Hopkinton Wedding and Community Notes Highlight Region
Mrs. R L Wiese of Cedar Rapids announces the marriage of daughter Janana Chapel to Russell B Warye of Nashua on April 2 at Woodstock St Rev Richard Dress officiates. The couple plans to live in Vallejo California where Mr Warye is employed. Numerous local events and notes follow including church changes, student activities, hospital visits, travel, and social club events in Hopkinton Earlville and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Wiese
Cedar Rapids
Janana Chapel
Russell B. Warye
Lew Warye
Nashua
Woodstock
Richard Dress
Methodist Church
Warye
Hopkinton High School
Coe College
Chi Omega
Aal.u.w
University of Iowa
Vallejo
Calif
Alva Wilson
Buck Creek
Pannkuk
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Earlville
Hopkinton
Thomas C. Tibbetts
Iowa City
Thomas Edgar
Town City
J. C. Edgar
New York City
Jeffries
Donald McDonald
Cuba City
Wis
Wilmer Webb
Emil Henkel
Pearl
Excelsior Springs
Anna Edgar
G. P. Forrest
St. Luke's Hospital
R. E. Lord
Manchester
Telephone Company
Daily Iowan
Mary E. Gearhart
Chi Omega Sorority
Gene Thompson
McDonald Hospital
J. M. Bacon
Marshall Neil
Monticello
Bacon
Gertrude Reeve
Elkader
David de Best
F. A. Irish
Freeport
Ill
Snare Griffith
Adam Foell
Henkel
H. L. Main
Davenport
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Vergil C. Finnell
Lenox College
Amber Mrs W 3 Zimmerman hosts bridge club at home
Mrs Otto Danneman entertained the Amber bridge club with a four table five hundred game high score won by Cari Schoon. Guests included Herman Danneman of Orange California visiting Otto and family. Lunch was served by Mrs Danneman and later Mr and Mrs Zimmerman received a gift picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Danneman
Bridge Club
Wete
Herman Zimmerman
Carl Schoon
Cletus Boland
William Martin
John Rickels
Fred Butschai
Ed Helgens
Herman Heleens
John Freese
Michael Martin
Danneman
Herman Danneman
Ovzane
Calif
Julia Tocnjes
Josephine Hackstahl
Cedar Rapids
Toenjes
Willis Martin
Monticello
W. R. Zimmerman
Herman Tjaden
Herman Rink
Chicago
Amber
O. F. Otten
W. J. Zimmerman
Community Notes From SAND SPRING Area
Local residents and visitors share news of travels visits and calls across nearby towns. Names include Kanas Heeren Eggiman Vernimont Chaplin Wahl Behrends Gox Bright Cox and others with family ties to Monticello Richland Center Clinton and Worlington. A needle accident at home leads to hospital treatment and partial removals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Kanas
Fred Heeren
Deer Grove
Fred Eggiman
Velma
Gilbert Vernimont
Billy
Manchester
Dave Wilson
Ray Chaplin
Monticello
E. Wahl
Bobby and
Lavern
E. H. Cox
Henry Eileen
Delhi
Stanley Bright
Onslow Social Notes Include Visits and Local Events
Mrs W A Hicks and Paul Hanson of Minnesota visit Onslow residents. A fall injures Mrs Otis Scripture while papering. Earl Mayberry starts county engineer work in Anamosa. Homestead exemption applications open May 1 in Onslow. A Clay Mills house burned, former residents tied to Onslow. Various hospital, church, and social visits noted in Onslow and area towns.
Castle Grove Updates and Local Meetings Report
Mrs. O R Howie visited her sister Mrs Merle Knight in Marion last week. County Agent Carl Smith of Anamosa was a business caller in Castle Grove last Wednesday. The first sewing club meeting at Mrs George Muller's home drew a large crowd with refreshments served. Next meeting set for May 13 at Mrs John Messerli’s. John Smith and Frank O’Hara of Coggan were business visitors here Saturday. Olin Howie Jr and Clarence Hosford joined Monticello high school track team in Marion Friday. Reminder: Castle Grove farm bureau meeting Friday evening with community singing and reports on women’s projects by Mrs George Specht, Lyie Hosford, school No 2 dance, Homestead Act remarks by the county agent. All welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Smith
Anamosa
Castle Grove
Sewing Club
George Muller
John Messerli
John Smith
Frank O'Hara
Coggan
Scotch Grove News
F. D. Sutherland
Mercy Hospital
Eileen Loomis
Monticello
Alice Clark
Selena Otten
Cedar Rapids Business College
Presbyterian Church
Women's Community Club
John Otten
Horned Lark Mating and Farming Duties Intertwine
Jay Sigmund in the Cedar Rapids Gazette raises concerns about labor strikes and union accountability. He questions strikes damaging property, union financial reporting, legal oversight, and overall regulation of unions.
Aztecs Kept 52 Year Calendar Cycle and End of World Fears
The article describes how the Aztecs of Mexico observed a 52 year calendar cycle during which every day and night was under a deity. At cycle end they extinguished hearths, fasted, and sacrificed a slave to renew life, with priests lighting new fires and the valley rejoicing as homes and temples were redecorated for another 52 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
American Museum of Natural History
Mexico City
Early plows and the slow evolution of soil turning tech
A historical note traces early plows from the Irish shovel iron design to the Old Colony plow era around 1620. It cites the 1899 USDA Yearbook on how 19th century Southern practice preferred shallow, back-to-back furrows and describes plowmen lazying on beams as furrows stood upright in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
United States
Department of Agriculture
Onward Christian Soldiers Hymn Origins and Spread
A Boston Herald note recounts Dr. Sabine Baring-Gould writing Onward Christian Soldiers in 1865 at Low-Trenchard England to lead a Bible school festival. The hymn, first sung by children, gained worldwide popularity translating into 109 tongues for the 1910 Washington convention, with Sullivan composing the familiar tune in 1871.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabine Baring-Gould
Low-Trenchard
England
Boston Herald
Whitsunday
Bible School
Baring-Gould
Washington, D. C
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan
Early Methodist and Lutheran Church History in Scotch Grove
In Scotch Grove township the first organized Methodist classes date to 1853 led by Rev Goffe with Rev Amos following in 1854 and a later revival by Rev Fawcett in 1864. A log schoolhouse served early worship, a 1869 church built east of Scotch Grove prospered for decades, later moved to Scotch Grove. Trinity Lutheran Church formed, first building in 1915, rebuilt after a 1915 fire and completed in 1921 with 39 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Scotch Grove
M. QO. Fetton
Goffe
Frank Amos
William W. Sutherland
Sutherland
William
William Sutherlands
J. W. Fawcett
Johnsontown
James M. Hedges
James Hutton
Hedges
S. Y. Harmer
Christian Church
F. A. Royden
Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Trinity Lutheran Church
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
P. T. Gutknecht
Golfer Remains In Positive Condition After Wednesday Round
Reports indicate the golfer is recovering as well as could be expected. Dick Naylor belongs to a brass sextet that will perform during cooking school sessions this week. Mr and Mrs Paul Paulsen and children, plus Mrs Mae Himebaugh, visited Mr and Mrs Paul Darting in Wilton Junction on Sunday. A Clean New York baby on a diluted whisky diet is nearing the age for its first stagier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Naylor
On Brass Sextet
Paul Paulsen
Mae Himebaugh
Paul Darting
Wilton Junction
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hopkinton Mire
A. W. McDonald
Herman
C. F. Otten
Kay
Louie Helgens
Katie Gerdes
Dale Danneman
J. Willins
George Schoon
Hoyo Schoon
Richard
Wilmer
Rex Reuter
Garrett Schoon
Alva Freese
Will Rickless
George Stutt
Will Hildegard
Celena
Williamsburg
C. W. Eden Sr
Carl A. Eden Jr
Mary Dorothy
Vernon Ray
Donald
Mark Cross
William Otten
Myr
Henry Wehling
Eden Jr
Carl Freese
George Rickels
Orlando Bailey
Eugene Bailey
Lucy Bailey
Shirley Siebels
Fred Otten
Mr. Danneman
Norma Aman
Ray Sanford
Roscoe Easterly
George Siebels
Will Jansen
John Behnken
Ronald
H. A. Toenjes
Clarence Siefert
Norma Jean
St. Paul
Dick Bohlken
George Dirks
Will Dirks
W. 3. Zimmerman
Jack Seehusen
Luella
Orange
Merle
Andrew Jansen
Wyoming
W. R. Zim
Mila
Hope Manning
Gene Autry
Edward Cox
John McDonald Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital
Josephine Warburg
Carl Quint
Worthington
J. L. Batchelder
Fred Welter
BE. H. Cox
Herbert Cox
Center Junction
Clarence Lasche
Herman Graybill
Gerald and
Veryle
Ryan
Frdday
J. Cash
Onslow
F. Pelkey
Paul Hanson
Minnesota
Otis Scripture
Earl Mayberry
Margaret Lozier
Gilman
William Fletcher
Clay
Madison Townships
Clay Mills
Tippett
Belle Howard
Elizabeth Orr
M. P. Paulsen
Ed Folkers
Langworthy
Dillon Stickley
B. W. Streeper
Odd Fellows
Ilown City
S. G. Hutton
Fred Paul
John Coburn
Russell Lang
Ruthton
Minn
G. Hutton
California
George Sears
George Lyon
Claire Westphal
Henry Heeren
N. C. Holst
Alva Edwards
A. A. Garnett
C. A. Neville
Washington
Towa
C. R. Smith
Keith Lemon
Des Moines
Sam McCarty
Kansas City
Wilma Menald
Muriel Johnson
Clinton
Ed Hodeval
Bellevue
J. F. Brokens
Country Club
Bernice Brokens
al Hamilton
G. V. Mann
Peter Paulsen
John Peter Ikon
Hosford
O. R. Howie
Merle Knight
Marion
Jay Sigmund
Humboldt Republican
Mary Roebling
Trenton
N. J
B. C. Sinclair
the Methodist Church
Mabel Otten
Frances Hughes
Ethel Stickley
C. B. Carson
Minnie Sinclair
Katherine Schone
Mildred Poole
Arthur Husman
Carl Fagan
Paul Fagan
Thomas Stitie
Hans Lange
Lanae
Prouto
Walter Ebb
D. QO. Sinclair
Sunbeam Mission Band
Jack Naylor
Miss Hughes
William Welch
University Hospital
Tawa Ciy
Arend Balster
Iowa
RINSO
Express
Frances Speidel
Zenith
the Express Cooking School
ABC
High School
America
Balster’s
Chesterpresd
Ffusppine
JOWA
Bectric
Monticello Division
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