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Burlington Homes & Farms

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S 08-04-1916 Oscar Krueger and Andrew Jacobs now sole owners of Burlington Outing club property at Brown's lake; they bought interests of William Reuschlein and Chris. Peterson.
S 08-04-1916 George McManagle leased Mrs. Helen Prasch residence on Lewis st. and will move family from Eau Claire.
S 08-04-1916 Mrs. Helen Prasch and family moved to Milwaukee; Mike and Leo have jobs there and Armella will work at Spiegel's drug store.
F 08-09-1916 Frank Bushman and family moved to new house on west Geneva st. Also in S 8/4/16.
F 08-09-1916 John Angsten building a new bungalow on Geneva (s/b Kendall) st. S 8/4/16 - on Kendall st.
S 08-11-1916 Francis (Thomas?) Lyons (employed at Ben Holmes cigar factory) and family occupy Wehmhoff residence on corner of Washington & West sts. Also in F 8/9/16.
S 08-11-1916 William Wolf and family moved to Howard A. Wood farm near Milwaukee Road depot / St. Paul depot.
S 08-11-1916 C. I. Harding and family moved to new home on corner of Geneva & Kendall sts.
S 08-11-1916 Homes scarce in Burlington.
F 08-16-1916 A. Bushman building addition to his residence on Geneva st.
S 08-18-1916 Mr. & Mrs. Al. Koehn moved to Bratz residence on east side of Fox river recently bought by H. Edwards.
S 08-18-1916 Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Raettig moved to H. A. Rueter residence on Kendall st. vacated by Al. J. Koehn.
S 08-18-1916 Miss Frances Smith to move to her home on Liberty st. just vacated by Hugo Raettig and family.
S 08-18-1916 Work started on new residences John Wiemers / Wiemer will build on Geneva st.
F 08-23-1916 William Sorenson residence property on McHenry st. offered for sale. S 8/25/16 - 130 foot frontage.
S 08-25-1916 Harold J. Runkel sold residence on Highland blvd. / ave. to F. E. Schunk, who has been living there. Also in F 8/30/16 - Highland ave.
S 08-25-1916 Mrs. George Goodwin bought residence on the corner of Amanda & Origen sts. from Mrs. E. S. Voorhees; residence occupied by H. G. DeRosia. Also in F 8/30/16. S 10/6/16 - Mrs. Frances Goodwin moved in.
S 08-25-1916 B. M. "Ben" Schilz bought residence property of Fred Uhen, Sr., on Washington st.; possession Mar. 1. Also in F 8/23/16.
S 08-25-1916 Theodore Linneman, Jr., bought Fred Krakofsky farm of 58 acres at Long lake, from August Ludwig.
S 09-01-1916 Joseph Jacobs sold residence on Wilmot ave. to Albert G. Jung. Also in F 8/30/16.
S 09-01-1916 City clerk L. E. Kennedy bought lot on Highland ave. from H. A. Runkel and will build residence. Also in F 8/30/16 - lot west of F. E. Shunk's. S 9/8/16 - L. E. Kennedy and family to make home with Dr. & Mrs. L. A. Forge and John Madden until new residence is completed.
S 09-01-1916 Mrs. Elizabeth Kennedy making home with John Madden and family at 495 Edward st. until new residence of L. E. Kennedy is completed.
S 09-01-1916 R. L. Southey bought 3 lots in Perkins South Park from Henry Wehmhoff and will build 3 residences. Also in F 8/30/16.
S 09-01-1916 Bernard Pieters and Viola Miller, married Aug. 30, to live in Miller residence on Chestnut st. S 9/8/16 - Frank Miller residence.
S 09-01-1916 Mrs. V. L. Cowdery has taken rooms in Vaughn residence on Main st.

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