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Fenton Growth and Construction Boom This Summer
No county shows bigger improvements than Fenton with numerous new farms barns and houses. Thirty loads of lumber were shipped from McDonald & Nafus yard as yard business set a seasonal high. The American M. E. church will be dedicated mid September at about $2200, while many residents in Seneca Palo Alto and Penton build homes barns and granaries. A new school building is planned for the Independent District of Penton and contractor Johnson & Lull erected several structures for rental properties valued around $850 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton
McDonald & Nafus
H. & Reimers
Queal Yards
Ed Chrischilles
Mike Weisbrod
Wm. Rachut
Tne
Palo Alto
Christ Rusk
Hi I Dreyer
Herman Ohm
J. P. Berg
Wm. Stammer
John Helgens
John Osborn
A.W. Finstrad
Louis Miller
D. F. Oddell
M. E
Herman Schmidt
Lotts Creelk
German Lutheran Church
Hans Wilberg
Wm. Langerman
Hans Jenson
Seneca
Ed McChane
John S. Johnson
A. A. Baake
Martin Thompson
Henry Huiscamp
Louis Weisbrod
C. Borgquist
Janho G. Jensville
Ed. Leitz
A. Sandaalb
Mr. Muller
Penton
D. A. Beck
Johnson & Lull