Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-15
COUNTY NEWS.
OTTER CREEK,

same.
4 Ernest Peter was doing carpenter
4 work for John Aegerter the other week.
Earl Kirschman and brothers Joyce
y and Verne were callers on their friend
y Albert Aegerter, Saturday evening.
Some Of Ole Sanderson's folks auto
1 e.! to DEBORAH last week Wednesday, to
] do some Xmas shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs w. E. Wiedeman were
] pleasant callers at the John Reinhart
! home, other Sunday evening. #
!. Mr. and Mrs Peter Anderson, Elsie
4 Anderson and Mrs. Anton Espeseth au-
! toed to Cresco, last Wednesday. ~
! Mrs. Bert Butz returned to her home
1 in North Dakota, other week, after
! spending about two months or so here
4 visiting friends and relatives. a
4 MIR and Mrs. Otto Ernest autoed to
4 Cresco Wednesday to do some shopping.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Robt, Vopava and
] daughter Eileen were entertained at
] dinner Sunday by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
I talck north of Ridgeway.
] Ray Stacked and his friend Albert
| Aegerter We're pleasant callers on Roy
4 Koch, other Sunday evening.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Kratz and daugh-
ter Malanna we're pleasant Cresco shop
! perS last week Tuesday. ,~##&
4 Mr. and Mrs Fred Falck, daughters
] Ollie ami Opal, accompanied by NeICie
4 Koch autoed to Cresco Wednesday last
4 week to do some shopping. ..ga
! Lcona Koch spent the latter part of
7 last week with her sister, Mrs. Carl
! t1aakenson. &
Edith Butt visited last week Tuesday
afternn"n az the home Of Mr. and Mrs.
A Fred Falck.
Mr. and Mrs Robt Vopava, Joe Vo-
4 pava and sister Elsie and Roy Koch,
4 sisters Leona and Lizzie spent a very
4 social time at the home of Mr.. and
! Mrs. c. Koch. Wednesday evening. #
! Neiiie Koch returned to her home
] recently after spending; a week with
l her sister Mrs. Fred Falck. NV
y Mr.. and Mrs. Corl Haakenson, Roy
I Koch and sisters Leona and Lizzie
!: spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
4 c, Koch.
wagner Bros were saving wood for
Charley Hornberger and Harry Wiede-
! man, last week.
4 The desease distemper has gotten
Y amongst the horses, until fears are en-
/ tertained of it spreading.
I w. E. Wiedeman and Roy Steckel
q We're pleasant callers at the Schild home
i fore part Of week.
G. Schild was business caller at
! CrescO fore part Of the week.
Announcement were received here
/ the fore part Of the week of the COM
I ing wedding Of Walter Kratz, a former .
LincOlnlte, to Florence Louise Roscoe,
of Grand Rapids, the happy event to
! occur Dec. Goth, 1916. Congratula
tons by friends and relatives are in
] order.
Our rural schools are now supplied
with Old Glory to teach the kiddies
patriotism.
The meeting of the w. M. S. was
postponed from this week Wednesday
J to second W ednesday in January.
Revival meetings hay been in prog
ress at the German NJ E. Church the
past two weeks
Fred C. Koch was pleasant shopper
at DEBORAH last week Wednesday.
Demo Kratz of Sumner twp. was
pleasant caller at the home place fore
part of last week.
Mrs. Leonard Walter, of Florence
vile, spent several days under the par
entail roof here having charge Of the
household department during her moth
er's absence at ColfaX, Ia. #G
A. R. Griswold was listed among the
sick the latter part Of last week.
Wesley kratz and his man Ellert
Landswerk were delivering hogs to
Ridgeway buyers last week Friday.
Mike Kratz was saving wood fore
part of the week some of his neighbors
assisting him.
Hattie Armstrong. of Ridgeway, was
visiting her sister, Mrs. Winfield Kratz,
the past week a number of days. ="
Mrs Theo Kratz has been staying
with her daughter, Mrs. Dan Kruger,
the past week for a number of days,
while Mr.. Kruger was attending the
jury at Cresco.
C. Schild and Elmer autoed to De-
corah last week Wednesday to do some
! shopping and call on relatives.
Moe Bros. of Ridgeway were pleas
ant callers on relatives near Otter
Creek last week.
Winter solstice next week. Nights
have ached their limit in length and
must begin to pay tribute to the days
again. a
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Demo Kratz,
boy of standard weight last week
Thursday. Congratulations. Demo
now longs for the day when the little
fellow will say papa.
Mrs Mike Kratz has been at Colfax,
Ia, the past week or so taking treat
ments for her old complaint, rheuma-
tiSm.
DR.. Geo Hoffman Of Ridgeway made
several professional calls out this way
during the past week.
Ne tie Koch spent few days with
her sister Mrs. Robt. Vopava Of Sum-
ner twp. the past week or so. @
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Peter, Sr., call
ed upon their son Alfred Peter, Jr., and
II 20 Loot waak Opa dow