Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw co., Iowa
October 30, 1919
Mrs. John Steele returned last week from Postville where she had
been to attend the marriage of Mr. Steele's sister, Miss Margaret
Steele of that place to Mr. Frank Blasier of Dubuque. The
ceremony was performed in St. Bridget's church, Rev. Fr. Steele,
a brother of the bride. the bride is known by many of our people,
having visited here on different occasions.
BRADFORD.
-W.H. Cook is doing carpenter work for Geo. Pierson.
-Mrs. Harvey Vanston visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. D.
Nickelson Saturday.
-Mr. and Mrs. Hans Rasmussen visited at the David Bean home
Sunday.
-Clarence Carle visited at the Homer Carle home Monday.
-Mrs. Jesse Horn and Mr. and Mrs. Lon Hobbs of Nashua, Henry
Brandt of Decorah, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Plantz and son Will of Shell
Rock were visitors at the J.M. Plantz home Sunday.
-Fred Gulick and Mr. and Mrs. A. Krans and family from west of
Nashua were callers in Bradford Sunday.
-Homer Carle received the sad news Sunday evening that his
brother George W., had died that afternoon at Iowa City where he
had been for medical treatments.
-Mr. and Mrs. A. Sutherland of Charles City, were callers in
Bradford Tuesday on their way home from a visit with their
daughter, Mrs. P. Jensen and family, south of Nashua.
-Mr. Thurman visited his daughter, Mrs. Harnish in Nashua last
week.
-Mrs. Vadie Rumbaugh was in Bradford looking after business
matters.
PLAINFIELD.
-Mrs. Hannah Orcutt and sons Marshall and Arthur moved last week
from the farm south of town to the house lately purchased of Ed
Simbric.
-Mrs. Anna Miller and Mrs. Eva Walker were Waverly visitors
Monday.
-Mrs. Alex Schlaberg has so far recovered from her recent illness
as to be able to start for Long Beach, Cal. last Monday, where
they expect to make their home. She was accompanied by her
husband and daughter and two grandchildren.
-Mrs. Ella Townsend Slaght will arrive from Washington soon to
make an extended visit with her brother Will, and other relatives
and friends in this vicinity.
-Mrs. John Miller visited her son Kenneth at LeMars, Iowa, a
couple days last week and on her return visited her daughter Miss
Marion who is a stenographer at the Boys' Training school at
Eldora.
-Mrs. West has sold a lot west of her house to W.S. Kern who has
started the erection of a house on it.
-George Miller and wife and three daughters left Monday for Long
Beach, Cal, where they expect ot make their home the coming year.
HORTON.
-Mrs. Emma Braider and little grandson, have gone to Illinois to
spend the winter with relatives.
-Mary Stacey of Waverly visited friends here.
-Emory Potter has been suffering the past week from an abcess on
his hand.
-Mrs. Thomas of Plainfield, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Rose
Strauser and family.
-Clara Green, who is working at Nashua, spent Sunday at home.
-Ward Delaverague, of Milwaukee, was the guest of friends here
over Sunday.
-Walter Miler is building a new cistern.
-Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilcox spent Sunday with relatives at Charles
City.
-Mary Meier, of Waterloo, is visiting her brother L.C. Hue and
family.
FREDERICKSBURG.
-Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tompkins of Devon, came Saturday for a visit
at the Lemkuhl home.
-The Frank Sloan home is quarantined for scarlet fever. All the
cases of the disease here have been very light.
-Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lipp moved their household good to New
Hampton Sunday.
-Mr. and Mrs. Claud Wesp will occupy the Doty house recently
vacated by Chas. Lipp.
-A.W. Laabs has a force of men at work remodeling the house he
purchased this fall in the southwest part of town.
-There was a surprise party fro Will Niemeyer at his home
northwest of town Friday night. A large number of old friends and
neighbors composed the company and enjoyed the dance and supper.
IONIA
-Oscar Wolff and family, from near Bassett, were Sunday visitors
at the J.F. Cagley home.
-Joe Herzog has sold out his interest in the dray line to his
partner, Geo. Watts, and Joe and his family will soon move to
Rockford, Iowa, where he will work in a creamery with his brother
John.
-Gladys Watts has returned to Charles City after spending the
past four weeks here at the J.F. Cagley and Ralph Watts homes.
-Misses Clara Pugh and Golda Sylvaria were Mason City shoppers
Saturday.
-A.T. Brookins went to Osage Saturday. Mrs. Brookins and little
son Paul returned with him Sunday evening.
-Sister Domineca and Sister Raymond of Dubuque visited Friday and
Saturday at the O.A. Taylor home.
-Ed Artes and his mother and Mrs. Will Jordan and Ella Dahlke
went to Ackley last week for a visit at the Walter Artes home.
-Mrs. Gus Kruger and daughter Mrs. Anna Schultz and two children,
of Grafton, Iowa, have been here visiting the former's sister,
Mrs. Gus Mathews and family.
-Mrs. Louis Schoenfeld and baby have returned home after a 3
weeks' visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Schultz at Henry,
S.D.
-Mrs. CB. Miller and children spent a few days at Charles City at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Kimball.
-Harold Skeeles has returned to his home at Osage, after a
visither hwith his aunt, Mrs. N.I. Mead and husband.
-Misses Evelyn Troutner, Golda Sylvaria, Blanche Broesis and
Clara Pugh went to Bradford Sunday to visit the "Little
Brown Church."
-Wm. Huffman went to Floyd for a short visit with relatives.
-Mr. and Mrs. Will Ransom of Waterloo were Ionia visitors last
week at the home of his father, C.S. Ransom.
-August Theis, who has been working for John Heit for the past
few weeks, has gone to Rockford to work.
-Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kirner have returned from a visit with
relatives at Belle Plaine, Iowa. They took Mrs. Kirner's siter,
Miss Marie Pichner, home. She had been here visiting them for
some time.
-Mrs. Glenn Kepple attended the family reunion of relatives at
Plainfield last week.
-Mrs. H.E. Thomas did papering for Mrs. Charlie Ferguson near
Bradford.
-Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Handley have returned to their home at Chapin
after a visit here.
-Max Wolff, who has been attending a school at Minneapolis is
working in the depot here as supply agent for a few days, while
B.F. Finnegan is taking a short vacation, fixing up his home
place for winter.
-Rep. P.L. Kepple visited relatives at Nashua last Tuesday.