Wyoming News Briefs Highlight Centennial Festivities
Aug 1 Wyoming reports visitors from Iowa and Wisconsin as the town gears up for its semi centennial next week. A new stone crossing, a welcome sign, a large crowd and two bands promise lively celebration with trains from nearby towns. The teachers institute, local improvements, and memorials accompany preparations for a busy event week.
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Wyoming
J. W. Waite
Iowa
T. E. Parks
Patterson
N. J
Irvin Bain
Warehouser
Wisconsin
Monticello
Jones County
Overholt
Fred Griswald
Estherville
Myrtle Haddock
H. V. Haddock
Onslow
Lew Brainard
Oakdale
Nebraska
George Cressie
Odebolt
Robert Stewartson
Texas
A. G. Brown
Evans
Anamosa
J. A. McQuown
Forest Poole
Poole
McQuown
Indiana
D. A. White
W. D. Garrison
Ponte
Euerpe and
Polymnia
Pleasant Ridge
Main Street
Main
Washington Streets
Teachers Institute
Paul
Local Gossip Circles in Cascade Listings
August notes show Miss Margaret Meyers returning to Manchester. Mr and Mrs E Moore have returned from Waterloo. Jno Dennison and wife head for Denver Colorado. Mrs Mary Kane of Sand Springs visited town. Mr and Mrs Frank Wilcox visited Mrs Hil at Farley on Sunday.
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Margaret Meyers
Manchester
Ilinois Central
Denver
Friends
Grand Army of the Republic
Omaha
Rock Island
Delaware
Iowa
Illinois Central
Colorado
H. J. Phelps
Dubuque
Social visits and local games mark August in Onglow Iowa
Miss Agnes Colner and Miss Grace Kintell visit Clinton and Maquoketa families while Newton Johnston and wife tour Griswald relatives. Daisy Francis returns to Chicago after two weeks with Mrs Corbit. Wesley Gardner of Oil City and John Pauls family host visits. Lost Nation defeats Oxford Junction 3 to 0. Harvest Home picnic draws large crowd. Onslow beats Garryowen 8 to 4 after Garryowen fails to appear.
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Onglow
Agnes Colner
Clinton
Geo. Miller
Grace Kintell
Maquoketa
Newton Johnston
Griswald
Iowa
Mr. Johnston
O. B
T. B. Johnston
Daisy Francis
Chicago
Thomas Corbit
Wesley Gardner
Oil City
Pennsylvannia
J.A. Paul
Onslow
Garryowen
Local Social Roundup From Cass and Nearby Towns
Mrs Lake ill health noted as Cass residents mingle with Anamosa Langworthy Wyoming and Monticello visitors. Ray Mann moves to Anamosa while Miss Hattie Ketchum visits Langworthy and Beatrice Turner returns from Wyoming.
Onslow Visits and Local Notes From Amber Region
Amber residents report Dierks visiting on Sunday and Jake Weiss managing the depot in Pitkin’s absence. Clinton salesman Charles Thompson is present while J L Pitken and Ida Hartman of Anamosa visit relatives. Tobiasson Moats and Farragher head to Goodland Kansas. H G Davia of Chicago visits Center Junction. City to install a cement crossing on south Chestnut Street opposite the Rickless homestead.
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Amber
D. J. Dierks
Onslow
Jake Weiss
Agent Pitkin
Charles Thompson
Clinton
J. L. Pitken
Ida Hartman
Anamosa
George Tobiasson
John Moats
Frank Farragher
Goodland
Kansas
Castle Grove Local Notes and Community Updates
Castle Grove August 2 reports residents in various news items. notes on health illness travel visitors new bridge plans local moves wire about Waddick Leclerc threshing crews and farm activity. Also mentions Wisconsin anti pass law affecting state officers and a brief obituary note on Hezekiah Butterworth.
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Castle Grove
Lewis Barrack
James Waddick
Roy Crop
Monticello
Rocky Hill
William Hiller
Buck Creek
William French
Charley Howie
A. Heiken
Waddick
Leclerc
C. R. Wilder
Wilder
Edward Harms
S. M. Hosford
Wisconsin
Montrose Farmer Revolt Over Missing Wealth Tax Case
William Arda er, a wealthy Montrose area farmer, was noted as $25 000 short after attempting to bury funds on his property. A hired girl and her lover allegedly stole the money after she confessed guilt. Authorities pursue tax enforcement on the stolen funds and unlisted assets amid alliances claimed with Andrews.
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William Arda
Montrose
Slleges Andrews
Arduser
Flagellating Temptation in 1660 New Haven Court
In a Connecticut colonial record, Sarah Tuttle and Jacob Murline faced a court after a May 1 1660 incident involving kissing and touching in Murline home. The governor branded the conduct as highly sinful and corrupt, with both parties ordered to pay a fine of 20 shillings to the colony.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Sarah Tuttle
Murline
Jacob Murline
Sarah
Marian Marline
Jacob
Publique Ministry
Chicago News
Pepper purchases top world food trade at four million
A quirky mention notes the world annually spends about four million dollars on pepper. The playful line references humor and parries with questions about laughter and a “funny bone.”
The Mysterious Belt Theft and Lost Gold Recovered
In Tulare County stockman Jaspar Harrell known as Barley Harrell loses a belt with 1600 in gold on a Tehachapi campout. A year later the same spot yields all but two twenty dollar coins when a coyote drags the belt away and drops two pieces. The tale ends with the unexpectedly near recovery of the missing stake.
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San Joaquin Valley
California
Jasper Harrell
Tulare County
Mr. Harrell
Harrell
Southern
Tehachapi Mountains
Great Valley
Mojave Desert
Los Angeles
Tehachapi Range
Lucifer
San Francisco Chronicle
Goose Symbol of Peace on Chinese Stamps
A tale links the goose on Chinese postage stamps to a 140 year old legend. A messenger sent to a foreign land allegedly perished, and a wild goose supposedly bore a note under its wing revealing the mission and troubles. An army rescued him, making the sacred bird a Chinaman emblem.
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China
End of Muchakinocka town marks miners' exodus
Muchakinocka near Oskaloosa, Iowa, once a center of major labor unrest, has been dismantled. The railroad depot and branch properties were torn down as coal veins exhausted, sending miners to Buxton along the line.
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Muchakinocak
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Buxton
Witty Exchange Flows in Court Over Face as Mirror
A exchange between Curran and a witness turns biting as Curran’s effort to discredit testimony backfires. The witness retorts that Curran’s own face reflects scoundrelism, calling attention to his feared forensic skill and a notably evil visage.
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Curran
Farm for sale near Monticello in one tract
Alonzo Hosford offers 418 acres in one body one mile south of Monticello Town for sale. Prospective buyers urged to bring eggs to Diamond Creamery as the Diamond Creamery Co offers top cash price.
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Monticello
Diamond Creamery
Diamond Creamery Co
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