The Niemuth
Family - Newspaper Articles
-- Franz
Joseph Niemuth --
- Ramsay [news]
- ...
- Joseph Niemuth has returned following
a brief visit with relatives in Elcho, Wis.
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- [Source: Ironwood (Michigan)
Daily Globe, Saturday, August 13, 1932, p. 3, col. 8]
- Bessemer News -- Station Agent Here
- Joseph F. Niemuth who was station
agent for the Chicago and North Western Railway company at
- Marshfield for several years and
was previously located at Ramsay is now employed by the company
as its agent in Bessemer. Niemuth succeeded Louis Wudi who was
transferred as station agent to Hurley.
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- [Source: Ironwood (Michigan)
Daily Globe, Tuesday, November 28, 1939, p. 5, col. 1]
- Bessemer Briefs
- ...
- Joseph Niemuth returned from Joplin,
Mo., where he attended the wedding of his son, to Miss Winifred
- Tucker on June 9. Mrs. Niemuth is
visiting with her daughter, Mrs. [D]an Schaff at Villa Park,
en route home.
- ...
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- [Source: Ironwood Daily Globe,
Saturday, June 16, 1945, p. 7, col. 2]
- Joseph Niemuth Retires After 44
Years Service
- BESSEMER -- Joseph F. Niemuth, Bessemer
supervisory station agent for the Chicago & North
- Western Railroad Co., retired yesterday
after 44 years service for the company.
- Mr. and Mrs. Niemuth plan to leave
Sunday for Dallas, Tex., where they will make their home.
- A native of Zittau, Wis., Mr. Niemuth
was graduated from the high school in neighboring Birnamwood,
- and completed a business course
at Thomas Jefferson School of Business, Chicago, Ill.
- After graduation he began his service
for the Chicago & North Western Railroad Co. on Oct. 22,
1911,
- as clerk to the station agent at
Birnamwood and served subsequently at Manitowish, Wis., before
being appointed station agent-telegrapher at Ramsay, in April
1917. He served there for 15 years, being transferred in 1932
to Marshfield, where he served for seven years.
- In 1939 he came to Bessemer, as
supervisory agent at the local station, retiring after 16 years
service
- here.
- Mr. and Mrs. Niemuth, the former
Emma Frank, of Shawano, Wis., has [have] been an integral part
of
- this community for 31 years, and
have been active in social and community affairs. While living
in Ramsay, Mr. Niemuth was a member of the first library board,
assisting in the organization of the library system. He was
well known for his histrionic ability, through his activity in
the annual stage productions, sponsored by the mining company.
In other fields, he worked on War Bond drives and engaged in
other community services. His major activity has been in the
work of the Masonic Order. He is a past master of the Marshfield
Masonic Lodge; past High Priest of the Minerva Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons, and a member of the High Priesthood of the Michigan
Grand Council of Royal Arch Masons; is past Thrice Illustrious
Master of both the Marshfield and Bessemer Council of Royal,
Select and Super Excellent Masters.
- Both Mr. and Mrs. Niemuth are members
of the First Presbyterian Church and its organizations. Mrs.
- Niemuth has been active in the Ladies
Aid Society; is a member of the Bessemer Woman's Club and the
Home Arts Club; and is a member of the Dorcas Chapter, Order
of the Eastern Star, in which she has served as chaplain and
held numerous other offices.
- Mr. and Mrs. Niemuth have one daughter
and two sons, all of whom are graduates of the A. D. Johnston
- high school. Their daughter Muriel,
now Mrs. Daniel Schaaf, lives in Riverdale, Ill.
- Irving J. Niemuth, a graduate of
the University of Illinois, is in Dallas, Tex., president of
the American
- Securities Co., Incorporated with
the I. J. Niemuth Insurance Co.
- F. William Niemuth, a graduate of
the University of Oregon, is employed by the U.S. First National
Bank
- at Hood River, Ore.
- The Niemuths have eight grandchildren.
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- [Source: Ironwood Daily Globe,
Friday, December 9, 1953, p. 2, cols. 1-2; photo of Joseph, col.
2]
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