Local Notes and Obituary News from Center Junction
Center Junction and surrounding areas share family births travel updates and church notices. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Robertson welcomed a son while Mrs. Thos White died suddenly April 18 leaving a husband three sons and two daughters. funeral at Presbyterian church with Four Horn cemetery interment. Olen Watson travels to Washington DC and is replaced by his brother Wilbur.
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Center Junction
Geo. Platner
Andrew Robertson
Dawson
Warner
Scotch Grove
James Leech
Ida Smith
Leech
Baldwin
Bertha Pangburn
Hopkinton
T. E. Canty
Wilbur
Thos
White
Presbyterian Church
Hines, McConnell
Wyatt
Four Horn Cemetery
Wromina News Highlights Local Business and society
Morse Bros rush a business boom Inglis Bros move large agricultural implements Fishermen warned by fish and game warden Mrs J W Kirkpatrick slowly recovering Mrs Wm McRoberts caring for Mrs Wm Cameron seriously ill Teachers likely reelected for excellent service Mrs A M Loomis travels to Davenport for Northwest missions meeting Mrs J DeWitt celebrates 71st birthday Rev McConnell and Rev Cooper exchange pulpits Hawthorne Club hosts last meeting at Miss Hattie Shaffer’s home School board replaces shade trees with hard maples Local trade grows with two millinery shops Box elder blamed for pests as residents cut trees seeking information on bugs
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Wromina
Morse Bros
Inglis Bros
J. W. Kirkpatrick
Wm. McRoberts
Onslow
Wm. Cameron
A. M. Loomis
Davenport
Board of Missions of the Northwest
Hattie Shaffer
Local Notices From Onstow Dated April 23
News item highlights in Onstow include multiple family and community updates. Mrs Hattie Lamey shows slight improvement while Mrs Jemima Wasson remains very poorly. Denton Stimson clerks for his brother as family movements occur across Cedar Rapids Oxford Junction and Monticello. Real estate change notes: Hon F J Sokol sold 80 acres to Alex Campbell for 8000 dollars with possession planned August 1. George Hanna’s widow receives a 2000 dollar insurance draft from ILH secretary N B Noyes. Obituary details Mrs Lydia Boyer from Marion is laid to rest beside daughter Mary Paul in Wyoming cemetery with pallbearers E E Brown J H Cooksey I C Finch James Spencer H F Paul N B Noyes J B Lyon as conductor.
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Onstow
Hattie Lamey
Denton Stimson
Monticello
F. J. Sokol
Alex Campbell
Campbell
Massachusetts
N. B. Noyes
IL H
Geo. A. Hanna
Lydia Boyer
Marion
Wyatt
M. E. Church
Boyer
Minnie Wiley
Chickamauga
Milton Shear Takes Mumps Hit in Castle Grover News
Castle Grover reports Milton Shear contracting mumps on April 22 as the community notes ongoing corn plowing activities.
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Castle Grover
Milton Shear
New piano arrives at J A Deischer home
Local notes report a new piano for J A Deischer, visits by Mrs Margaret Noble, and social activities. Monti cello guests, Fannie Wiben recovers from illness, No 6 school opens led by Miss Spellman of Anamosa, and funeral of T Connolly at Argand cemetery near Linn county line.
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J. A. Deischer
Ladies’ Aid Society
Margaret Noble
O. S. Hosford
Monticello
Old Farm
Fannie
Kibo Wiben
No. 6
Miss Spellman
Anamosa
T. Connolly
Mrs Catherine Reed White Dies at Center Junction
Irish born Mrs Catherine Reed White 74 died at her Center Junction home after a brief illness. Born in Ireland 1827 she moved to Rhode Island in 1845 and Iowa in 1854. Funeral Saturday at Presbyterian church with local pastors and burial in Scotch Grove United Presbyterian cemetery.
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Catherine Reed White
Ireland
Center Junction
Rhode Island
Myr. Thomas White
Iowa
Scotch Grove
Congregational Church
Scotch Grove United Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church At
Presbyterian Church
McCannel
Wyoming United Presbyterian Church
Wyatt
Methodist Church of
White
W C T U Convention in Monticello May 8 1901
The twentieth annual Jones County W C T U meeting will be at the Congregational church in Monticello starting Wednesday evening May 8 1901 with a 7 30 p m praise service and closing Thursday at 5 p m Delegates are urged from temperance groups churches Sunday schools and Endeavors Reports and counsel will be given by department superintendents and vice presidents All are welcome to hospitable homes Full program to be printed next week Mrs Cou Springer and Mrs Ella B Strawn are president and secretary respectively
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Jones County
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Monticello
Epworth
Friends of Temperance
Prohibition Convention Called in Jones County May Meeting
Prohibitionists of Jones County are called to meet at Center Junction May 7 1901 at 1 PM in Woodman hall to elect delegates to the state convention in Des Moines May 21 22 1901 and to elect a county central committee. All interested are invited to join in efforts to suppress the liquor traffic. N A Walker Chairman E R Youna Secretary. Also includes ad copy for cough remedies and health tips.
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Jones County
Center Junction
Woodman Hall
Des Moines
N. A. Walker
Bids Sought for Erecting School House in Scotch Grove
Sealed bids due 2 p m May 11 for building a new school house in district No 9 Scotch Grove township. Bids filed with G J Hughes or Robt Williamson. plans available from them. Right to reject any bid reserved. Also notices of lectures, excursion fares, and residences for sale appear in this newspaper page.
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Scotch Grove Township
G. J. Hghes
Robt. Williamson
Hughes
Williamson
G. J. Huanes
Irreverent Health Claims Float From Early 1900s Ads
A collage of medical testimonials touts Electric Bitters, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as miracle remedies. It cites a Hartford man’s recovery, plus foreign city statistics, and endorsements from Mrs. Haller and Mrs. Besant, ending with warnings against imitations of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
Cholera? Discovery Cures a Terrible Cold and Cough
Chas C Ellis of Lisbon Indiana washed down a telegraph line and suffered a severe cold after icy immersion. Doctors declared consumption in Oakland Nebraska Sioux City and Omaha, but he recovered wholly after using Dr Kings New Discovery in six bottles. Price 50 cents and 1.00. Also noted is Kentucky Governor Beckham’s remarkable maternal lineage.
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Lisbon
Oakland
Neb
Sioux Cuty
Omaha
Dr. King
D. H. Soetje
New Life Pills touted as a bless ing for many ailments
Advertisement cites Dr. Kings New Life Pills claiming cure for constipation headaches dizziness jaundice malaria fevers and liver and stomach troubles. Vegetable formula promises no griping and costs 25 cents at O H Soetjes drug store. Berlin tax data show 530000 residents with 295000 earning 250 to 750 yearly. 43000 over 750. 12 over 250000. one at 300000.
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Dr. King
O. H. Soetje
Bucklen's Amnic a Salve for Piles and More
If he'd had itching piles. They're terri bly annoying, but Bucklen's Amnica Salve will cure the worst case of piles on earth. It has cured thousands. For injuries, pains or bodily eruptions it's the best salve in the world. Price 26 cts. a box. Cure guaran teed. Sold by O. H. Soetje, George W. Boyer, one of the jurors who tried John Brown, has just died at Charles town W.Va. Only one member of that famous jury now survives- William A. Martin, who lives at Delaplane, Va
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Hartford
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Earth
CO. H. Soetje
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O. H. Soetje
George W. Boyer
John Brown
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Cure Claimed for Rheumatism With Pain Balm
Sallie Harris of Salem New Jersey says after fall attack of muscular rheumatism she tried Chamberlains Pain Balm seen in the South Jerseyman. Two applications eased pain and one bottle cured her completely. Sold by O H Soetje druggist. The note adds a statement about the Japanese language being made of 60 000 words.
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Sallie Harris
Salem
N. J. Forsale
O. H. Soetje
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