Wyoming News Notes and Local Christmas Cheer
W G Krause visited Davenport on business while R M Corbit traveled to Anamosa for court matters. The Bay View Historical club met with Mrs Julian Day and a Christmas program was announced for the M E church. Local residents attend juries, visit relatives, and prepare church events as community Christmas activities abound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
W. G. Krause
Davenport
R. M. Corbit
Anamosa
Bay View
M. E. Church
J. J. Mills
Jones Street
Serepta Smith
Mary E. McQuown
Indianapolis
Indiana
J. A. McQuown
S. A. First
W. L. Brown
Alex. Adams
E. R. Wood
W. E. Hartpence
Ohio
J. L. Richardson
L. F. Pealer
I. Pelkey
Presbyterian
Hawthorne Club
C. W. Graham
Overley
Robert
Overley Drug Co
Candy Kitchen
Candy Jim
Biglow
Swordes
Opera House
Santa Claus
W. W. Bronson
J. T. Paul
EH. E. Myers
W.J. Beckwith
R. Fishwild
Iown
J. M. TeWinkle
Charles Atherton
Orlyn Shaffer
A. A. Vaughn
Center Junction Christmas notices and people visits
Center Junction news reports Marion visitor Mrs M G Alsever and relatives visits by Calvin Scofield and Will Alexander. Holidays with Miss Verda Taylor and Miss Gladys Smith. Union services planned at Presbyterian church and M E Sunday School Christmas program. Updates on sanitarium patients and local visitors. J L club restores street lighting with temporary worker. Multiple local residents named after social and church events.
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Mount Vernon
Presbyterian Church
Hill
M. E
Andrew Porter
Dwight Clark
Anamosa
Thomas Dawson
Merlin Moses
J. M. Young
Lizzie McDonald
Myrtle Livingstone
J. L. Club
James Young and
Ross
John Weir
Clarence Dixon
Wm. White
Nellie White
Monticello Club Elects New officers at Friday meet
Monticello shoppers and members of the J. L. club gathered for a Pleasant and busy afternoon of elections. Mrs. William Stingley was chosen president, Mrs. Charles Preston vice president, Mrs. James Leech secretary, and Mrs. D. D. Clarke treasurer. The next meeting is set for Friday December 29 at Mrs. T. I. Platner's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Seérbousek
Monticello
J. L. Club
James Meade
William Stingley
Charles Preston
James Leech
D. D. Clarke
T. I. Platner
Prairieburg Social News and Holiday Preparations
Local residents report visits and travel across Iowa towns. C Rowley and Mrs. Rowley in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Rogers listed ill. families hosting guests from Dubuque Des Moines and Monticello. Christmas plans among Fehrs Caldwells and Banning in Rock Rapids. Missionary Seger to lead Baptist meetings. Christmas Eve services and holidays noted with departures to Kansas City and other locales.
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Prairieburg
C. Rowley
Cedar Rapids
H. G. Rowley
Luthera Rogers
Adam Vlockhart
Des Moines
Mamie Burns
Dubuque
Leonard and McNamara
Jennie Fish
Paul Lauser
Hannah McLaughlin
Anamosa
W. 'l Reft Sr
Cogton
John Fehr
Beadles
Marion
Charles Hall
Agnes
Little Ruth Tilton
Monticello
Fehr
Mary Banning
Rock Rapids
F. P. Doran
Little Son
Caldwells
Arthur
Richland Center
Wisconsin
Mr. Seger
Tipton
Baptist Church
M. E. Church
Agnes Benson
Kansas City
Onslow Notes and Area Travel Highlights
December items from Onslow list visits of Nettie Albery in Canton and Maud Cole in Clinton, moves to Adrian Michigan, plans for St Paul trip, and church events. Local families host guests, army discharge news, cattle shipments, rural carrier leave, and long visits from Durkee resident Kerrhman.
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Onslow
Nettie Albery
Canton
Charles Dawes
Wisconsin
James Scroggie
Adrian
Michigan
Maud Cole
Clinton
K. L. Anderson
Mary Carter
St. Paul
The
Presbyterian Church
Opera House
Onslow Presbyterian Sunday School
Archie Walsworth
Marjory Cartright
Rockwell City
W. H. H. Read
Phil Williams
William
Stephen Walsworth
Rogers
Arkansas
George Overholt
Iowa City
Peter Johanson
Peter Jr
Johnston Bros
H. H. Roberts
Mrs
Roberta
Chicago
C. G. Dawes
Lewis Kerrhman
Durkee
South Dakota
J. Z. Mackrill
Castle Grove Church Activities and Local Happenings
Christmas tree planned at the Lutheran church with exercises at 8 oclock Friday. A barnyard of notes: 33 new Farmers Mutual Insurance members. Misses Harriet Lubben Fern Howie and Louis Lempke visiting Anamosa. Jack rabbits becoming numerous. 45 horsepower gasoline traction engine arrives home. concert Friday evening by Castle Grove Choral society proceeds to Christian Endeavor.
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Castle Grove
Earl Gillilan
Cedar Rapids
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
John Heiken
Ireton
Iowa
Louis M. Lauser
Lamotte
Peter Caspers
Anamosa
Lutheran Church
Harriet Lubben
Fern Howie
Louis Lempke
Harrison Lubben
Chicago
Maquoketa
Baldwin
Ladies’ Aid
J. A. Hubbard’s
Cass
John Barrack
Henry
Canada
Castle Grove Choral Society
Christian Endeavor Society
Johns Creek Meeting Elects Officers and Family Relocation
At a Johns Creek meeting officers were elected including W. M. and Secretary J. T. Bevan. A stock sale by Conlin drew about a hundred head sold on Thursday. Dr. A. J. Skinner and wife returned from a Michigan trip with improved health. Hamilton Boal and Edward Tucker plan to move with families to Boise Idaho after selling their property.
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W. M
J. L. Faber
O. H. Macomber
J. W
L. W. Will
J. T. Bevan
O. Jd. Winters
J. Conlin
A. J. Skinner
Michigan
Hamilton Boal
Edward Tucker
Boise
Idaho
Johns Creek
Amber December 20 Farm Sale and Local Notices
Sam Witham sold his farm to Henry Barley. Willison Haberland shipped goods to Illinois on Monday. Mystic Workers held a business meeting Monday evening. Tobe Freeze and son John were Apion bound passengers Tuesday. Rosco Lincoln visited his brother and sister. his home is Medford South Dakota.
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Amber
Sam Witham
Henry Barley
Willison Haberland
Illinois
Mystic Workers
Tobe Freeze
John
Rosco Lincoln
Medford
South Dakota
Monticello Board Meets in Special Session Adopts Bills
The Monticello Board of Education met in special session with five members present. Minutes of the prior meeting were approved and bills from the Teacher's Fund and Contingent Fund totaling numerous amounts for salaries and supplies were allowed. Actions included lighting discussion for town clock, extending teacher contracts for the fall term, and purchasing books requested by the superintendent.
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Board of Education
F. A. Hefner
T. M. Redmond
J. B. Bateman
W. F. Rohn
C. D. Chase
K. D. Miller
Mo Sal
Mary I. Jarman
Clara Thomson
Maude Mellor
Emma Binggell
Viva . Moore
Katharine Hines
Harriett Walcott
Neva L. Larson
Louise Schneider
Margaret L. Pond
Florence Foley
Eva M. Brazelton
Elizabeth McCarthy
Hisse L. Bender
Alice B. Cowan
Viva R. Moore
Mary.i. Jarman
W. B. Sloan
John Webster
Ass’t
American Hook Co
Houghton Mifflin & Co
the Macmillian Co
Bks
Hoag Duster Co
Ricklets & McNeill
Central Lumber & Coal Co
C. L. VanMeter
E. E. Reed
Monticello Electric Company
Committee On
Thirty Years Ago in December 1881 Local Notes
The Express files recount December 1881 incidents: a newborn at Mr. and Mrs. George Garlock. a smallpox case in Mrs. Samuel Kahn. several silver and other weddings including B. S. Ryan’s anniversary. steam fixtures in Lovell house. anniversaries for N. W. Austin. marriages of Adelaide Knapp with James Rathbun and Emma G. Hoon with Arthur W. Bowers. Emma R. Clucker’s death at 20 from consumption. Thomas White’s death at 25 from typhoid. Gideon Flage’s death at 69. Flora Curtis and Archibald Chamberlain wedding. H. D. Smith hurt after attending court, found unconscious with head injuries.
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the Express
George Garlock
Samuel Kahn
Ryan
Lovell House
N. W. Austin
Adelaide Knapp
James H. Rathbun
Langworthy
Emma G. Hoon
Arthur W. Bowers
Casa Township
Maggie Albertson
Perry Thorpe
Monticellio
Emma R. Clucker
Castle Grove Township
Thomas White
Scotch Grove
Gideon Flage
Algona
Monticello
Flora Curtis
Archibald Chamberlain
H. D. Smith
Anamosa
Porter Hyde's Anti Marriage Rules For Wives
Eastern minister Rev Porter Hyde outlines commandments for wives including avoiding marriage for money or escape, rejecting old clothes, resisting fashion trends, shunning gossip, respecting others in luxury, keeping lawfulness at parties, remembering children, not burdening wash day, not misnaming home activities, and locating the Bible for the minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Hyde
Witty Fragments and Rural Banter From a Local Column
A string of humorous vignettes and rural anecdotes, including a French barber sign promising gratuitous shaving tomorrow, a New York artist and his blonde wife, a Massachusetts town with a ladies brass band, and a Congregational deacon defending hoss racing on Sunday.
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St. Peter
Albany
New York
Massachusetts
Castle Garden
Rutland
Hoss-Racin
Ingersoll Confronted by Senator Over Crutches Reply
The Christian Herald recounts Robert G. Ingersoll in a Washington hotel where a senator described a man striking crutches from another in the street. Ingersoll allegedly replied he would like to see and punish the man, prompting the senator to compare his past efforts to removing support for sorrowful and tempted people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Christian Herald
Robert G. Ingersoll
Washington City
United States
Mr. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Encouraging Straw Vote At Des Moines Grid Iron Club
Des Moines Grid Iron Club reports presidential preference results with Wiley 161 Bourne 23 La Follette 103 Cummins 1 The Sioux City Journal questions who cast the lone Jone vote in the count raising curiosity about the tally and its source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Gridiron Club
Dr. Wiley
Bourne
la Follette
Cummins
The
Sioux City Journal
Roosevelt Not Involved In Effort To Push Candidacy
Roosevelt disclaims involvement in efforts to bring his name before the public for the presidency and remains unangered by the action, according to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat report.
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St. Louis
Everybody's Saint Francis biography planned for The Century 1912
The Century will publish in 1912 a biography titled Everybody's Saint Francis with text by Maurice Francis Egan the American minister to Denmark and church history authority. Illustrations by Boutet de Monvel include studies at Assisi and occasional color reproductions. Dr William Osler Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford contributed notes on The American Voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Francis
Century
Maurice Francis Egan
America
Denmark
Boutet de Monvel
Jeanne D’arc
M. de Monvel
Assisi
Sir William) Osler
Regius
Oxford
Osler
Burns Named in Carnegie List of Greatest Men
The St Paul Pioneer Press notes Carnegie’s list of the world’s twenty greatest men includes Burns as the poet in mind rather than any detective. The remark contrasts Burns with a detective figure in Carnegie’s contemplation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
W. J. St. Paul Pioneer Press
Burns
Carnegie
Supreme Court Finds Iowa Inheritance Tax on Nonresident Deposits
The court held that bank deposits owned in Iowa by non-residents at death are subject to the state collateral inheritance tax if the tax applies to the decedent.
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Supreme Court
Iowa
Farm For Sale 110 Acres East Of Ryan
110 acres of plow land for sale three miles east of Ryan Iowa in Hopkinton. Property features level terrain and good fences and is described as in good condition. Sale arranged by J G Gavin Hopkinton Iowa 23814.
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Ryan
J. G. Gavin
Hopkinton
Iowa
Dr Puleston Cures Ruptures by Fidelity Method
The note claims Dr. Puleston offers a rupture cure using the fidelity method with no pain and no work interruption. It presents a medical achievement in simple terms and invites potential patients to consider the treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puleston
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W. Doxsee
Center Junction
Cascade
Thomas Kingsley
John W. Roneke
Zwingle
E. D. Hogan
A F
A. M
Scilool Board
Holkf
Holly
Doutrick Dry Goods Co
Ing
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Co
Stuhlers
Monticello Bank
H. C. Bohlken
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
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