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From: "Mike or Sharyl" <>
Subject: [Newspaper] Postville Review; Postville, Allamakee Co. IA; 10-11-1918
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 11:50:55 -0900


Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
October 11, 1918

Another Postville Soldier At Rest.
A message from Camp Gordon, Georgia, last Monday conveyed to Mrs. Anna
SCHULTZ of this city the sad news that her son, Ervin, had died on Sunday of
pneumonia and thus have three Postville boys made the supreme sacrifice for
their country since America entered the great World War.

Private Ervin SCHULTZ was born on November 22, 1892, in Grand Meadow
township, Clayton, county, just south of Postville. He was confirmed at St.
Pauls' German Lutheran church in this city in 1907. He spent his life on the
home farm until July 26, 1918, when he was called to the colors, and went
with the Clayton Co. contingent to Camp Gordon, Georgia, where he entered
the training school for non-commissioned officers and was making a good
record for himself when stricken with pneumonia from which he died on
Sunday, October 6, 1918, at the base hospital, being at the time of his
death 25 years, 11 months, and 25 days old.

He is survived by his widowed mother, three sisters and five brothers.
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Friedrich EVERMANN
After an illness of many months, having been sick since last December, Fred
EVERMANN passed away last Sunday morning at 2:30 o'clock at his home just
west of town, best known as the old Harman place. By occupation Mr. EVERMANN
was a carpenter, and a faithful and competent workman, honest as the day was
long and by his quiet and agreeable ways made friends of all who had
dealings with him, and the sympathy of the community will go out in full
measure to those who mourn his loss.

Friedrich Wilhelm Christoph EVERMANN was born March 27, 1861, in Niendorf,
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany. In 1882 he was married to Minna BAETCKE, and
to this union were born five children, three of whom were born in Germany
and two in America. He came to this county with his family in 1891, living
for two years near Luana, moving from there to Grand Meadow township, where
he resided one year and then moved to the farm near Postville, where they
have since resided.

He leaves to mourn his loss his wife and four children - Wilhelm on the old
home farm, and Rudy, Fred, Cynthia, and Walter at home; five grandchildren
and many relatives and friends.

At the time of his death Mr. EVERMANN was aged 57 years, 6 months, and 10
days.

The funeral was held from the St. Paul's Lutheran church on Wednesday,
conducted by Rev. E. Schmidt. Interment in Postville cemetery.
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Save Carbon for Gas Masks.
An essential of a soldier's gas mask is carbon. The best quality carbon is
extracted from certain fruit pits and nut shells, 7 pounds of shells or 200
peach pits will yield carbon for one mask. Iowa throws away tons of this
material every day. Our soldiers ask us to save it and turn it over to the
Red Cross, in turn to save them from a horrible and agonizing death.
1. Save, collect, dry and turn over to the Red Cross: Peach stones; prune,
plum, olive and native cherry pits; date seeds; Brazil, hickory, walnut and
butternut shells. Other pits and shells are deficient in carbon, do not
include them.
2. All pits must be dried in oven or sun.
3. Do not extract kernels from pits.
4. Extract meats from nuts.

School notes.
The High School has added 16 new stars to the service flag.
A cupboard for drawing supplies has been built in the lower hall.
Helen FITZPATRICK has entered the Seventh grade as a tuition pupil.
Owing to vacation Thursday and Friday a large number of High School students
attended the Waukon fair.

Council Proceedings.
Regular meeting of the Town Council of the Incorporated Town of Postville,
Iowa, held Oct. 4, 1918.
Councilmen all present, Mayor W. H. BURLING presiding.
The following bills of account were allowed and ordered paid, except the
bill of the Upper Iowa Power Co., of $72.75, for light, from which was
deducted 25 cents for light out:
J.E. WELSCH, labor on sewer $7.05
M. WELSCH, labor on sewer $7.80
Irvin ALLEN, street work, man and team $4.50
Wm. L. STOCKMAN, sprinkling $6.60
L. A. BELLOWS, salary $75.00
(The rest of the list is missing from copy)
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submitted by Phyllis Peterson via Sharyl Ferrall, coordinator Allamakee Co.
Iowa; Newspaper Abstracts

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