Local Notes from Onslow April Gather Community News
April 23 highlights include Mrs Lytton and Verda visiting town on Monday and James Forsythe returning to his claim in South Dakota. Several residents attend or plan events, while new businesses and home improvements appear. A fatal fire near Supple's bridge damages Hugh Lavery's house with no insurance. The column also notes agricultural spending on labor saving machinery and windmills, a birthday gift of twenty two dollars, and the death of T K Paul prompting family mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Summit Street
L. A. Foster
Hopkinton
M. B. Walters
Will Sears
W. C. Paul
Hugh Lavery
Supple’s Bridge
Ed Kerr
E. A. Horton
John Fagan
P. H. Schamfeldt
John Juilfs
The
Express
Schultz
Duncanson Wasson
Jennett
Duncanson
Ben Paul
Blairstown
T. K. Paul
Wm. Paul
Wyoming
Samuel
Castle Grove Notes Apr 24 Highlights Local Visits and Measles
Castle Grove April 24. D J Hogan hauling outs to Prairieburg. Mrs Eliza Black and son of Wayne visited Frank Howie. James Lahey recovering from measles. Hiller family Buck Creek at Cramer home. April showers scarce and freezes numerous. Ford M Clark went to Chicago with fat cattle. Heiken ailing but not recovering. Henry and Bernice Heiken recovering from measles. Postmaster Pond and wife from Monticello visited. L P Waddick and the McAleers and Belle Devlin of Monticello in Castle Grove. W N Appleby's son ill with measles and pneumonia. Rev McGuinnes of Prairieburg visited parishioners. McLaughlins guests of Bates in Wayne township. Mesdames Davidson and Hosford of Monticello and Hiller attended ladies aid. Farmers raking and burning old corn stalks. concerns over fertilizer value and arson risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
D. J. Hogan
Prairieburg
Eliza Black
Wayne
Frank Howie
James Lahey
Wm. Hiller
Buck Creek
Cramer
Ford M. Clark
Chicago
G. J. Heiken
Master Henry
Little Bernice Heiken
Postmaster Pond
Monticello
L. P. Waddick
C. McA
Andrew Davidson
Or. F. Hosford
Ladies’ Aid
Local Social Notes From Cass April Gathering
Cass Iowa April 24 notices show Mr John Yanda buying a piano visits by E B Condit and wife from Anamosa and many Cass residents hosting relatives and attending church funerals and reunions. Names include J K Hale Scotch Grove Keister Grimm Fairview Homer Hanna Monticello and Parke Ogden. The brief column highlights visits travel and a reunion of Anamosa high school friends with a note of a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass
John Yanda
J. K. Hale
Scotch Grove
Condit
Anamosa
Keister Grimm
Fairview
Crawford
Lou
Wyoming
Chas
Rice
Monticello
Geo. Croot
Lew Ringer
Homer Hanna
Mert Hanna
Robert Condit
Parke Ogden
E. A. Osborne
Ketcham Farm
Rachel Pangburn
D. M. Griffith
Martha Ketcham
Tobiason
Wayne Center
Barney Hartman
Jackson Township
John Peterson
Nina Sheriff
Anamosa High School
Local Notes From Center Junction April Visitations
Clara Townsend spent Saturday in Onslow with relatives. Frank Woodard's family are quarantined with scarlet fever. John Callahan and wife of Scotch Grove visited town. Elmer Andrews is under Dr. Mirick care from Monticello. Mrs. Clothier of Olin visits daughter Mrs. L A Kell. Attended Miss Tobiason's funeral in Wayne. Miss Duke of Wyoming stayed with Ray Young and Miss Burrell. Mr. and Mrs. L A Guiles of Shellsburg with father M Foust. Teachers enjoyed a call from Superintendent Miss Maurice. A E Robertson and family visited James Robertson near Amber. J E Rogera, Lenox College student, preached at M E church. delivered a good sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Clara Townsend
Onslow
Frank Woodard
John Callahan
Scotch Grove
Elmer Andrews
Mirick
Monticello
Clothier
Olin
L. A. Kell
Tobiason
Wayne
Duke
Wyoming
M. E
Rural Route No 2 local notes and anecdotes
Rural Route No 2 from April 24 lists residents and visits in Wayne Iowa including Geo Heeven re shingling, Mrs Dorsey visiting Anamosa, John Stutt in Monticello, Tobias Rieken visiting Scotch Grove, and a WorK by Proul Bros on Wm Reiken barn. It also covers rail fare to Manchester for I O F events, a Lincoln whetstone tale, and Jim Fisk pass anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Heeven
Geo. Dorsey
Anamosa
D. A. Slife
John Stutt Sr
Monticello
Gerd Toenjes
John Johnson
Itlma
Rudolph Jacobs
Eliza Black
Littleson
Kearns
Geo. Zimmerman
Frank Post
Jackson Township
Mise Nell Connery
Tobias Rieken
Scotch Grove
Hank
William
Rawleigh
Wayne
Proul Bros
Wm. Reiken
Harm Helgens
Deere
Campbell Bros
Gerd Zimmerman
April 1882 Church and Community Notices
In April 1882 Rev. David Jenkins resigned as pastor of the Congregational church. Weddings included Miss Ella S. Stambaugh and Mr. Asa Logan on the 9th and Ambrose Stevenson with Miss Emma Perrine on the 26th. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph King celebrated their golden wedding on the 11th. Mrs. C. M. Johnson sold her Main street residence to Mrs. John Stevenson. Elk Point resident E. C. DeWitt visited his mother in law Mrs. Garlock. Matt Noyes and Dan Pond caused $30 in broken glass by wrestling before Podhaski’s store window. Miss Pink Dyer left teaching to move to Montana. Emma Moody was chosen to fill the vacancy. Local high school graduates included Emma Vehon, Nettie Sleeper, Nellie Starks, Clara Weir, Mary L. Preston, Eva Blanchard. Mattie Fawcett won a declamatory contest at the opera house on the 7th. other declaimers were Lizzie Whittemore, Morris Vehon, Hattie Walworth, Kittie Gardner, Ernest Sherman, Ed Kinsella, Ernest Hicks, May Hitchcock, James Davidson, Eva Blanchard, Blanche McMeans. Kittie Gardner earned the second honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Jenkins
Congregational Church
Ella S. Stambaugh
Asa Logan
Joseph King
C. M. Johnson
Main Street
John Stephenson
Ambrose Stevenson
Emma Perrine
E. C. DeWitt
Elk Point
South Dakota
Inlaw
Garlock
Matt Noyes
Dan Pond
Podhaski
Pink Dyer
Montana
Emma Moody
Emma Vehon
Nettie Sleeper
Nellie Starks
Clara Weir
Mary L. Preston
Eva Blanchard
Mattie Fawcett
Opera House
Lizzie Whittemore
Morris Vehon
Hattie Walworth
Kittie Gardner
Ernest Sherman
Equally Ignorant Anecdote About a Village Inquirer
A humorous remark about age compares a country politician’s reminiscence to a village la borer. The author notes the boastful riddle of whether the Queen is a fort night older or a fortnight younger, and that neither party truly knows.
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J. W. Doxsee
Nottingham
Doutrick Dry Goods CO
Manchester
Iowa
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
A. I. Jackson
Central Lumber & Coal Co
Lincoln
Washington
Tinecolu
Jim Wisk
Flo
Fisk
Lim
Boston
Ilerald
Madras
Percale
Monticello, Iowa
Birge & Sons
Ings
J. A. Colton
Jones County
Brown
Stuhlers
Tanwar
Universal Portland Cement
Iowa Steel
PE Towa Steel Tank Hall
Monticello, Lowa
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