How does a young girl living in Uniontown, Missouri, the daughter of a farmer, manage to get to know a pastor who was attending the seminary in Springfield, Illinois, or serving a church near Springfield, Missouri, or, even worse, serving as a pastor in Ogalalla, Nebraska. She got to know such a pastor well enough … More Mrs. Joseph Schulz – Pastor’s Wife
The Gospel of Luke tells the story of Zacharias (King James Version spelling of his name) and his wife, Elizabeth who had a son named John. We often refer to him as John the Baptist. In the case of John the Baptist, he was the only son of Zacharias and Elizabeth. Today, I will tell … More The Son of Zacharias
When I got in our car this morning and turned on the radio, the lyrics of the old Beatles song came on that said, “They say it’s your birthday. It’s my birthday too, yeah.” Those lyrics fit today’s story pretty well. You will discover the reason as you read on. Richard Schade was born on … More Schade’s Short-lived Schöne
I thought I may have run out of stories coming out of the Wagner Hotel in Altenburg, but not yet. I ran across this story in an article which appeared in the Southeast Missourian yesterday, written by Sharon Sanders. First, let me put a link to that story here: http://www.semissourian.com/blogs/fromthemorgue/entry/67299 A while back, we posted … More Surgeon from Wittenberg
We have already written several posts about the Wagner Hotel and the Wagner family. Just What Went on at the Wagner Hotel? More Hotel History A Lonesome Tombstone Today, the saga continues. And there is likely to be another post after today. Today’s story starts by looking at the death certificate of Martin Louis Wagner, … More From Hotel to Hospital
We don’t have much of a blog today. The reason. Gerard Fiehler and I got sidetracked. We started by looking at some more Wagner info that we got thanks to our friend, Kathy Berkbigler, then found a Dr. Schulz, which led us to a Busch, and we ended looking at the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Corporation, including … More Sidetracked
