Petrie Dies after Long Illness in Wisconsin Parish
In early manhood Petrie moved from Ohio to Wisconsin and joined K 26th Wisconsin Infantry, serving until the war's end. He married Margaret L. King in 1858, who died in 1893, and they raised six children, five surviving him. His funeral was held at a Catholic church with Father Regan officiating, followed by burial in Wisconsin. Neighbors remember him as quiet and kind, with noone bearing a grievance against him.
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Caine
Ohio
Chinmetlie
Margaret L. King
Marston
Wisconsin
Petrie
Ca. K
Wisconsin Infantry
I Lode
Charles
William
Oain
Winnifredager
Walter
Fe Ya
Heath
Peace
Pete
Chas. W. Vain
Yeager
Missoula
Mont
Regan
Socio
Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude for Kindness
The family thanks all who offered words and deeds of sympathy after the death of their father Alonzo Petrie. Generous gifts and flowers from the W. R. W. 8 looper are gratefully noted.
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Alonzo Petrie
W. RW
Congregational Church Notes and Events
A. J. Bexton, pastor, announces public services each Sabbath with Sunday School in the morning and a teaching service. Evening preaching includes religious tonics and a funeral sermon for Fayette’s bootleggers. Young people rally at 6 30 p m with Prof. Neff as speaker. good attendance urged.
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Fayette
Prof
Neff
Methodist Spiritual Public Service and Easter Week Observances
The Methodist Episcopal church announces public worship at 10:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. with an Olasa Meeting at noon and weekly prayer and league gatherings on Thursdays. Beginning this week preaching occurs Thursday nights until Easter, with services each night the week before Easter. Palm Sunday features Sunday School and a so called Declaration Day.
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Spworth
Oelwein High Wins Declamation Trophy at Arlington
Oelwein High School captured the Arlington county declamation trophy by winning first in two classes. Dorothy Parker of Payette took dramatic first, Ruth Shaw of Oelwein won humorous, and Arlo Green of Oelwein led in oratorical. Second places went to Plessie Ros Arlington Iva Ware and Arbhy Réeberz of Fayette.
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Oelwein High School
Arlington
Arle
Fayette
Dorothy Parker
Payette
Ruth Shaw
Oelwein
Arlo Green
Plessie Ros
Iva Ware
Arbhy Réeber
Lectures and entertainments on sale at usual place
Tickets for Monday morning entertainments go on sale at the usual place. Dr Green's lecture seats reserve for the evening unless holders swap for afternoon tickets. The afternoon subject is The Battle with the Slum, an illustrated lecture.
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Dr. Green
Cantata Under the Palms Impresses Strawberry Point Audience
The Opera House hosted the cantata Under the Palms by the Chorus Club last Monday. Solo work by club members and chorus performance delighted all, with praise for the children's selections and piano duet by Miss Hagge and Miss Douglass as among the finest ever heard in Strawberry Point.
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Opera House
Hagge
Douglass
Strawberry Point
Mail Press
City election set in Knight building by council vote
Monday night council approved holding the coming city election in the building formerly occupied by The Reporter now used by C W Knight. Officials appointed include Judges J A Claxton D H Sweet and J A Tracy Clerks O W Stevenson and Wm Kelly and several bills approved for payment. The Prohibition League of the U 2.30 will hold its oratorical contest in the college chapel on Tuesday March 15 for a $50 prize admission 25 cents.
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C W Knight
J A Claxton
D H Sweet
J A Tracy
O W Stevenson
Wm Kelly
CMG
Eli He
Fayette Creamery Asso
Knight
U.W
Thomas & Burton
Will Lynch
Nelson Manufog Co
Blackmar & Co
Stevenson
Diocor
Moline Inc Lamp ‘Co
J B Ferry Co
Bee
Prohibition League of the U. 2
College Chapel
College Notes Highlight Faculty, Activities and Travels
Prof. Guy W. Wilson to teach botany at the State University this summer. Dr and Mrs Cooper host weekly Sunday evening song service for students. Dr A E Bennett earns third degree in Masonic. Ralph Oliver and wife attended last week’s basketball game. Frances Camp to attend H A L banquet at West Union Friday. Regina Ingersoll, alumna and instructor, led county declamation judges at Arlington. President Cooper delivers Sunday chapel sermon with college choir and a Neff Bindenberger duet. Dr Guy Potter Benton travels in the Holy Land and plans May return. Mrs Benton and daughters remain in Dresden through summer.
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Guy W. Wilson
State University
Cooper
A. E. Bennett
Ralph Oliver
Newampton
Hame
Neff
Bindenberger
Guy Potter Benton
Holy Land
Jerusalem
College delegates attend state contest banquet in Cedar Rapids
Fifteen College students escorted our orator Thomas Moreland to Cedar Rapids for a Thursday banquet hosted by Que College honoring state contest delegates. Among attendees were Miss Sarah Patridge, Chester Baker, Forest Claxton, Ruth Walker, Grace Platt, Shirley Day, and Alma Russell. The Upper Iowans total twenty eight on Friday included Professor Harrington, Verne Day, Rev. Frank Robertson, Misa Reichman. Iowa City’s Cornell College won, Morningside second, Coe third. Upper Iowa placed seventh.
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Ifteen College
Thomas Moreland
Cedar Rapids
Inet
Que College
Sarah Patridge
Chester Baker
Forest Claxton
Ruth Walker
Grace Platt
Shirley Day
Alma Russel
Upper
Twentieth Century club study session on Hawthorne work
Mrs. J A Claxton hosted the literary programme, as members began Hawthorne's Marble Faun. Mrs. Frank Davis presented a paper on Church of St Peters, with character sketches by Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Denniston, and Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Dickman read passages from The Making of an American by Jacob Riis, slated to lecture here next week.
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Twentieth Century Club
J. A. Claxton
Hawthorne
J.W. Dickman
Jacob Riis
County telephone meeting schedules county wide plan
A West Union meeting produced no final action. A committee comprising M. W. Grimes Union township A M Holmes Center and C Hughes West Union was appointed to call a Donnan meeting Friday March 25 of a larger committee to form plans for a mass meeting of all phone men in the county in Donnan Saturday April 22.
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West Union
M. W. Grimes
Union Township
A. M. Holmes
Center
C. Hughes
Donnan
Check Settlement Through Bank Clearing House
A neighbor debt of fifty dollars is settled via a check deposited at the bank. The process describes the bank as a medium for clearing accounts between parties, highlighting safety convenience and accuracy. It invites use of the bank check account for routine transactions.
Testing Seed Corn and Prohibition Debate in Iowa
The article describes a public seed corn testing program run by a city bank using Holden testers to evaluate ten to twenty ears per farmer, noting heavy frost damage and urging participation. It also reports on a Prohibitory Amendment Convention in Iowa with 502 delegates, highlighting demand for a vote on prohibition and political maneuvering by machine politicians.
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State Bank
National Seed Tester Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Daily Capital
P G Holden
Agricultural College At
Holden
Carroll
Sioux City Journal
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A. J. Bexton
Kesynepy
Gertainly
Des Moines Register and Leader
Register and Leader
Frances Camp
Regina Ingersoll
School of Oratory
College
Qelwoin High School
the Farmers’ Clearing House
Randalia Savings Bank
First National Bank
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