Noted Public Men Deed of Wasper E Yost Dies in California
Wasper E Yost, longtime head and director of the Iowa Telephone Company and a leading Omaha citizen for fifty years, died Monday in Long Beach California after a period of ill health. He was born October 5 1841 in Waterloo Iowa and studied at Ypsilanti and Michigan Law, later shaping telephone expansion in Nebraska Minnesota and the Dakotas. His body will return to Omaha for burial. He left a daughter Mrs Chas Of futt of Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasper E. Yost
Iowa Telephone Company
Long Beach
Calif
Omaha
Yost
Nebraska
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Mr. Yost
Theo. N. Vail
American Telephone and” Telegraph Company
Nebraska Telephone Compan
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
W. B. T. Belt
Chas. Offutt
Omak
Teeds Grove Pioneer Dead John Aunay Sr.
John Aunay Sr died at 10 30 p m Wednesday night November 17 at his farm home near Teeds Grove after several months illness. Born October 7 1888 in Holstein Germany he was 82 years one month ten days. Survived by wife and daughter and ten living children, 32 grandchildren and one great grandchild and two sisters in Germany. Funeral at Teeds Grove church Sunday 1 30 p m Rev Hugo Grimm officiating. Interment Teeds Grove cemetery. Bir Kun an was longtime farmer respected in the community. Sunday School attendance noted. invitation to join Young Men's Bible Class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Aunay
Teeds Grove
Mr. Kenan
Holstein
Germany
Old Country
Anna Feldman
Mr. Kunan
America
Ohio
Clinton County
Elk River Township
John P
Sabuli
Expest
Alfred
Clinton
S. H. Leslie
Ark
Chas. Jarga
Henry ‘Peters
Hanntown
Ferdinand Peters
Max Peters
Lyons
Hugo Grimm
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Bir
Kunan
The Old Knocker Knocks In Town
A fragment notes a stern backslider bragging that Tommy Lrewn once a Vox in Town now preaches and Wille Green once the best boy in Sunday schools now in the pen North Penther. Read the ad in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Lrewn
Vox
Wille Green
Quieting Title Suit Notice in Jackson County Iowa
Edward D. Hogan files a petition in district court Maquoketa Iowa to quiet title to real estate described as parts of sections and quarters in Jackson County. The notice lists defendants by name and unknowns, warns of default if not appearing by the next term beginning January 4, 1927, and directs publication in the Jackson Sentinel for four weeks. Clerk Eugene Mohr and Deputy Charles Seda certify the notice dated November 20, 1926.
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TRICE
Tow
Ino
FO Jackson Couney
Patrick Brady
Trick Grifein
John Ruck
Mars
Devisees
Joh Wituns
Charles Me
Carthy
Mauris Mewarthy
Rybss
Anne
Michael Keios
Joseph Kenneally Dybu Kenneally Irs
Dain Barroth
Von
Davkson County
Pattick Rade
Bom
Said
John Buck
Patrick Griffen
Causcade
Mghway
Jackson County
Iowa
Maquoketa
Jackson Court
Edward D. Hogan
Plaintife
Eugene Mohr
District Court
Jackson Sentinel
Magdoketa
Charles Seda
Car accident at the Coleman hill leaves two injured
At the Coleman hill a cart rolled down a slope and overturned three times. One passenger, Herbert White, was unconscious for about twenty minutes and suffered mainly head injuries. Roy sustained a dislocated shoulder as the wrecked cart was declared a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kindred
Herbert White
Glen Coleman
Coleman Hill
Roy
Sabuia Gazette
WINKLEWADS Odd Alert Tlock Tale and Holiday Hints
Max Ray misplaces an alarm clock between here and Preston last week. Tourists urged to stop look and listen. Jim Easterly got a bedstead back from Steers Hawbuck and company with a warning that its feet poke over the footboard. Bill Overly signs to test a new medicine that forces him to discard his cane and write a testimonial. Bill Whistler wears his new mail order suit toward the post office. Harry Littell warns exposure could bring a cold. Don Canterbury reads of doomsday next January and plans a public sale to cash in stock and machinery. Next stop is Xmas with shopping urged.
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Max Ray
Here
Preston
Jim Easterly
Steers Hawbuck and Company
Bill Whistler
Harry Littell
Bill
Don Canterbury
Van Buren Two Pioneer Dead in Lyons Hospital
Mrs Elizabeth Swaney widow of Adelbert Swaney died at Lyons hospital in the last hours after a lengthy illness. Mary Elizabeth Weasmer, daughter of Walter and Alice Weasmer, was born in Morcisville.
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Elizabeth Swaney
Adelbert M. Swaney
Rey Hospital
Lyons
Secral
Mary Elizabeth Weasmer
Walter and
Alice Weasmer
Morcisville
Swaney of Clinton Obituary A Pioneer Ancestor
Delaware county New York July 13 1847 a member of a family of 10 children Four sisters and five brothers two living Richard Weasmer Oneonta N Y Charles Weasmer Preston Iowa 1867 resided with brother John Van Buren county June 15 1869 married Adelbert M Swaney to them son Levi S Swaney of Clinton Last January she moved to Clinton to live with her son Survived by one grandson Thomas Swaney Boulder Colo Ancestors were pioneers in building this republic great grandparents came.
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Delaware County
New York
Richard Weasmer
Oneanta, N
Charles Weasmer
Preston
Iowa
John
van Buren County
Adelbert M.swaney
Levi S. Swaney
Clinton
Thomas Swaney
Boulder
Colo
Backache relief trusted by Maquoketa residents
Maquoketa readers learn to suspect kidneys when aching backs or sudden pains appear. Early signs include headaches dizziness and unusual urination. Doan's Kidney Pills are endorsed locally by J A Matthews of Olver Street and advertised by Foster Milburn Co with price 60 cents at druggists.
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Dean
Maquoketa
J. A. Matthews
Olver St
Doan
Sli
Matthews
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffais
Wyckoff Family Ties to Revolutionary War Founding City
A passage recalls a Holland to New Amsterdam lineage, noting Cornelius Wyckoff who, at age 16, joined the Continental Army at the city’s early founding and served until peace with England was declared.
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Holland
New Amsterdam
New York
City
Cornelius Wyckoff
Continental Army
England
Miter
Thackeray on Youth and Respect for Young People
The author urges reverence for youth and age alike and urges elders to back away from meddling in youths affairs. He notes youths can often exceed us in certain regards and to let them manage their own lives without constant oversight or coaching.
Empress Eugenie Invents Crinatine Skirt Before Prince Imperial
The article credits Empress Eugenie with inventing the crinatine skirt and wearing it months before the birth of the Prince Imperial, noting she was the first to devise and wear this fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie
Eysente
Prince Imperial
Dawned on Mer: Ghally Injured by Front Steps Incident
A fragment describes Ghally falling on front steps and injuring herself during a troubled dawn. Mer notes the mishap while Dawned on Mer and Uacel suffer several ratshaps without complaint, with untidy recollections of misfortunes and a possible lack of health rack.
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Mer
Uacel
The Elderly Woman as First Historian and Sage
A Chicago Journal excerpt notes the world's first historian and sage were elderly women. It argues primitive societies relied on elder women as memory keepers and sources of proverbs, wisdom, and communal knowledge despite neglect across ages.
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Wild Soman
Chicago Journal
Iron Cree Formed by Bacteria in Earth’s Crust
Geologists note bacteria contribute to building and breaking down crust. Microorganisms perforate rock, influence soil fertility, and aid rock decay. While ancient studies highlighted bacteria in disease and fermentation, their role in geology remains under investigation.
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Vasteur Tong Agg
Water and Sheep Raising in Drought Areas
In parts of Australia where yearly rainfall is no more than ten inches, a square mile of land will support only eight or nine sheep. In Buenos Aires with thirty four inches of rain, the same area supports about 560 sheep.
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Australia
Buenos Aires
Profit by Them and Lessons From the Past
A reflective note urges not dwelling on past injustices and missed chances. It cautions that dwelling can dampen the mind and hinder progress, encouraging focus on present choices and change rather than lingering on what cannot be altered.
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OWA Telephone Company
W.L Keck
PLL
Keck Abstractor
Levi Keck & Sons Law, Loan & Abstracts of
Tite Maquoketa, Iowa
C. W. Farr
E. Thomas
Farr & Thomas Attorneys
Abstractora Jackson County Abstract Co
Court House
Black
Frank CD
Kelsey
Cook Block
Laws
Ely John C. Gregory
W. G. Gregory
ELY & Gregory Attorneys At Law
Jackson State Sevinga Bank
A. W. Sokol
Attorney At Law General Law Practice
Insurance Police
Cook
Maquokets
F. J. Swift
Nain St
Raab Brothers
Sed
Hztm
Evéers
W. Platt St
Methodist Sunday School
S. Cortes
NASBY
Excelsior
RY Goods Company
LEE Dry Goodsg
Es Ain
Pri Isi
Coese
Qair
Everett Ginghams
ATC
Ladies Fine Union Suits
Yardwide Cretonnes
Stevens All Linen
Peresle House
Winklewads
Bill Overly
van Buren
Pioneer
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