Wyoming Population Breaches 700 as Townsfolk Adapt
Correspondence from Wyoming on March 30 cites Assessor Leamon placing the population at 702, down from 721 in 1910. The note ascribes the decline to births and many small households, with farmers passing property to children and a rise in widows and bachelors.
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Wyoming
Leamon
G. B. Farley
Jones
Slessor
Wherry
Schultz
R. H. White
J. W. Beckwith
W. G. Wherry
Som
Iowa City
Reimer von Sprecken
John W. Allen
East Side
Davenport
W. G. Krause
Cedar Rapids
What Bob Would Like to Know
A nostalgic column surveys questions about old acquaintances and forgotten notes. It asks about names left out of a school report from 35 years ago and recalls friends like John Deischer Wylie Walker and Tim the postmaster as it playfully probes long vanished details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Wyoming
Ebb Hicks
Bob Stirton
John Deischer
John
Local notes from Castle Grove on March activities and visits
Castle Grove reports a four horse wagon incident with M J Cass. students begin spring terms in districts 2 3 4. Sunday School moves to 10 with preaching an hour later. Ladies Aid meets April 8. new buildings near B King. J A Kiburz promotes Washington Refining oils. Officials inspect roads. residents travel to Anamosa Marshalltown Morley Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Cass
Burdena Wenger
Mary Kehoe
Marcella Britting
Esther Sullivan
Blanche Deischer
Roy D’autremont
Monticello
Castle Grove
Chris Hiben
Matt Delay
B. King’s
J. A. Kiburz
Washington Refining Co
Cedar Rapids
Downing
Foley
Anamosa
Elsie Noble
Marshalltown
Alice O'Rourke
M. J. Tallman
Cass
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
J. A. McLaughlin
Alice Deischer
Morley
L. F. Balster
A. M. Fairbanks
P. J. Kehoe
Cascade
A. M. Hosford
John Stimpson
Stork Delivers Twins and A April Shower At Local Homes
Center Junction residents welcomed a girl at the Henrichs home and a boy at the Seehusen home last week. An April bride-elect, Miss Lula McDonald, received a delightful miscellaneous shower Friday at her parents’ home.
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Stork
Tom Henrich
George Seehusen
Lula McDonald
What the Judge Wants to Know in Center Junction
A collection of humorous questions dated March 31 1915 from Center Junction asking about local happenings. Topics include Jim’s roof comb, Albert’s summer speed, Milwaukee depot agent, post office marriage, Ed’s name change, Rev Elges lectures, pneumonia gaps in dresses, Leech & Prahm work, boys visiting girls, Dave Ward meat pricing, Dr Kent sign placement, late mail from Milwaukee depot, faith and medicine, church offerings and Easter collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Jim
Albert
Milwaukee
Alsever
Elges
Leech &Prahm
Dave Ward
Dr. Kent
St. Peter
Golden Gate
Onslow News Briefs and Local Movements
Joseph Orr reports 230 residents in Onslow with about 20 relocating since January 1 leaving a total of 250, the largest in years. Weyoming emigre M. M. Franks and S. G. Franks head to Rochester Minnesota. no details. Various visitors and relations from Madison Village Paralta Cedar Rapids Colfax and Monmouth are noted along with a new baby girl for Fred Null and Mrs. Ward’s illness and aging concerns.
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Joseph Orr
Onslow
M. M. Franks
Wyoming
S. G. Franks
Rochester
Minnesota
J. Kinney
Paralta
Martha Hutton
J. D. Hall
Cedar Rapids
John Byerly
John Silsbee
Oklahoma
Vera Paul
Monmouth
Ilinois
Henry Tasker
Waubeek
C. B. Easler
Prairieburg News Briefs and Health Updates
Mrs. C. C. Rowley visited her sister in Anamosa and returned by car. The wife of Herbert Richley died of pneumonia in Central City and he is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Fred Austine arrives as a new worker for the local lumber company. Mrs. B. Copeland traveled to Cedar Rapids with Mrs. Benson. Mrs. OC. A. DeLancey remains with her ailing mother in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. J. B. Rhatigan and children visited her mother Mrs. Luthera Rogers in Anamosa. Jos. Resler returned to Dexter Minnesota after a visit. Milton Beck from Springville is at the Stimpson home due to his mother’s illness. Easter observances and communion planned at the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Hattie Barker hosted her Sunday School class. Clifford Benson visited Cedar Rapids.
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C. C. Rowley
Anamosa
Charlea Zimmer
C. Rowley
Herbert Richley
Central City
Lumber Company
Fred Austine
B. Copeland
Cedar Rapids
Benson
OC. A. DeLancey
J. B. Rhatigan
Anamona
Luthera Rogers
Jos. Resler
Dexter
Minnesota
Milton Beck
Springville
Stimpson
Presbyterian Church
Hattie Barker
Clifford Benson
Twenty Years Ago April 1895 in Monticello Highlights
The Express records April 1895 events including Frank Melfett and Nellie Wilson's marriage at Springville and a birth on Bowen's Prairie. It notes L T Alexander selling the Jones County Times to G E Bishop Ida Grove and Andrew Carmichael seeking army entry in Des Moines. Married life moves, school honors for Florence Gregory, death of Ellen Breen, and a climate note that March 30 hit 90 degrees. Population growth pushes Monticello toward second class city status with frosts on several early dates. A baby fair, a church leadership change, and the death of Charles L Haton are also noted with local ties to Bowen's Prairie and Monticello.
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The
Express
Frank Melfett
Nellie Wilson
Springville
Henry Tuerkin
Bowen’s Prairie
Jones County Times
L. T. Alexander
G. E. Bishop
Ida Grove
Andrew Carmichael
Des Moines
J. R. Sutton
Anamosa
Monticello
Florence Gregory
Henry Rogers
Ellen Breen
Michael Breen
Dixon
Nebraska
Robert Delay
Jerome Scott
Thomas and
Henderson
A. M. Case
Cedar Falls
J. W. Davis
Congregational Church
Monticello Board Elects Officials in March Session
March 31 1915 Monticello Iowa board of education in special session elects E E Reed as director and W F Robn as president. L W Lovell chosen alternate for county convention. Bills approved for Monticello Electric Co and various suppliers. Obituaries note Sarah Richmond and Sarah Buckner deaths. county superintendent candidate Kate Manurice faces opposition.
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Board of Education
W.F. Rohn
T. M. Redmond
A. M. Maurice
L. W. Lovell
Monticello Electric Company
Hans Kettlitz
E. E. Reed
BK. BE. Reed
W. F. Robn
Rolen
Anamosa
Tasker Bros. of Turtle Lake Share Pea Vine Ensilage Finds
In a page interview from The Country Gentleman dated March 20, Tasker Bros. Will 8. and Joe L. of Turtle Lake Wisconsin discuss cattle feeding. Born in Jones county they are natural feeders who find pea vine ensilage the cheapest feed, sourcing vines from a canning factory and storing them in a silo for feeding. The interview is described as both interesting and profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
the Country Gentleman
Tasker
Nobody at Home Declared in Davenport Quote
Davenport columnist notes a slangy friend says nobody is home as a jab at absent mindedness. The line echoes Pope’s quip about beating one’s head for wit and finding no one home.
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Davenport
Democrat
Pope
James Rauay Remley & Remley Attorneys at Law
The firm of A M Kuwumi James Rauay Remley and Remley Attorneys at Law operates in Anamosa Iowa with an office on Main Street opposite the Easterly hotel offering general legal practice services.
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Attorneys AT Law
Anamosa
Iowa
Main Street
Willengage
Govall Klonk
Montinalin
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J. W. Doxsee
J. A. McDonald
Thomas Dawson
Furnace Fund
W. A. Stingley
Stingley
Olive
EH. N. Bethuram
Toronto
Helen Stingley
Spohn
Elwood
J. M. Young
Ralph
Algona
Lester Preston
Jedar Rapids
Frank Jones
Coder
Otten
Scotch Grove
James Livingstone
John Otten
C. W. Preston
Wylie Walker
Prof. L. Foster
Jones County
Tim
Dave White
Billy Roush
Charley
A. Storm
Prairieburg
Charles L. Haton
Otis Whittemore
Fitzwilliam
New Hampshire
School Board Proceedings
Monticello Elec Co
Coxsee
Hoag Duster Co
Slauson
Hawkeye Oil Co
DH Knowlton Co
Henry Holt & Co
McMillan Co
Beckly-Carty Co
American Book Co
School House
Vac Liquid Equipment Co
Sarah Richmond
J. A. Howe
Anamoaga
Vermont
Ellison
Board of Supervisors
Sarah Ann Buckner
Thomas Buckner
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Methodist Episcopal Church
Kate Manurice
A. Quiles
Stuart
Nashua
A.M. Kuwumi
James Rauay
Remley & Remley
Chiropractic
Monticello State Bank
Fred Puleston
Eilers & Bolton
DR. A. M. Maurice
Lovell
KE. G. Rawson
Onslow, Iowa
W. A. Mirick
South Cedar St
Cornell College
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Julia Culp
Francis Macmillen
Clarence Whitehill
Rudolph Ganz
Cornell
Coleridge Taylor
Olive Kline
Margaret Keyes
Lambert Murphy
Mount Vernon
Hall
E. R. Ristine
Nottingham
Kirsch
Doutrick Dry Goods Co
N. L
HEINZ
Muskegon
Mich
Geo. Wilcox
Mulford, Conn
Arnold Bader
United States
F. E Whites
Andrews County
Missouri
Ferc Ra
Timothy
Geo. Stuhler
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