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Burlington Homes & Farms

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S 07-20-1928 Mr. & Mrs. Otto Wolfgram moved to new home on Highland ave.
F 07-26-1928 Mr. & Mrs. Harold Ashcroft living at 770 Lewis st.
F 07-26-1928 Mary Brever and mother, Josephine, moved to 511 McHenry st. in May.
S 07-27-1928 Barney Reesman building new home on Origen st.
S 07-27-1928 For rent: Charles Rasch farm of 190 acres 8 miles south of Burlington, 1-1/2 miles east of Slade's Corners.
F 08-02-1928 Mr. & Mrs. W. Ross Schenning and family moving from Silver Lake to Burlington. (At 501 Conkey st. in 1928-29 Directory)
S 08-03-1928 Mrs. Margaret Foley sold house, occupied by Chauncey Kellogg, on Kendall st. to Lee Lynn.
S 08-03-1928 Chauncey Kellogg moved from Foley house on Kendall st. to Nagel residence on State st. on east side of Fox river.
F 08-16-1928 George Slacum / Slocum bought residence on Liberty st. from Mrs. George Forge estate. (716 Liberty st. in 1922-23 Directory.)
F 08-16-1928 Upper flat at 639 Jefferson st. for rent; 5 rooms and bath.
F 08-16-1928 Elmer Breckenfeld offered 2 story brick house and double garage for sale, corner of West & Madison sts.
S 08-17-1928 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur F. Reesman to live in Old English home at 718 Avis ave. F 8/16/28 - Arthur Reesman and Alice Hurd married Aug. 13.
S 08-17-1928 Albert Ganswindt bought Ida Bernhoft residence on Chestnut st. and a lot from Mrs. John S. Wagner. Ganswindt will move the Bernhoft house to the lot and remodel it. The Bernhoft house was on the bank of the White river on land bequeathed to city for a park. (House relocation)
S 08-24-1928 Ed Busch started excavation for new home next to his parents' home on West Geneva st.
S 08-24-1928 Mrs. Herman Guse moved from Evanston, Ill., to residence she bought last fall in Perkins Park.
S 08-24-1928 Fire on Aug. 18, 1928, destroyed home of Mr. & Mrs. Eli Larson on Market st. F 8/23/28 - 732 Market st.
F 08-30-1928 Miss Elizabeth Kortendick living at 819 Storle ave.
F 08-30-1928 Title clearance notice on 1.085 acre parcel at Pleasant ave. & Chestnut st. - Henrietta Fratt vs. Smith, Acken, Perkins, Salmon E. Tyler, Charles E. Williams, and others.
S 08-31-1928 Al. Giannini bought William Trost residence on Chandler blvd. F 8/30/28 - corner of Henry st. & Chandler blvd.
S 08-31-1928 A. F. Barnes and family occupy residence at 645 Pine st. Barnes is employed at William Itzin harness shop.
F 09-06-1928 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Nenning and son moved from Menasha to Walter Yonk residence on Reynolds ave.
F 09-06-1928 Leo Reesman and Elizabeth Laughrin, married Sept. 4, to live at 381 Perkins blvd.
S 09-07-1928 For rent: House on corner of Herman & Chestnut sts. For sale: 50 x 100 foot lot on Herman st.
F 09-13-1928 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Breckenfeld and daughter moved from Rochester to Burlington. (858 Storle ave. in 1928-29 Directory.)
F 09-13-1928 W. R. Karges advertises 20 acre farm on Brown's Lake rd. for sale (next to golf course).

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