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Route News Across Four Local Routes
Route No 1 reports illnesses including Osmund Ostand and Arthur Halvorson plus holiday visits among families on the route. School resumes after break. multiple Christmas trips and social events noted among Route No 1 residents. Route No 2 covers Christmas visits, gifts, and travel among Andrews Oster Marske and Heitland families with mentions of presents. Route No 3 lists sick Tallack Wiel and Doege holidaying in Dows, stock sale plans, and oats received at Mrs Anderson’s mailbox. Route No 4 notes Mary Buttier’s visit, visiting De Wall of Mountain Lake, hogs and a steer butchered for Christmas, sack of oats and corn, and a marriage and move to the Stowe farm in the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osmund Ostand
Arthur Halvorson
Ben
Bruns
Willie
Germania
Josie Howe
Fred Yahuke
H. Winter
Abbe Winter
Heiko Jurgens
John Osland
John Jordal
A. Winter
Titonica
Jake Alberta
Ackley
A. T. Halvorson
Henry Dingle
Aplington
Stont
Alfred Frandle
Fergus Falla
Minnesota
Knute Berg
Christ Legreich
George Collison
George Andrews
Iowa Falls
Adolph Oster
Titonia
Wm. Marske
John Sloper
H. Heitland
H. A. Wagner
Hattie Bleeker
Jennie Heitland
John Perton
Jake Hofbauer
Mr. Perton
Uncle Tallack Wiel
Mike Akkerman
John Doege
Dows
C. O. Hauskins
A. F. Parriott
South Dakota
Ray Lackore
R. O. Beaver
Maude
Henry Davis
Fayette
John Roach
Emmons
Minn
O. C. Anderson
Frank Scholl
Pete Elman
Newton Realty Co
Jay Weatherbes
Matt Fowler
Mary Buttier
John de Wall
Mountain Lake
Wm. Behrends
Albert Yahnke
A.C. Olgon
Andrew
Cliff Collins
Pearl Wentworth
Forest City
Eldora
Iowa
Frank Stowe