Local Correspondence Highlights Community Visits and Tragic Death
Aug 14 notes Harley DeWitt home for vacation and visits by Mrs White and others at Center Junction. Family and friends travel from Mason City Clinton and Epworth. A Free Methodist camp meets at Madison Center. News of weddings and a Rock Island engineer marriage follows. Thomas R. Marshall, longtime station agent for 28 years, dies at the depot with prior health warnings. he leaves a widow, a brother, and a son.
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Harley DeWitt
D. A. White
Center Junction
Frank Smith
Mason City
N. W. Hutchins
Blanche Johnson
Charles City
H.W. Jeffries
Olin
J. A. White
Misse Dellit
Maud Blakely
Norway
Morse and Waite
Chicago
Morse Bros & Waite
Eva Holmes
Clinton
John Jenking
Claude McMillan
Epworth
M. I
R. A. Norton
Oxford Township
W. Johnson
W. W. Chamberlin
Cedar Rapids
Martin Briggs
Calkins
Madison Center
Mabel Southall
Davenport
Carl Eden
Rock Island
Fannie Southall
Albert Johnson
Wyoming
Thomas R. Marshall
New Market
New Hampshire
121St
Ohio Regiment
Chickamaugan
Hattie E. Woodward
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio
Local notes from Castle Grove and visitors
C F Krueger was in Anamosa on Tuesday. R Shear and wife spent Sunday at Buck Creek Win Heil is spending a week in the south part of the county. D J Hogan and Henry Eyang visited Anamosa Monday. C F Hosford lost a masculine bovine last Wednesday. Paul Berlin and son Guy of Central City visited relatives here Sunday. Mr and Mrs W B Moore welcomed their first child a boy. M A Waddick threshed 111 bushels of oats in 15 minutes at Newton Parrotts last Thursday. Dennis Delay lost a fine steer last week. John Fabrni sold his farm Berlin mill property to his brother Fred for 34 per acre. Mrs J J Meltyvay and children of Emmetsburg visiting. Clark and John Twomley of Alexandria S D were recent Castle Grove visitors with a baby rack and striking machine. They spent time between the Monticello and Anamosa fairs here.
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Castle Grove
C.F. Krueger
Anamosa
R. Shear
Buck Creek
Win
Heil
D. J. Hogan
Henry Eyang
C. F. Hosford
Paul Berlin
Guy
Central City
W. B. Moore
M. A. Waddick
Newton Parrott
Thomas
Woodstock
Illinois
Dennis Delay
John Fabrni
Berlin Mill
Fred
J. J. Meltyvay
Emmetsburg
Gertie Summerville
Clark
John Twomley
Alexandria
Monticello
Onstow News Briefs and Local Fires
Augid Smith Miller learns telegraphy at the depot. Supervisor R A Scroggie buys Mike Inglish farm. A Wyoming marriage is planned for tomorrow. Lindlard Mower recovers from illness. A A Atwood sick but hopeful. Rev Van Buren returns. ladies clean church. Mrs O I Green and Mrs George Hanna sick. Fire damages Dr Kuittle's office in the basement. mysterious cause. Dr Naittle relocates to Miller House during repair.
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Smith Miller
R. A. Scroggie
Mike Inglish
Wyoming
Lindlard Mower
A. A. Atwood
Finch Place
Rev. van Buren
O. 1
Green
Clay Township
George Hanna
Hanna
Kuittle
Naittle
Racial Dod The Dubuque Races and Local News Highlights
August events span Dubuque races August 21 to 25 and Toledo church cornerstone August 18. Scams leave Waterloo man $695 poorer. a $21,000 fire destroys Crescent Co plant. Oxford Junction warns students about nighttime 'spooning' on school grounds. Rural Free Delivery begins Lyons route. seeds and crops expand in Poweshiek and surrounding counties. Several bankruptc y discharges released. a boy loses an eye due to Christian Science treatment dispute. Little Lulu Johannesen, Davenport, killed by wagon near two tons of oats after attempting a ride.
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Toledo
N. E. Frost
Waterloo
Town City
Crescent Manufacturing Co
Oxford Junction School Board
Lulu Johannesen
Frank Johannesen
Davenport
Lulu
Community notices from Center Junction August meeting plans
Center Junction reports visitors from Maquoketa Morley and Clinton as well as local travel to Chicago. Church groups hold an ice cream social and Sunday school convention with a full program including devotionals, lessons, and missions. The town notes a school term start, illness of a local, and the death of Elizabeth Martian with funeral details.
160 Acre Farm With First Class Buildings For Sale
160 acre farm five miles from town featuring first class buildings a well and a windmill. Inquire at the office of 5011 A MATTHIESSEN.
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A. Matthiessen
Land Offer Near Creamery Bordering Kitty Greek
The undersigned offers for sale four or ten acres of land near the creamery and bordering on Kitty Greek. Enquire of W O Mus or Frank Altman.
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Kitty Greek
Owo Mus
Frank Altman
Farm for Sale Near Monticello Four Miles West
147 acre farm for sale located four miles west of Monticello. Enquiries on the premises. Contact D. BE. Kenor for details and viewing.
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Monticello
D. BE. Kenor
Postage Offer for Weekly Iowa Capital
An offer to send 8 cents in postage stamps to Safe Young in Des Moines in exchange for the Weekly Iowa Capital through the November election. The notice invites readers to participate in a subscription promotion tied to political timing.
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Young
Des Moines
Iowa
Sunday Church Notices and Local Sermons
Local church services listed including Presbyterian Deer Creek Moore school house and UV B church with various pastors and times. Union services at the main church and lawn social events noted. a for sale piano ad appears among notices. A humorous anecdote about pulpits and a consoling reflection on patience closes the item.
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Deer Creek
Moore School
Express Train Crew Abandoned on Fast Runs
A Chicago visitor recounts a railroad custom on fast trains where rear brakemen are dropped off to flag following trains. He cites cases of men left behind during stops or delays, sometimes freezing or facing danger, as conductors justify the practice as necessary to save time.
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Chicago
Mail and Express
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Vanity and Curiosity in a Tramp’s Mirror
A battered tramp pauses before two young women, who speculate on his object. They discover it is only a small looking glass he admires, proving vanity lasts in men as curiosity does in women, per the Baltimore News.
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Baltimore News
Bushrangers Bind Man. He Finds Unpaid Note Stashed
In early Australian bush days a man tied to a tree is found after bushrangers rifled his pockets and left him bound. He reveals he kept a bundle of notes in his inside breast pocket which the robbers overlooked and he intends to retrieve them from the others. The tale ends with a sly twist as he takes the notes left by the other fellows.
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London
Minister and child kiss refusals cause comic friction
A new English preacher visits the Woodicks where Little Anna refuses to kiss him and her mother urges her to yield. The tale shifts to a shortsighted nobleman on a train who mistakes a stout woman for a bundle of rags and attempts an awkward embrace.
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Wosdicks
Anna
Mamma
Harper
Expensive Furniture Mentioned in Bureau Dialogue
A Detroit Free Press excerpt notes an Indian bureau agent, a woman earning eight dollars daily, as well as commentary on the demand for such a bureau. The passage emphasizes small courtesies shaping social charm over grand talents.
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Indian Bureau
Mr. Wintergreen
Mrs. Wintergreen
Detroit Ree Press
A Wise Woman comedy farce praised as first class attraction
A Wise Woman is described as a strictly first class comedy farce with originality and novel features. Viewers will determine how the show is received. The Model Cash Grocery advertises a full line of repairs for Milwaukee binders and mowers.
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Model Cash Grocery
Milwaukee
Daylight Excursion to Chicago by Monticello Train
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway runs a special excursion to Chicago on Monday August 27 departing Monticello at 10:27 a.m. and arriving Chicago at 6 p.m. Fares are 6 dollars 10 cents for the round trip with return validity through September 30.
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A. R
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Monticello
Lands Offered In Iowa Farmland At 45 To 60 Per Acre
Real estate notices promote farms of varied sizes in central Iowa with asking prices from 45 to 60 dollars per acre. Cedar Rapids broker HH M Troy advertises the land as prime and superior, inviting buyers to inquire for details.
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Iowa
HH. M. Troy
Cedar Rapids
Towa
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