Marriages and local events in Wyoming Wyoming
In Wyoming Wyoming on February 6 reports note several marriages from the past week. Alice first wed Millard Jackson of Kellerton Iowa and will reside there. Emma Peterson wed William Reese of Olin and John Peterson wed Bertha Reese of Olin and will live near Wyoming. Also mention cold weather affecting activities and retirements of local merchant H W Kettlesen. The Commercial club plans a home talent musical tonight.
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Wyoming
Alice
Millard Jackson
Kellerton
Iowa
William Reese
Olin
Emma Peterson
John Peterson
Bertha Reese
Lowdon
Delmar
H. W. Kettlesen
Kettlesen
E.E. Myers
G. W. James
Sand Spring Neighbors Note Local Happenings
Sand Spring residents report Jos Yankovic of Austrian origin had tumor removed from his toe in Iowa City and is recovering well. Hopkinton visitors Clarence Orcutt and Mrs. Herbert Bush arrived to meet family in Dallas. Teachers Mazie Meyer and Rather McAleer visited Monticello. Various townsfolk traveled to Dubuque Monticello and Hopkinton for visits, shopping, or errands.
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Jos Yankovic
Iowa City
Joe
Clarence Orcutt
Hopkinton
Onslow
Will Hanken
Floyd Slauson
F. D. Slauson
Murray Bacon
Mra
Marshall Neil
Vernon Slauson
Margaret Greer
Center Junction
Barney Schaeffer
Jacob Kissling
Springville
Wm. Doll
R. J. Quthrie
Monticello
Walter Appleby
Jacob Paulsen
Onslow Notes Rural Tragedy And Local News
February reports detail a railroad accident injuring G Overley in Springvalley with both legs amputated below the knee. Visits by Mrs A E Chase, Harry Chase, Marmion Overley, and involvement of Prof Kays’ family accompany a newborn girl in the Kays family. Charles McManter suffers a stroke, with one arm paralyzed, and recovery hopes noted. The M E society ladies visited Center Junction for a dinner. Maude Spooner out sick with grippe. Charles Owens and family from Marshalltown visit locals east of town.
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M. E. Society
Center Junction
Rev. Davis
Maude Spooner
Scotch Grove Co operative Creamery elects officers
In Scotch Grove on February 8 the Co operative Creamery Co held its annual meeting electing Henry Carson as president Harm Helgins as vice president and H R Jacobs as secretary Old directors were reelected with W Leggett added The creamery starts the year with good prospects Neighbors celebrated a birthday at Mr and Mrs Julius Behnkes They plan to move to a farm near Onslow after a blizzard caused train delays and school disruptions Local updates note hall funds and plans to begin building weather permitting plus several residents are ill or traveling The village records include births moves and visits by residents with frequent sickness and social news
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Scotch Grove
Co-operative Creamery Co
Henry Carson
Harm Helgins
H.R. Jacobs
W. &. Leggett
Julius Behnke
Happy
Elmer Rathburn
Harm Behnken
Amber
Ben Husman
Dakota
Robert Balster
Frank Royden
Hopkinton
Tuesaday
M. M. Sinclair
Grippe
F. W. Royden
Sylvan Bixby
Community notes from Center Junction and beyond
A Center Junction update recalls a February play Only a Deaconess praised for uplifting humor and virtue. Thanks are extended to supporters after a recent fire, with many local names and weekend visits mentioned from Delmar to Monticello and Ames.
Obituary and storm disruption disrupt Cascade area
Misa Ella Goodyear dies at West Union home of Miss Ella Parrott. Obsequies to be attended by Misa C. H. Macomber and Ruth. Regular narrow gauge trains halted Sunday storm. resumed Tuesday after crews cleared snow. Farley mailman James Greenwood arrives with cargo despite drifts. Local figures Will Sedlick and J. L. Faber travel for business and meetings. Several residents listed as ill.
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Cascade
C. H. Macomber
Misa Ella Goodyear
Ella Parrott
West Union
Miss Goodyear
Misa Parrott
James Greenwood
Farley Mail
Will Sedlick
Burlay
Idaho
Bill
Weather and personal notes from Castle Grove community
A severe cold snap marked by wind and snow accompanied by temperatures about fifteen below zero. News items report Mrs Frances Dress moving in with her brother Charles Murphy, N P Clark and son ill at Cass township, Minnie McLaughlin returning from Chicago and Kentucky, J A McLaughlin regaining mobility, Mrs E J Noble improving, Mrs A L Fairbanks recovering, a local dance at Joe Bayles, Peter Caspers shipping porkers to Chicago, C A Fairbanks visiting Dubuque, and F C Cramer sending hogs to Chicago along with Irving Deaton returning from Springfield Missouri.
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Castle Grove
Medicine Hat
Mercury
Frances Dress
Cedar Rapids
Charles Murphy
N.p.clark
Cass Township
Minnie McLaughlin
Chicago
Kentucky
J. A. McLaughlin
E. J. Noble
A. L. Fairbanks
Joe Bayles
Peter Caspers
C. A. Fairbanks
Dubuque
F. C. Cramer
Irving Deaton
Springfield
Missouri
Langworthy Couple Weds at St. John's Lutheran Church
Carl Pleuger and Miss Engel Doden were married on February 7 at St. John's Lutheran Church by Rev. W. H. L. Schuetz. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pleuger, an intelligent young farmer, and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doden, a popular young lady.
Local notes from Scotch Grove and area
Farming plans at Jacoba farm near Scotch Grove. Folkert Hedden attends the wedding of John Folken and Margaret Albers. The couple will live at Henry Rodick farm. Emma Stadtmueller hosts a basket social at district No. 3 schoolhouse with a Friday program. Henry and August Scheer travel to Manchester due to illness of brother-in-law Carl Heidieman. John J. Batehelder of Sand Springs visits home town by Ford. Adolph Dierks welcomes a baby boy born Tuesday January 30.
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Jacoba
Scotch Grove
Folkert Hedden
John Folken
Margaret Albers
Ide
Henry Rodick
Emma Stadtmueller
School House
Henry
August Scheer
Manchester
Carl Heidieman
John JL. Batehelder
Sand Springs
Bis
Ford
Adolph Dierks
Prairieburg Notes Farewell for Hanolds and Local Events
In Prairieburg on February 5 Mr and Mrs H H Hanold hosted a farewell gathering as they prepare to move to Wyoming Iowa with the husband buying store property. Prof Crawford rushed to Waterloo for a brother’s illness and operation. Union SS classes held a basket social January 31 raising 16.95. Stimpson, injured last week, is improving at 84. Mary Banning visited and returned home. O A DeLancey has been unwell recently.
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Prairieburg
H. Hanold
Hanold
Wyoming
Iowa
Prof. Crawford
Waterloo
Crawford
Union S. Ss
Stimpson
Mary Banning
O. A. DeLancey
Births and deaths mark busy week in Butler county area
A son born to Mr and Mrs Thomas Fagan of Fillmore on January 26 and a girl to Mr and Mrs John Coohey of Fillmore on January 8 are noted along with a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs John Mundell. Mrs Mary Feeney died in Otter Creek township Jackson county, funeral led by Rev Mullen at St Catherine's. Patrick Grace, 85, longtime Butler township resident born in Ireland, died and was buried at St Patrick's. Fire destroyed a residence on FR MecQuillen farm near town, rented by John Davis and family, spreading from an attic to the main house.
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Thomas Fagan
Fillmore
John Coohey
John Mundell
Mary Feeney
Otter Creek Township
Jackson County
Sylvia Switch
Father Mullen
St. Catherine’s
Butler Township
Patrick Grace
Ireland
Michael Grace
Phillip Grace
Garryowen
St. Patrick’s Church
P. J. Coffey
Stormy City Council Session Charts Paving Plans
Mrs. Noah Wolf died in Chicago last Saturday. Funeral held there Monday. family formerly resided in Anamosa. Deputy Sheriff Webster burned his hand Sunday trying to start a fire in the jail tramp room. kerosene ignition caused a burn. Jones County faces potential damage suit as Renner of Cedar Rapids Gazette is injured in a county road bridge work accident. He spent weeks in Iowa City hospital with a leg cast after driving into an unguarded hole.
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Noah Wolf
Chicago
Anamosa
Webster
Jones County
Renner
Cedar Rapida Gazette
Iowa City
Local notices and price talk fill rural Monticello page
Dr W H Ensign attended the funeral of Mrs A Bort in Monticello Tuesday. W A LeClerc plans spring move to farm west of Hartville after selling his North Fork property. Scarlet fever case at Frank Smith home Union township with quarantine. epidemics risk noted. Farm deal talks recall past values as J H Littlefield buys farm near Hopkinton from O Spence, now occupied by W A Place.
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W. H. Ensign
Monticello
A. Bort
W. A. LeClerc
North Fork
Hartville
Frank Smith
Union Township
Iowa
J. H. Littlefield
O. Spence
Hopkinton
W. A. Place
The Man Behind the Millinery Reel Clash
A light hearted exchange unfolds as an audience member asks a man to remove his hat to see a film screen, and a woman jokes she would help but deems the reel unsuitable for him. The banter reflects social etiquette around hats and cinema in a Boston Globe style.
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Boston Globe
High School Notes and Sports Highlights
Gladys Sandhouse reports on senior quotes and gym events as freshmen plan a Saturday party. A Sunday storm left many empty seats Monday, while seniors fret over low physics grades. Monticello beat Anamosa 33-18 in a fast, well behaved basketball game with strong team play and fan support.
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Gladys Sandhouse
Netta
Wilma Cooper
Manchester
Ruth
Nell Wilson
Hazel Herrington
Miss Robb
Halstead Carpenter
Girle’ Glee Club
Coe College
Monticello
Anamosa
Our Boys
Befpt Maruge
Twenty Years Ago February Marriages and Births in Monticello
The Monticello Express notes February 1897 events: multiple Monticello marriages including Etta Perkins with Francis Wood on the 10th and Katherine Cashen to John Fitzsimmons on the 24th. Births include a son to Mr. and Mrs. William Van Meter and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George Brown. Other marriages and moves involve local residents and merchants with notes on Cross-town residents and businesses.
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Monticello
Langworthy
Epworth
Iowa
Katherine Cashen
John Fitzsimmons
Carrie Haeussler
John Reichart
Sand Spring
George Brown
Richland Township
Johanna Weers
Oltman Schmidt
Castle Grove Township
John Weers
Wilkinson
Oskaloosa
Anna Berlin
Bruce Cropp
Michael Berlin
Herman Tiarks
Tiarks & Soetje
Oscar H. Soetje
W. B. Pearson
Anamosa
Fannie D. Waite
Carrie Clark
Esther Simons
Chicago
David Goldstone
Goldstone
Mike Curtin
Charles Rustede
Condon
Newton Chocolate Shop
John Heery
Washington Township
Mary A. Hogan
M. S. Murphy
Catholic Church
Storm Echoes Across Center Junction Hall
A vivid phone overheard exchange during a fierce storm in Center Junction captures J. N. Smith and his son-in-law discussing the weather and a mock war of snows. The elder voice imagines King Winter halting plans by freezing a great pond and inviting a Kaiser-like figure to a bobsled summit.
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Center Junction
J. N. Smith
J. N
King Winter
Mt. McKinley
Alaska
Wilson
Unusually good Monticello library report highlights
Librarian Miss Nettie Hazard notes strong activity with 44 magazines bound 91 new readers registered and 1 434 books issued. Daily circulation averages 5B 102 and dips to 32 with 38 2 percent adult fiction. Reading rooms host 264 and general room 1 948 visitors. fines total 3 36 and out of town card fees 1 00. Diamonds of quality. C R Coon.
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Nettie Hazard
Monticello Public
Uncertainty Over Carranza Villa’s Mexico Pursuit Claim
The Omaha World-Herald notes it is not yet certain which leader Carranza or Villa will boast about chasing the Americans out of Mexico.
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Omaha World-Herald
Carranza
Villa
Mexico
Mitchell Republican urges farmers to plant potatoes next spring
The Mitchell Republican expresses hope that United States farmers will remember to plant potatoes next spring, urging timely preparation and crop planning.
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Mitchell Republican
United States
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Monticello Express
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Chas. Leggett
C. L. Gould
James Mead
Ethel Dodge
Mary Mead
J. M. Young
Mildred Spohn
Forrest Craig
Ames
F. L. Serbousek
J. C. Davis
Prairie Burl
Cascade Pioneer
Diamonds of Quality
C. R. Coon
C. N. Patrick
Ricklefs & McNeill
Monticello, Iowa
Jones National School of Auctioneering
U. L. Story
I.a
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Harry E. Netcott
Independence, Iowa
Ricklefs & Men
Singer
Edison
Aeolian Vocalion
Talking
Frank A. Locher
Music House
Central Lumber & Coal Co
G. P. Rockstad, Mgr
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