Maeystown News - Waterloo Times, Friday Feb 5, 1915

Jacob Gilbert, our street and alley commissioner, visited in St. Louis the past week.

Adam Hertlein was the lucky winner of the quilt at Chas. Meister’s Sunday night.

Edward Maeys was at Waterloo Monday to attend the directors meeting of the State Bank.

We are informed that the wedding bell will be ringing Feb 11, 1915, in our village. 
How about it Albert.

Louis H. Zimmer still does a lot of all kinds of insurance business. The companies 
he represents are the best in the world.

Louis Krone, the merchant, distributed a liberal supply of blotters to the pupils 
of Posten school. Thanks for this needed article.

Now and not next summer that great interest is taken in good roads. Miles and 
miles of good roads are made and remade daily.

Herman Pape and Henry Feldmeier were Waterloo and Belleville business callers 
last week. Henry bought a team of mules form Baer Bros.

August Diehl has received two new pianos which he has for sale. One of them is a 
player piano, it is being the first in this part of the country.

Max Krone, Arnold Hoffmann, Christian Lehmann, Wm. Schneider and August and 
Arthur Hoffmann of the Maeystown Parochial school visited Posten school Tuesday.

Rev. Paul Schutz informs us that the choirs of St. John’s Evang. Church of this place 
will give a concert in Maeys’ Hall in the near future. A splendid program is being prepared.

The Maeystown Commercial Club held its regular monthly meeting Monday evening. 
The Club has rented Pape’s Hall for the year 1915, and meetings will be held there after this.

The concert given by the Maeystown Brass Band Sunday evening Jan. 23, 1915, in Maeys 
Hall was a success in all ways. August Diehl, director of the band, deserves much credit for 
the success of same. Everyone played his part splendidly.