Many Visits and Travels Around Cedar Rapids Area
Local residents and guests are listed visiting Cedar Rapids and nearby towns, with trips to Dubuque Hopkinton Manchester Anamosa Des Moines Worthington Mt. Vernon and Sioux Falls. Names include Mrs Howard Deischer Mrs Ray Hoag W A Beery Rev W S Sylvester Misses Alice Cowan Gertrude Campbell Tom J George and many others. Rummage Sale announced at Deitrick's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Binggell
Mt. Vernon
Myra and
Carrie Cowan
Cedar Rapids
Social notes from Hopkinton and surrounding towns
A long list of local visitors and travels from Manchester Cedar Rapids Delaware Hopkinton Clinton and Anamosa includes Ruth Marshall Catherine Lovell Tibbitts Lang Lang families and others visiting relatives friends and attending events. Local trips cover Sioux City Omaha Minnesota Wyoming and California with family reunions school visits and vacations.
Stockwell Returns From Osmond Nebraska Visit With Family
Charles H. Stockwell and family came back from Osmond Nebraska last Tuesday. Last Thursday was his first missed press day at The Express office since marriage five years ago. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ferguson and daughter of Dubuque staying with the Walter Ferguson family and Miss Abbie Ferguson. Abbie rode with them as far as Worthington on their return home last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Stockwell
Osmond
Nebraska
Mr. Stockwell
Express
Edward Ferguson
Dubuque
Walter Ferguson
Miss Abbie Ferguson
Miss Abbie
Worthington
William Lehny
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Lehny
Rain Shower Delights Farmers After Heavy Friday Rain
A nearly inch rainfall Friday pleased farmers and gardeners. the downpour brought joy despite some acute electrical disturbances that affected telephone and power lines.
Tillotson Announcement and Local Accident
Virtus Ira Tillotson of Cascade Springs South Dakota dated July 15 1911 hosts cards for Monticello friends of Mrs Frieda Hanssen Tillotson a Monticello high school graduate. James Kiburz fell from a telephone pole injuring his left foot and will be laid up for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Tillotson
Cascade Springs
South Dakota
Monticello
Frieda Hanssen Tillotson
Monticello High School
James Kiburz
Jim
Monticello Hometown Notes Report Travel and Local Work
Rev J W Innes comes from Ames with family to pack his household goods for shipment. Mrs B H Howard and grandchildren Grace and Charles Podhaski visit relatives in Redfield SD for two weeks. Ervin Reed and wife tour the East for three weeks after legal business in Pennsylvania. Dress goods promotion at Doutriel’s. Ernest A Sherman joins Russell Miller Milling Co in Minneapolis after selling Saturday Record in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Innes
Ames
Gardner
Reinbeck
Dawson
Traer
Donald
Mr. Innes
BH. N. Howard
Grace
Charles Podhaski
Redfield
South Dakota
Suxpress
Ervin E. Reed
East
Ernest A. Sherman
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Russell-Miller Milling Co
Minneapolis
Farmer Burns Courts Supporters Then Denounces Cascade Sports
On Tuesday night Farmer Burns spoke at a street gathering about the sporting possip to admirers. Returning from Cascade Wednesday evening he voiced a harsh opinion of Cascade sports and suggested the discoverer of Goteh failed in honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Burns
Cascade
Goteh
Lightning disrupts home as meter burns at Fannie McLees residence
Last Friday evening a lightning strike arced through electric wires at Fannie McLees's house, burning the meter installed by upstairs resident Ben Reichart. Occupants faced frightened moments as sparks jumped between objects but water pipes safely carried off the excess electricity. George Elsworth loses tomato title to Charlie Northrop after Northrop touts a two ounce heavier fruit with sworn witnesses ready to attest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie McLees
Ben Reichart
Finger nearly severed by saw at factory incident
On Tuesday morning Ralph Lambert had his right finger caught in the teeth of an operating nub saw at the feather duster factory. The digit was nearly severed, bleeding heavily until he reached the doctor's office. Doctors expect a short layoff with no lasting harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Lambert
Heintz Distilled Pickling Vinegar Offered Free of Impurities
O. A. Errickson & Co advertises Heintz distilled pickling vinegar as free from vegetable matter that causes fermentation. The notice emphasizes purity and availability through the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heintz
O. A. Errickson & Co
Automobile party visits from Cascade in local record
An automobile party including James F Fagan and his two daughters Mrs Rose Crawford Miss Inez Fagan and Messrs D D Baldwin and D J Fagan arrived from Cascade today for a visit with Fred and H J Fagan. D B Fagan a Portland Oregon merchant in the party clerked in the Duer dry goods store here 33 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Fagan
Rose Crawford
Inez Fagan
D. D. Baldwin
D. J. Fagan
Cascade
Fred
H. J. Fagan
D. Fagan
Portland
Oregon
Duer Dry Goods
Independence fair hailed with aviator exhibit near August
A. G. Rigby of Independence, secretary of the Buchanan County Fair, announced plans for a notable fair in Independence on August 22 95. The main attraction is Brodie the Aviator performing in a Farman biplane, a costly exhibit expected to draw large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Rigby
Independence
Buchanan County Fair Association
Brodie
Avintor
Farman
Rain Boosts Corn Prospects Across Eastern Iowa
A recent rainfall plus last Friday's shower pushed corn toward a bumper yield and renewed pastures in the region. Western Iowa lagged, as prior forecasts warned only a fair crop without earlier rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Fountained Woes and Local Happenings Across Town
A thirsty countryman witnessed a broken fountain at the post office and quipped about the town drying up. In Sidney Ohio, Gottlieb Bader and Miss Imma Wilcox Nesam wed at the bride’s aunt’s home. Clergy friends gathered at the new parsonage for a house warming. George Claussen, once a mail clerk, saved two youths by halting a runaway horse and wagon on Monticello’s First street hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottlieb Bader
Imma Wilcox Nesam
Sidney
Ohio
Robert McCaslin
Sidney Daily News
Harry L. Rice
Mr. Bader
Iowa State College
Amey
Hall Hardware Co
Easternanada
Pacific Coast
George Claussen
Clinton
Monticello
O. C. Curtis
Raymond Sandhouse
Russell Cowan
First Street
Soetjo
Claussen
Wreck of Fox's Train Injures Castle Grove Residents
The Fox Glacier wreck near Donahue last Thursday injured two Castle Grove residents Mrs. David Lundon and Miss Clara Lundon who were hospitalized. Other injured included George W. Girdlestone Des Moines Mrs A C Perkins and Leon Perkins Vermillion South Dakota John N Harndorf Massillon Dr Wm F Sears Davenport and Fred Golden Monticello brakeman. A refrigerator car derailed dragged the coach and overturned after dropping down an embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Donahue
Castle Grove
David Lundon
Misa Clara Lundon
George W. Girdlestone
Des Moines
A. OC. Perkins
Leon Perkins
Vermillion
South Dakota
John N. Harndorf
Massillon
Wm. F
Farewell Sermon and Departure of Pastor Gruenstein
Reverend Gruenstein delivered his farewell sermon at the German Reformed church and resigned after 23 years. He and his wife and son Albert left for Wimble don North Dakota. parishioners gave gifts totaling over $100 and over a hundred youths presented a purse of money. Monticello will miss the pastor and his family. Lincoln Journal notes a congressman’s aim to be reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. FE. Gruanstein
German Reformed Church
Albert
Wimbledon
North Dakota
Gruenstein
Bia
Monticello
Former Monticello Mayor Samuel Kahn Missing in Chicago
former Monticello mayor Samuel Kahn, 77, of 2444 Caatalpa court, disappeared Monday from Chicago. police and detectives hunt him. he has a history of memory loss and wandering, last seen in a light suit, white hair and mustache, slippers, near Goose Island. once a shoe dealer and mayor in 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Kahn
Monticello
Chicago
The
Record-herald
Samuel Kahn
Caatalpa Court
Kahn
Goose Island
Milwaukee Avenue
Kohn
Ileven
Dora Goldman
Chicngo
Presbyterians Fall to Center Junction in Loose Game
Center Junction toppled Monticello Presbyterians 10 to 1 in a game marked by the Junction hitters. Mason and Stingley hit two homers off Miner, while Miner singled in the eighth for Monticello’s only run as Browny Slingley hurled strong for Center Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Monticello
Atole
Cuilford
Tarific
Sutherland
Miner
Browny Slingley
Junction
Presbyteriana It
Guilford
G. Winans
D. Winans
Cross
Iolmes
Welch
Barata
Mastin
Livingstone
Yai
Stingley
Moses
H. Stingley
R. Stingley
Killinger
McNeilly
Seed Corn Special and Prematures at Jones County Fair
The Jones County Agricultural Society offers cash premiums for top corn samples at the Monticello fair August 28 to September 1. Awards include class A yellow corn, class B white corn, class C other colors, class D single ear, and a ten ear sweepstakes with various prize amounts. Exhibitors may enter one sample per class with no entry fee, and no two local farm entrants may compete in the same class. Also noted is the death of Susanna Bennett Triplett, mother of Mrs. W R Keough, at Monticello after a long illness, with services held in Mason City and Hampton. The obituary outlines her birth in 1833, marriage in 1851, eleven children, Civil War service of her husband, and final years spent with her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Agricultural ‘Society
Jones County
Monticello
T'Lowa Corn Growetsa’ Association
Susanna Bennett Triplett
W. R. Keough
Mason City
Keough
Triplett
Belle Jacobs
Hampton
Susanna Bennett
Tayette County
Iowa
Stampton
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Marchard
Jd. W. Doxsbee
Brditer and Proprietor
E. G. Burrichter
Home News
Mrs
Howard Deischer
Mrs. Ray Hoag
Wyoming
W.A. Beery
W.S. Sylvester
Cascade, St
Will Heeren
J. A. Voorhees
Tom J. George
M. H. Veeter
Alice Cowan
Gertrude Campbell
J. W. Richards
Mechanicsville
Wm. H. L. Schutz
Deutrick’s
John Locher
Haby
Hopkinton
Andrew Davidson
Louise Minton
Burlington
Libbie
Mary George
Otto Huene
Manchester
Chris Rohr
Earlville
Ralph Drake
Fort Collins, Colorado
Mrs. Douglas- Smith
Clara Dolin
Prairieburg
George Cowan
Deitrick’s
Fred Greves
Excelsior Springs
Thomas Magee
Barney Magee
Ed Leclaire
Miss Bradley
Mary Coxsee
Strawberry Point
Anna Vernimont
Leona Dautermont
Tuedsay
Anamosa
T. J. Bell
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Peter Bell
Pansy Carter
Tipton
Teachers’ Institute
Rebecca Best
Ava Ricker
Andrew Bacon
Joseph Reiger
Ella Sherrer
Loren Palmer
Jacob Schneider
Margretha Callsnen
Dale Whittington
Flo van Kirk
Masonity
W. F. Rohn
P. O. Babcock
H.p.blake
Glasco, Kansas
John Bates
Margaret Maire
May Hoult
Sioux Falls
Doutrick’s
Ruth Marshall
Catherine Lovell
George H. Balster
Miss Null
Delaware
Mrs. Tibbitts of
Lewis Lang
E. G. Leffler
Ruth
Marshalltown
J. E. Gilmore
Wm. Rhodes
Wagner
Doyt
Last Tuesay
W. A. Hubbard
Mary I. Jarman
Iowa City
University
Alicia Whiting
Thelma Brady
Tama
Frieda
Clara Guenatain
E. E. Gruenstein
H. M. Carpenter
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Frank Mead
BR. EH. Hicks
Howard Corbett
Esther Howell
Suzia Thomas
Deatrick’s
Ethel Kirkton
Cannon City
Colorado
CO. L. van Meter
Clifford Rettig
Joliet
Illinois
W. W. Hunter
the Fats and Leans
Michael McLaughlin
Weat Union
Clell
Mrs. Lyons
Lloyd Sexton
Alfred Tucker
Messrs
George L. Lovell
J. 8. Hall
Marshall
Michigan
Margaret Pond
Morecoift
OC. A. Errickson & Co
Itdna Altman
Dorothy Truexler
Evelyn Rhomberg
Lucy Altman
Dr. McIntosh
Hopkinton Presbyterian Church
Monticello Presbyterian Church
Hartley Wilkinson
Steiner
Methodist Episcopal Church
Newton Wilkinson
Geo. Stabler’s Sons
Lou Stambaugh
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Bernard Kehoe
Nee Burkett
Daisy Burkett
W. L. Rosa
California
Mrs. Rosa
Mr. Rosa
J. W. Farwell Co
John Brennemann
Fred Slauson
Raymond Slauson
Badlands
M. W. Herrick
Mr. Herrick
D. E. Pond
Lovell State Bank
Doutriel’s
Anamosa Hureka
Lizzie Schoenherr
Gertrude Morrison
Kate Maurice
Florence Livingstone
J. W. Coxsee
Dr. Pyrmont
Agricultural College
Fred Puleston
Sandwich Islands
George Elsworth
Charlie Northrop
George
Charlie
M. 8. Murphy
Custle Grove
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Barry
Lebey
Slattery
Waterloo
Molloy
Coffee
Temple Hill
Ryan
Father
Lincoln Journal
House of Congress
O. B. Crane
Beery Bros
C. H. Schipman
South Cedar ST
Lovell Block Store
Hicks & Ricklefs
A. G. Hanken
Bran
L. H. Lang
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