Castle Grove Correspondence From August News Note
Local items report threshing delays due to crews seeking outings, gas exposure of Forrest Defscher at the front, and a 1080 bushel oats threshing feat by Henry Barrack. Various residents move, visit, and teach positions. Henry Caspers overseas arrival noted. several local trips to Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Homer, and Prairieburg recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Forrest Defscher
Henry
Willie Behrends
A. Schatz
Henry Behrends
Monticello
Em. R. MelLaughlin
John McLaughlin
Chicago
Lewis Barrack
Henry Caspers
John Hasler
C. A. McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids
Grace Brainard
Waterloo
John Hasier
Misses Good
Hopkinton
Local Notes From Scotch Grove and Nearby Areas
Community round up with visits to Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Manchester. Frank Royden trains at Camp Forrest Georgia with return expected Eastward. Miss Hedden Balster Lena and Louise attend Cedar Rapids trip. Lang Jr aims for government work. Grass home welcomed a baby boy.
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Scotch Grove
F. W. Royden
Frank
Camp Forrest
Georgia
East
Lena Hedden
Louise Balster
Cedar Rapids
John M. Lang, Jr
Lang
Gerd Grass
Red Cross
Royden
D. O
M. M. Sinclair
Maquoketa
Park
Margaret Folkerts
Castle Grove
Ganz
Sioux City
Roy Snell
Jake Leesacamp
Minnesota
Forward
F.W. Royden
BE. L. Himebaugh
Farlville
Prairieburg notes and local family updates
Prairieburg items dated August 26 describe Marines Clifford and Harlan Benson on a week’s furlough, local visits by Rowleys and the Deene family, illness of a granddaughter, and travel to funerals. Community announcements include school hiring Clark Potter as principal, grocer convention attendance, and residents visiting nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Clifford
Harlan Benson
C. O. Rowley
H. G. Rowley
Howard Rowley
Cedar Rapids
Deene
Hardin County
Milton Prounty
West Branch
Charles Lamont
Edith Souser
Corn
Troy Mills
John Burk
Anamosa
Uncle Sam
John McGuinness
Delray
Ohio
Bernice Wollmut
Rock Rapids
Madge DeLancey
Seward Smith
Monticello
Social notes from Sand Spring area list of visitors
A roundup of local social visits and arrivals from Sand Spring and nearby towns. Families from Greeley Earlville Dubuque Marion Monticello Johnstown Pa New York and Nebraska spend time with relatives in the area. Names include the Martins Blair Guthrie Gestel Knapp McDonough and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Spring
H. Martin
Helen
Greeley
Johnstown
John Standacher
Beatrice
Elmer
Dubuque
F. J. Gestel
Clarence Knapp
Howard
Marion
Fred Bohlken
W. B. Guthrie
New York
R. J. Guthrie
Raymond McDonough
J. P. Shuster
Allen Olmsted
Florence
Springville
Kuentzel
Ide
Paulsen
Hopkinton Leader News Items Include Local Marriage Notice
The marriage of Sadie Casteel to Miss Anna Stark daughter of W S Stark took place yesterday in Manchester. Rev Geo S Coleman and family plan a two week vacation camping at Picture Rocks below Monticelia for rest and enjoyment. Buck Creek residents fixate on September 13 for their annual fair after delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Casteel
Anna Stark
W. S. Stark
Manchester
Geo.s. Coleman
Picture Rocks
Monticelia
Buck Creek
Buck Creek youths face judge after patch raid
W C Lux rounded up four young bucks from his melon patch Sunday night. Judge Carter fined Wilmer Thomas Alvin Mmmert Merrill Thomas and Frank Snyder one dollar each and issued a moral lecture. Cov enanter church members celebrated paying off the parsonage obligations with fireworks after remarks. total debt $2 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
W. C. Lux
Judge Carter
Wilmer Thomas
Alvin Mmmert
Merrill Thomas
Frank Snyder
Frank Dunlap
George S. Coleman
Messrs
A. M. Wallace
Hugh McGlade
Local Health Alert and Community Notices from Oxford Mirror News
Dr William Breen remains in a Cedar Rapids hospital with blood poisoning and his condition has not improved. Mrs Levi Fields died at her Baldwin home after a lingering illness with funeral services in Smithtown. School staff for the coming year is listed including Huffaker, Netty Oetting, and Pearl Smith. N J Coon and son Herman transported to Cedar Rapids where Coon underwent leg amputation below the knee due to blood poisoning from a foot injury. he is recovering and hopes to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Mirror News
Wm. Breen
Cedar Rapids
Levi Fields
Baldwin
Smithtown
Dawson
Monmouth
Ray
Thompson
Ill
Myrtle
Co. L. Huffaker
Netty Oetting
Pearl Smith
Opal Sharp
Fatima Failman
Lida Coon
Anna Panuska
Faith Gibson
Anita Stevens
N. J. Coon
Herman
Coon
Kelleys Move to Martinsburg and Frontline Staff Plans
Rev W H Kelley and family relocate to Martinsburg Iowa where he will lead a church. Private James A Becker enjoys good health in Melun France and awaits front lines while Joan of Arc history is noted. Lightning damaged the Methodist church cupola and nearby home of Joe Bisenius in Bernard. Labor Day picnic planned September 2 in Bernard with townwide festivities. Coleman Lane injures right arm at railroad yards while playing at a turntable pit.
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W. H. Kelley
Martinsburg
Keokuk County
Iowa
Kelley
James A. Becker
Melun
France
Joan of Arc
Frange
Joe Bisenius
Bernard
Coleman Lane
J. P. Lane
Pastor resumes duties with sermons on sorrow and virtue
The pastor returns next Sunday to preach both morning and evening at usual hours. Morning topic asks why Christ did not come to Lazarus, offering comfort to those in deep sorrow. Evening topic explores the marks of divinity behind a rough exterior and the Diamonds in the Rough. Special music from both choirs is planned to honor attendees.
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Christ
Lazarus
One Big Show This Season Sun Brothers at Mon ticello
The Great Sun Brothers World Progressive Aggregation touring tent show comes to Mon ticello on September 6. It promises a first class outdoor spectacle with new features and trained animal tourney including lions tigers leopards kangaroos elephants baboons. Two shows daily with free noon exhibitions on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Brothers
Monticello
America
Treasury report omits profiteering from banks profits
Lincoln Journal notes a treasury report to Congress on profiteering excludes a notably prosperous institution. It cites Federal Reserve Banks earning 56 percent annually on capital, with most of the 56 going to the government.
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Lincoln Journal
Treasury
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
School Faculty Named for Public Schools Opening
The public schools will open next Monday September 2 with a corps of teachers headed by Superintendent L W Dunlap and principal Mary I Jarman. Staff assignments include Selma Kluss English Delphia Alice Williams History Florence Mae Moles Mathematics Grace L Fox Music and Drawing Ruth McClintock Domestic Science and others across Monticello Cedar Rapids Monticello and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Dunlap
Elkader
Mary I. Jarman
Monticello
Ruth McClintock
Cedar Rapids
Ethel Fraser
Selma Kluss
Luzerne
Delphia Alice Williams
Fldora
Florence Mae Moles
Central City
Grace L. Fox
Monticello Aug 1868 Local News Highlights
August 1868 items from Monticello and vicinity note local life and commerce. Tradesmen and doctors listed with Civic groups include a hook and ladder company organized under P. O. Babcock. Rosa, Hanford & Rosa repair a dry goods store. Farm prices show corn at 56 cents a bushel and eggs at 10 cents a dozen. A new Catholic church edifice is planned. parsonage costs 1300 dollars. Edward N. Howard, longtime Express foreman, marries Caroline E. Dighton. A bridge over the Maquoketa near Monticello is sought. Sheriff sale advertises 20 tons timothy hay and 50 acres standing corn among other property from a 1857 Winston & Co. judgment.
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Monticello
The
Express
G. W.hunt
Horatio Seymour
United States
A. J. Monroe
George D. Bradley
M. W. Herrick
F. Merriman
C. H. Carlise
J. G
W. G. Conley
P. O. Babcock
R. P. Smith
Rosa, Hanford & Rosa
Caroline E. Dighton
Hopkinton
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. H. Fairall
M. M. Moulton
M. Yoran
S. R. Howard
Maquoketa
W. P. Bolton
Washington Township
Winston & Co
August Knitting Requisition and Red Cross Contributions
The August requisition will ship next Tuesday. Those with similar work should submit promptly. Mrs. Mardort handed in 6 gowns 10 hospital shirts 7 bed jackets 6 pajamas 3 sweaters 14 socks and 5 quilts. Minnie Sanford of Wayne township sent 9 booties for the Junior Red Cross. National headquarters reports 1 400 000 pounds of yarn in stock.
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County Iowa
District Court of Jones County Iowa issues notice regarding the August 9 1918 will of Henry Null filed for probate. The September 16 1918 date is set for final proof and probate at the September term. Interested parties may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Dated August 19 1918. G A Fisher Clerk. Doxsee Doxsee Att'ys for The Estate.
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State of
Iowa
Jones County
Henry Null
A. D
G. A. Fisher
Jones Co
Doxsee & Doxsee
Probate Notice for Jacob H. Courtney Will
District Court of Jones County Iowa announces a will filed August 10 1918 for Jacob H Courtney and sets September 16 1918 to hear probate at the September term. All interested persons may appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Dated August 19 by Clerk G A Fisher with Doxsee and Doxsee as attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Jones County
Jacob H. Courtney
Said County
Red Cross mobilizes winter gear and French motor corps drive
The Red Cross reports 1.6 million sweat ers 134 thousand mufflers 384 thousand wristlets 228 thousand helmets and 1.328 million pairs of socks ready for troops plus new items to meet urgent winter needs. From Sept 1 1917 to June 30 1918 it distributed 5.875 million knitted articles to army and navy and 870 thousand to Red Cross commissioners in France Italy. Paris asks for 300 women motor drivers for France and calls for 25 plus year olds who pass mechanics and first aid exams. Immediate applications invited as first unit sails Oct 1. Sibiey Tribune also notes Kaiser’s blasphemous bluster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
France
Italy
Paris
Local Optometrist Office Ad in Monticello Iowa
C N Patrick optometrist and optician advertises contact at rooms one two and three above Rick less and McNeill Hardware Store in Mon ticello Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. Patrick
Rickless & McNeill Hardware
Monticello
Iowa
Army Implement Store
Monticello, Iowa
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
The ad offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a trusted thirty five year remedy. It claims to act through the blood to mucous surfaces, expel poison, and heal affected areas, promising visible health improvement after short use.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Thc
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Hopkinton Leader News
John McDonald
Pioneer News
Presbyterian Church Announcements
Doxsee & Doxsee, Attys
Sibiey Tribune
John G. Schoon
H. M. Remury
James Remley
Remley & Remley Attorneys AT Law
Main Street
A. IM. Maurice
D. S
R. D. Cooley, Auctioneer
Wyoming
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Geo. K. Meyer
Osteopathic Physician
Dr. Peet
Patrick’s
Ladies Unionalls
Peterson
Associated Press
Cyrenus Cole
Daily and Sunday Republican
Rickless & McNeill
Weber
Buckeye
Reliance
Jerico
New Great Western
Appleton
Henry H. Schoon
L. P. Waddick, Auctioneer
SUN Bros
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