Peter Priester Obituary a Prominent Whittemore Farmer
Peter Priester a longtime Kosgoth county farmer died last Wednesday at his Whittemore home at four PM He was born August 3 1838 in Wederath Prussia and came to the United States in 1866 He married Elizabeth Schaefer in 1878 and they moved to Wisconsin then Kosgoth county in 1881 Later the couple resided four miles south of Whittemore before moving to town He leaves his wife five children Anna Creelia Gusta J C and Peter Jr who died in 1882 Also eight grandchildren Services were held at St Michael Catholic Church in Whittemore with burial in the Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittemore
Peter Priester
Wederath
Prussia
Wisconsin
Iowa
Elizabeth Schaefer
Cassville
Glenn Haven
Kosgoth County
Anna
Peter Neu
Creelia
John J. Elbert
Gusta
H.C
J. C
Old Place
Peter Jr
Priester
St. Micheal’s Catholic Church
Lodges Elect Officers In Knights Of Pythias Meeting
Knights of Pythias officers were elected at a Thursday meeting. Wm Wendt becomes leader with G C A Pankuk as vice and J H Stephenson as Prelate. Prudence Lodge No 205 A M elected C7 Chubb W M RB A Palmer S W Geo H Free J W I McDade Secretary B F Crose Treasurer B E Norton trustee for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Wm. Wendt
C. A. Pankuk
V.C
J. H. Stephenson
Stanley Worster
A. Peugnet
R. and
A. Long
EL. Vincent
Lars Sorensen
A. Paul Rist, I. G ; John P. Byson
Prudence Lodge No
A. M
Dedicate Service Flag at Presbyterian Christmas Service
A dedicatory ceremony during Christmas Eve exercises marked the dedication of the Presbyterian service flag. Made by the Helping Hand Society, the blue stars honor five church members serving or who served in the armed forces, including Lieut. Walter Kréseheky and Sergeant Arnold Krenens Ay, Alfred Kresensky, Forest Methea. The flag will stay in the church as new stars are added for future service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helping Hand Society
Walter, Kréseheky
Arnold Krenens
Alfred Kresensky
Forest
Methea
Newark visitors honored at Burt gathering in frigid weather
Burt Special and Mrs. Claude Sigabee entertained last Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ringedorf from Newark South Dakota. Present were Mr. and Mrs. John Dittmer mma Dittmer Lizzie Dittmer Arthur Dittmer Mr. and Mrs. Chas Larson Wyot Stott and family Mr. and Mrs. F Ringadorf Verna Ringadorf Warren Treasie Ringsdorf. All reported an excellent dinner and a royal good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Special
Claude Sigabee
Earl Ringedorf
Newark
John Dittmer
Mma Dittmer
Lizzie Dittmer
Arthur Dittmer
Chas. Larson
Wyot Stott
F. Ringadorf
Verna Ringadorf
Warren
Treasie Ringsdorf
Bancroft Man Dies in Cherokee After Life on Farm
Bancroft resident A B Adophaon died Christmas morning in Cherokee where he had lived the past two years. He was about fifty and spent most of his life in Bancroft working on a Swea township farm. A life changing accident left him crippled. His sister Emma and other relatives mourn his passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Adophaon
Bancroft
Cherokee
Swea
Emma
Ustt
L. F. Robinson Dies in Orlando Pioneer Merchant Passes Away
L F Robinson longtime Des Moines area settler and Orlando merchant died December 14 in Orlando Florida at about 85. He early on worked with Henry Durant in a hardware store and later with brother J W Robinson. Survived by three sisters funeral held at Unity Chapel with Orlando Grand Army Post pallbearers and Rev Eleanor Gordon officiating. obituary notes his lifelong liberal religious and civic interests and a recent remarriage to Elizabeth Agnes Robinson.
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L. F. Robinson
Orlando
Florida
Mr. Robinson
Henry Durant
J. W. Robinson
Ellen Durant
Vincent
Des Moines
Eleanor & Gordon
Unitarian Church
Gordon
Johan White Ghadwick
Elizabeth Agnes Robinson
Successful Box Social at Lotts Creek No 7 School
A Christmas program drew a goal sized crowd at Lotts Creek No 7 school followed by a box social auction led by Perry St John raising 56.55 from bidders. Fifteen dollars went to the Red Cross with the rest funding a teacher's desk water fountain lamps and supplies for the school. Miss Erma Zanke, daughter of Joe Zanke, teaches the school and praised for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotts Creek No. 7
Perry St. John
Lotta Creek
Red Cross
Erma Zanke
Joe Zanke
Union Township
Miss Zanke
Hagg Bankion Nuptials Dawn at Swedish Lutheran Church
Sunday night December 23 Rev C G Lindell of the Swedish Lutheran church united Grant Hagg and Edna May Bankman in marriage at the bride’s home. The groom is son of Chas Hagg and the bride daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Bankeon. They will live with her parents in the northwest part of town for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. “G. Lindell
Dale McDonald Dies After Long Illness
Dale McDonald, second son of Mr and Mrs W E McDonald, died Wednesday morning at the parental home after a year long battle with diabetes. He was taken to Battle Creek sanitarium last summer but grew weaker until his death. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 PM from the home with burial in Burt cemetery.
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Dale McDonald
W. E. McDonald
Battle Creek
Burt
COUNTY MAY WIN FLAG IN RED CROSS DRIVE
The Red Cross membership drive in Kossuth county far exceeded goals with 18 000 to 20 000 members expected, about 80 percent of the population. Lotts Creek district led with 664 members, 384 inhabitants yielding 391 members, and Titonka Lone Rock Wesley Laverne Whittemore and Algona also reporting 100 percent or more. Bancroft nears completion as the county prize feature but wider state results show many counties with strong totals.
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Red Cross
Kossuth
Red Grass
United States
Lotta Creek
Lotts Creek
Seneca
Titonka
Lone Rock
Wesley
LaVerne
Whittemore
Algona
Bancroft
Banner County
Kossuth County
Mre. Harding
Red Cross Auction Brings Nearly Six Thousand Dollars
The Red Cross auction held Friday and Saturday December 21 and 22 raised a substantial total with many items selling above value and others below. Notable sales included hog lots near $700, buffalo meat at $28 a piece, a $50 raffle for the Red Cross Twins, and gifts such as a buffalo tail fetching $101. The event drew strong community support from Roseuth county with donations, bids, and volunteer efforts across the two auction sessions.
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Man
Federation
Wwe
Red Cross
PeAcHageard
Tripp
John
Vinadi
A. “E. Clayton
Jimmie Neville
Hugh Raney
Jas, Higbee
Prank Harbit
Kossuth County
Neijie Stahl
France
Trance
Wallace
John Frank
Red Crosa
E A. Bowles
al Falkenhainer
B. F
Reed
Linia
Lara Sorensen
A. H. Stock
Mebarn
Fred Wehler
Knights of Columbus
Algona Manufacturing Co
Roseuth County
Algona
Lenander
Good Woman Dead at Livermore Near St. Jou Cemetery
Mrs. John Geishecker died at home near Livermore on Monday December 24 at age 60. Born in Sigourny Town she moved to the county in 1879 after marrying in 1876. The mother of six children, three survive: Henry John and Mrs. Herman Platt. Kapper died age twenty four. funeral follows at the nearby cemetery. Neighbors recall her as a good woman, devoted wife and loving mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Geishecker
Livermore
Sigourny
Geishacker
Henry
John
Herman Platt
Kapper
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Support
We sincerely thank the many kind friends who set aside duties to assist us during our recent bereavement. Mrs. J. S. Troutman and children express gratitude for the thoughtful help and sympathy received.
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J. S. Troutman
Hinchon Returns From Chicago Sanitarium to Algona
Long time Courier editor John W. Hinchon returns home from a Chicago sanitarium after about a month. He spent Christmas in Waukon with his sister and New York Day at the W. L. Mitchell home in Ventura. He reports improved health, recounts orange juice and limited meals, and admits craving a beefsteak. He plans to visit a grandson in Seneca, then travel to Los Angeles for the winter.
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Chicago
John W. Hinchon
Waukon
JuliancGeough
Algona
W.L. Mitchell
Ventura
Hinglon
R. E. Saunders
John Vaughn
Los Angeles
California
Courier
Mr. Hinchon
Sunny California
Livermore Woman Dies At North Livermore Home
Livermore Gazette reports Mrs Peter Freilinger, 62, died at her home four miles north of Livermore. Born in Luxembourg, she emigrated in 1880 and married Peter Freilinger in Algona in 1881. She leaves a husband and eight children, with funeral from St Joseph Catholic Church yesterday.
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Livermore
Peter ‘Inger
Ann& Altman
Michael
Supie
Peter
John
Anna
Urg
Chas
Berte
Mary
Joséph
Justina
Susie
Ramhgen
St. Joseph Catho
Stork
Many Farms Sold in Kossuth County 1917 Report
Real estate record by M. D. Reilly shows 16,486 acres sold in 1917 across Kossuth County at a total value of 2,424,021 dollars and an average price near 150 dollars per acre. The list names buyers and acreages including J C Wright, M J Wolf, Joe Menke, Rue Grover, J B Meacham, Henry Whalen, and others with numerous 80 to 320 acre parcels and totals. The summary notes continued listing next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Reilly
Kossuth
Iowa
Mr. Reilly
H. A. Lewin
Haggard & Falkenhainer
Joe Menke
G. W. Cagewell
Rue Grover
J. B. Meacham
Herman Simmonameier
Bert Garrison
C. B. Murtagh
G. A, Sisiken
Henry Whalen
N. W
Armstrong Sisters
Elmar Smith
Aso
Fred Phillips
A. A. Anderson
Wadsworth Bros
Fred’ Mower
A. .Bowlss
B. K.co
A. Henry Arndt
Adam Sebults
Otto“Jensen
Jasperson Hofer Wedding Notices Local Brief
The wedding of Nilla Jasperson and Ralph Hofer took place at the bride’s parents home on Wednesday December 19. Father E. S. Maynard performed the ceremony in the presence of relatives with Zita Quinn as pianist and Rose Harig and William Hofer as bridesmaid and best man. After a wedding breakfast the couple planned a visit to Dubuque before settling in Clear Lake where the groom farms on the Hofer homestead. The bride is a well known Algona resident, a 1914 high school graduate. The couple will live in a new bungalow on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nilla Jasperson
Ralph Hofer
A. M. Jasperson
Mias Zita Quinn
Misa Rose Harig
Wm. Hofer
Focal High School
Reg Eon
Ventura
Clear Lake
March
Ralph
Blossoms Promoted. Bank Clerk to Des Moines Manager
Early this month R Rowley, cashier of the Swea City State Bank, will travel to Des Moines to assume a managerial post with the Register and Tribune Company. The vacancy created will be filled by R B Blossom, an Algona native.
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R.rowley
Swea City State Bank
Des Moines
Register and Tribune Company
Bipasom
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Lodges
J. M. Finnell
Sexton
Ylelis A
Falkenhainer Algona, Iowa
Thlinsisa
L. N. Wiggins
Xmas
Shelby County
Harding
Red Cross Drive
St. Jou Cemetery
J. W. Hinchon
Jasperson-Hofer
Willa Jasperson
Fenton Bagker
A, R. Rowley
Swea City
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