Berg's big Clearance Sale ends Monday in Postville
A crowded local notices page highlights Berg's Clearance Sale ending Monday, with ads for a five room house for rent, a dentist in Elgin, and various social visits. Community members including Will Kerr and F. W. Hughes attend county-seat business, and Lola Kiple wins a district spelling contest in West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Hanson
Postville
Berg
Dr. Hutchinson
Becker Bldg
Elgin
Ecuo
Will Kerr
Chas Klingman
West Union
Lola Kiple
Kiple
Post ville business trip and local notices mix
Melchair Yenney traveled to Post ville on business. Mr and Mrs Max Hunsberger welcomed a daughter born Sunday. Delbert Bakeman now clerking at C Lehman Son's hardware store. Berg's Sale promotion ends next Monday. John Cunningham from Volga City visiting family this week. Jim Jack left for Kansas for work. Lament to get a new bank. Fred Retz named director. Old Arkansas musical numbers praised. Opera House schedule for February 10. Saturday night dance possible if sleighing and moonlight cooperate. Bills' orchestra praised. All parties with accounts urged to settle. C J Monnanan note. War comment on cigarette smokers. Church door anecdote. Mrs Franc DeSart and Florence to Clermont for two-day visit with Pringle family and new baby. Ray Lamphere, conspirator with Belle Gunness, died in prison after confessional. Shoe department to add repair shop run by Mr Hadd. Former President Cleveland's widow pension cited. Eye care ad for Dr E W Feige at Dewey Hotel Feb 3. George Kuster dies in Caldonia, Minn after fall. funeral Tuesday. Mrs S W Kuster attends funeral in Minnesota.
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Lament
Fred Retz
Numkers
Arkansas
Opera House
West Union News Notes and Local Happenings
West Union notes report Gunderson’s Elgin visit and several residents traveling to Chicago, Omaha, Elkader, and Los Angeles. Local births, marriages, illness, snow totals, and a mayoral district spelling contest are mentioned, along with a push for merchants to advertise and retain trade. Social clubs form The Modern Priscillas to pursue needlecraft, while officials address a gambling case and a barber moves to a new shop.
German Bottom Sightings Prompt War Question
Jed Goosenbacher of Monroe county Ohio visits the Albert Schupbach home. Paul Baumwart and sister Ida Mrs Fehr and Mr Imhof and wife from West Bend arrive with Ben Moser of Morse Minnesota to visit friends Adolph Marti Emil Leuthold Rav Blottner of Sabetha Kansas and relatives present.
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Dan Baumwart
Elizabeth
Josna Bracker
Lamar
Morse
Minn
Samwacker
Jed Goosenbacher
Monroe County
Ohio
Paul Baumwart
Ida
Fehr
Mr. Imhof
West Bend
Ben Moser
Morse, Minn
Adolph Marti
Emil Leuthold
Rav. Blottner
Sabetha
Kansas
Farm Rent Offers Multiple Nearby Tracts For Lease
Land broker advertises several farms for rent near Donnan West Union Fay ette Hawkeye totaling 180 acres 166 acres 40 acres 80 acres and 25 acres timber pasture with diverse improvements including buildings groves stabling and fuel timber. Terms on application and no charges unless a sale is made. Land loan offerings also available with rates aligned to conditions.
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Donnan
R. D
West Union
Fayette
Hawkeye
Talso
Tam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clayton Pringle
Clermont
Halstenson
F.R. Berg
F. W. Hughes
Gus. Thoma
Earn Schori
Kaiel & Ruby
Fred Kohler
Kohler
John Fulk
Elkader
Georgia May
Leo Schori
Capper's
Ladies’ Aid Society
Myre
Frank Kimball
Mrs. Wood
Mary Monnahan
Beth Monnahan
Ralph DeSart
James J. Hill
Acre
Europe
Roy Kimball
Waterloo
Tilidois Central
Roy
Melchair Yenney
Max Hunsberger
Delbert Bakeman
C. Lehman & Son's
Hardware Futore
John Cunningham
Volga City
Jim Jack
C. J. Monnanan
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
LaPorte
Ind
Hadd
Hexas
Cleveland
McKinley
Garfield
Polk
Tyler
W. Feige
Dewey Hotel
George Kuster
Caldonia
St. Paul
Winneshiek County State Bank
Decorah
Iowa
New York
New York Central Ry
PM & O
Ple
Thoma Bros
Gunderson
A. B. Rubger
Dy J. F. Harrington
Wadena
W. J. Ainsworth
C. B. Hughes
Chicago
Th von Rolf
Omaha
J. W. Dwyer
Oelwein
J. A. Galvin
T. L. Green
Los Angeles
W. L. Cannon
M. C. Dershaw
Algona
Walter Beauman
Fred Knight
Whitefish
Montana
J. W. Hoover
J. W. Bopp
Union
Dover
Valley
Prof. Williams
Mike Quinlin
Maynard
Sheriff Clark
Justice Berkey
Mary Christen
Jacob Christen
Hare
Mre
George N. Schori
Worley
Glen Kinney
Fred Berg
Fred Muhlenthaler
Adolph Weibel
Frank Greenley
Halver Knudtson
Mary Skarshoug
Priscilla
T. J. Capper
F. R. Berg
Holstengen
Kniel & Rubger
Savings Bank
C. J. Harrington
Epworth League
Mary Hanson
Lew I. Sturgis
Federal Grand Jury
Dubuque
el Klingman
Dan Goetz
Melvin Johnson
Jim Crow
Burn Schools
New House
Flossie
Capper
Feller
Arthur Gage
Ringgold County
Hageman
Wade Tupper
Wast Union
Sue Ackley
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