Wyoming News Briefs and Family Obituary Notes
Chicago visitors J C Cohoon and C D Walrod served on business. Irwin Bain visited Des Moines. Wm Wasson of Onega Kansas tours town. Libbie Lansing and Fred Eggers announce December 24 wedding at high noon. Reservoir holds 10 feet. livery dray sold to John Strong. M E church bazaar tomorrow at the opera house. Mrs Reuben Conaly dies. burial. Christian Endeavor publishes Favorite Quotations for 25 cents. White family returns from Iowa City hospital. operation successful. Davenport Presbyterian church controversy noted. Sheriff contest temperate. Barber and Hogan race. Mrs Mary R Chamberlain dies. large family mourns. Mary Rebecca White born 1858 in New York. long M E church member. funeral conducted. 11 children, 25 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren survive. Measles delay keeps Wilbur Watson from duties. Bazaar Friday evening by Epworth League and Christian Endeavor. Youths’ hunting accident injures Willie Feidler shoulder. minor injury. doctor reports.
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Wyoming
J. C. Cohoon
C. D Walrod
Chicago
Irwin Bain
Des Moines
Wm Wasson
Onega
Kansas
Libbie Lansing
Fred Eggers
John Strong
M.E. Church
Reuben Conaly
Christian Endeavor Society
D. A. White
Iowa City
University Hospital
H. P. Barber
W. A. Hogan
Barber
Mr. Hogan
Mary R. Chamberlain
W. S. Chamberlain
W. H. Tourtellot
Binghampton
M. E. Church
Ashael Bronson
Park Chamberlain
MEB
Jannie A. Gard
Mary W. Brown
Lucy Tourtellet
Philena B. Swigart
Maquoketa
Nettie A. Foote
John R. Chamberlain
Rufus A. Chamberlain
Ben Chamberlain
Clarendon
Texas
Charlotte Girton
Carroll
I. C. Chamberlain
Dubuque
Josephine Riley
Minneapolis
Lucy Tourtellobt
A. D. Stevens
W.H. Illsley
Presbyterian Church
M. E
Mary Calkins
Park W. Tourtellott
William Chamberlain
Cedar Rapids
L. J. Tourtellott
Anamosa
Bert Tourtellott
Ben H. Chamberlain
Community Notes From Center Junction Area
Center Junction reports visitors and travels: Thomas Carson visited his parents last Tuesday. Mrs. Frank Schone on sick list recently. Mrs. J A McDonald and Mrs. T S Platner drove to Anamosa last Friday. Mrs. J M Young attended a musical recital in Anamosa last Tuesday. Several youths attended a dance in Wyoming last Friday. Peter Letze returned from Chicago business trip last Saturday. Mrs. James Leech spent days in Scotch Grove aiding Mrs. Hoyt with sewing. Mrs. John Reilly and Mrs. Kramer of Lost Nation visited T E Canty last week. Mrs. Andrew McDonald remains poorly with hope for improvement. Nellie Livingstone and cousin Laura visited at their uncle Charles Overley’s.
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Center Junction
Thomas Carson
Frank Schone
J. A. McDonald
T. S. Platner
Anamosa
J. M. Young
Wyoming
Peter Letze
Chicago
James Leech
Scotch Grove
Hoyt
John Reilly
Kramer
T. E. Canty
Andrew McDonald
Nellie Livingstone
Laura
Charles Overley
Local notices from Onslow December update
Onslow December 8 reports Tra Stimson in Chicago buying goods and Mrs Sokol visiting her daughter in Ocheyeden. Mrs Banghart of Maquoketa spends Sunday with Mrs Lytton and Verda Wim. Wasson of Onaga Kansas assists settling the Wasson estate. Mrs K H Paul of Dallas county attends her feeble mother Mrs Bohler. Mrs Ira Stimson shows slow improvement after long confinement. The wife of R J Conley died last Saturday leaving a husband and several children. John Dew attends his brother Edward’s funeral in Illinois. Thirty nine cars of stock shipped in November and over a car a day so far in December. Today seven cars went out with consignments from several shippers. A note on royal gifts mentions a new granddaughter and a $5 million bequest imagining a future marriage alliance.
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Tra Stimson
Chicago
Sokol
Ocheyeden
Banghart
Maquoketa
Lytton
Verda
Wim. Wasson
Onaga
Kansas
Wasson
K. H. Paul
Dallas County
Bohler
Ira Stimson
R J. Conley
John Dew
Edward
Ilinois
E. T. Bates
J. R. Wasson
AH. Orr
Johnson Bros
Amber
Local Social and Family Notices from Cass December Edition
Monticello visitor E Ramsey called on Cass residents Monday. Walter Moss and wife visited Cedar Rapids. Ida Lake leaves for Morley to teach this winter. Mabel Watt hosted a large gathering last Friday. Coe College clergyman filled in for Rev. Keeler. Ethel Bickenstaff of Morley visited her mother. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Harry Wright on December 4. Mrs. W H Sanford and Jennie of Amber visited Mrs E E Ramsey. Hettie Brown and daughter Viola of Monticello visited W L Ketcham. Will Hale and others attended a fat stock show in Chicago. Mrs Jay Condit of Anamosa and Mrs Horton Stickle of Fort Leavenworth spent time at W A Hale’s. Roy Benedict and Grace Darrow wed at the Darrow home with Rev A B Keeler officiating.
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ER. E. Ramsey
Monticello
Walter Moss
Cedar Rapids
Ida Lake
Morley
Mabel Watt
Dunlap
Coe College
Cass
Keeler
Ethel Bickenstaff
M. Brown
Harry Wright
Jay Condit
Anamosa
Horton Stickle
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
W. A. Hale
Roy Benedict
Grace Darrow
G. W. Darrow
A. B. Keeler
Dance Night At The Amber Hall Promises Pleasant Evening
Amber December 9 reports a last Friday hall dance with guests from Cedar Falls and nearby. Nettie Bailey’s thirteenth birthday celebration drew friends for an evening of dancing and a cheerful flinch game before Sanford moved to Kansas for his future home.
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Amber
Lem Parsons
Cedar Falls
J. W. Evans
Clayte Hartman
Goatee
Yesteray
W. H. Sanford
Kansas
Nettie Bailey
Castle Grove News Roundup Keeps Local Updates
December notes from Castle Grove report Mrs. Krueger ill and moves by the Berlin family to Monticello. The Downerville creamery paid 20 cents for butter fat in October. Blanche Noble visits relatives at Oelwein. E. E. Orcutt moves onto the Berlin farm. Farmers prepare wood for winter as weather and roads improve.
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Castle Grove
Krueger
Levi Berlin
Monticello
Downerville
Pretty home wedding of Grace Darrow and Royal Benedict
Miss Grace Darrow and Royal Benedict were married at noon December 2 at the Darrow home in Anamosa. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. A B Keeler of Cass Congregational Church. The couple are well known in Anamosa and are warmly praised by friends and relatives.
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Grace Darrow
Royal
Benedict
George Darrow
Anamosa
A. B. Keeler
Cass Congregational Church
F. M. Benedict
Institute News Highlights Summers at Jones County Fair
A letter from W C Monroe cites the Jones County Farmers Institute in Anamosa Iowa and Monticello Iowa praising corn judging as a long standing feature. The message notes the Institute’s ongoing educational role and references The Express.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Special Prices on Cloaks at H. C. Wills
Clothing advertisement notes special prices on cloaks at H. C. Wills for a limited time. It highlights a range of styles and sizes and invites customers to visit the shop downtown.
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H. C. Wills
Death of Jasper E Eaton Prominent Keota Merchant Dies
Jasper E Eaton a former Monticello merchant member of Gardner and Eaton died in a Chicago hospital on the first of the month after cystitis surgery. Born 1838 in Cortland county New York he moved to Iowa 1852 later serving in the 2nd Iowa Cavalry and fighting at Corinth Iuka Holly Springs. He lived in Keota since 1876 engaged in drug business and served as town treasurer, recorder, councilman and mayor. Survived by wife Nettie Norcross and six children, with Otis dying in infancy. He was active in A F and A M and Ed Carris Post and treasured family life and culture. Senator Stirton referenced in Des Moines politics notices follows. Assignment of equity cases and local ads conclude.
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Jasper E. Eaton
Keota
Monticello
Gardner & Eaton
Chicago
Eaton
J. E. Eaton
Cortland County
New York
Iowa
Jones County
Dubuque
2Nd
Iowa Cavalry
First Corinth
Iuwa
Holly Springs
Nettie L. Norcross
Edward N. Eaton
Mabel Spencer
Springfield
Illinois
Grace
Bess Masters
Otis
Velda
D. L. Norcross
W. L. Holmes
Adelphia Lodge No
A. R
Ed. Carris
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