Wyoming district votes on new school bonds
Voters in the Wyoming school district are asked to approve a bond issue of up to 30000 for a new school building on the present grounds. A special election is set for Saturday afternoon May 28. Women will be allowed to vote. The notice follows a petition filed with the school board and reports several local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Edwin Krouse
Davenport
Krouse
George Krouse
Cemetery Association
Lou McGowan
Alva Conley
Wallace
Cruise
Hale
W. N. Morse
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
Ensign
Marion
Allen
Monticello
Benbow
Onslow
Zoe Fifield
Board of Health
Fifield
Des Moines
Clifford Iosty
Hotel Williams
Iosty
Ella Mallicoat
Pleasant Ridge
Wm. Wilker
C. B. Price
W. S. Chamberlain
California
Charles Overley
S. G. Franks
Park Tourtellet
Park Chamberlain
C. B. Paul
Anamosa
G. B. Dye
James Post
Ned Sutton
Monmouth
Minnesota
Bay View
F. O. Ellison
Anna Reimers
Ella
William Webster
Council Bluffs
Hugh Campbell
Brownell
L. M. Sherri
W.M. Dennison
J.R. Kennedy
R. J. Overley
J. W. Waite
Charles Walston
Olin
E. L. Barber
Maquoketa
Obituary and local notes from Onslow April meeting
Mrs. Sim died after a long illness. funeral attended by many from the Presbyterian church with Rev. Benbow officiating. The article notes her 42 years teaching the infant class since 1872 and mentions N. B. Noyes as former superintendent. It then lists local happenings including construction, candidates, travel, and various arrivals and visits around Onslow and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Sim
Presbyterian Church
Benbow
N. B. Noyes
M. B. Walters
George Lyons
A. H. Fisher
Fred Hansen, Jr
Cedar Rapids
W.C. Holtz
Barber
Wyoming
A. E. Chase
Community Notes From Castle Grove Area Spring Events
April 29 events include loss adjustment for Thomas Fleming house fire with Farmers Mutual insuring goods at 345.85. Arthur Fairbanks and Thos Kehoe visited Fleming’s site near Ryan. The Fairbankses traveled to Anamosa to see their son Allen at the sanitarium and met Blanche in Cedar Rapids after a Jefferson wedding. Local travel, schooling moves, and social visits fill the week as residents report weather, crop growth, and health updates.
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Castle Grove
Arthur Fairbanks
Thos. F. Kehoe
Ryan
Thomas D. Fleming
Mutual
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Blanche
Jefferson
E. J. Noble
Frank Page
Monticello Auto and Supply Co
J. A. McLaughlin
W. Z. Allen
Monticello
W. A. Montgomery
Annes
Bert Hanssen
O. Soetie
Ghai
H. A. Deischer
J. A. Deischer
Ed Wenger
Richland
James F. Lahey
Farley
Fred Harken
Chicago
Alice Deischer
Social Roundup At Center Junction and Nearby Towns
Center Junction and surrounding communities record a flurry of visits and errands. Residents from Olin Hale Cascade Monticello Anamosa Wyoming Nora Springs Maquoketa Prairieburg and Ryan are noted in social calls travel and shopping outings.
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Center Junction
Earl Jones
Olin
Don Vrooman
Hale
M. EE. Dodge
Jones
Vrooman
Dodge
Roy Williams
Earlville
BE. R. Young
Ed Klineck
Art Glick
Lula
Lizzie McDonald
Cascade
Nellie Ketchum
Hopkinton
W. S. Pangburn
Mitchell Northrop
Monticello
Saturay
Mesdames Dodge
Bethurum
Monay
Harry Stingley
Will Redman
Wyoming
Helen Stingley
John Letze
Joe Dowden
Tisha Dowden
Sinkey
Wayne Hart
Nora Springs
Alice Sizer
Maquoketa
C. A. Scofield
Wilton
Prairieburg meeting honors teachers and locals
Prairieburg's teachers association session drew strong town support with O. T. Carson praised as afternoon speaker and Lou Brown cited for leadership. Miss Ruby Smith and Frankie Drexler won the spelling contest and advance to Marion final. Fannie Holub and Joe Kula wed with a large reception.
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Prairieburg
Teachers’ Association
O. T. Carson
Lou Brown
Winnebago County
Burg
Crawford
Ruby Smith
Frankie Drexler
Marion
Fannie Holub
Joe Kula
Cass
James Smith
Louis Smith
Ruby Smth
Sylvia Drexler
Ed Fish
GO. T. Carson
Alderman
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Community Notes From Sand Spring April Social Visits
Local residents recount visits and church attendance across Sand Spring Hopkinton Monticello and Manchester. Families such as Byers Reichart Wilson Appleby Bohiken Pride Davis Pierce and Matthiessen are noted with guests and sick lists including Henry Edgar Dorothy Pierce and Charlie Stevenson.
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Sand Spring
Ernie Byers
Gretchen
Hopkinton
A. Reichart
John Reichart
L. A. Reichart
Charles Wilson
H. S. Pierce
John Appleby
Stacia Murray
Monticello
Frank Nickel
Melvin
Everette
John
Gerd Bohiken
County Line
R. J. Davis
Ruth Pride
G. J. Bohiken
Ela
Eva
Louise
L. F. Cummings
Thursay
R. V. Porter
Fred
Paul Matthiessen
Henry Edgar
George Holmes
Dorothy Pierce
Charlie Stevenson
Will Stevenson
L. E. Pride
Manchester
John Egpgar
Death of J C Balster Shocks Scotch Grove Community
J C Balster died Thursday after a truck wheel tire blew out causing the car to overturn near Onslow. He leaves a wife and seven children. The funeral was at the German church conducted by Rev Scheutz with a large attendance. The community expresses sympathy to the bereaved family. Also notes cards for the silver wedding of Mr and Mrs Fred Otten on May 7 and Otto Otten’s marriage to Minnie Bohlken of Saskatchewan, Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Balster
Balster
Onslow
Scheutz
Fred Otten
Otto
Minnie Bohlken
Saskatchewan
Canada
M. T. Blazer
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Blazer
Scotch Grove
W.A. Rizer
Lamont
BE. ©. Hughes
D. A. Glenn
Osdar Falls
Death of Mrs Jeanette Sim at Onslow 1914
Mrs Jeanette Wasson Sim died at her Onslow home Friday April 24 1914 from congestion of the bowels after about a week of illness. Born March 3 1847 in Oswego New York she moved to Iowa in 1853 later settling near Onslow. Survived by two brothers and a sister with many nieces and nephews. A lifelong Presbyterian and Sunday school teacher she left a memory of kindness hospitality and motherly care. Funeral at Onslow Presbyterian Church with burial at Wyoming Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Sim
Onslow
Jeanette Wasson Sim
Oswego
New York
Iowa
John and
Jemima Russell Wasson
Madison Township
Jones County
Joseph Wasson
Mary Gridley
Wyoming
Sim
Onslow Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Sunday School
Jesus
Christ
Angela
W. O. Paul
8. G. Hutton
R. H. Streepar
M. M. Franks
W. M. Dennison
R. M. Corbit
Wyoming Cemetery
Mary Calkins Chassell
Land of the Elysian
Duncan
O. B. Gridley
Cecil Wherry
Charles
W. G. Krouse
Earl
R. M
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Monticello Express
J. W. Doxsee
Iowa City
Mansiloe Rowley
Howard
Rusten
Rev
L. C. Brown
Forest City
Tillie Peterzela
Rose Resler
Dexter
J. OC. McQueen
F.T. Richards
Lisbon
Clyde Tilton
M.S. Knapp
Prof. Crawford
Eugene Doe
Waubeek
Mrs. Burlingham
Lenox College
Olagonian Literary Society
Sybil Walkers
Geneva Club
Miss Fearless & Co
Fayette
Barnard Orchestra
O. H. Shipman’s
Davidson
O. D. Chase
Minneapolis Orchestra
Emil Oberhoffer
the Choral Union
Earl G. Killeen
Children’s Chorus
Alice C. Inskeep
Helen Stanley
Century Opera Co
Irene Jonani
Chicago Opera Co
Leonora Allen
Alma Beck
Paul Althouse
Metropolitan
Frederic Freemantel
Arthur Middleton
Theodore Harrison
Richard Czerwonky
Cornelius van Vliet
Henry Williams
Opora Co
Harriet McCuskey
Gee College Conservatory
Kettlitz & Kay
Empire
Siebels & Schoon
Deatrick Dry Goods Co
Kimona
Doutrick Dry Goods Co
General Sherman
Missouri
Eclipse Lumber Co
C. F. Dutton
Torquois
Berlin
Wn. H. Gifford & Sons
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