Iowa
Old Press
Allamakee Journal
Lansing, Allamakee co. Iowa
December 17, 1941
New Albin News Tidbits
-Mrs. Hazel Metzdorf was a Lansing visitor last Tuesday
evening.
-Mr. and Mrs. August Meyer returned home Tuesday of last week
after visiting at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Nick Evasco,
in Chicago.
-Mrs. Gil Beeler and daughter Mary of Detroit, Mich., arrived
Saturday for a several weeks visit at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. P.F. Ryan.
-William Willich spent Thursday of last week in La Crosse.
-Mrs. John Fink was a Lansing visitor, Friday.
-Mrs. A.A. Rudnick and Miss Helen Kelly were La Crosse callers
between trains, Saturday.
-FOR SALE—Dry oak cord wood. Inquire of Elmer Middendorf,
New Albin, Iowa.
-Mrs. Wm. Gade, Miss Malitta Staggemeier and Louis Gade have
returned home after visiting Sister Anna Pohlman, a patient at
the Deaconess hospital in St. Louis, Mo. -Robert Kester of
Chicago arrived Monday for a several weeks visit at the home of
his mother, Mrs. W.E. Stevens.
-Bring your poultry and eggs to the D.J. Kelley Produce House and
receive highest cash market prices.
-Mrs. Leo King and daughter Glenda Mae went to St. Paul, Monday,
for a several days visit with the former’s sister, Miss Edna
Gilbertson, and brother Tillman and family, returning home
Thursday of this week.
-Misses Evelyn Krueger and Lorena Jordan were Lansing callers on
Saturday afternoon.
-Mrs. Jack Sweeney and son Gene returned to their home in Lansing
Saturday after spending a few days at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Krzbietke.
-James C. Valesh, accompanied by Mmes. Louis Tabbatt and Ledford
Irons, motored to La Crosse Friday afternoon.
-Mrs. Rose Harvey returned to her home in La Crosse, Friday,
after visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. L.F. May.
-Mrs. W.E. Stevens and father, Mr. L.F. May, spent Monday in La
Crosse.
-Mrs. Bertha Kean and friend Mrs. Cora Roggerwen departed Tuesday
for their homes in Chicago following a month’s visit at the
George Campbell home.
-Eugene Kerrigan, 94, one of New Albin’s venerable
old-timers, was suddenly taken ill Saturday afternoon. His
daughter, Miss Elizabeth, of Milwaukee, and son John of La
Crosse, motored here Sunday, taking him to the latter’s home
where he is being cared for. Gene’s many friends wish him a
speedy recovery.
-Mrs. Ruth Tuft entertained the members of her bridge club at a 7
o’clock luncheon in her home last Wednesday evening,
followed by bridge with Miss Daisy Robinson winning head prize,
Mrs. J.J. Higgins Jr. guest prize, and Miss Annabel Fitschen the
consolation.
[transcribed by E.W., November 2014]