Wyoming Correspondence Highlights Holiday Visits and Local News
Christmas visitors and residents feature in Wyoming including Dr Stoffel and wife, George Field Jr, J W Rhodes, Hon C B Pan, and many others. Local events cover church activities, a fire scare, a large school entertainment, a high school debate, and a notable marriage announcement with plans to reside in St Paul. The Downerville creamery sees strong year end growth under R Wilder with butter fat prices near New York quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Heiken
Midat
Strawberry Point
John Barrack
Sea of Life
Downerville
Wilder
New York
Castle Grove Christmas Notes and Local Weddings
Castle Grove reports a busy holiday season with a Christmas tree and church exercises at the Lutheran chapel delighting residents. Wedding bells rang Christmas Day for Lizzie Heiken and Henry Barrack at the Lutheran church with Rev. Reinecke officiating.
Cascade Christmas News Note Mosaic
Cascade residents gather for holidays as local names report travels and illness. Reports include deaths, farm losses, church events, and a charity fraud alert noting a Farley woman posing as a widow to solicit aid.
Cass community notes from December visit and events
Henry Nordman has been in Chicago while Mies Frances Boyles returns home. Walter Austin of Monticello visited Cass. Cedar Rapids visits by Chas Guilford and family. Fred Husemann shipped stock to Chicago. Henry Baum, an Iowa City student, called on Friday. Milton Lake and family spent Sunday in Langworthy. Mrs N Gooley left for Marion due to a grandchild illness. Fred Nusemann and Jack Flaharty were Prairieburg visitors. Hattie Ketcham fell from a carriage and was seriously hurt. Maurice Croot and Chris Conrad Jr. visited Cedar Rapids. Christmas tree at the church drew a large crowd.
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Wyoming
Dr. Stoffel
Clinton
Geo. W. Field, Jr
George Overholt
Emmet
J. W. Rhodes
Baldwin
Harry Isley
W. H. Isley
C B. Pan
Anamosa
N. Shaffer
Hattie Shaffer
Des Moines
Smith Mier
Hawarden
Iowa
N. W. Hutchins
Harry Carlton
Oxford Junction
J. Kettelson
Erma Babcock
Monticello
Mary Paul
Sac City
Harold Paul
Iowa City
P. W. Bodenhofer
Moline
Illinois
W. W. Chamberlain
Cedar Rapids
Pixley Smith
Mt. Vernon
Archie, Roe
Claude McMillan
D. McMillan
Charles Wells
Olin
Chas. Owens
Minnie Vaughn
Chicago
A. A. Vaughn
Mr. A. Torrey
Memphis
Tennessee
J. S. Brownell
Zella Bigelow
Omaha
Lou Stimson
Onslow
Hale
Don Wherry
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Will Rhodes
Miles
R. M. Heasty
Minnesota
Overholt
Independence
Thomas Mitchell
Clara Thomson
Lucy Isley
Elva Alden
Ida Fishwild
Herbert Alden
Coellege
John McMurrin
Morley
Presbyterian
M. E
U.P
Mary Gilmore
Vinton
Jas. Stephenson
St. Paul
Stephenson
Hawthorne Club
Aileen Corbit
Mabel Kirkpatrick
Maud Stoffel
Thomas
Mitchell
B. A. Davis
J. P. van Horn
Marion
Maquoketa
Castle Grove
P. McAleer
A.W. Cramer
Buck Creek
Welch Farm
Alexander Davidson
Alex Irving
Cass
Martin Geiken
Will Barrack
Strawberry Point
Blanche Noble
Fred Fahrni
Ford Clark
Bowen’s Prairie
M. A. Waddick
O. F. Hosiford
H. C. Bohlken
Andrew Davidson
E. J. Noble
H. B. Clark
Richard McLaughlin
South Dakota
Henry Alferts
J. A. Howie
Pat Hogan
S. M. Hosford
C. R. Wilder
John Barrack
Lizzie Heiken
Henry Barrack
Hymen
Reinecke
Cascade
R. Hi. Beatty
Galena
Ried
Oskaloosa
D. J. Kingeley
New Market
Conlin
Dwight Deming
Pella
Erle Davis
Nellie Hawking
Sanborn
North Dakota
Leon Wallace
Aitchison
Clear Lake
McDahlem
P. J. McLean
Epworth
Vera Kehoe
E. Jane Hawkins
Sac City Institute
Minnie
Frank Faber
Kearney
Wilfred
Grinnell
A. C. Norris
Ida Kingsley
Davenport
Thomas Kingsley
Ed. Connolly
West Cascade
Baptist Sunday School
W. Kehoe
Frances Gilson
Newton
Hamilton
Newton Cemtry
James Murray
Ireland
Washington Township
Albert Murray
Michael Finn
Frank O’brien
Josie
E. A. Bucknam
New Ipsill
New Hampshire
Pontiac
Michigan
G. G. Banghart
M. EH
James Cooley
Oscar H
New York
H. J
C. A. Livermore
R. J. McVay
Stewart
Farley
Erickson & Shaffers
Henry Nordman
Mies Frances Boyles
Walter Austin
Chas
Guilford
Fred Husemann
Henry Baum
Milton Lake
Faimiily
Langworthy
N. Gooley
Fred Nusemann
Jack Flaharty
Prairieburg
Hattie Ketcham
Maurice Croot
Chris Conrad Jr
Sain Pfeil
Castle Grove Township
George Brainard
Nellie Conrad
Mary Flaharty
Ben Griffith
Charles Fairbanks
Charles Preston
Lizzie Farrington
Charlie Fairbanks
W. Wallace
Wayne Township
Dunn
A. B. Keeler
Earlville
Christmas at the Parsonage and School Program
Miss Annie Baum closed her school with a Christmas program and tree. Mrs. Arthur Fairbanks visited Anamona with cousin Mrs. J. A. Hartman. The ladies aid sewed a carpet for the parsonage and laid it. Mrs. Addis Bagley of Anamosa visited the Ketcham farm with Mr. Bagley. A missionary service was held. Rev. Carter and Rev. Breed officiated. Sub district No. 5 students plus teacher Cora Condit presented a Christmas program and tree.
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Keeler
Annie Baum
Arthur Fairbanks
Anamona
J. A. Hartman
Ladies’ Aid Society
W. L. Ketcham
Ketcham
Bagley
Carter
Wisconsin
Breed
Grinnell
Cora Condit
Christmas Vacation and Town Happenings In Onslow
Onslow records a two week Christmas vacation for schools and a bustling local scene. Families visit kin in Maquoketa Clinton and Cedar Rapids while Christmas exercises and Sunday schools are praised. Cattle deliveries and a property trade near Kansas City are noted along with gifts received by Rev McClelland.
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Onslow
Express
Bert Garnett
Mr. Garnett
Kangaa
Lidith Spooner
Anamosa
M. B. Walters
Maquoketa
Lou Wilson
Ver Paul
Oliver Spooner
Vic Fowler
Cedar Rapids
Dr. Knittle
B. Richardson
Morland
Olin
Geo. Smith
Clinton
William Hains
Waukon
N. B. Noyes
Hanna
Noyes
Schmalfeldt
Ikehorn
Holst
Tracy
Johnson Bros
John McMaster
Mary McMaster
W. C. Paul
J. M. Paul
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kansas City
McClelland
Bethel
Local Social Roundup at Center Junction and Nearby
Center Junction notes show visits from Anamosa and Clinton residents, with Miss Minnie Dawson at home from Monmouth and Belle Lyons from Cedar Rapids Business College. Christmas shoppers in Monticello include Mrs John McDonald and the Livingstones, while Epworth Seminary pairs restore vacation travels for Leo Courtney and Fred Collier. An entertainment at Lough schoolhouse near Scotch Grove earns praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
J. ¥. Brown
Anamosa
Minnie Dawson
Monmouth
Vernon Dawson
Clinton
John Sutherland
Everley
Alfred Hanna
Belle Lyons
Cedar Rapids
Elsie Cotler
Grace Moats
Scotch Grove
Lough School
Christmas News and Local Visit Highlights Across Monticello Anamosa
Rural Route itemizes Christmas visits among families in Anamosa Langworthy and Monticello including Jim Grey H R Jacobs and George Dorsey. Notables report land claims, new ownership of a wood sawing outfit and community events at Sand Hill church. Typhoid pneumonia affecting Edie Harms prompts medical care from Anamosa doctors.
Scotch Grove Christmas Program and Visits
Scotch Grove notes report Will Clark visiting yesterday and Valentine Eby of Monticello staying with his brothers. A Christmas tree and program at the Presbyterian church closed Monday evening. De Dreibelbis returned home after nearly two years in the western states. School programs from Nos. 3 and 4 Friday evening were excellent with the children showing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Will Clark
Valentine Eby
Monticello
Presbyterian Church
de Dreibelbis
Christmas Programs and Estate Sale Notes
The report credits teachers Elsa Coder and Grace Moats for hard work and mentions visitors Misses Ethel and Miriam Rice from Cedar Rapids and Miss Josephine Sutherland from Oxford Junction. It notes a Cong Church song service directed by O. B. Crane and Breed's address about closing James S. Applegate farm estate sale details near Scotch Grove station. Dr Coffman will visit Lovell House December 26 for eye exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsa Coder
Grace Moats
Ethel and
Miriam Rice
Cedar Rapids
Josephine Sutherland
Oxford Junction
Blanche Clark
Wyoming
James S. Applegate
Scotch Grove
Charles S. Applegate
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