Bio. of William J. Jahnke ~ son of Willliam J. and Mathilda (Castor) Jahnke
A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIALTREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR,INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A.M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department ofIowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and NewYork
1931
WILLIAM J. JAHNKE is now one of the able representatives of the newspaper
fraternity in the Hawkeye State, where he is editor and publisher of the Hubbard
Review, a well ordered weekly paper issued in the vital little City of
Hubbard,Hardin County.This paper proves an effective vehicle for the offering
oflocal general news, for advancing the civic and material interests of the
community and county in which it is published, and for upholding the cause of
the Republican party.The Hubbard Review was founded by J. J. Parsons, in
1881, and among others who have functioned as its publisher in past years were
Thomas Doal, S. S. Boyland, Mr. Manness (now associated with the
Register-Tribune in the City of Des Moines), and Paul Ratliff.Mr. Ratlifffigured as
editor and publisher of the paper two years and then sold the plantand
business to Mr. Jahnke, in September, 1923, the latter having sincecontinued at
the helm and having brought the Review up to the high communalstandard.
Mr. Jahnke was born at New Ulm, Minnesota, April 26, 1887, and is ason of
William J. and Mathilda (Castor) Jahnke, the former of whom was born in
Germany and the latter in Chicago, Illinois.In his native land William J.Jahnke
received his early education and there also he served a thorough
apprenticeship to the trade of cabinetmaker.At the age of fifteen years he severed the ties that bound him to home and fatherland and set forth to seek his fortune in America. His trade fortified him for successful achievement in the land of his adoption, and as New Ulm, Minnesota, he was actively engaged in the cabinetmaking business forty-three years - until his death, which occurred in 1915.He gained a measure of youthful pioneer honors at New Ulm and became one of the substantial business men and honored and influential citizens of that place, where he gave thirty-three years of loyal service as amember of the board of education.He was a Republican in politics and he and his wife, who died in 1917, were zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church, they having become the parents of nine children and four of their sons having been in active service in the World war. Herman, who was a railroademploye, is deceased; Waldemar is engaged in the shoe business at New Ulm, Minnesota; Hilding, who resides at Long Prairie, Minnesota, and is serving as a state highway
engineer, was in the navy transport service, on the troop ship Missouri, in the World war period, and made many voyages across the Atlantic. The other two brothers who were in World war service were identified withthe infantry arm of the United States army.
William T. Jahnke was graduated in the New Ulm High School andthereafter
completed a course in the Lutheran College at New Ulm, in which hewas
graduated as a member of the class of 1905 and from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts.When he was a lad of fifteen years Mr. Jahnke initiated his connection with the "art preservative of all arts" by utilizinghis vacation periods in acquiring practical knowledge of printing in the office of the New Ulm Journal.He gave four years of service as a compositor for this paper,
and thereafter was similarly connected with another paper in his native city during a period of eighteen months.He next passed seven years in the office of the Hanske Herald, another Minnesota paper, and he then came to Iowa, where for six years he functioned as editor and manager of the New Hampton Courier, at the county seat of Chickasaw County. It was at the expiration of this interval that he purchased the plant and business of the Hubbard Review,of
which he has since continued the resourceful and progressive editor and publisher.
Then, in April, 1917, the United States formally declared war onGermany Mr.
Jahnke promptly proceeded to Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and enteredthe
officers training camp.There he received commission as firstlieutenant in the
infantry, and thereafter he was in service at Camp Deming, NewMexico, where
he was stationed at the time the armistice brought the World warto a close,
he having returned to Iowa and having here received his honorabledischarge,
at Fort Dodge, in December, 1918.He still retains associationwith his World
war comrades through his active affiliation with the AmericanLegion, and he
is a past commander of Dugout Post No. 4, in his present homecity.Mr.
Jahnke is actively identified with the Iowa State PressAssociation, is a
stalwart advocate of the principles and policies for which theRepublican party
stand sponsor, and he and his wife are communicants of theLutheran Church.
At Dundee, Minnesota, was soleminized the marriage of Mr. Jahnke toMiss
Lydia Lidtke daughter of Frederick Lidtke, a substantial citizen of thatplace.
The two children of this union are Marlyse and Marilyn, agedrespectively
nine and four years.
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*Check your facts, don't know how accurate. One discrepancy showing already, William J. or Williams T.?