was a caller at the John Weihe and Ed Gass homes last week.

George Nuehring and Leona Bacon were visitors Sunday at the LaRue Webster home at Monona.

Will Kuhse, Wm. Bareis and Chris Fischer have been cutting timber on the Will Leui farm this week.

Mrs. Louis Engelhardt and Mrs. R.J. Brown, of Luana, were guests last Wednesday of Mrs. Emma Groesbeck of this city.

Mrs. Lena Benson is here from Elgin on a visit in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Boies Capper.

Leonard Froning is on deck again at the produce house of Fred Groth, having recovered from an attack of pneumonia.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Waters and family were Sunday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Hein of this city.

Rev. and Mrs. Frank Schepple and family of McGregor were visitors on Saturday in the Mrs. Henry Weihe home in this city.

Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Steele motored here from Cedar Rapids Sunday for a visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Steele.

Clifford Osterhus of Ossian is getting along in good shape following an mastoid operation submitted to at [remainder cut off]

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baldwin spent Sunday in Elgin with home folks.

Walter Winn of Castalia has been quite sick of late.

J. Ginsberg of Chicago, was in the city Wednesday morning, enroute to Clermont.

The Skylarks were entertained on Monday evening at the home of Miss Herta Gass.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bowers of Winnebago, Minn, were calling on Postville friends last Saturday.

Fred C. Ruckdaschel was operated for hernia Monday evening at Postville Hospital.

Attorney W.H. Burling was at Elkader Wednesday looking after legal matters in the district court.

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Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
February 27, 1930

Telephone the news to No. 200 and then read it in the Herald.

F.H. Depping of Ludlow was a Herald caller last Friday, while awaiting a train for Des Moines, where he went to attend the twenty-second annual state convention of the Iowa Brotherhood of Threshermen of which Mr. Depping is president. The convention was held Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, but Mr. Depping went early for the purpose of visiting one of the directors of the association at Ames.

You are earnestly invited to join with christians of all lands in World Fellowship of prayer on March 7th, by attending the union service to be held in the Community Presbyterian church on that day at two o'clock. The program, "That Jesus May be Lifted Up" published by the federated boards of missions, will be led by Mrs. Klocow, and will include short talks by Rev. Lepper and Dr. Galloway.

Earl Reiners, D.C. left Monday for Postville, where he has opened an office for the practice of chiropractic. Earl is a graduate of the Palmer school at Davenport and has been practicing his profession here with his father, H.A. Reiners, D.C., for the past two years. He is a fine young man and we recommend him to the Postivlle community as a worthy citizen and professional member of their community. -- West Union Union.

Mrs. Lester Williams, who has been here visiting at the homes of Mrs. Wm. Larrabee and other relatives, including the Wm. Larrabee Jr. home, left the first of the week for her home in Lewiston, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have cleared a tract of land and have it under cultivation. They are near a summer resort and tourists in the summer visit there and hunters in the winter make things lively and the Williams derive a source of revenue from these visitors who often visit their farm and get accommodations there. -- Clermont American.

Mrs. August Helming died at her home in Ludlow township Monday morning at the age of 81 years. Mrs. Helming, whose maiden name was Wilhelmina Siekmeier, was born August 28, 1848, in Germany. Mrs. Helming is survived by ten children, Mary Stoeling, Gustave, Selma Mauser, Helen Hansmeier, Fred, Edward, Paul, Albert, Mrs. Anna Cramer, Mrs. Alvina Snitker, and two brothers, Julius Siekmeier and August Siekmeier. The funeral was held Friday from the Paul Helming home and at 1:30 from Zalmonia Presbyterian church in Ludlow. -- Waukon R & S.

The state highway maintenance office in this city, which since its establishment has been located in rooms over the Schutte furniture store, will on March first be moved into rooms over the Postville State Bank, occupying the rooms formerly tenanted by Florence Musser, who, we understand, will shortly remove to West Union. Hence after Saturday of this week when you wish to see Maintenance Superintendent C.A. Cool, or his assistant, Miss Katherine Staadt, you will find them cosily settled in their new quarters on the east side of the hallway over the Postville State, between the offices of Attorney W.H. Burling and Dr. R.F. Topliff.

Card of Thanks.
We wish to extend to the Postville Fire Dept. our thanks for their prompt response to the alarm of fire that threatened our home on the evening of February 15th, and which but for theirefficient work would doubtless have been attended with more disastrous results. Rev. and Mrs. E.C. Lepper.

Geo. W. Harris, who has been spending the winter with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harris down near Louisville, Kentucky, arrived in Postville Wednesday morning. He is looking fine and reports Ray's folks nicely located and in the best of health. To show how rapidly one can now get about these little old United States, George tells us that at 8:30 Tuesday morning he left Louisville, Kentucky, and at 1:40 Wednesday morning he hopped off the Milwaukee's Sioux train in Postville.

The marriage of Walter H. Kiesau and Miss Nettie Nagel occurred on Tuesday, February 11th, at the home of Rev. John M. Klosterholt, pastor of the Bethlehem Presbyterian church in Ludlow. They were attended by Paul Nagel and Miss Caroline Miller. The groom is a son of Henry Kiesau and the bride a daughter of Albert Nagel, both well known and highly respected families of that vicinity. Well wishes are extended this estimable young couple for a happy wedded life. --- Waukon Democrat.

Miss Florence Hoth, who is teaching in a consolidated school at Palo, arrived in this city Tuesday on a short visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hoth. Rains and mild weather in that locality of late had made the roads so impassible that the school busses were unable to haul the pupils in, hence, the school is temporarily closed until conditions iimprove, and hence Miss Florence is taking advantage of these conditions for a little visit with home folks and friends that she had not figured on.

[Transcribers note: the following is some sort of a musical program -- possibly from the High School band; the top half was cut off. I have extracted all of the names from the remaining part]

Clarinet duet - - K. Schara & Jack Bush
Tuba solo - - Carl Burling
Cornet duet - - Eulalia Klingbeil & Stanley Schroeder
The Galloways - - Eleanor, Donald, Wilma & Roberta
Cornet & Clarinet duet - - Paul Topel & Bobbie Harrington
Clarinet duet - - Maxine Jones & Leo Sebastian
Saxaphone solo - - Bobby Burling
Cornet duet - - Charles Sonnkalb & Don Galloway
Saxaphone quartet - - Carl Burling, Bruce Webster, K. Hawkins & Philip Schmitz
Cornet & Clarinet duet - - Clifton & Orville Weihe
Trombone & Baritone duet - - Howard & Neil Bulman
Saxaphone solo - - Maxine Masonhall
Cornet & Clarinet duet - - Lloyd Luhman & Leon Olson
Piano accompaniments by Eleanor Galloway, Cathryn Harrington & Helene Meier.
Director - - Chas. W. Phillips.