Wyoming News Sketches of Christmas Visitors and Local Changes
A stream of holiday visitors is noted in Wyoming with people from Anamosa Cedar Rapids Davenport and Chicago stopping by relatives and friends. Sheriff-elect Arnold prepares for a move to Anamosa while Rev Baird leaves Helena Montana for rest. The community mourns clerk John L B McQueen and considers appointing J A Hartman as clerk of courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Bronson
Lisbon
Wm. Palman
Chicago
Arnold
Anamosa
Verda Litten
Onslow
J.D. Swigart
W. C. Swigart
J. W. Waite
Monticello
Alva Walston
Battle Creek
Iowa
C. Newell
Stanwood
Frank
Rock Island
Dell Wiggins
C.D. Wiggins
J. W. Hall
Frank Rhodes
Davenport
Will Rhodes
Miles
John Rhodes
Addie Brown
Prophetstown
Bertha Brown
Tampico
Inl
Imma Greene
Nicholas Lindsay
Opera House
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. EF. Church
A. K. Baird
McQueen
Local notes from Scotch Grourd area December events
Frank McKean returns home for the holidays. Mrs F E Bentley and child visit Hopkinton. J N Hughes of Cedar Rapids spends Christmas with his mother. C A Sutherland remains ill but improves. Geo Moats visited Highland to stay with Grandfather Moats. Libbie Dolittle and three sons visit C B McKean. Della Sutherland suffers blood poisoning but showing improvement. Olive Hughes hosts friends last Monday. Jim Hodges from Sioux City visits old friends after twenty years away. Geo Sutherland injures ankle after sled accident. crutches needed. Mrs Anna J McKean dies near Wellington Kansas. date and details unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McKean
F. E. Bentley
Little Rank
Hopkinton
J. On. Hughes
Cedar Rapids
C. A. Sutherland
Geo. Moats
Highland
Moats
Libbie Dolittle
Anna J. McKean
Wellington
Sumner Co
Kansas
Christmas in Castle Grove Prompts Community News
Castle Grove reports include Jas F Laude losing a cow last week and Mrs Andrew Davidson visiting Chicago. Families shared Christmas dinners and church celebrations while farmers prepare wood for winter. A sewing society oyster supper is planned January 7 1848 and Crusinberry receives a Christmas cutter as gifts from locals. A hog disease menace is noted with cautious reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. F. Laude
Andrew Davidson
Chicago
M. McLaughlin
Monticello
Castle Grove
F. J. Crusinberry
R. Shear
Hazel Green
W. H. Laude
Ladies’ Sewing Society
E. J. ‘Noble
J. Crusinberry
Co-Operative Creamery Company
Two farms report prevalent disease in 1897
The text notes a disease now common on two farms owned by A. W. Cramer and J. A. McLaughlin with livestock losses totaling 39 of 61 on Cramer's herd in two weeks and unspecified losses at McLaughlin's farm. It closes with reflections on the passing year 1897, its deaths, improvements, crops, and hog market, and wishes readers a happy New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
A. W. Cramer
J. A. McLaughlin
Cramer
Mr. McLaughlin
Onslow Notes From December Selections and Local Moves
Miss Lulu Sears returns home from Clinton as residents share health worries and visits. Mrs. O F E Cooley is seriously ill with lung fever. Town folk report illness, trips, and family news including a station agent donation, a new baby, and several trips and arrivals. Five stock cars shipped from the town by local families and businesses. Floy Rodman, once Floy Johnston, moves to Preston to live with her aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Sears
Clinton
O. FE. Cooley
McMullen
Prin, Sohol
Oxford Mills
Troy
Anamosa
Lamey
Roe
Stephen Walsworth
Nebraska
Geo. Evans
Toledo
Iowa
Sokol
Real Estate Transfers in Scotch Grove and Monticello Areas
A long list of transfers records numerous parcels in Scotch Grove Jefferson and surrounding townships including lands in sections 11 12 and 1 and 16 Madison and Rome. Transfers involve H F Kaylor Sarah J Orr Joseph Orr Geo H Simpson Fredrica Hanson Mable Bear J C Kimball J W Hammond Lady Zeller and others with sheriff executions and additions in Monticello Oxford Junction and Fairview. An item notes W A Overing’s brother J R Overing injured severely in Sioux City after a fall from a hotel porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Kaylor
King H. Kaylor
Sarah J. Orr
Joseph i
Orr
Scotch Grove
Joseph ¥. Orr
W.N. Tippitt
W. So Carr
Geo
H. Simpson
Fredrica Hanson
Madison
Walter Glenn
J. i Smith
W. Gawley
HK. C. Holt
Fairview
Anamosa
Oak- Tees
M. C. McFarling
Lamb Brothers
Rome
Anna Poppe
John Poppe
Land
Wayne
J.C. Kimball
W.O. Hammond
Oxford
Carter & Flanigan
Oxford Junction
Waty Bear
Greenfield
John Vernon
Ireland
Lucinda Slife Jackson L. D
W.M. Osborn
Louis Zeller
Thomas Blahnick
Hale
Turck
Monticello
John Grimm
E.R. Caffee
W. Thrap
Conrad Hotz
Rome Erty
J. R. Washington
Robert Kennedy
R. R
Ernest A. Northrup
H.W. Bigworth
J.P. Scroggs
Charles P. Barones
Charles Baird
Rebecca
Wilcox W. I. Lake
L. Schoonover
Cass
Maria Kellum
M. Miller
A. G. Brown
Albert W. Brown
Wyoming Richland
A. P. Norton
Charlotte Miller
Samuel van
Burglars Bound Over After Local Examination
Three burglars Winters Larkin and Kinney were bound over on burglary and larceny charges after a Tuesday preliminary exam. Bonds set at 500 and 1000 dollars with sureties. a piece of a drill matched evidence from a sleigh burglary. A separate First street runaway damaged a milk sleigh and buggy, injuring no one, as horses panicked and driver Joe Evers escaped harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Larkin
Kinney
Tur Express
Tue Express
Proctor’s
First Street
C.K. Hawkings
Page House
Ed. Hawkings
Joe Evers
Hoge’s
Monticelo
Mr. Hawkings
Fire destroys Reed residence near Coggon
Mr and Mrs Walter Reed lost their house and most belongings to a Monday night fire near Coggon. The blaze started in the garret chimney from rubbish mice carried near the chimney. They escaped with a bed and a few items. no insurance on the goods though the house was partially covered. Al Poore of Harger Bligh music in Dubuque will visit Monticello and vicinity regularly for pianos or organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Reed
al. Poore
Harger & Bligh Music House
Dubuque
Monticello
Indian rock carvings in Lake county Oregon attract archeology interest
A New York Ledger note describes numerous carved images on basaltic rock in Lake county Oregon. The markings depict Indians animals birds and reptiles in organized rows and groups. Some figures are highly skilled and resemble Central American and Mexican styles, suggesting a once vanished civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Central America
Mexico
New York Ledger
Newspaper Subscriptions and Local Land For Sale
The notice lists prices for annual subscriptions to THexpress and weekly Inter Ocean Toledo Blade Iowa State Capital and State Register with advance payment required. Also advertises a farmhouse for sale and a 146 acre farm in Castle Grove township with reasonable terms and inquiries directed to Monticello to Mrs Jane Forman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thexpress
Inter Ocean
the Express
Toledo Blade
Iowa State Capital
Tue Express
State Register
Castle Grove Township
Monticello
Jane Forman
A Bad Dollar and the Counterfeit Coin Tale
A large red whiskered man on a Wentworth avenue trolley recounts his misadventures with a counterfeit silver dollar. He explains how the coin passed in a grocery stockyards area and at a revenue office, where Captain Porter and the secret service stamped it with 2427 and his initials, promising return of a real dollar if he could swear to the original source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wentworth Avenue
West Side
Secret Service
Internal Revenue Office
Revenue Office
Uncle Sam
Captain Porter
Smarty
Secret Service Office
Porter
Chicago Times-Herald
The Last of the Drums on a Man of War
Lieutenant Don Marrast Perkins recounts how the ship’s drum signals midnight and summons the crew to combat readiness. The drill shows a sudden transformation from sleep to instant action as four hundred men spring to stations and prepare for battle in minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Marrast Perkins
United States Marine Corps
St. Nicholas
Army
Navy
Notice to Redeem From Tax Sale George Taylor
Assignee and holder of tax sale certificate informs George Taylor that property in Jones County was sold December 5 1892 for 18M taxes to N L Weaver. Three acres north of the river in SE quarter of NE quarter section 3 4 township 85 2 with promissory? redemptions expire 90 days from service. deed may be issued if not redeemed. Dated December 1 1897 Oscar E Fuller owner and holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Taylor
Jones County
N. L. Weaver
Towit
Ruppe
Oscar EK Fuller
Public notice of estate appointment for Mary McGovern
The district court of Jones county appoints the undersigned as Executor of the estate of Mary McGovern, deceased. All creditors must file claims with the court clerk sworn and clearly stated within legal time, and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Amamosa Town December 18 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
Town
Mary McGovern
Amamosa
Important to Buyers of Pianos in Monticello
De Vore Piano Co announces direct factory imports of top piano brands in Monticello. Offering models from The Celebrated Stock, Kranich & Bach, De Vore, and others at $100 to $125 below ordinary retail. One price, cash or seven percent interest installments, with shipping direct from factories and no subagency commissions. Call at Shipman building South Cedar Street to inspect, with limited local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Kranich & Bach
de Vore
Thec A. Smith & Co
Raymond
Hingis
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Freeport
Shipman Building
South
Cedar Street
Hirst
Mount‘cello State Bank
DE Voree Piano Co
Chicago
South Cedar Street
DeVore Piano Co Endorsed by Regional Press
Local papers praise the DeVore Piano Co and its leaders L M DeVore Jay DeVore and M H Wilcoxon. Reputations for integrity reliability and high sales of standard pianos are noted as patient endorsements from Freeport McGregor Bellevue and Prairie du Chien era sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
DeVore Piano Co
Chicago and
Freeport, Ul
Freeport Daily Bulletin
DeVore
Freeport Daily Democrat
Northwest
L. M. DeVore
M. H. Wilcoxon
Jay DeVore
Lie Daily Journal
Freeport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monticello Express
Wyotsiing
Wromine
W. A. Overing
J. R. Overing
Charter Oak
Ute
Sioux City
Sioux City Journal
Overing
Marion Register
Marion
Coggon
Rock Pictures
Cleveland
Andrew McGovern
First
Congregational Church
Monticello, Ian
North Iowa
Jay de Vore
McGregor and Vicinity
Ercenort, Til
McGregor
J. D. Hurlbut
Union
Prairie du Chien
Wis
de Vore Piano Co
Hurlbut
NeVore Piano Co
Bellevue
Jackson County
J. H. BaenEer & Co
Eagle Drug Store
A. Kempf
Deutsche Apotheke
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