Correspondence from Sand Spring social notes
August 27 report from Sand Spring details visits and travel. Families such as Bohlken, Schuster, McDonough, York, Knepper, Guthrie, and others are noted with trips to Emmetsburg Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Washington. Local fair attendance at Monticello is described as well as myriad relatives visiting, returning home or remaining for short stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Spring
John Bohlken
Fritz Bohlken
Emmetsbureg
Iowa
John Bohlen
J. P. Schuster
John McDonough
Isaac Littlefield
Hopkinton
Cedar
Washington
Cedar Falls
John Staudacher
Dubuque
F. J. Gestel
Mesdames C. J. Wilson
Fr. M. Wheeless
F. M. Dean
H. 8. Pierce
Donald York
Schuster
Mildred Blair
Manchester
Greeley
Emil Lux
Dundee
Peter Gadient
Anna Mitchell
James
Cedar Rapids
Clara Elgas
Dyersville
Clara Gestel
French
Manley Bryan
Rufus Jepson
Strawberry Point
Allen Olmsted
John Hanken
Frank Nickel
Monticello
Robert J. Davis
Elmer Hicks
Minnie Murray
Postville
Optometrist Dr. Patrick Offers Glass Fitting Tuesday
Dr. Chester N. Patrick of Monticello Iowa will be at his office Tuesday afternoon September 4 to fit glasses for interested customers. All work is guaranteed.
Wyom ing Residents Visit and War Draft News
WYOMING Iowa visitors include Mr and Mrs Art Applegate and two sons from Rolfe as they plan to attend the Des Moines fair on their way home Four Wy om ing youths Ronald Brown Howard Countryman Eugene McMurrin and Ralph Heasty are named for the 8rd Infantry to deploy to France News of harvest yields above average and good quality Monticello fair attendance praised frost noted in lowlands Edna Heasty visits Des Moines and Eugene McMurrin has a two day furlough John Bahnsen and Ben Bahnsen return from Westside visit EB C Vaughn travels to Minnesota for farming interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Applegate
Rolfe
Iowa
Jones
Jackson
Applegate
Scotch Grove
Henry Applegate
Des Moines
Wyoming
Ronald Brown
Howard Countryman
Eugene McMurrin
Ralph Heasty
8Rd Infantry
War Department
France
Monticello
Cora
Edna Heasty
Ralph
EB. C. Vaughn
Minnesota
Eugene MecMurrin
John Bahnsen
Ben
Westside
Corn Crop In This Section Less Promising
Albert Hutton of Monticello was a weekend visitor in town as the piece notes corn prospects in this region are not as promising as elsewhere.
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Albert Hutton
Monticello
Ladies of Castle Grove hold Prairie Hill meeting tomorrow
The German Lutheran ladies meet at the German school house Prairie Hill Friday at one o clock to elect officers for the coming year. A large attendance is hoped for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Lutheran Church
Castle Grove
Prairie Hill
Riday
O. C. Hostord
Platte
South Dunkors
O. F. Hostord
Monticello
A. M. Black
S. M. Hostord
Steve Petersen
New Mexico
8. C. Pfeil
F. C. Cramer
Buck Creek
Clark
J. B. Zimmerman
J. D. Poppe
S. M. Hosford
Slapkinton
Coggon
A. W. Cramer
John Hasler
John Waddick
Wward Senst
Alvord
Iowa
Biben
John Fiben
Prairieburg
D. J. Hogan
Coggan
Wm. McAleer
Do. A. Schatz
Willie Behrends
William Barrack
Community News Highlights From Center Junction
Local residents attend gatherings visit relatives and travel to Des Moines and Volga. Misses Velma Jones Hazel Vrooman and others are listed with travels school assignments and family visits. The Red Cross met at F L Serbousek and the Junior League was hosted by Ethel Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Jones
Hazel Vrooman
Olin
M. BE. Dodge
Harmon Shipley
EB. L. Tomlinson
Des Moines
Red Cross Society
F. L. Serbousek
Wm. Davis
S. Davis
Jesse Davis
Ethel
Miriam Rice
Melville
Montana
Tisha Dowden
Monmouth
Sinkey
Marie Preas
Onslow
Velma Henderson
Marion
Marguerite McNeilly
Community Notes From Scotch Grove and Surrounding Areas
Scotch Grove notices include Captain P J Moats awaiting Des Moines posting after Ft Snelling commission. Visitors and relatives travel from North Bend Nebraska and Emmetsburg Iowa. Teachers and kin relocate to An Gam ar Montana and Fayette. Local residents share visits, summer travels and family updates.
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Scotch Grove
A. P. Moats
Miller
St. Paul
P. J
Ft. Snelling
Des Moines
Ray Walraven
North Bend
Nebraska
Epworth
Henry Maxwell
Miriam Rice
Angamar
Montana
F. E. Hyde
Anaconda
John Brady
Carl Rickels
Ludwig Larson
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Naomi Warhart
Davenport
E. L. Himebaugh
Otto Breeden
J. L. Prouty
Gladys Himebaugh
Fayette
Frank Himebaugh
Prairieburg Health Tragedy and Local Updates
Prairieburg August 27 John Fehr Jr dropped dead Saturday morning about 8 while aiding threshing crew. Mrs C O Rowley in critical condition. Dr Woodbridge of Central City consulted Sunday. Mrs Himo Delancey passed Sunday night after long suffering. The Floyds’ visiting son left for Central City. A Dubuque trained nurse came to the Rowley home Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
John Fehr, Jr
C. O. Rowley
Woodbridge
Central City
Himo Delancey
N. L. Floyd
Dubuque
Wroblewski Family Enlists For U S Army
Mr and Mrs Franz Wroblewski of the John Morrissey farms east of Anamosa proudly note six sons answering the nation call. Three have enlisted, one called in the first draft and two ready for the second draft. One son served in the German army before becoming a loyal American. August Wroblewski rents the J Powers farm and was listed in the first draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Franz Wroblewski
John Morrissey
United States
Mr. Wroblewski
August
J. Powers
We Whipped Them Once
A Boston Herald note recalls a past campaign against German forces, praising disciplined Hessian regulars who answered the call of the German on the English throne and rallied to fight.
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Boston Herald
Hesse
Cascade Pioneer Items and Local Notes from Cascade
Cascade residents report Jimmy Hayes and Cletus Breitbach returning from Chicago after enlisting in the naval militia at Grant Park. J A Klocker delivered 21 head of grass fed steers to C M Holst of Onslow for $2,991.15 averaging $142.42 each. two Dubuque couples were lost in the area with two blonde babies. Archbishop J J Keane will ordain Bernard Henry Skahill in Dubuque. Skahill will say his first mass at St Martins church next week. Robbers stole varied jewelry from Mrs Thomas Hamil’s Cascade home. police have no solid clue yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Hayes
James A. Jayes
Cletus Breitbach
Dubuque
Chicago
Grant Park
J. A. Klocker
C. M. Holst
Onslow
Ford
J. J. Keane
Bernard Henry Skahill
Cascade
St. Martin's Church
Thomas Hamil
Real Estate Transfers From Mary L Clark in Monticello Add
Mary L. Clark transfers multiple Clark Heights parcels in Monticello to various buyers including H M Carpenter L & Hoag John C and Mary Helen Smith Elmer J Hicks C J Liddy Laura A Becker Harriet Smith McNeill John C Smith Samuel F Reade Orpah E Cramer H A Deischer G P Rockstad Oscar I Newton and others with prices ranging from 210 to 1870 dollars. Other transfers include H W Opter to J L Milton and Mike Noacheck to Anna Kalouse and M G Phillips to F L Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Clark
H. M. Carpenter
Clark Heights
Monticello
L. &. Hoag
John C
Mary Helen Smith
Elmer J. Hicks
Warr
Monticelo
C. J. Liddy
Laura A. Becker
H. A. Deischer
John C. Smith
G. P. Rockstad
Wyoming
M. G. Phillips
IF. L. Phillips
Clyde W. Jeffries
John Jurgensen
Jennie M. Sigworth
Homer H. Meade
New Sey
Ney
R. R
Red Cross letter thanks Iowa unit for supplies
The secretary received a note from the Red Cross Supply Service Chicago Branch thanking the Iowa chapter for two boxes of supplies. It urges knitters to complete Iowa’s 75 assigned sets including sweaters mufflers wristlets and socks and notes new members and upcoming First Aid class. The 500 Club spent Wednesday sewing at Red Cross rooms.
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Mary IF. Carpenter
Red Cross
Washington
Red Cross Supply Service
Chicago
Iowa Red Cross
Iowa
Monticello
Joe Fairbanks
Harold Adams
Halstead Carpenter
Institute Sues Man Over Damaging Language And Conduct
The Manchester Institute of Auto Engineers sues F S Stimson of Monticello for defamatory remarks about the institute and its head. Stimson allegedly mocked the school during trips to Delhi and threatened to seek a refund, causing the loss of two Delhi pupils and mental anguish valued at 4.80 dollars. The suit, filed with Sheriff Pentony serving papers tomorrow, retains Calvin Yoran as lead counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Manchester Institute of Auto Engineers
F. 5. Stimson
Monticello
Delhi Bank
Stimson
Delhi
Pentony
Calvin Yoran
Food admin faces new challenge as cooks threaten to quit
The council notes that while the food administration has handled major issues, it now confronts the risk of cooks quitting, posing a fresh hardship for kitchens and meal supply.
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Council
The
Food Administration
Forty Years Ago In Monticello 1877 News Highlights
The 1877 items include the marriage of Tena Chamberlain and Samuel Campbell on the 7th by Rev. H A Kerr, the death of Mrs Eva G McArthur at 21, and school teachers at the county institute such as Wm MecCannon and Gertie Jenkins. Flour at 1 40 per sack, Florence McDonald declining the high school principalship, and Baron de Camin’s lecture to the Masonic lodge are noted. Also listed are local politics tickets, notable visits, a prairie chicken hunt, an artesian well deepening, and several local births and deaths with ages.
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the Express
Ella Smith
Amanda Baabe
Mertie McDaniel
Anna Moody
Fannie Clark
Lizzie Burnight
George E. Wood
May Smith
Henry Mead
John KE. Mellette
Dan N. Davis
A. A. Bickford
Nona Birdsall
Cora Garlock
Flora Hall
Addie Fuller
Sarah Rettig
Maggie Cook
Alice Gurney
Hattie Hammon
Ida Hammon
Emily Lockwood
Agnes Matthews
Baron de Camin
Massena
France
Tryon
Perry Thorpe
Barney Paine
John Morgan
Linn County
Prairieburg
S. M. Yoran
Robert Dott
T. E. Patterson
P. O. Babcock
O. &. Aldrich
H. Clark
Nathan Potter
C. L. Wood
A. J. Byerly
W. J. Brainard
B. V. Miller
J. M. Peet
F. O. Ellison
Wyoming
J. S. Eberhart
John Skelley
C. EB. Marvin
Center Junction Co operative cow testing ends six months
Report from the Cow Testing Association shows six months of testing at the Center Junction Co operative. Fifteen cows were unprofitable and sold for replacements. One producer yielded butter fat at thirteen cents per pound while another reached forty cents, highlighting the impact of feeding and care on profit.
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Center Junction
Monticello School Board Sets Tuition and Accepts Resignation
In a special session on August 28 1917 the Monticello Independent School District board adopted tuition rates for 8th grade and below 2.50 and 2 per month respectively for 1917 18 and subsequent years. The resignation of L W Lovell from the board was read and accepted. Bills for labor plumbing painting books and supplies were approved before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
M. W. Kehoe
C. E. Brainard
T. M. Redmond
L. W. Lovell
Independent School District
Monticello
W. B. Sloan
Town Telephone Company
Thomas Carson
Frank Starry
J. Riggs
Land Bargains in Iowa Farms Near Towns
A broker offers several Iowa farms priced at 115 to 200 dollars per acre, sizes from 160 to 200 acres, located within 4 to 8 miles of town. Terms include down payments of 2000 or 4000 dollars with balance over five or ten years. Contact 911 L. R. Jacobs, Bancroft, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Oldest Illinois Man Dies at 103
The New York World reports the death of Illinois' oldest man at age 103. He may have recalled events as "Uncle Joe" Cannon began his congressional campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Illinois
Joe” Cannon
Congress
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Thelma Johnson
Mina
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Arch Edwards
Onslow and Vicinity
Cascade Pioneer
Report of Cow Testing Association
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T. H. Lathrop
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School Board Proceedings
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John Bender
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