Wyoming Notes on Council Changes and Local News
The retiring council closed its year as the new mayor and council members were sworn in. Roy D. Cooley was elected city clerk, J. C. Close named street commissioner, and Hans Knuutsen appointed marshal. The town plans committee appointments and notes community events including a Taft banquet, weddings, baptisms, and church meetings.
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Wyoming
Roy D. Cooley
Dave White
J.C. Close
Hans Knuutsen
Wm. H. Taft
Ames
Bentley House
Ethel Hutton
Sam G. Hutton
Curtis
Merton
Alice Deischer
Robert Howie
J. A. Deischer
Leamon
Eichhorn
G. A. R. Hall
J. C. McKalney
Synod of Iowa
U. P
Opera House
John Kalouse
Joseph Kalouse
Oxford Junction
Forest Hutton
Cora French
Onslow
Anamosa
Haston
Washington
Niagara Falls
TJ. E. Murray
Montana
Peter Hickhorn
Oliver Anderson
Sarah McRoberts
Light presidential primary expected in Castle Grove
In Castle Grove township a very light vote is anticipated next Monday for the presidential primary with no contest for president on either ticket. Voters show little interest in local nominations as farmers begin field work and bills rise for the cost to the community.
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Marcella Britting
Monticello
Misa Alma Eilers
Susanna Heisey
A.M. Fairbanks
J. F. Mann
Fred Harken
Chicago
Wm. &. Luck
J. A. MecLaughlin
Wm. McAleer
M. A. Waddick
Kansas
Harold Brown Illness Leads to Appendectomy
Onslow April 4 Harold Brown fell ill Sunday and was operated on for appendicitis Monday evening. Dr varnon of Maquoketa assisted by Dr Rawson. He is resting easy with hope for full recovery. Last Tuesday at Anamosa Miss Cora French of this place and For-
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Est Hutton
Wyoming
French
Ada Walters Henningson
Dike
Misa Sibyl Walters
Algona
Bart Walters
Pentice
Newton
Iowa
Hazel Hoffer
Davenport
Grieser
Christian Endeavor Society
Presbyterian Parsonage
Peters
Anamosa
Beth Knittle
Grace
Waterloo
George Sears, Jr
Maude Spooner
Holst
Green
Dubuque
Nyx
Ruth Spooner
Lone Rock
M. &. Church
Onslow
Harold Brown
Varnon
Maquoketa
Rawson
Cora French
Community Life Roundup Center Junction
Miss Elizabeth McDonald received many useful gifts at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Misa Myrtle Livingstone. Local visits include Laura Alexander and Anna Leech to Anamosa to see Mrs Grovey at the sanitarium and Mrs J H Courtney still confined to bed.
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Frank Peterson
Herman
Oxford Junction
Alien Serbousek
Elmer Andrews
Monticello
Miss Spafford
Clinton
Hill
Fred Lewis
Roy Bohler
Center Point
Belle Moncrief
Lottie Rice
Elizabeth McDonald Shower Pranks Highlight Center Junction
Items From the Judge notes a series of playful showers for Elizabeth McDonald at several homes with lunches, a forecasted heavy shower and wind, and a light mock commentary on manners. It also reports on local visits, hospital stays, a measles case, wedding of Elizabeth McDonald to Arthur Glick, and townspeople’s movements.
Local directory to aid misdirected mail in Manchester
W. D. Magee former Monticello postmaster and prominent Manchester resident plans a local directory to be mailed to thirty six Manchesters in the United States. The directory aims to recover misdirected letters telegraphs and parcels and reduce lost mail. The idea is praised for improving mail accuracy and reducing irretrievable losses.
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Manchester
W. D. Magee
Monticello
Prairieburg Notes on Band Arrival and Local Happenings
Prairieburg updates report band instruments arriving for practice and a large Waterloo teachers institute. School resumes after two weeks with fumigated rooms and Miss Burnside back. Mrs Rogers and Zilla await better roads to return. Mr and Mrs R W Baker welcome a daughter. Protestant churches closed due to sickness and bad roads. Lauser’s market addition expanding. W J Drexler suffers an ear condition.
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Charlotte Hunter
Teachers Institute
Waterloo
W. J. Drexler
Cascade Pioneer Mrs Moore Dies in Dubuque Home
Mrs Mary J Moore longtime Dubuque resident dies Sunday at 283 Thirteenth Street after brief pneumonia illness Born November 17 1828 in New York state she came to Dubuque in 1845 She was twice married first to W D Bucknam and later to Silas Moore She leaves three children Charles Bucknam Stella Muggli and M Miller Funeral held Wednesday from her residence to Linwood with Dr John Dysart officiating
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Cascade
Mary J. Moore
Dubuque
Thirteenth Street
New York State
W. D. Bucknam
Caleb Bucknam
Bucknam
John I. Seery
Silas Moore
Epworth
Charles Bucknam
Stella Muggli
M. Miller
Petrolia
Kansas
John Ellwanger
Linwood
John Dysart
Married couples and community notes from Wyoming area
A roundup of personal notices includes Helen Shaw and Mary Dutton sailing from Honolulu to return home around March 22, unions of Forest Hutton with Cora French near Wyoming and John O'Brien with Virginia Finch at Anamosa, parole statistics showing 79 convicts freed since January 1, Crorey family moves to Detroit, Mrs. Leigh Pearson’s death after operations, and funeral plans for Saturday in Lost Nation.
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Helen L. Shaw
Honolulu
Mary Dutton
Forest Hutton
Wyoming
Cora French
Onslow
Ernest Evans
John O’brien
Olin
Virginia Finch
Anamosa
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
L. C.lennon
Matt O’brien, Jr
Eva Cromwell
State Board of Parole
C. A. Crorey
Detroit
Michigan
Crorey
Mercy Hospital
W. K. Pearson
Lost Nation
Mrs Mary Kramer Sues City over Fall on Ice in Anamosa
Mrs Mary Kramer filed a $2000 suit against the city of Anamosa and building owners T E Watters and Clifford Niles after she fell on ice in front of the Hakes building during a sleet storm last December. The city denies negligence, arguing no fault in ice removal. The case is set for the May term.
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Anamosa Journal
Mary Kramer
Hakes
Anamosa
T. E. Watters
Clifford Niles
Kramer
Soper Declares Candidacy for County Recorder Nomination
Lloyd Soper announces as Republican candidate for county recorder pending June primaries. Chicago Evening Post notes shifting partisan labels among Carranzistas Villistas Rooseveltistas and Wilsonistas.
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County Recorder
Lloyd Soper
Amber
Chicago Evening Post
Grub Worms Threaten Northeastern Iowa Crops in 1916
A 1916 Iowa County Agent article by R L Webster warns grubs will be common in Northeastern Iowa this spring affecting Allamakee Clayton Delaware Dubuque Jones and Jackson counties. It urges thorough cultivation and clean fields to reduce damage, noting June Bug larvae mature in three years and damage peaks in the second year.
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Jones County
Anamona
Editora
R. L. Webster
Iowa
Allamakee
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Jones
Jackson
Fighting Moles End In Deadly Adironack Clash
Two fighting moles near a camp in the Adirondacks end in both animals dead after a brief struggle at the camp entrance. One native observer notes that moles fight fiercely and often die, saying the fight always ends that way.
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Adirondacks
2 Rm
New York World
Generous Gifts Pearce Tainted by Surly Conduct
An Ohio State Journal editorial argues that large charitable gifts cannot redeem a mean unkind character. It warns that tainted money from grouchy donors does more harm than good and calls for refusing such gifts to preserve integrity.
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Ohio State Journal
The Wonderful Telephone Then and Now
A brief overview explains telephone speed versus sound, noting sound travels slowly but electrical signals zip at 56 000 miles per second. It cites a hypothetical Hello from New York to San Francisco taking four hours by sound, while actual transmission arrives in fractions of a second.
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New York
San Francisco
San Francsco
Leslie
Luther Burbank Advocates Kids Pets in Nature Education
Luther Burbank promotes a child centered natural education through hands on experiences with mud pies grasshoppers water bugs tadpoles frogs mud turtles berries nuts trees brooks water lilies woodchucks bees butterflies hay fields pine cones rocks sand snakes and hornets asserting deprivation of Unese robs essential learning and harmony with nature.
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Luther Burbank
Economist Declares Vegetarian Prohibitionist Stance
The Washington Star quotes an economist stating he will become a vegetarian and a prohibitionist. He explains the idea is to free up enough change to tip the waiter, highlighting satirical views on monetary policy and social reform.
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Washington Star
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Editors
Castle Grove
Center Junction
Elizabeth MacDonald
Elizabeth McDonald
Myrtle Livingstone
Express
Ed Kleineck
West Branch
Myrtle Livingston
D. O. Sinclair
Sammy Rice
Jennie Wright
Murphy
James Livingston
John A. McDonald
Arthur Glick
Elges
Miss Margaret
Davidson
Glick
Prairieburg
Cascade Dead
HH. M. Harter
Deputy County Supt. of Schools
Ricklefs
Icneill
Oxfords
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Co
N. Patrick
Monticello, Iowa
Henry Bosch Co
G. M. Kelley
Center Junction, Iowa
H. M. Resari
James Remley
Remley & Remley
Town
Main Street
Masterly Hotel
M. F. Hogan
F. A. Hefner
Stickford Drug Store
Monticello Town
Fred Puleston
Beery Brother
Maurice D. Dd. S
Lovell
Edgar E. Martin
Pueblo
Colorado
the American Bankers’ Insurance Co
Martin
First National Bank
F. W. Stevens
American Bankers’ Insurance CO
Mary D. Martin
Waddick
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