Presbyterian church holds annual meeting in G A R hall
The Presbyterian congregation met for its annual gathering in the G A R hall with a church supper beforehand. Rev A S Nickless agreed to stay until September, new elders and trustees were elected, and choir staff named as part of the church report. City council and school board actions included finances, anti spitting plan, tree ordinance discussions, and appointing Prof G E Farley as principal. An anniversary for E M Babcock and a celebration by E N Ladage mark local happenings alongside society and business notes.
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Wyoming
The
Presbyterian Church
A. S. Nickless
J. S. Robertson
C. S. Ames
A. W. Anderson
F. A. Day
H. C. Griswold
EH. N. Stoffel
Ada Ames
Wilkins
Leota Wherry
Marguerite Wilker
G. E. Farley
Oxford Junction
Farley
E. H. Ladage
Ladage
E.M. Babcock
Babcock
Grinnell College Glee Club
Glee Club
P. C. Levsen
Hetty Levsen
Elu
Charles Eye
G. Franks
East Green Street
A. D. Hunt
Vinton
Jennie Tourtellot
Hunt
Jesse Greenup
Hopkinton
E. N. Wilcox
White Church
Ed Fairley
Er. E. Meyers
Iowa City
Rowena
Alfred Day
South Land
Joseph Wasson
Onslow
8. F. Schaefer
Mabel
Harry Eldred
Davenport
Ruth Alden
Grinnell College
Bay View
Local visitors and social notes from Wyoming scene
Miss Lyda Wherry attended an evening event. C E H Walston of Olin spent today in Wyoming on business visiting local residents and familiar sites.
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Lyda Wherry
C E H. Walston
Olin
Wyoming
Onslow Notes Move of Stores and Local Visits
August Hansen shifts stock from Noyes building to Stimson store for more room. Noyes plans to move back, filling the old location with a similar assortment. Miss Ada Walters returns to Onslow and enters a store at Anamosa. Wm. Henderson and bride wed in Mitch ell, South Dakota. Regular arrivals include O N Patrick the optometrist at the Onslow hotel April 16.
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Onslow
Hansen
Noyes
Stimson
Mr. Noyes
Ada Walters
Anamosa
Ada
Wm. Henderson
Bride
Plankhington
South Dakota
Mitchell
Fred Davis
Stamford
Florence Maple
Des Moines
H. F. Paul
N. B. Noyes
Uenday
Trustees appoint road superintendents in Castle Grove
At the township trustees meeting on Monday A M Fairbanks was named superintendent of road dragging for the township. Henry Knake to the southeast quarter, F C Cramer to the northeast, and Tom Short to the northwest quarter. Southwest quarter vacancy. Miss Christina Brown ill with small pox under quarantine. Several local residents noted travel and market news from Chicago. Dennis Delay in Anamosa sanitarium for gall bladder operation. Olin Howie nursing a mashed thumb.
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A. M. Fairbanks
Henry Knake
F. C. Cramer
Tom Short
Christina Brown
Wm. Freeman
Ronald
Williston
North Dakota
S. M. Hosford
Freeman
Hosford
E. J. Noble
Fred Harken
Chicago
Hazel Herington
Monticello
Morse
Margaret Maire
Edith Bayles
Anamosa
D. W. Cunningham
Hopkinton
Dennis Delay
Alice
Clifford Cunningham
Anna Balster
Wayne
Lfef
Balster
L. F. Balster
Wayne Township
Mrs. Hahn
Coggan
Olin Howie
Henderson sells Main street residence to Rudolph Zimmerman
Prairieburg notes record J I Henderson selling his Main street home to Rudolph Zimmerman and moving to a small house near the school. New S S association officers for the coming year are Mrs Mayme Fisher president and Mrs Lulu Delancey secretary. Various local visits and events are listed, including a play date set for April 17 and a birth to Mr and Mrs Arthur Whitney.
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Prairieburg
J. 1. Henderson
Main Street
Rudolph Zimmerman
Henderson
S. S. Association
Mayme Fisher
Lulu Delancey
Iva Wollmut
Mary Banning
Rock Rapids
Adams
Central City
Roy Fisher
Hart
Dramatic Club
Bessie Knapp
R. QO. Pineh
Martello
Knapp
Arthur Whitney
Peas] Bowman
Prison City
L. &. Minehart
Ed Purlingham
Monticello
Caroline Scheer
Earl Bebee
A. Dallas Benson
Cedar Rapids
Inez Platner
Boulder Township
Baptist Church
Pleasant Sunday gathering noted in local circles
Last Sunday a pleasant community gathering drew a fair attendance. Mrs. Fred Bebee is visiting friends in the Burg.
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Fred Bebee
Burg
Local Notes on Visits and Travel
Amber April 9 Mr and Mrs Spenser Guiles visited relatives here for a few days Qarl Ollimen was at Cedar Rapids one day last week Farragher started for Grayling Minnesota today Otto Danneman is clerking for J Q Bailey
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Amber
Spenser Guiles
Qarl Ollimen
Cedar Rapids
Ad Farragher
Grayling
Minnesota
Otto Danneman
J. QO. Bailey
Receiver Appointed for Eastern Towa Consolidated Electric Trust
Park Chamberlain of Anamosa named receiver as Eastern Towa Consolidated faces financial woes. The petition cites a $245,000 first mortgage, $247,600 due on bonds, $79,759 in delinquent 1912 taxes, $20,855 in mechanics liens, and $852,316 in current bills.
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Eastern
Towa Consolidated Company
Anamosa
Oxford Mills
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Ulin
Park Chamberlain
Chicago Title and Trust Co
William C. Niblack
Trustea
Smith & Dows Company
Cedar Rapids
Monticello School Board Holds Special Session
Monticello board of education met in a special session on April 4 with five members present and L W Lovell named secretary pro tem. Minutes were approved and several bills authorized including Contingent Fund and utility costs. A second April session approved piano tuning costs and elected K D Miller superintendent for the year at 1575 dollars. Several teachers were re elected with set monthly salaries. others were not recalled.
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Board of Education
J. M. Redmond
W. F. Rohn
0. D. Chase
A. M. Maurice
L. W. Lovell
Hoag Duster Co
Coxsee
Ricklefs & McNeill
Central Lbr & Coal Co
W B Sloan
Roy D'Autremont
Jos H Carl
A. D. Chase
W. F. Robn
Monticello Electric Company
K. D. Miller
Miller
Viva R. Moore
Zelma Monros
Loraine Novak
Louise Schneider
Mary Pond
Ruth Lank
Mary I. Jarman
Emma Bioggeli
Selma Suter
Mabel McCuskey
Katherine Hines
Harriet Wolcott
Florence Foley
Mary Lucher
Alice Cowan
Elizabeth McCarthy
Reed
First Schools in Iowa Chronicle
The article notes that the first school in present Iowa was a private class in Lee County in 1830 taught by Berryman Jennings. It cites a 1833 Dubuque schoolhouse with teacher George Dubbage and a Burlington school opening about the same period with a 1834 building. Public free schools began in 1858 after rapid early growth funded by subscriptions.
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Iowa
Lee County
Berryman Jennings
C. R. Aurner
State Historical Society of
Dubuque
George Dubbage
Burlington
Wealth and whispers on J. P. Morgan’s fortune
The Topeka Capital notes that Morgan was linked to the “Jewel” while some rivals accuse him of dishonesty. The piece says critics barking at his wealth take medicine for hoarseness and imply money means foul play.
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Topeka Capital
J. P. Morgan
Mitchell Republican Quote On Wealth and Death Privacy
A Mitchell republication quotes a wealthy man's prerogative to conceal illness until death, illustrating how extreme wealth can shield private decline from public view. The remark frames the ethics of transparency and status in society.
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Mitchell Republican
Fiddle Music Debunked as Baldness Cure Cited by Front Row Lineup
Washington Post reports the claim that fiddle music cures baldness is repeatedly refuted by those seated in the front row. The piece emphasizes skepticism and contrasts sensational claims with observed facts at the event.
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Washington Post
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J. W. Doxler
Castle Grove
Castile Grove
Local High Finance
School Board Proceedings
Stuhlers
Webster’s New International Dictionary
Merriam Webster
Jane Sens
E G.&c. Merriam Co
Springfield, Masa
W. A. Mirick
South Cedar St
Lovell Block
E. Fereed
Tiorney
Burr'ahter’s Drygoods
Monticello Lows
Harry E. Netcott
Independence, Iowa
Doutrick Dry Goods Co
Beaver Board
Eclipse Lumber Co
Kansas City
Topeka
Omaha World-Herald
Lehigh
Central Lumber & Coal Company
Jones County
George Stuhler’s
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Micheal Stern’s and
Clothcraft Clothing
Stetson
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