Christmas greetings and local notes from Wyoming Iowa
Correspondence from Wyoming Iowa dated December 19 shares holiday wishes to Express readers. It lists residents visiting town, illness, legal business, school programs, and social events around town including marriages, nupitals, club entertainments, a W R C dinner, and a new Madison Center Telephone Company. It notes Miss Ella Beers moving to Anamosa and the upcoming Santa display by Franks and Hogeboom with a Santa in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
R. H. White
M. Corbit
Anamosa
W. G. Krause
Case
W. S. Garrison
Stanwood
W.J. McCready
Onslow
D. S. Ward
Center Junction
W. M. Byerley
Grace McKean
A. P. Cooper
Mechanicsville
Emma Wright
Scotch Grove
Jerome Bender
William Pelkey
William Moore
Kansas
William Wherry
Ella Beers
Miss Beers
T. G. Richardson
Mary Calkins
Allen Metcalf
Cedar Rapids
Francis Lamb
K. T. Lamb
Olin
Miss Calkins
Hawthorne Club
J. G. Robertson
G. A. R. Hall
Madison Center Telephone Company
Peter Strong
Madison Township
C. H. Sherman
A. W. Peck
George Schoolman
G. KE. Huggans
Bear Creek Valley
Wyoming
Madison
Rt. H. White
John Moffet
Jennie Holmes
Mrs. Moffet
Santa Claus
J. L. Franks
G. M. Hogeboom
Santa
Rural Route 2 Notes Local Visits and Events
Rural Route 2 reports numerous local visits and social activities including W A Rizer Herman Rickels Fred Schutte and wives visiting Monticello and Anamosa Leonard Wilmiers Richland township and Pete Hagen’s dance Attendees include Mrs George Tobiassen Nanne Hanken Laura Anderson Sophia Christian and Carl Thumann who rents Wm Collmann’s farm Also notes a new telephone at Herman Bartels residence and plans for spring carpentry work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Rizer
Herman Rickels
Wayne
Fred Schutte
Monticello
Rudolph Jacobs
George Tobiassen
Will Schoon
Scotch Grove
Nanne Hanken
Leonard Wilmie
Maggie Wismier
Richland
Anamosa
John McCormick
Warner Heiken
George Dorsey
Wm. Connery
Laura Anderson
Sophia Christian
Peter Hagen
Carl Thumann
Wm. Collmann
Herman Bartels
Mr. Bartels
Coop to a cow barn call for 82 A Jones County
A terse classified style notice directs readers to contact 82 A in Jones County by phone for further arrangements at a cow barn. The message emphasizes rapid action and completion by phone.
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Jones County
Christmas Town Notes Bids for Stock Show and Social Events
Town reports a busy week with stock show attendance in Chicago by Fred Harken and Ford Clark, and preps for a Christmas tree and basket social at Castle Grove. Local births, dairy meeting details, and a tragic accidental shooting in Jones county mark the fall season notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Harken
Chicago
Harriet Labben
John Tealey
G. J. Meiken
S. Hosford
Prairieburg
B. . Wilson
Olin
Alfred Meiers
Ford Clark
Fred Cramer
GO. Rk
Wilder
Downerville Creamery
School House No
Castle Grove
Mr. George
J. A. Howie
Frank Howie
Frank Miller
Anamosa
Greenfield
Adair County
Lottie Ivenbreg
Lottie Lande
Wright
S. B. Schilling
Onslow Holiday News and Local Notes
Onslow reports include Christmas plans and visits such as Jessie Crarside from Mt Ver non Elmer Coburn visiting relatives in Oklahoma and Miss Jessie Brown spending Christmas in Chicago. Business notes show poultry sales by Mrs IL Brown totaling 191.91 and bank cashouts of 1600 for poultry with Tebo and French actively buying.
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Clay Township
Tebo & French
Christmas Event Sets Evening Worship at Methodist Church
Center Junction notes include several local visits and sickness updates. People traveling to Monticello and Cascade are listed, with Mrs. Kathryn Davidson and Jennie Shipley among shoppers abroad. A Christmas entertainment is planned at the Methodist church Saturday evening with all invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
I. Leec
Richard Williamson
John Sutherland
Monticello
Kathryn Davidson
Anamosa
Jennie Shipley
James Leech and Son
Cascade
Will White
Judson Leggett
James Kegley
H. Livingstone
Cascade Social Notes Highlight Visits and Creamery Sale
Cascade reports visitors from Clay Waterloo Alburnett and Milwaukee with guests including Mike Altman Ellen Faber IX Moore and Letta Wilcox. The Cascade Co operative Creamery voted 26 cents for November butter fat with average 1.12 per cwt. Alice Kingsley of Pella appears among local items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Mike Altman
Clay
Ellen Faber
Waterloo
IX. Moore
A. B. Sayles
W. C. Beatty
Alburnett
Iowa
R. H
D. A. Beatty
Letta Wilcox
Dubuque
Frank Wilcox
Harry McCue
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
James McCue
Cascade Co-operative Creamery Co
Alice Kingsley
Pella
tTowa
Local Notes From Amber Area Including Visits And Hogs Shipped
Amber December notes report Tomlinson and Center Junction residents sawing wood this week and visits to James Belknap who moved to the Milton Byerly farm in Jackson township. Barney Hartman shipped a carload of hogs to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Younger
Win, Tomlinson
Center Junction
J. Carson
James
D. S. McDonald
Davis
James Belknap
Milton Byerly
Jackson Township
G. H. George
Iola
Barney Hartman
Chicago
Veteran pioneer Thomas Kennedy Black dies at 88
Thomas Kennedy Black born September 26 1817 in Trumbull County Ohio died December 12 1905 at his daughter Mrs Hanna’s home in Cass aged 88 years two months and 17 days. He trained as a cabinet maker and later farmed while building doors and window sashes. He married Susanna Everhart on March 16 1843 and had nine children. The family moved from Fulton Iowa to Castle Grove Jones County before spending his final years with his children. Funeral at Mrs Hanna’s home led by Rev. Q Brimacombe and interment at Congregational cemetery in Cass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kennedy Black
Trumbull County
Ohio
Hanna
Cass
Susanna Everhart
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
Nickel Plate Rail Sale Chicago to Buffalo Dates Set
The Nickel Plate offers a round trip fare of one and one third for travel from Chicago to Buffalo with sales on December 23 24 25 30 1905 and January 1 1906 return by January 3 1906. Dining cars feature priced meals and a la carte service from 35 cents to a dollar. Chicago ticket offices at 111 Adams Street and Auditorium Annex. Depot at La Salle and Van Buren streets is the sole Chicago Elevated loop depot. No excess fare.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Adams Street
Auditorium Annex
la Salle
van Buren Streets
Christmas Holiday Excursion Rates on Nickel Plate Roads
The Nickel Plate Road offers Christmas season round trips from Chicago to Buffalo and through service to New York and Boston. Sale days are December 23 24 25 30 31 1905 and January 1906 with a fare and a third for the round trip and a return limit of January 3 1908 No excess fare Dining car meals Three through trains daily from LaSalle and Van Buren Street stations the only elevated Chicago depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Buffalo
New York City
Boston
LaSalle
van Buren Street
Holiday Season Round Trip Fares Announced for CM St Paul
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers one one third fare round trips between all points. Tickets go on sale December 22 23 24 25 30 31 1905 and January 1 1906 with a return limit January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
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A.J. Dalby
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Diamond Creamery Co
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Co
Christmas
Erric
Haberdashery
Johnson-Stuhler Clothing Co
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