Onslow Community Notes April 17 Update
Miss Isabel Scroggie returns home from Wyoming duties as scarlet fever closes schools. Town residents celebrate a flag raising with songs and addresses by Capt. O'Brien and Rev. Carey. Landlord Starry named mayor. Local antics include a resumed Saturday night picture show and visits from residents to neighboring towns.
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Onslow
Isabel Scroggie
Wyoming
Minor Bullock
Belo
Berkey
Emory Cole
Jack
George Sears
Capt
O’brien
Martin Spooner
Randolph
Minnesota
Noyes
Easler
Harriet Lamey
Cedar Rapids
Louise Sears
Hannah Jeffries
W. E. Smith
Anamosa
H. F. Paul
Prairieburg Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
April 16 update from Prairieburg records a bustling week of visitors and graduations. Hazel and Ruby Story of Central City plan June graduations. Frank Hamilton's death is reported from Central City. Thomas Stimpson returns home aided by two canes. Mrs C O Rowley improves after surgery in Anamosa. Additional items include visits from Monticello residents, Arkansas newcomer Joseph Howard, and births and hospital rounds among local families.
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Prairieburg
Hazel
Ruby Story
Central City
Prairiburg
Frank Hamilton
Thomas Stimpson
Louis Gehbringer
C. O. Rowley
J. J. Dolan
Anamosa
Chaloupka
Little Son
Hubbard
Monticello
Burg
Joseph Howard
Green Forest
Arkansas
Edith Potter
Cherrill Parker
de Lancey
Rose Chilmore
Elmo DeLancey
van Dusen
Benson
Flahertys
F. T. Richards
Gertrude
Glenn
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Crosby
Ed Burlingham
Henry Story
Rev. Buell
Coggan
Fire on Center Junction store building roof prompt response saves damage
Fire broke out on the roof of M. G. Alsever’s store Friday forenoon but was quickly controlled by the hose company with little damage. Local notices urge display of the stars and stripes as loyalty to government. The column also lists various visits, travels, illnesses, a birth, and an eye service by Dr. L. G. Stubler.
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Center Junction
M. G. Alsever
Blanch Baxter
Davenport
Joe Dowden
Baldwins
Sunny
J. M. Young
T. R. Young
Epworth
Elmer Andrews
Frank Preston
Monticello
Pangburn
Lewis
Wyoming
H. J. Smith
L. Davis
Mack Sinkey
Monmouth
H. M. Hill
Central City
Anna May
Propst
Wm. Meade
James Livingstone
Local visitors tour Velie factory and Iowa City delivery
Sand Spring reports April 16 guests for Velie automobile factory delivery day in Moline Illinois. Nearly three hundred visitors rode in carsbanqueted them and joined a special train to Iowa City for dealer delivery. Various local residents and guests visited relatives and attended events in Monticello Hopkinton and Cedar Rapids.
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Sand Spring
R. J. Guthrie
Velie Automobile
Moline
Illinois
Iowa City
W. J. Murray
Francis
Will Hanken
Dubuque
Murray
G. J. Bohlken
Ella
Davenport
Iva
Louise Warner
Clara Gestel
Evelyn Ward
Manchester
Peter Guthrie
Mary
Hopkinton
Kk. J. Guthrie
Jacob Paulsen
Luman Bennett
Monticello
al Olmsted
Pierce
Anna Guthrie
Leo Murray
Alex Blair
Cedar Rapids
O. W. Wilkinson
Chicago
Scotch Grove Community Notes and Visits
Scotch Grove reports a pleasant evening at M M Sinclair's for Miss Spells and sister visitors with musical numbers. Mrs. Robert Clark and Miss Harriet Lubben visit Hawick Minnesota. Mrs. Harrison Loomis returns to Glendale Montana. Seed potato demand suggests a strong next crop. Royden nursery busy delivering trees to farmers. Mrs Parker and Bailey Grinnell visit F W Royden home. Infant daughter of Harry Kahn ill with bronchial pneumonia. Joy Himebaugh of Manchester visits friends.
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Scotch Grove
M. M. Sinclair
St. L. Himebaugh’s
Glendale
Montana
Royden Nursery
Debating teams tie as Fonda vies for Northern Iowa title
The Anamosa high school debating team loses to Fonda in a Northern Iowa championship bout at Fonda Friday evening. Fonda advances to face a southern state contender for the Iowa championship. The Anamosa fair association plans a big night fair with merchant and manufacturer exhibitions during exhibit week. A cement stave factory led by David Russell and Wallie Ellis begins operations at the Metropolitan Supply plant, producing staves for silos in Anamosa and nearby areas.
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Anamosa High School
Fonda
Iowa
Anamosa Fair Association
David Russell
Wallie Ellis
Metropolitan
Anamosa
Waterloo
Can
Quasqueton
Kansas
Charles Elliott
Elliott
Martelle
Dumont
Fairview
Enlistments Tie Cascade Pioneer Item to Coast Artillery
Geo Stahler's Sons Co. Cascade Pioneer Items note Julius Vogel and Ernst Vogel Jr of Cascade have joined the U S army and will join the coast artillery. J B Aitchison reports his son Bar will likely receive a commission. A subscriber drops his Pioneer for war reasons. the editor withholds name to protect him. Matt Sadler was badly burned last Friday while blasting stumps. a charge misfired after he lit a second charge, glasses saved his eyes. Mayr's Wonderful Remedy is advertised for stomach ailments. claims to cleanse bile and inflamed tissue, and promises refunds through druggists like W W Stickford.
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Julius Vogel
Ernst Vogel, Jr
Ernst Vogel
Cascade
U. S. Army
Coast Artillery Department
J.B. Aitchison
Bar
Des Moines
Pioneer
Matt Sadler
Sadler
Mayr
Geo
H. Mayr
Mfg
Chicago
W. W. Stickford
Using Roosevelt as a national asset for government service
The piece argues Theodore Roosevelt is a valuable national asset better known than most Americans. It contends he should be brought into government service as a major general to maximize leadership and utility, likening his vigor to Washington and Lincoln.
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Chicago Tribune
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Vernon Hawkeye re-elected Monticello school head
Mr. Vernon Hawkeye K D Miller class of 1905, formerly a standout baseball figure, has been re-elected superintendent of Monticello schools with a salary of 1750 dollars per year.
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Vernon Hawkeye
K. D. Miller
Monticello
Dedicatory Service Held for Hopkinton Christian Science Society
News item notes Master Sunday service at 11 a.m. for the Christian Science society in Hopkinton Iowa. Other items mention Frank Wright visiting kin in Monticello and Nina Vesey returning home to Monticello Monday morning. Verne Wheeless reports government seizure of wireless stations and possible postponement of his trip due to service. The Leader editor travels to Ingilvie Minnesota for his mother Mary Beels who died after a paralytic stroke, aged 81, and was buried in Oakwood cemetery beside her husband who died in 1890.
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Frank Wright
Monticello
Nina Vesey
Christian Science Society
Hopkinton
Iowa
Verne Wheeless
Verne
Valparaiso
Indiana
Great Lakes
Leader
Ingilvie
Minnesota
Mary Beels
Independence
Oakwood Cemetery
Beels
True Patriotism in Hartington Herald
Definition of true patriotism as steadfast devotion to national ideals. It honors a patriot who sacrifices for country, whether through war, home front work, action, farming, or vigilant patience under the flag.
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Hartington Herald
European rulers dethroned era sparks scramble for a band
A fragmented line from the Algona Upper Des Moines Republican hints at a sweeping political shift in Europe with kings and queens ousted and a need to identify a worthy European orchestra amid chaos.
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Algona
Des Moines
Secret Service Actions Narrow in on Critics in Iowa
In Council Bluffs the Nonpareil reports secret service focus on individuals criticizing the national administration while criticisms of the state administration are excluded due to jail capacity limits.
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Council Bluffs
Secret Service
Iowa
The dollar fights back in American economy
The Washington Star notes that the dollar shows strength by both defending and fueling work, highlighting resilience in the nation’s financial stance and its impact on economic activity.
Devlin Millinery Showcases Clever Hat Styles
The line highlights the most clever and becoming styles in millinery awaiting inspection at Devlin Millinery.
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Devlin Milinery
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L. G. Stubler
Simmong “Laclede
Ricklefs & McNeill
Geo. Stahler’s Sons Co
Cascade Pioneer
Lion Brand
Milwaukee
Hems
Washington Star
America
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