Wyoming Correspondence Highlights Local Events and Visits
In Wyoming on February 9 1909 readers learn of travels to Springville Anamosa Cedar Rapids Lost Nation Monticello and Davenport. Lectures Lincoln anniversary plans school board interest and two potential female directors are noted along with social gatherings at the Shaffers and warm hospitality at their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
George Holub
Springville
L.J. Bender
Anamosa
Henry Fishwild
Business College
Cedar Rapids
W.R. Houle
Lost Nation
Fred Arnold
Chicago
John Thomson
Monticello
E. H. Knittle
Onslow
Chamberlain
Ida Fishwild
Coe College
Fr. P. Johnson
G. A. Gearhart
C. E. Walston
Hale
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
Opera House
W. H. Ilsley
W. G. Wherry
C. B. Shafer
W. O. Shaffer
C. B. Shaffer
Cascade News Highlights Visitors and Local Events
L M Roux vacations in Texas. Jacob Reter and John F Redmond visit Cascade. Supervisor John Curran and P J Kennedy visit from Seattle and Northwestern Iowa. Wm Turnis ill with typhoid fever. Local bread contest winners named. R J Baldwin marries Anna Gainor of Waukon. Wm Hosch and Miss Carrie Kurt wed. honeymoon in Chicago. Cascade Co operative Creamery reports annual milk and product totals. Pioneers Thos Devaney and others traced from England through Canada to Iowa. Local emigration stories note Indian fears and early settlement challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
L. M. Roux
Texas
Jacob Reter
Worthington
John F. Redmond
John Curran
Jackson County
P. J. Kennedy
Seattle
Low Ritter
Iowa
J. E. Cort
Holdridge
Nebraska
E. M. Ke
Anna Gainor
Waukon
Wm. Hosch
Richland Township
Carrie Kurt
St. Mary’s
Chicago
Cascade Co-operative Creamery Co
Thos. Devaney
London
England
Hudson Bay Country
Hugh
Alex Livingstone
Dan Sinclair
Donald
Ebenezer Sutherland
Jas
Livingstone
Hugh Ross
Jones County
George Sutherland
David Bremmer
David McCoy
McKeans
Canada
Dakota
Longtime Cascade Postmaster Thos Devaney Remembered
In 1851 he married Marie Drew and the couple shared nearly 68 years of marriage. For over 70 years his post office address was Cascade Iowa. His memories include the search for Wm McCabe's lost child and the freezing deaths of Hugh and James Livingstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Drew
Thos Devaney
Cascade
Iowa
Wm. McCabe
Hugh Livingstone
James Livingstone
Local notes from Center Junction social updates
Miss Olive Moses performed in Monti cello while Sam Alexander visited near Onslow. Mrs Eva Espy wed Mr Farr of Canton last week. Guthrie of Winthrop tours sister’s home. hogs shipped to Chicago by James Young and Phil Norris. Various residents attend events in Monticello Hopkinton and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Olive Moses
Monticello
Sam Alexander
Onslow
Eva Espy
Farr
Canton
Guthrie
Winthrop
John Thompson
James Young
Phil Norris
Chicago
Frank McNeilly
Ed Sieveke
Wyoming
William Pangburn
W.S. Pangburn
Sam G. Thompson
Hopkinton
J. F. Livingstone
J. McNeilly
Michigan
M. W. Herrick
B. A. Woodworth
Madison Village
Pangburn
Eleanor McDonald
O. N. Freeman
Rev. Brown
Waterloo
K. Ks
Dr. Young
Robert Williamson
Charles Williamson
Hop
Local Notes from Castle Grove and Surroundings
Miss Mattie Clark visited Cedar Rapids recently. Dan McDonnell plans to move to a Delaware county farm. A Cashman child is sick with lung fever. Mrs. Lundon considers building a new barn in spring. Interior chapel decorating finished. Anne Darnell visited C Wilder in Sandwich Illinois. Assessor F C Cramer has covered much of the township. A E Laude rents F C McLaughlin’s farm. Chapel services slated for Sunday with Dr Parkhill to speak. Appleby couple surprised by friends and neighbors. Farmers Mutual Insurance Association now has 80 members and $161,857 in eleven months. John Burrack recently sold a near 300 acre farm for just over $111 per acre and remains in possession for another year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Mattie Clark
Cedar Rapids
Dan McDonnell
Delaware County
John Burrack
Burrack
February 1889 Local News Highlights and Oddities
Wheatland Gazette half interest purchased by Frank Buxton. Birth of a baby boy to Dr. and Mrs O B Rundle on the 12th. Eva C Hofacre and Parker Bartlett married on the 13th. James T McWilliams and Sarah Elizabeth Beck wed on the 20th. Two masquerade balls by Miller and Sherrer. Edmund Quirk dies near Sand Spring at 103. Nellie Garlock fractures a leg on Brad street. Gallagher and Weir return from fruit tree selling trip. John Scales family back in Monticello from Central City. Union revival meetings promise reform. Thomas Cowan dies near Cascade at 73. Jennings travel to Chicago for Will Velton wedding on the 26th. H D Smith notes warm January followed by cold February. City council criticized for vacating and gifting streets amid smallpox costs. Practical jokers trick Frank Friend with wedding hoax. Milk condensary proposal excites town, Express criticized for not joining hue and cry. project lacks backing and ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Frank Buxton
Wheatland Gazette
O. B. Rundle
Eva C. Hofacre
Mr. Parker
Bartlett
James T. McWilliams
Sarah Elizabeth Beck
Messers, Miller & Sherrer
Edmund Quirk
Sand Spring
Nellie Garlock
Brad Street
Messrs
C. J. Gallagher
Will Weir
Finois
John’Scales
Monticello
Central City
Thomas Cowan
Cascade
A. P. Jennings
Chicago
Will Velton
H. D. Smith
Frank Friend
Springville
The
Express
Hue and Cry
Annual Store Inventory Blowout Sale Opens
Our annual inventory is completed and all odds and ends are gathered on tables at reduced prices. One Lot to Close at tale price five dollars. O'coats and overcoats offered at marked discounts to clear stock. Fifty pair available.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monticello Express
J. W. Doxsee
Doutrick’s
Menrns
Reefer O’coats
Bobe
Cape
SIC
Rockford
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