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Burlington Homes & Farms

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S 04-12-1912 William Koenemann and family moved from Burlington to Kenosha.
S 04-12-1912 Henry Vos building new residence adjoining his home on Liberty st. F 4/17/1912 - H. J. Vos to make numerous changes in his property on corner opposite St. Mary's. F 7/3/12 - progress. F 10/16/12 - about ready to move in. (G 588 - while new house was being built, Henry and family moved to house next door which later became the home of his sister, Mrs. Agnes Bushman and her daughter, Lillian.
S 04-12-1912 Fred A. Ebbers advertises 8 room house with bath on corner of Geneva & Amanda sts. for rent.
S 04-12-1912 Joe Eckert advertises house for rent on Perkins blvd. with 7 rooms and bath. S 4/26/12 - William Mutter rented Joe Eckert residence on Perkins blvd.; will move to city with wife to reside.
S 04-12-1912 Miss Irene Sutton advertises furnished lower flat on corner of Origen & Chestnut sts. for rent.
S 04-19-1912 Residence and barn of Mrs. B. Meinecke just west of the burning Kersey plant and storage warehouse of Burlington Blanket Co. were in danger but light rain kept them sufficiently wet so sparks did not set them on fire.
S 04-19-1912 William Ammon and Rose Wiemer, married April 18, to live in Wolf residence on Schemmer st.
S 04-19-1912 C. E. Partee adding large porch to his residence on Jefferson st.
S 04-19-1912 A. B. Kent, of J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co., moved family from Madison to Burlington.
S 04-19-1912 William Becker, who recently took possession of Hidding farm at Brown's lake, bought additional 4 acres from Fred Prott and will build residence on same.
S 04-19-1912 Henry Kies moved to Lawton residence on Chestnut st. vacated by Mrs. Hartnell.
S 04-19-1912 Fred A. Ebbers and family to move to Chestnut st. residence vacated by Henry Kies. S 4/26/12 - farewell party.
S 04-19-1912 For sale or rent: House and barn and 2 acres of land, known as Henry Heck place on Tower st.
F 04-24-1912 Henry Plucker bought lot on Conkey st. belonging to late Mrs. F. A. Schwaller, with a frontage of 80 feet on which he expects to erect two new residences. S 4/26/12 - Plucker and family to move again from Waterford to Burlington; bought lot on Conkey st. located north of Schmitt residence occupied by Victor Zahn and will build a residence. S 5/17/12 - Henry Plucker awarded contract for building new residence on Conkey st. to John Lockmett.
F 04-24-1912 Ben Rossmiller to build new residence on Edward st.
S 04-26-1912 Emil P. Rubach and Anna L. Vollbrecht, married April 20, to live on Sengbusch farm that groom rented for a period of years.
S 04-26-1912 Matt. Mattieson / Mathieson and Mrs. Matt. Lenz, married April 23, to live at bride's home.
S 04-26-1912 Frank Miller advertises 9 room house on Schemmer st. for rent.
F 05-01-1912 Mrs. F. J. Buell leased part of the Sutton residence on the corner of Chestnut & Origen sts. for her mother, Mrs. Theodore Riel. S 4/26/12 - Mrs. Buell leased and moved to part of Sutton residence. S 5/3/12 - C. I. Harding rented and moved to Sutton residence. Also in F 5/8/12 - C. I. Harding and family to move to part of Sutton residence.
S 05-03-1912 Vic Zahn bought Mrs. James Fleming's residence property on Conkey st.
S 05-03-1912 Miss Mary Cook bought from Herman Schulz the brick residence he owned on Kendall st.
S 05-03-1912 Anton Zwiebel , Jr. bought summer home at Brown's Lake from William Forge. Also in F 5/8/12.
S 05-03-1912 People looking for place to dump ashes or other filling can dump same on Mrs. Mary Smolensky lot near the Catholic Cemetery (Geneva st.).
S 05-03-1912 Frank Pihringer and Katherine G. Mehring, married April 30, to live on Pihringer farm rented from father. S 5/10/12 - Henry Pihringer and family moved to Pursley residence on Chestnut st. Also in F 5/15/12.
S 05-03-1912 John P. Gill building residence on Kendall st.

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