Onslow News Briefs and Local Notices in December 1896
Mrs. Tebo is ill. Miss Cameron visits Epworth. Sam Lightfoot relocates to Shenandoah Iowa. Ida Rodman from Preston visits Floy. Epworth students Verdia Litten and Vine Dewitt return home. Roy Russell leaves for Seymour to attend school. A surprise party honors a friend John Paul. Mrs. Swift from Pittsburgh speaks for home missions. Onslow cheese factory pays 80 for October milk with patrons earning extra cents. Thanksgiving quiet. Presbyterian ladies serve meals. University Extension reading circle forms with local literary leaders. Diphtheria claims two in John Gorman’s family four miles SW, a 17-year-old and a babe. funeral in Bethel cemetery. Deceased born in Pennsylvania 1825, moved to Ohio then Iowa. survived by two sisters and five brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tebo
Mary Cameron
Epworth
Sam Lightfoot
Shenandoah
Iowa
Ida Rodman
Preston
Floy
Verdia Litten
Vine Dewitt
Roy Russell
Seymour
Wayne County
John Paul
Swift
Pitsburg
Presbyterian Church
Home Missions
Onslow Cheese Factory
University
John Gorman
Bethel Cemetery
I. N. French
Philip Palmer
Onslow
Washington County
Pennsylvannia
Licking County
Ohio
Jones County
Riverside Center School Closes Fall Term With Notable Entertainment
Riverside school wrapped its fall term with a well attended program, pleasing audience and pupils progress noted after six months of schooling. Local residents and visitors, including Miss Dennison and Miss Olive Hughes, were seen at the event with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C
Anamosa
Alex Rice
Will Clark
D. KE. Dreibelbis
Center Junction
Myrtle Clark
Josie Sutherland
Riverside School
Castle Grove Notes and Local Trade News
Castle Grove reports Downerville milk price at 66 cents per hundred for October with an average test of 3-8. J. Delay’s team caused damage after a runaway. Local hog shipments to Chicago include N Miller & Sons Krueger Bros Jas F Laude and A W Cramer. Thanksgiving visit by Lulu Laude. School district teachers listed for winter term across districts 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 and g.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Flynn
Downerville
W. M. McAleer
Chicago
Jas. Delay
N. Miller & Sons
Krueger Bros
Jas. F. Laude
A. W. Cramer
Lulu Laude
Lenox College
J. A. Howie
Thos, Haley
O. F. Hosford
E. BE. Orcutt
Margarette Cramer
Castle Grove
Emma Hogan
Dubuque
John Smith
Monticello
Clay Area Social Notes and Local Death News
Clay and surrounding communities saw visitors from Dixon Scotch Grove Center Junction Monticello Hopkinton Onslow Manchester and Iron Hill. Elijah French died suddenly at his sister’s home near Iron Hill and his funeral was attended after a telegram summons to Clay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Bullock
Dixon
Clay
Scotch Grove
Mary
Anna Dennison
Harry Dams
Center Junction
Hugh Kidd
Johnny Noyes
Monticello
John Supple
Robert Carson
Joseph Hanna
Lizzie Dennison
Hopkinton
Will
John Henderson
Onslow
Jess French
Manchester
Elijah
Elijah French
Eli Wilson
Iron Hill
Cass Dec I Diary Notes and Local Happenings
Short notes from Cass include visitors, family updates, and farm chores. Sandhouse visited relatives. two McKinley boys reported since election. H Fr Cunningham nearly injured by a hog. Manny Tarbox returned from New York. L L Ketcham family shared Thanksgiving at Charley Brown’s. Half the farmers wrap up corn picking, others expect finish by Christmas if weather holds. Judson Lawrence plans wool tariff support after buying several hundred sheep for Cass pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass
Cora
Sandhouse
McKinley
H. Fr. Cunningham
Manny Tarbox
New York
W. L. Ketcham
Charley Brown
Bowen
Judson Lawrence
Riverside School Monthly Attendance Report
The Riverside school reports for the month ending November 27 with 19 pupils enrolled and 17 average daily attendance. Ten pupils were neither absent nor tardy: Anna Stine Earl Stine Ira Stine Delbert Stine Ella Wildenbrandt George Hildenbrandt Leona Webster Alpha Wright Roy Wright Ethel Rice. The same group also had perfect attendance for the term ending November 27 1896. Minnik E. Rice, Teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Anna Stine
Earl Stine
Ira Stine
Delbert Stine
Ella Wildenbrandt
George Hildenbrandt
Leona Webster
Alpha Wright
Roy Wright
Ethel Rice
Minnik E. Rice
Hobbies of Some Women from a Woman Article
A catalog of amusements indulged by renowned women. Queen Victoria whist. Queen of the Belgians conjuring. Duchess of Fife fencing. Duchess of Westminster cricket. Lady Warwick bookbinding. Countess Cowper organ playing. Lady Zetland photography. Mme Nordica boxing. Mrs Asquith visiting jails. Lady Henry Somerset driving and painting. Ellen Terry photography. Oliver Schreiner dairy management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
Queen of the
Duchess of Fife
Duchess of Westminister
Lady Warwick
Countess Cowper
Lady Zetland
Mme
Nordica
Mrs. Asquith
Lady Henry Somerset
Ellen Terry
Oliver Schreiner
Six Cents a Week The Independent’s New Features
The Independent praises McKinley’s election as boosting a swift business revival and predicts better times. It highlights new sections The Survey of the World and Work Indoors and Out, and notes the paper’s 49 year prominence among religious and family weeklies. Specimens offered free by mail from New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Independent of
New York
Independent
New York City
James Rus sell Lowell in London echoes on death ashes debate
In London literary circles the art and spirit of James Russell Lowell are often celebrated. At a banquet an English critic condemned the phrase ashes of the dead while Lowell cited Gray and the church service to defend the expression, receiving applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russell Lowell
London
Lowell
Gray
Church of England
Man Who Guards Against Old Jokes in New York Weeklies
A veteran staffer on a New York comic weekly dedicates his career to rejecting stale humor. With uncanny recall he can trace stolen sketches to their first print years and mouths. His lifelong vigilance keeps old jokes out, shaping a wary, experienced gatekeeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Docketed district court cases listed after September term
The district court docket includes numerous civil actions filed this term with Judge Thompson presiding on opening day. Cases name Exchange Bank of Oxford, Monticello State Bank, J E Johnson, Wabasha Roller Mill Co, Goldberg & Co, Rider Wallis, and multiple others, plus tax and garnishment proceedings and litigants such as Geo Baldwin, Minnie G Hinds, and J Foley & Son across several venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Exchange Bank of Oxford
J E Johnson
Monticello State Bank
Thos Keyes
J E Peterson
Rider
Wallis & Co
J I Johnson
Minor Davis
N B Smith
Geo C Lawrence
Asa W Smith
Frances M Spear
G W Spear
Minnie G Hinds
Chas L Iinds
W T Mitchell
C W Murfield
Frank Hoffman
Chas Wood
John McNally
Ben Brunnen
August Miller
Fred Kuhl
L Schoonover
O Babcock
Garnishee
Osborne Bros
Sadie E Baldwin
Geo Baldwin
R Pump Co
J Felton
Remley Executor Ete
L Streeter
Gage Bros Co
Mary Cook
Jones County
Adelia Soper
Watters
A L, Simpson
Henry Hotz
Mary S
Moravian Anabaptists and Their Trades in History
The Moravian Anabaptists pursued many trades from clothmaking to cutlery and shoemaking, shunning luxury and weapon manufacture. They lived as the quiet in the land, gaining esteem for good work despite persecution and expulsions, with clothworkers outperforming others and prompting attempts to import Dutch labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Empire
Managua as Capital and Old World Violin Tale
The writer notes Managua’s claim as Nicaragua’s capital over Leon and Granada praising its public buildings and education while describing its cathedral and volcano line. A Paris visit in 1831 tells how Ole Bull met a stranger in Frascati's who advised a rouge et noir bet that turned 5 francs into 400 as Vidocq observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Leon
Granada
Central America
Pacific
Los Marabios
Ole Bull
Paris
Malibran
France
Bull
Frascati’s
Red
Vidocg
Jonas Hanway Buried in Westminster Abbey Noted Traveler
In Westminster abbey between Hastings and Cobden monuments lies Jonas Hanway famed for first English umbrella. He traveled east and wrote of his life abroad, later touring England and producing a dull book that drew Dr. Johnson's quip that he gained reputation abroad but lost it at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Abbey
Warren Hastings
Richard Cobden
Jonas Hanway
England
Abbey
Dr. Johnson
Jonas
Max Bennett Thrasher
St. Nicholas
Boston Man Vows to Hunt Robber Across Earth
A Boston man pledges to pursue a robber to the ends of the earth after recounting a street encounter in which a thief threatened him with a firearm over a small sum. The exchange contrasts with another remark about prior robberies of eight or four dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bostonian
Indianapolis Journal
Spectroscope Insight Attributed to Sir William Grove
The eminent scientist and jurist Sir William Grove recalled that he never forgave himself for not discovering the spectroscope. He noted observing different lines in spectra of metals burned in a voltaic arc and believed ignition could reveal the materials composing different bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Grove
Nero and the Fiddle Allegation From Detroit Journal
A remark cites a humorous theory about the burning of Rome. It suggests Nero near a front window playing a fiddle when neighbors hurled bombs at him, a quip attributed to the Detroit Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Nero
Detroit Free Press
Dr Walsh Set Up Practice At Sand Spring
Dr. F C Walsh physician and surgeon is now permanently located at Sand Spring Calla to answer prompt day or night. The notice appears in 21-tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Walsh
Sand Spring
Calla
Nursery stock sold out with spring restocking hoped
The stock offered for sale has all sold or is stored for early shipment, so nothing is available until spring. Those who did not buy this fall must wait for spring, when the seller will be glad to assist. Hay and buckwheat bran remain available. Send or write to
Public notice of estate administration in Jones County Iowa
The District Court of Jones County Iowa appoints J E Coder as Administrator of the estate of Rebecca Nelson deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the Clerk within time for probate. Heirs and debtors should settle promptly to avoid costs. Anamosa Iowa November 10 1896. Ellison Broanbrack and Lawrence Attorneys for the Estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Elmer BE. Hoag
Agnes Hoag
Kt. CG. Stirton
John Young
Jones County
Iowa
William B. Ireland
J.B. McQueen
District Court of
Jones Co. Ia
Rebecca Nelson
Anamosa
A. D
J. E. Coder
Ellison Broanbrack & Lawrence
State of
Francis Seery
Executrix Notice for Francis Seery Estate in Iowa
The executrix Bertina Seery of the estate of Francis Seery requests all creditors to file claims with the court clerk sworn and timely. Creditors must present they owe the estate and debtors should pay promptly to the executrix.
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THE
Monticello. Express
Riverside School Report
N Rastede
Port Turon Engine Co
F Peters Et al
Quirk
E. Stout
Lambertville Rubber Co
Lai
GUAG
Atentii
GEO. Stuhler & Sons
Buffalo Courier
Hoyt Bros
Hour Bros, Scotch Grove
Towa
the Hawks Nursery CO
Milwaukee, Wis
John Wedderburn & CO
Washington, D., C
the Independent
Survey of the World
Fulton Street
D. A. Wyxkoop
Bertina Seery
Executrix
Capes
Samter
Goldstone Bros
Chicago Record
Harrisburg
America
J. T. Hatfield
Evanston
Ill
Madison St
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