Castle Grove Local News and Notices April Edition
Monticello Express reports from Castle Grove on April 7 including F Hedden well drilling J A McLaughlin building materials for a new house and trustees inspecting assessor books Earl Gillilan illness Mrs John Nelson visiting Prairieburg Ina Nelson illness Henry Broehrken and Anna Seba marriage Adolph Tiarks visiting Sioux City and Quincy Harken family Mrs Krueger improving Mrs Dayton Cunningham recovering horse loss from a nail Castle Grove literary society held a late meeting with performances and tributes plus local notices of marriages illnesses and social events through April 1.
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Castle Grove
F. Hedden
J. A. McLaughlin
Earl Gillilan
John Nelson
Prairieburg
Bradley Bros
Harry Clark
Margaret Cramer
Center Junction
Ina Nelson
John Gillilan
Henry Broehrken
Anna Seba
Adolph Tiarks
Sioux City
Quincy Il
G. N. Harken
Krueger
Hunter
Monticello
Dayton Cunningham
R. Shear
Castle Grove Literary Society
F. C. Cramer
Nelson Kenyon
Margaret
Elsie Cramer
Trula Kenyon
Leces Mattie Clark
Sprague Hosford
Fred Cramer
Sprague Trafford
Cope
Olive Cramer
Fred
Sprague Osford
Nelson
Betty
Baby
Local Notices and Social Happenings in Hopkinton
Last week Bert Barker ran a flying business trip to Greeley. A.M. Cloud and O. J. Winters were in Monticello on business. Mrs. Russell of Manchester visits daughter Mrs. Mary Doolittle. C. B. Phelps calls on friends. Miss Minnie Campbell returns to Springville to teach. Frank Jackson visits town from Sioux City. Prof. A. G. Wilson set boundaries on J. T. Wilson's farm. Wm. Bradle and Miss Ellen Dalrymple wed. Railroad section men clear debris near the depot. O. J. Winters elected treasurer and Miss Emma Fish chair of executive committee in the boarding club. Citizens testify in Barton Breech trial. Breech sentenced to two years. Easter services and a lecture by Rev. Mackintosh on Livingstone's Africa journey. West end sees a camp of tramps near the quarry. Mrs. McBride visits aunt Mrs. Saunders en route to Anamosa to join her guard husband at the penitentiary. Ed McBride's wife, formerly editor of Everly News, is cousin of H. E. Bowman who will graduate at Lenox. Miss Lillie May Thomas and Sherley M. Muzzy wed April 1, 1896, at Geo. A. Thomas's home Cass. Rev. Blodgett officiates. Relatives present. bride receives farm deed in Kidder County N.D. and fine silverware. The Muzzys, known in Cass, will settle near the Cass creamery. May happiness attend their new life.
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Hopkinton
Bert Barker
Greeley
A.M. Cloud
O. J. Winters
Monticello
Russell
Manchester
Mary Doolittle
C. B. Phelps
Minnie Campbell
Springville
Frank Jackson
Sioux City
A. G. Wilson
J. T. Wilson
Wm. Bradle
Ellen Dalrymple
Emma Fish
Barton Breech
Breech
D. C. Mackintosh
Livingston
Anamosa
Ed McBride
Everly News
H. E. Bowman
Lenox
Lillie May Thomas
Sherley M. Muzzy
Geo. A. Thomas
Cass
J. N. Blodgett
Kidder County
N.D
Muzzy
High School Declamatory Contest Held in Hampton Iowa
The annual Northern Iowa high school declamatory contest takes place in Hampton on Friday evening April 10. Judges include O J Laylander Cedar Falls Miss Gazelle Halsted Charles City Miss Jennie E Curtis Cedar Falls Referee Ole O Roe Des Moines. Participants perform a mix of dramatic readings and humorous pieces from students at several towns with a presentation of medals to winners.
City Council Minutes Apr 4 Proceedings Report and Actions
Council in regular session approves minutes and weighmaster Abel salary and bond. Fire marshal recommendation laid over. City pays 3.00 per day for laborers and for street work. Committees appointed on engine site yard scales and water pump. G W Russell pipe and water rent approved. Adjournment follows.
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Jas. Abel
A. Miller
Peter Young
Bohlken
Button
Clark
Overing
Heisey
Schoonover
G. W. Russell
G W. Russell
Seventh Street
Park Gate
Curtis
Main
City Scales
J. F. Petcina
End of One of War Times Funniest Feuds
A veteran feud between Colonel Tom Pickett and Jack Schuyler, both famed in Pottsville society, ends with Schuyler’s death and the long running joke of each accusing the other of lying. The piece recalls their army past and shared humor as their quarrel concludes.
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Jack Schuyler
Pennsylvania
Tom Pickett
Pottsville
Lock Haven
Fallon House
Jack
Tom
New York Herald
Monticello Township Road Resolution Adopted 1896
At a April 6 1896 Monticello Township Iowa meeting the trustees approved a resolution requiring road supervisors to record work times participants dates and locations in reports. It also mandates at least three workers with teams if needed and orders 75 percent of all round taxes to be worked out by July 15.
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Monticello Township
Jones County
Iowa
April the dainty dame in verse from Mary Mitchell
Poem about April as a shifting, grace filled year figure praised for charm and beauty. The lines compare April to a delicate dame whose mood and appearance change, ending with noting she wears the finest laces in verse attributed to Mary Mitchell in the New York Ledger.
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April
Mary Mitchell
New York Ledger
Unclaimed Letters Advertised at Monticello Post Office
A list of unclaimed letters remains at the Monticello Iowa post office published April 6 1896 Includes Harris H J Meirch John Miller Mrs H J McCreary Mr Woods Jas L and P M Alexander It is said Dr Jameson’s medical practice in South Africa was worth 15000 a year.
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Monticello
Iowa
Harris H.J
Meirch John
Miller
H. J
McCreary
Woods
L. T. Alexander
P. M
Jameson
South Africa
The Pilgrim Haster Number Ready for Publication
The Pilgrim Haster Number is new and original with articles by Capt. Charles King and Bix Gov Peck of Wisconsin. It is entertaining, well illustrated, and a limited edition sale via the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway ticket agent at ten cents each.
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Charles King
U.S.A
Peck
Wisconsin
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R.y
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