California Gold Stampede Told In Civil War Tales
Local column recounts Tom Gibson’s California birth and family trek in 1853 from Illinois to California. The piece notes a Montezuma birthplace postcard, a muslin boarding house in the Sierra, two shootings, and eventual return to Illinois. Other items mention a bake sale at Holland's store and Ames college students prepping Veishea events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Gibson
California
Herbert Gee
Tom
Calfornia
Lasalle County
Ill
Earlville
Leland
John Wesley Gibson
Mary A. Miller
Omaha
John Wesley G
Sacramento
Washington
Stockton
Sonora
Yosemite Park
Illinois
Panama
Eureka
Montezuma
Grinnell Students Tour LeGrand Quarry Trip
Grinnell College students joined by Prof. Henry S. Conard and Prof. J. Alfred Adams spent a day touring quarries and woods north of LeGrand. They visited a Le Grand restaurant and the B. H. and A. L. Beane fossils collection before returning to campus.
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Grinnell College
Henry S. Conard
J. Alfred Adams
LeGrand
le Grand
B. H
A. L. Beane
Arthur Goshorn, Jr
Winterset
Mary Jane Peck
Grinnell
Geo
Haight
Maquoketa
Ruth Adams
Jack Hinman
Gowrie
Bob Tennant
Portage
Wis
Francis Smiley
Jack W. Ehrey
Council Bluffs
Sam Johnston
Walsenburg
Colo
Charles
Mother's Eyes By John A Stover
Poem recalling a boy's wish to sit at his mother's knee and gaze into her loving bright eyes. The verses describe the warmth, kindness, and piercing light of her eyes, contrasted with memories that remain vivid and moving even in absence.
Death of John E Bowen a LeGrand, Orient resident
John Edgar Bowen born July 4 1878 East Aurora New York died April 20 1988 near Orient Illinois aged 59 9 16. Survived by wife Corda Lynn Bowen five children J Lyon Bowen Jamaica NY Keith Bowen Chicago Wilber Bowen Clarinda Mrs Dale Lauer Afton and Mrs Robert Millsap Des Moines. Funeral April 23 Hill of Zion church Orient conducted by Rev Stevenson with Masonic grave service.
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John Edgar Bowen
James
Lucinda White Bowen
East Aurora
New York
Orient
Buffalo
N. Y
LeGrand
Corda M. Lynn
U. S. Mail Service
Masonic Lodge
Hill of Zion Christian Church
J. Lyon
Jamaica
Long Island
Keith
Chicago
Ill
Wilber
Clarinda
Robert H. Millsap
Des Moines
Dale Lauer
Afton
Harry
Kalamazoo
Mich
Grace
Bertha
Aurora
New York State
W.S. Stevenson
A. F
A. M. of
J. Lynn Bowen
Keith Bowen
H. J. Bowen
Donald Bowen
Glen Bowen
Searsboro
Towa
Wedding at Friends church marks the union of Ruth Moore and Hubert Christensen
Sunday wedding photos show bride Ruth Elizabet Moore of West Branch and groom Hubert J. Christensen of Clemons after Rev. Lloyd Hinshaw joined them at the Friends church altar. The couple planned a wedding dinner at the bride’s parents home in West Branch. Calvin R. Gaunt, longtime Marshalltown carpenter and Republican, died April 29 after an 11 week illness following a stroke. He had served as justice of the peace, constable, and pro panet committeeman, and was active in Sons of Union Veterans and local lodges.
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the Mail
Friends Church
Lloyd Hinshaw
Ruth Elizabeth Moore
West Branch
W. N. Moore
Calvin R. Gaunt
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Gaunt Long
C. E. Gaunt
88Rd
Indiana Infantry
Ferguson
Greencastle Township
Calvin Russell Gaunt
Clemens
Dallas County
LeGrand
Palmer College
Charlotte Strickland
Gilman
Laurel and Ferguson
Fergusson
Gaunt
L. K.strine
William Earl Gaunt
Luther
I. M
W. M. Gaunt
Methodist Church
Banner Lodge
C.C. F
Marshall Rebekahlodge
Carpenters
Sons of Union Veterans of
Republican Women accent tea event at Royal Neighbor hall
The Republican Women's Club in the area completes plans for a tea on Thursday afternoon May 12 at 2 o clock in Royal Neighbor hall. Miss Sadie Lowry of Marshalltown and Mrs. H O Hyatt of Lamoille will lead the program. All county and state candidates will be welcomed and introduced. Local Republican ladies are urged to attend.
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L. C. Knudson
Elmer Howard
Klemine
Albert Lea
Minn
Jas. DeBur
DeBuhrs
Fountain Lake
Iowa State College
Ames
LeGrand
Veishea
Foods 205
Alpha Delta Pi
Republican Women’s Club
Royal Neighbor Hall
Sadie Lowry
Marshalltown
Marshall County
H. O. Hyatt
Lamoille
LeGrand Church Service Schedule with Rev Hinshaw
The LeGrand Friends Church lists Pastor Floyd L Hinshaw leading Sunday School at 10 00 and Morning Worship at 11 00 with the sermon then titled The Overshadowed Voice of Mother There is no Christian Endeavor meeting and an 8 00 Baccalaureate Service addressing Careers not Homes themes.
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O. W Johnson
Sunday Services at the Christian Church
The Christian Church invites all to join with Pastor Sarah M. Piper preaching at 11 o clock Sunday morning after a 1 a.m. church school session. Welcome extended to everyone.
Quarry Chapel Church Services Schedule
Rev. L. T. Hibbs presides at 10 a.m. Sunday School with Mrs. Jerome Lunde as superintendent. Services at 11 a.m. and evening worship at 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 p.m. A regular church business meeting is held on the last Tuesday evening of every month.
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Jerome Lunde
Christian Endeavor
Strand Lutheran Church Dunbar Iowa Services
Strand Lutheran Church Dunbar Iowa with Rev E A Berangle pastor holds Sunday School at 10am and Morning Worship at 11am. Everyone welcome.
Haupert Seeks County Attorney Post in June Primary
Marshalltown lawyer R R Haupert, a lifelong Republican, seeks the county attorney nomination in the June primary. A Dallas County native and Iowa State University Law School graduate, he pledges efficient civil and criminal prosecution, impartial law enforcement, and economical office operation. He is married with a son and hosted guests from Chicago and Gladbrook on April 29.
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R. R. Haupert
Marshalltown
Mr. Haupert
Dallas County
Perry
Law School
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Haupert
Harpert
Griggs seeks Republican nomination for county auditor
Maurice Griggs former deputy in the county treasurer’s office announces his candidacy for county auditor in the Republican primary. A Marshalltown resident raised in Bangor, he is a Marshalltown High School graduate with two years at Central Iowa Business College.
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Maurice Griggs
Mr. Griggs
Marshalltown
Nevada St
Bangor
Burt B. Griggs
Clemens
Marshalltown High School
Central Iowa Business College
Forrest Reed Insurance Agency
Witwer Grocer Company
Friends Church
High School Outing and County Baseball Results
The senior class toured Cedar Rapids on skip day visiting Quaker Oats Wilsons Packing Plant WMT Station Coca Cola Bottling Works Pepsi Cola and Beaver Park. In athletics the baseball team beat Liscomb 4 1 with Rowlison earning the win, then lost 5 0 to Albion in the county final with Maxfield pitching a no hit no run game.
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Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats
Wilson's Packing Plant
WMT
Cocoa Cola Bottling Works
Pepsi Cola
Beaver Park
iParamount Theater
Albion
Liscomb
Rowlison
Perry Long
Gerald Fisher
J. Long
Kauffman
Maxfield
Sucher
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Holland’s
Royal Neighbors
Cary
Ethel Rhodes
Waterloo
Cecil Luenze
Guy Finton
Lowa River
Raymond Beane
McCarel
John Long
Alfred Hanson
Harry Ferneau
Clinton Street
McCord
Herman Wolken
C. R. Dougherty
Wolken
E. C. Simms
M. J. Caputo
John A. Stover
John Bowen
Republican Women's Club
LeGrand Friends Church
Floyd L. Hinshaw
Sarah M. Piper
L. T. Hibbs
E. A. Berangle
Rebecca Graham
Grace Ray
Lydia Noble
Eleanor Hoag
Chicago, Il
Louise, Blackford
Effie Ness
Chicaigo
F. J. Kvidera
Gladbrook
Ida Merritt
C. Ewald
Will Dunham
A. Jackson
E. W. Dunham
Max Duncan
Shady Oaks
Ray Duncan
Lois Gaunt
Augustana Hospital
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