Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-26
OTTER CREEK.

OTTER CHEEkl.
"A gentle shower Of rain the fore
part of the week cooled off the air
and aided corn and potatoes and veg
etables in general. " 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Haakenson were
callers at the Fred Koch home Sun
day morning.
Everybody is busy in the harvest
field these days. Some through here
are cutting with two binders.
H. House was delivering hogs at
Ridgeway last week one day.
Charley Hornberger was business
caller at Cresco last week one day.
]: Aegerter and family were en-
tertained at dinner Sunday by Theo.
Kratz and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollie Kratz and Mr.
and Mrs. Demo Kratz, the latter of
Sumner twp, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Theo. Kratz and family.
Services next Sunday at the Evan
gelical church as follows: Sunday
school at 10:30 a. N. followed by
prayer meeting. In the evening at
regular hour preaching by Rev. J.
r. Nolte of Cresco. -
A. W. Diestler and family, of Elma,
Iowa, and Mrs. &c Diekman, also Of
Elma, made calls last Sunday after
noon at the c. Schild and Theo. Kratz
homes.
Rev. J. R. Nolte dined with Amel
Koch and family Sunday. =
John Aegerter was a business call
er at Cresco last week Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Kirschman and
son Earl were business callers at
DEBORAH last Saturday Z
r John Aegerter and family were
pleasant callers at the Carl Gerber
home in Howard county other Sun
day afternoon.
Earl Kirschman was caller at
Cresco last week Monday between
trains to get some dental work done.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Haakenson were
shoppers at Cresco last week Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Rutsch and son
Fred and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Aegler
and daughters were callers at the
Carl Gerber home Sunday afternoon.
Verna Sanderson was visiting her
sister Mrs. Fred Koch, the past week.
Little Gale Haakenson spent We'd
nesday of last week with Mrs. w. E.
Wiedeman.
Roy Sanderson spent the other
Sunday under the parental roof.
Ernest Peter, Of Cresco, spent
very pleasant time with Mr.. and Mrs.
Amel Koch and daughters Friday.
DR.. Horton, of Calmar, made a few
professional calls in this vicinity last
week.
Ernest Peter of Cresco, completed
a new garage for his father last
week
w. E. Wiedeman was q pleasant
caller ct the Alfred Peter, ST., home
last week one day.
Fred Falck and family entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Haakenson one ev-
ening in the recent past.
Fred Sanderson and his brother
Alton were pleasant callers at the
Fred c. Koch home one day.
s Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Peter, ST., and
sons Lawrence and Ernest and Net
tie Koch took supper with Mr.. and
Mrs. vern Hardy, of Cresco, Sunday
Herbert Peter and Otto Leinhart
were pleasant callers on formers
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Peter,
ST., last Thursday evening.
Amelia Kratz, who has been suffer-
ing with the quinsy the past week,
is convalescing nicely.
Harry Wiedeman was a business
caller at Cresco last week one day
Charley Hornberger was a pleas
ant caller at the Harry Wiedeman
home Sunday morning.
Nettie Koch spent the other Sun
day visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Pc
ter, ST., and family.
The following attended a picnic at
Vernon other Sunday: Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Falck, daughters Ollie and
Opal, near Ridgeway, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Haakenson, daughter Gale. Mr..
and Mrs. Fred c. Koch, son Clinton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Butz and sons,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Butz, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Bachman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Kratz, family, Mrs. Mary Kratz
and daughter Emma of Cresco. Re-
OF various kinds were
served and the day was passed in
a social manner.