Wyoming Notes Busy Town Week Of Local Happenings
Fred Vaughn travels to Kansas on business while public schools enjoy a week long vacation. The Jas A Bronson homestead is sold to Carl Behnke. Migs Zello Bigelow appointed deputy postmistress to fill resignation. Town election passes quietly with 54 votes. High school students take a day off for an opera house outing. J L Franks sells his restaurant to Will Waite. Cemetery association reports healthy finances and a $500 improvement year over year.
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Wyoming
Fred Vaughn
Kansas
Jas. A. Bronson
Carl Behnke
W. H. Walston
Hale
T. G. Richardson
Montiello
A. F. Dellitt
Cedar Rapids
L. M. Barrett
Frankfort
P. L. Vaughn
Elwood Kirkpatrick
Albert DeWitt
Frederick
South Dakota
J. A. Griswold
Alfred Day
Washta
Jennie McDonald
Migs Zello Bigelow
Robertson
Chas. Saxon
Harry Cook
George Preston
T. T. Club
EK. M. Babcock
EK. M. Byers
Monticello
Bert Tourtellet
First National Bank
J. L. Franks
Will F. Waite
Franks
Waite
E. G. Waite
Cemetery Association
Cascade Briefs Apr 2 1907 Local News Notes
Hietchen couple plans a future Los Angeles trip. Horse sale drew high prices with several animals over 300. Pedersons departed for Minneapolis after visiting Cascade. Gehl’s horse died by lightning, valued 150. Baptist church bid farewell to Rev Halbert family amid bad weather. Croston Bros. sold livery to Burke OConnell. Mary Hart Durkin obituary outlines family ties across Iowa and Oregon. Library warns against damaging library property under new law. Drunken visitor sought aid. locals identified as Doyle or Dolan kin.
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Baptist
W. C. Halbert
Old Baptist Church
Croston Bros
Burke & O’connell
Garryowen
Mary Hart
County
Sligo
Ireland
United States
Patrick Durkin
Brooklyn N. Y
Richland Township
Jones County
Iowa
Whitewater Township
St. Martin’s Church
Gordon Hearty
Dyersville
T. A. Durkin
J. B. Conlin
Cascade
Misa Bate Durkin
Portland
Oregon
J. H. Durkin
Sioux City
H. B. Finney
Pasadena
California
Tom Hart
Wakanda
South Dakota
Senior class night reflects postwar reconstruction era themes
In Monticello 1907 student orations span topics from Lincoln’s absence and Johnson’s indecision to currency reform and the value of money. Speakers examine stories from Victor Hugo to Shakespeare, celebrate progress of the nineteenth century, and envision future revolutions in science and transport.
Schoolboard Minutes Outline Committees and Staff Payments
The document lists salaries for staff members including Foster and Babcock, with varied amounts, and notes a contingent fund and Monticello Electric Co. light charge. It records the president naming standing committees such as Text Books and Course of Study, Complaints and Rules, Finance, Buildings and Grounds, Opera House, Printing and Insurance, and Supplies and Janitor with specific members. It also states the board agreed to rent the opera house to H S Lee, Wm Sloan, and M W Kehoe for 205 for one year. Additionally Dr Coffman the Eye Sight Specialist will be at the Lovell House on May 1st for free examinations from 9 am to 6 pm.
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J. N. Peterson
Shoes on Bargain Counter at Stuhlers Highlighted
Readable fragment shows Shoes on the Bargain Counter at Stuhlers with emphasis on deals and display items.
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Stuhlers
Methodist Parsonage for Sale by Bid This Saturday
Bids will be received at the parsonage for the Methodist parsonage building with sales closing at 2 o'clock on Saturday April 6 1907. Inquiry will reveal full particulars and the right to reject any or all bids is reserved. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup advertised with claims of pleasant taste and cough relief. Sold by O H Soetje.
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Escargot
Monticello
Iowa
Methodist Parsonage
Kennedy
O. H. Soetje
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Monticello Express
J. W. Doxsee
29Th General Assembly
Doyle Boys
Delmar
Dolan
Andrew Johnson
Lincoln
Jean Valjean
Marie Bateman
Victor Hugo
Jean
Hugo
Halstead M. Carpenter
Indianapolis
Congress
Gladys M. Fairbanks
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
Pearl Heisey
Ethel Young
Agnes Habermann
Olive Moses
South
Hague
Mary E. Coxsee
Holland
Sumner
Russell G. Stuhler
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell
Clotilda d’Autremont
New England
Blanche M. Eilers
Macbeth
Shakespeare
MacDonald
Duncan
Scotland
Banquo
Hattie McCuskey
Miss Habermann
Aaron Burr
Ward A. Inglis
Burr
Hamilton
Texas
Mexico
Surr
Mae S. Hubbard
Evangeline
Longfellow
Edith M. Beash
Shylock
Nellie M. Sutherland
Robert Lee
Lee
Jay H. Dreibelbis
Santos Dumont
Edna Templeton
L. R. Jacobs, G. H. Bohlken, J. D. Poppe
N. B. Noyes
Onslow, Iowa
Board of Education
J. W. Coxsee
J. E. Bateman
F. A. Hefner
Geo. Inglis
F. B. Bolton
England
France
Raine Om Ernie A
Oxfords
Rsa
Davis’ Hardware
Kuionpike
Broopers
Sintstore
Davis
Monticello, Iowa
Hall’s Hardware
Monticello, Ia
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