Looking At Life As It Used To Be In 1909
Items from Leader Files dated December 16 1909 note visits and marriages in Readlyn Waterloo and surrounding towns. Henry Luhrsen travels from Palatine Illinois to see daughters Mrs F C Olrogge and Mrs Chas Berlin. Several marriages including Minnie Buchholz to a Waterloo man and John Mueller wedding. Obituaries and illness include Mrs Louis Bodermann Emil C Stumme and Fred C Kuker. Community notices cover relocations and a candlelight wedding at St Matthew’s Readlyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Luhrsen
Palatine
Ill
Daughers
F. C. Olrogge
Chas
Berlin
J. F. Keough
Chicago
Minnie Buchholz
Wavgly
Waterloo
John Berlin
Black Hawk Eunty
Frank Koch
John G. Mueller
John
Ma and Pa Kettle At Home at Tripoli Theatre
Ma and Pa Kettle At Home is scheduled for Sunday and Wednesday at Tripoli Theatre on December 19 and 22. The comedy follows Elwin winning an essay contest, a farm contest, and the Kettles racing to patch the farm for the judge Alan Mowbray as pigs goats and a comic Indian raid unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli Theatre
Elwin
Alan Mowbray
Mowbray
Santa Claus
Locker Transfers to Larimer in What Cheer
The Locker Lunch passes from Poli to William Larimer of What Cheer as Mr Banard continues to operate the establishment under new local management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poli
Wm. Larimer
Mr. Banard
Funeral services held for Mrs. Alfred Bull in Frederika
One year ago December 16 1953 funeral services were held at St John Lutheran Frederika for Mrs Alfred Bull who died suddenly Sunday evening. Tripoli high school students present a vocal concert at the town hall Friday evening. Cardinal Lanes Sumner's new bowling alley is now open. League bowling to begin Jan 1. At Center Junction Mrs Frank Himebaugh retires as postmistress after nearly 43 years of service there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Seehase
John Seehase
Arlene Banser
Herman Banser
Tripoli
St. John’s Ev
Crane Creek
Willard Holm
Kathleen
Lawton
Oklo
Pvt
James Bennett
Long Beach
Calif
Norma Jean Robinson
Waterloo
R. R. Robinson
Hominy
Okla
John Walter Meier
Walter Meier
Readlyn
Little Brown Church
Nashua
F. L. Hanscom
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
A. H., Albrecht
A. H. Ernst
Malinda Lenius
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
LaVonne Peters
Richard Woodring
Erich J. Dornbusch
FE. A. Ranard
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Frederika
Alfred Bull
Tripoli High School
Town Hall
Cardinal Lanes
Sumner
Center Junction
Frank Himebaugh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minnie Schmidt
C. Schmidt
Chas. W. Zell
Caroline Schuldt
Louis Bodermann
F. H. Harmening
Emil C. Stumme
Readlyn Banker
Colonial Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Louis Rohrssen
Matthias Funeral Home
Denver
Fred C. Kuker
M. W. Bennett
Theodore Schuknecht
General Hospital
Fresno
Henry Prestien
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Professional Directory
United
BLUME
Hartford Fire Insurance Inc
Fire & Casualty
Cedar Rapids
Mutual Trust Life Insurance
M. O. Brye Chiropractor
Waverly
Towa
F. Ray Robinson
Optometrist
Iowa
Fine Insurance
Agency
Tripoli, Iowa
Bankers Life Insurance
Magnall Veterinarian
Water Tower
Fred Rewoldt
West Main
H. O. Hastings
E. Bremer
Coddington & Hemingway
Attorneys-at-Law
Block & Klemp Building
America
Chevrolet
Ladies Cotton Plesse
Tricycles
Tudor Plate
Aluminum
Eucal
Speciale
Sheffield
Wananaaga
Waiz
Potter Siding Creamery Co
V. G. Goebel
Biermann
C. R. Barry
Jack Frese
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