Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-12-05
COUNTY NEWS.
OTTER CREEK CLIPPING.


the day with Mike Kratz and family.
Kenneth Hopperstad was among
those listed with the sick recently
causing a weeks absence from school
Eddie Mix spent few days al
Cresco last week visiting his father
who was i'll at Mercy hospital.
,. Henry Ruddy, of Cresco, drove dowl
here one day last week, trying to buy
horses for eastern markets
Mrs. Fred Falck, from near Ridge.
way, called upon her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Amei Koch last week Wednes.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Kratz drove
TO Ridgeway on Thanks giving day ia
eat turkey with the latter's folks Mr..
and Mrs. X Armstrong.
The German M. E. peopleoheld ser.
vices in their church here last Thurs:
day morning, Rev. f. A. Damerow, OF
DEBORAH conducting the same.
Last week Thursday couple of
workmen erected large granite
monument in the Lutheran cemetery
west of town to the memory of Ed.
Bakken.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Schorr enter
tained a number of relatives from
town to Thanksgiving dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Aegerter and
family dined with Chris Schild and
family on Thanksgiving day and spent
the afternoon in each others company.
Thee. Kratz was saving wood for
himself with his saving rig last week
and Monday of this week for Amel
Koch. - .."-. ..
DR.. Precious, one of Cresco's veter-
naries, made number of professional
calls in this vicinity and across the
border in Howard the forepart of the
week.
Ed Espesth's fine new house is now
IN the hands of the pIasterers and
work is rushed to complete the same
at an early date.
Rev. L. N. Day, of Cresco, will hold
preaching services in the Evangelical
church here next Sunday morning and
in the evening.
Mrs. Albert Mix and Ardella drove
out near Lawler last week one day to
apend few, days at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Will Landa and Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Tupey. They returned home
the next day.
Theo.' Kratz, Victoria and Herbert
drove to Golden Ridge last week to
spend number Of days at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Kruger. They
returned home Sunday afternoon ac-
companied by Mrs. 'Kratz and Miss
Amelia who had been visiting there
two weeks nearly. -
Charley Kuntz and. family visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hornberger last
Sunday.
Ed. Weidaman, jolly old Ed. who
had been working on Frank Kosto-
hryz's new house was working for Sam
Kuntz last week few days.
Rev. F. A. Damerow, of DEBORAH, is
conducting series Of revival meetings
in the German M E. church west of
the river this week
Frank Kuntz has taken to clearing
some of his land for number of days,
few men were removing stumps.
brush, etc.
The preliminary spelling contest for
this township will be held in Dist. No.
/ known as the Kirschman district
next Friday evening.
Sadie Koch, who has been working
for various ones all season, arrived
home last week Wednesday to spend
1he holidays under the parental roof. !.
Frank Kuntz had a sick horse one
lay last week, that will necessitate
several days of quietness
Steve johnson. of Ridgeway, autoed
out this way, one day last week, on
business. Steve is one of those fellows
that had, put his car in cold storage for
the winter, but the fine roads were too
tempting to leave it there.
Chris. Schild sold horse to Henry
Ruddy, of Cresco. last week, deliver
ing same on Friday
Mrs Odden and son Melvin came up
from near DEBORAH, recently, to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Car Den. for few days.
They returned home Saturday to at
tend a funeral in their neighborhood
Mrs. Mike Kratz has been at Golden
Ridge for q week or more visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Walt
or, and helping the folks eat turkey on
Thanksgiving Day.
Albert Milk. who has been an inmate
% Mercy Hospital, of Cresco, for a
week or more, has sufficiently recover
ed 80 "a to come home; news his many
friends will be glad to learn.
John e. Hopperstad took car load
Of cattle to the Chicago market, the
fore part of the week They were a
lot of his own feeding.
Mr.. an Mrs. Fred Burri, of Howard
county celebrated their silver wedding
anniversary last week, number from
these parts being in attendance and
all pronounced it just fine, Mr. and
Mrs. B. proving excellent entertainers.
Gladys Hoffman came home from
Cedar Falls where she had been STU
dent in the teachers state college, to
celebrate Thanksgiving day with
friends and relatives.
Anne! Koch and family visited Mike
Iratz and family the other Sunday.
Gaia Gustavson, who teaches in the
Krschman district, spent Thanksgiv-
ing Gay at her home in Calmar return
ing the next day.
MRS. Albert Milk drove to Cresco
last week one day to call upon Mr..
Milk at the hospital.
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