Cascade Notes and Local Happenings August Report
Cascade notes report illness across the community with Dan Drummond in the Miller hotel and Mrs. Martha Best at home. Social items include a Baptist Sunday School picnic, visitors from Dubuque and Savanna, and business updates on the Farmers and Merchants State Bank directors and a 6 percent dividend. The piece also records weather, incidents, and several travels and visits around Cascade.
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Cascade
Dan Drummond
Miller Hotel
Dave Hawkins
Edgewood
Martha Best
West Cascade
Baptist Sunday School
Ida Kingsley
Fonda
Bellevue
Charles McQuillen
Clinton Bridge Co
Thos. Dirkin
East Cascade
Eta
Marcella Quirk
Dubuque
John Seery
Groves
Savanna
Illinois
Sam Patterson
Foresters
Will Quirk
Carroll
Iowa
Donahue
Minneapolis
Jas. McMullen
Joe McNally
Pierre
South Dakota
Miss Cochran
Pella
Alice Kingsley
W. Fagan
Frank Wilcox
Leta
Mildred
Evelyn
W. F. Hassenflag
Bloomfield
W. B. Moore
Ottawa
Kansas
E. Moore
John Taylor
Wm. Ganfield
Marshalltown
Wisconsin
B. C. Wise
Nasby
Harry
O. J. Winers
Tulsa
Indian Territory
Warren Hurlburt
George
Stanford
Conn
Whitewater Township
Warren
F. W. Kingsley
Richland
Pat O’shea
Washington Township
Bangharts Hill
Blanche Fairburn
St. Luke Hospital
Davenport
Jemma Marsh
W. F. Webbles
I. D. Plowe
Freeport
W. A. Fairburn
Mary Morrison
Hough
Oelwein Iown
Garryowen
Jas. McLaughlin
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
John J. Finn
C. HH. Huntington Sr
David Beatty
HE. Moore
Onslow Family Notices and Local Visitors Report
Onslow August 14 events include Dell Eckles visiting relatives. Mrs Dr Leffler and Marshalltown daughter visit. Mrs R F E McKean of Waterloo also visiting. Lee Copland of Perry visits W J McCready. E A Grimwood and Editor Kinney from Oxford Junction in town Tuesday. Mrs Mackrill and Carrie return from Platte South Dakota. Mrs Dr Knittle and Mrs O C Johnston return from Anamosa sanitarium improved. C L Niles of Onslow Bank attends to bank business. Brule and Leo Hanson couples tour Minneapolis using G A R rates. Gilbert Eldridge, Mrs McCleland’s brother, spent time at the parsonage. Perry Scroggie, Ralph Butler, August Hansen, Frank Byerly depart for North Dakota wheat fields for harvest. The Halls Greens Eckles Walters reunion held at G B Hall’s with pleasing time. Attendees include Bert Carr from Nebraska and Mr Mrs E Walker of Maquaket.
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Bert Carr
Nebraska
E. Walker
Maquoket
Castle Grove Notices and Local Updates
Castle Grove on August 15 reports J. Togan traveling to Chicago with stock. Miss Vida Howie visits relatives in Springville. Wilder paid 20 cents for butter fat in July. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Hosford of Monti cello Sundayed at the farm. Elmer Locke’s threshing outfit from near Delhi has been active.
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Castle Grove
Bb. J. Togan
Chicago
Vida Howie
Springville
Wilder
O. F. Hosford
Monticello
Elmer Locke
Delhi
Local Notes on Visits and Farm Building Plans in Delaware County
In this township along the Dela ware county line Miss Lulu Laude of Greenfield Iowa visits relatives here Mrs Paul Berlin of Springville visits Castle Grove relatives Boy No 3 welcomed at the Miller home Plans for a 32 by 40 feet horse barn on the Welch farm this fall Pat Hogan to construct a 32 by 42 feet corn crib and machine shop this fall Arthur Perrenoud of Bowens Prairie guest of Tom and Willie Davison earlier this week
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Delaware
Lulu Laude
Greenfield
Iowa
Paul Berlin
Springville
Castle Grove
Ed. Miller
Welch Farm
Pat Hogan
Arthur Perrenoud
Bowen’s Prairie
Tom
Willie Davidson
Local Notes From Langworthy on August 14
Langworthy news reports busi ness caller Stacy of Anamosa visiting Friday. P Miller improves his home with a new picket fence. Dedrick Dirks, ex-J Monk worker, now with Fred Kellum. Nellie Kellum returns from Cedar Rapids visit. Lawrence Wahl back from Marion after finger amputation. Ht Dirks dies at home after illness. Funeral held Monday at 11 conducted by Rev C Mardorf.
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Langworthy
I. TW. Stacy
Anamosa
P. Miller
Dedrick Dirks
J. Monk
Fred Kellum
Nellie Kellum
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Wahl
Marion
Ht. Dirks
Here
C. Mardorf
Amber Notes from August in Amber Iowa
Amber reports include Lillian Farragher returning from Des Moines, oat yields of 40 to 50 bushels per acre, and visits among local residents. Mrs. Walters visits James Krian, while Mrs. Alex Robertson travels to Scotland to see relatives. Petticords and Sampson visit Ed. Ketcham. Spencer Guiles and family visit Mike Faust and Guiles attends summer school in Iowa City.
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Amber
Lillian Farragher
Des Moines
Walters
Strawberry Point
James Krians
Alex Robertson
Scotland
Petticord
Samson
Cedar Rapids
Ed. Ketcham
Spencer Guiles
Mike Faust
Guiles
Iowa City
Wyoming Township Defended Against Damages Claim
Catherine Dolly of Clinton sues Wyoming township for 10000 damages after an injury from a broken culvert while exiting a buggy. Supreme court rulings hold townships and road districts lack corporate liability. a county bridge not involved. No remedy unless county responsibility shown. report notes Lenox College new president and other local items.
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Wyoming Township
Catherine Dolly
Clinton
Supreme Court
Township of West
Pottawattamie County
John Dermody
Wyoming Journal
Advice-Seeking Man Finds No Expectation in Relatives
A man who seeks only guidance from kin often ends up disappointed, highlighting the limits of family advice in tough decisions.
August 1876 Local Happenings Highlight Tragedy and Life
Thirty years ago The Express reported births and deaths in August 1876. Z T Runner welcomed a daughter on the 8th. Charles Groesbeck died at 17 from typhoid fever on the 15th. Several locals sold property and returned from travels while camp meetings and school teaching were noted. A rattlesnake incident and a medical oddity in a child were described among rural happenings.
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The
Express
A Daugher
Z. T. Runner
Charles Groesbeck
John Gibson
Prof. L. Foster
Clark’s Grove
Monticello News Shorts and Local Notices
Monticello Iowa August 6 updates include school board bills approved for coal light printing supplies and labor, and a $121.50 sidewalk construction bill. Tax levies set for teachers fund contingent fund and schoolhouse fund. School to start September 10, later than usual due to fair. Obituary notes Emma H. Owen dies in Missouri Valley aged 52, buried at Oakwoods. Local notices cover Anamosa fair schedules and land sale of J Sweesy farm in Scotch Grove Township.
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Monticello
Iowa
Board of Education
Coxsee
Hall
Hefner
Bateman
Shoecraft & Son
W.C. Henning
L. Scherrer
Monticello Electric Co
Monticello Xpress
Geo. Stu
Lightfoot & Lawrence
Emma H. Owen
Missouri Valley
Bright
Owen
Cleveland
Ohio
Birmingham
Alabama
Oakwoods Cemetery
Mont
M. Sweesy
Scotch Grove Township
I. J. Reed
Soldiers Employed In Great Britain Over Three Years
Over the past three years thirty three thousand five hundred eighty ex soldiers have secured permanent employment in Great Britain.
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Great Britain
Will shows Russell Sage’s wealth would not go to heirs
In the Russell Sage will a testator’s fortune clearly remains unsettled by the old man’s hypothetical ability to carry it. The Toledo Blade comments that the czar’s insomnia cannot mask his status as a nonchalant ruler.
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Kansas City Journal
Russell Sage
Toledo
Czar
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