Carroll German Club, 1894

BEITER, NOCKELS, KORTE, BECKER, ERLER

Posted By: David Reineke (email)
Date: 1/1/2006 at 16:59:21

I translated the following article from Der Carroll Demokrat, a German-language newspaper published in Carroll, Iowa, between about 1874 and 1920. It was originally published on 16 March 1894. Any information in brackets or notes at the end are my own explanations. It reads as follows:

The Germania Verein [German Club] held its annual general meeting on Wednesday evening. The following men were elected as club officials: Nic. Beiter, President; John Nockels, Vice President; G. W. Korte, Finance Secretary; A. Becker, Correspondence Secretary; Aug. Erler, Librarian. There is $2100 subscribed for building a new clubhouse. It is the wish of the club not to proceed with the building until $3000 is subscribed.