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From: "Sharyl" <>
Subject: [IAALLAMA-L] news items 1936
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 23:57:53 -0900


I'm posting this from Mary Durr, who has been having some problems getting
her email program to send to the list ....... Thanks Mary!!

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Interesting Items From the Files of the Postville Herald of April 2, 1936

Postville's municipal election on Monday was very quiet. Elected were:
Mayor Gustav DIETSCH; councilmen, Earl ABERNETHY, H. D. COLE, C. F. REINCKE,
C. C. SANDER and J. A. SCHROEDER; treasurer, L. O. BEUCHER; and assessor, A.
J. PHILLIPS.

Edgar RISER of Postville received first honors in butter with a score of
92.75 at a district meeting of buttermakers and secretaries at the Farmers
creamery company plant at Waukon last Wednesday.

W. J. TIMMERMAN who has had considerable experience in the farm machinery
business, has again entered this field at Castalia and is now open for
business.

That Allamakee county will within a few months have one of the finest County
Homes in the state of Iowa is now a foregone conclusion, as on Wednesday of
this week the Broad of Supervisors let the contracts for its construction.

The Post office department has approved a new star mail route service
between Elgin and Postville.

Business in the freight line has been booming the past week up at the old
reliable Milwaukee station, 14 decks of livestock, a car of barley and a car
of eggs having been shipped out of Postville the past week, and this with
the thousands of seed shipments have kept Agent C. C. SEARLS and his helper
Don BUSH, busier than a dog with a new batch of fleas to fight.

Dr. and Mrs. G. E. JORGENSON of Clermont, who have been wintering in
Hollywood, California were Postville visitors Wednesday, Mrs. JORGENSON
coming to arrange her classes of piano students for the coming term.

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