Wyoming Notes Reflect Community Life and Local Changes
Correspondence from Wyoming on February 9 reports Dallas Swordes death and funeral plans, quarantine actions on Clay and Washington townships affecting livestock movement, bank status at Citizens State Bank with new assistant cashier H. M. Carpenter Jr., and various local happenings. Framed by farm sales, travel, social visits, birthdays, and upcoming Memorial Day fundraising, the item portrays a bustling town adapting to weather, restriction, and civic duties.
Quarantine Fears Stir Castle Grove Farms and Local News
Foot and mouth fears trigger quarantine on Frank Brady and M A Waddick farms. Livestock exodus followed as Brady and John Waddick traveled to Cascade and Butler Township. Community events note a Valentine social and various farm shipments to Chicago. Local road work contracts and illnesses across residents are reported along with multiple movements to Chicago and Minnesota trips.
Prairieburg death notice and local items from February
Conrad Spoon dies at 81 after years as an invalid and a fall. services held at the Hanold home in Prairieburg with burial in Richland Center Wisconsin. Several local notes follow including supply delays for C A N groceries, Mrs Wagner visiting, and a Cedar Rapids wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Spoon
C. Hanold
Prairieburg
Iowa
Spoon
New York
Richland Center
Wisconsin
Hanolds
Maggie L. Spoon
Dwelle
Central City
O. H. Hanold
Paul Lauser
Doggan
J. W. Wagner
Elmo Whitney
Wagner
Sioux City
Carrie Whitney Coquillett
Oroggon
E. M. Adama
Adams
Harry Schoonover
Miss Harrison
Cedar Rapids
John Dolan
Tampico
Illinois
Copeland
Morning Sun
N. J. Benson
Onslow Notes Onlast Paths And Toll Roads
Onslow February 9 record confirms prior notes about potato parings in the stove and patrols on roads. The writer recalls childhood travels over toll roads where workers were present on the pike, similar to current railroad conditions.
Center Junction News Roundup of Illness and Local Notes
Dozens in Center Junction are listed as sick including Mrs Lacey with pneumonia Misses Carrie Preas and Jessie Smith with grippe and Claude Tomlinson and Paul Frey with severe colds Dr Kent and Miss Mae plan to move to Oxford Junction They will be missed Henry Gerrets baby is seriously ill Two doctors were called on Tuesday Mr and Mrs Wm Meade visited Elmer Andrews Mrs C W Preston enjoys a visit from Mrs McGilvey Somerset party was hosted at Mr Petersons J A McDonald attended business in Anamosa Saturday W Frey did business in Monticello Tuesday The school house remains an unfinished problem Grant Walton announces a public sale Friday Lewis Mead was in Anamosa Tuesday Ward is putting up ice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Dallas Swordes
Delmar Junction
the Swordes
Clay
Washington
Citizens State Bank
H. M. Carpenter,Jr
Monticello
Aga Wright
Clay Township
J. H. Felker
Cedar Rapids
Wright
Smith James
Madison Center
James
Wisconsin
Frank Tasker
Mr. Tasker
Virginia
North Carolina
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Ben Paul Post
D. B. Courtright
John Kennedy
Ed L. Barker
Minnesota
Park Chamberlain
John Behnke
Hale
J. W. Morse
Lyle Thompkins
Henry Eichhorn, Jr
Center Junction
Lacey
Carrie Preas
Jessie Smith
Claude Tomlinson
Paul Frey
Kent
Mae
Oxford Junction
Henry Gerret
Wm. Meade
Elmer Andrews
C. W. Preston
McGilvey
Somerset
Lewis Mead
Anamosa
Tuesay
Mr. Ward
Harvard College receives manuscript of America by Smith family
The article notes that the manuscript of America has been presented to Harvard College by the children of its author Rev Samuel Francis Smith. It also mentions a Fort Dodge girl who learned she danced twenty one miles when wearing a pedometer at a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Chief
Fort Dodge
America
Harvard College
Samuel Francis Smith
Notice of suit to quiet title in Jones County court
In the District Court of Iowa Jones County March Term 1915 E J Lightfoot sues numerous defendants to quiet title to east half of northeast quarter of section 5 township 8 north range 4 west and bar any adverse claims unless they answer by noon of the second day of the March term 1915 default will be entered and judgment rendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the
State of
Iowa
Jones County
E. J. Lightfoot
A. Cline
Andrew Cline
Phillip J. Cline
Charles A. Cline
William B. Cline
Emiline Fisher
John Fisher
Marion Lafayette Cline
Maud Cline
Cora Burgess
Frances Eaton
Roy Eaton
Dot Beam
Harold Beam
Laura Egger
Irene Egger
Harold Egger
Joseph M. Hofacre
Maggie S. Hofacre
Olive C. Hosford
Alonzo Hosford
Frank M. Hofacre
Dena
Anamosa
Deanes
R.A. Cartano
Edwards Hilers
William Haslam
Lorenzo Bolles, Jr
Susan Spaulding
Edmund Spaulding
William Dalton
John E. Crane
Betsey Pratt
Sarah E. Pratt
Pratt
Maggie
Hofacre
Dena S. Hofacre
Anna A. Best
Fred Best
Eva C Bartlett
George Bartlett
Jessie Pratt Vesey
George Vesey
Naomi F. Sandhouse
W. S. Sandhouse
District Court
R. A. Cartano
Edward Eilers
J. J. Locher
Chambers
Monticello
HO. Ellison
18Th Judicial District of Iowa
Loanzy Wright
William Wright
Tracy Wright
Frank Wright
Sellas Wright
Lewis Wright
Charles Wright
Catharine Wright
Asa Wright
Lena Wright
Fannie Bowers
Solomon Bowers
Lola Hooser
Butler Hooger
H. W. Shipley
James C. Wright
North Range
A. D
J.W. Doxsee
Desirable building lots for sale in north town
For sale two desirable building lots on a paved street in the north end of town offered by W. D. Magee. Also for sale an 80 acre blue grass pasture by H. Null of Onslow Iowa. if not sold soon will be rented. A farm of 120 acres for rent with details from Mrs. Mary B Butler at 2114 N Main St Dubuque Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Magee
H. Null
Onslow
Iowa
Mary B Butler
N. Main St
Dubuque
Owa
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Doxsee
R. R
Clinton
Arthur McMaster
Perry Scroggie
Rutheren
Charles Scroggie
Perry
Emery Cole
George Lyons
Phillipa
Castle Grove
Frank Brady
M. A. Waddick
Brady
Mr. Waddick
John Waddick
Cascade
Butler Township
Jackson County
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
BE. J. Noble
John Simpson
J. H. Specht
Langworthy
Thos
John Simpson, Jr
Henry Knake
James F. Lahey
Harley
Mary
E. E. Orcutt
J. A. Howie
No. 9
Esther Sullivan
A. F. M. Caspers
Peter Caspers
Detroit
Michigan
Henry Hills
Strawberry Point
Rev. H. Naether
Bellevue
M. J. Hogan
Fred Harken
Louis Barrack
Will Hiller
Fred Athen
Minnie Frasier
Loche Knodany
Hans
Fritz
Kettlitz & Kay
L. G. Stabler
W. O. Welch
C. OC. Marshall
E. A. Hubbard
Lovell Township
Herrick & Reed
Town
Rosina Binggell
Byrne & Byrne
Chhestnut Street
Amanda Hosford
P. QO
Central Petroleum Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Canton
Grace Albery
Hol Schlemme
Henry Schlemme
Scotch Grove
Linn
J. A. Voorhees
Ed Schlemme
Joe Hofacre
P. A. Hosford
Platte
South Dakota
A. A. Mirick
W. A. Mirick
Scotch Grove Township
Center School
J. Hughes
Louisville Courier-Journal
Patrick
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Hyde
Fred Puleston
Eflers & Bolton
Doutrick Dry Goods Co
TVS
Saint-Gauden
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Hart Shaffner & Marx
George Stuhler
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