Several posts have been written on this blog about the establishment that once existed in Altenburg called the Wagner Hotel. That building is pictured below. One of the previous posts about this hotel was titled, Just What Went on at the Wagner Hotel? That post posed several questions about events that took place there. Today, … More Just What Went on at the Wagner Hotel? Some Answers
I’m in the state of Illinois for the weekend to watch twin granddaughters compete in the Illinois State Lutheran Volleyball Tournament. My blogging time is very limited, so I am sharing an old story again today. Not long ago, a newspaper reporter called me and asked permission to use information she found in the post … More Dr. G.B. Schulz – Wagner Hotel to Southeast Hospital
I think today’s birthday boy might have been delivered by a doctor who had his office in his grandmother’s hotel. There was once a hotel in Altenburg known as the Wagner Hotel, which was operated by Theresia Wagner when a baby was born in 1899. The ad for Dr. G.B. Schulz shown below indicates that … More Doc Wagner – US Navy
I am going to write a story about Gustav Wagner today. This is not the first time that I have written about a man named Gustav Wagner. Today’s Gustav was the grandson of the man I have written about before. That Gustav Wagner had married Theresa Palisch, and those two ran what was once called … More Gustav and Frieda
A baptism record in the books of Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna presents us with a bit of a puzzle. This record shows a boy by the name of Leo Herbert Wagner being born on October 3, 1897. He was the son of Samuel and Margarethe (Sommer) Wagner. I will display that record here. The … More When Was Herbert Born?
I confess. I was attracted to today’s story because of a personal reason. A birth took place on this day 170 years ago in Perry County. Maria Amalia Mueller was born on January 29, 1850. It just so happens that I was born on January 29, 1950. Yes, today is my birthday, and I will … More Birthdays of the Century
When a guy wants to get a haircut in Altenburg these days, about the only option he has is to walk into a “style shop” where a female is the “barber”. In my case, my wife cuts my hair. There was once a era when there was an unwritten rule that women would not enter … More The Barbershop – A Man Cave
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
Yesterday, our blog, Just What Went on at the Wagner Hotel?, told some stories about the Wagner Hotel which was once located in Altenburg, Missouri. Today, we will look at a few more stories involving that establishment. We mentioned yesterday that Gustave Wagner and his wife, Theresa, first ran the hotel. For a while, Gustave, … More More Hotel History
