Wyoming Correspondence Reports Social Visit and Local News
Wyoming notes include visits from Thos Nolan Monmouth and W N Morse with R M Corbit in Oxford Junction Measles and sickness rise in town with a food sale by M E church women and a concert at the opera house in memory of Lincoln's birthday The dairy train lecture highlights farm needs and child health issues Grace Young dies at age seven and Edward Wiggam lectures on child rearing and hygiene in schools
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Wyoming
D. &. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Thos. Nolan
Monmouth
W.N. Morse
R. M. Corbit
Oxford Junction
Elsie Garrison
Waterloo
D. W. Nichols
Mason City
C. H. Sheridan
Charles Allen
Dedham
D. A. White
Pixley Smith
Ft. Dodge
John Buckholtz
Henry Sage Jr
F. L. Harrington
Chicago
Eva Brazelton
Monticello
Elsie Bender
M. E. Church
BR. R. Marshall
O. W. Breidenthal
Hopkinton
Presbyterian Church
Center Junction
Charles Westphal
Westphal
West Jones Street
Oak Peck
Morley
Byron Finch
Clinton
James McQuown
Finch
East Webster Street
Erma Pringle
Kenneth Babcock
Galesburg
Ilinois
Kenneth
Business
Krause
Mr. Cave
H. E. Wilcox
Massilon
Grace Young
Albert Young
Scotch Grove Township
S. B. McClelland
Onslow
Ee Y Township
Edward Wiggam
Fire destroys Jo sin Mercantile and Knapp Hotel in Prairieburg
Prairieburg experiences a major blaze Friday night destroying the Joslin Mercantile Co. store and the adjacent Knapp Hotel. The Joslin firm recently expanded with a new 80 foot addition and modern fixtures, valued around $8000, with no insurance on the hotel. Residents praise the firefighters and mourn the loss to the town's commerce.
Cascade items and Monticello reminiscences from The Express notes
The column covers social visits and business travel in Cascade and Monticello, reports revival meetings and local clergy schedules, weather and river concerns, a 30 year ago feature with marriages and storms, and a brief local advertisement. It records multiple names, places, and events, including residents from Cascade and Monticello, and references to nearby towns like Pender and Des Moines.
Castle Grove Notes Reflect Local Happenings
D J Hogan shipped cattle again this week. Miss Helen Poppe is sick with mumps. Will Heiken visited the county seat last week. Alva Hiler has recovered enough to be about. Mumps appear in the F Eileen and George Miller homes. Monday night rain filled cisterns and rose streams. A Parkersburg banking firm representative did business locally. A party and shower honored Miss Alice Green and Cortland Appleby with a good time reported.
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Castle Grove
D. J. Hogan
Helen Poppe
Will Heiken
Alva Hiler
F. Eileen
George Miller
Parkersburg
H. N. Appleby
Alice Green
Cortland Appleby
Onslow Notes and Local Happenings in February
Ed and Roy Beck spent last week in Chicago. J B Hall is confined at home by neuralgia. Jud Nichols moved to Len Brown farm. Village girls held a valentine party in the opera house. Mrs J F Cohoon visits ill father Daniel Cooley. Henry Underwood from Yates Center Kansas visits family. Tracy’s corner store closes for invoicing and sale of interest. Daniel Cooley very ill with little hope. Ed Franks confined by sickness. Presbyterian ladies plan a chicken pie supper February 22 with 5 30 PM serving and evening amusements for youth.
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Onslow
Roy Beck
Chicago
G. B. Hall
Jud Nichols
Len Brown
Opera House
W. A. Mackrill
Wall
South Dakota
J. F. Cohoon
Cedar Falls
Daniel Cooley
Henry Underwood
Yates Center
Kansas
S. W. Underwood
Cliff
George
J. 8. Tracy
Maquoketa
Dr. Heiman
Ed Franks
the Presbyterian Church
Center Junction Social Notes February 14
Center Junction updates list residents on sick lists and visits. Robert Livingstone is ill. Frank Preston returns from Des Moines. M G Alsever travels to Wyoming. Misa Lottie Rice of Monticello visits Belle Moncrief. Mrs M G Alsever spent last day.
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Center Junction
Robert Livingstone
Frank Preston
Des Moines
M. G. Alsever
Wyoming
Misa Lottie Rice
Monticello
Belle Moncrief
Monticello Board of Education Meeting Minutes
The Monticello board of education met in regular session on February 3 1911. Members present included J W Coxsee J E Bateman C D Chase and Dr T M Redmond. Minutes of prior meetings were read and approved. bills were read and allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Board of Education
J. W. Coxsee
J. E. Bateman
C. D. Chase
T. M. Redmond
Reciprocity with Canada and Iowa Farmers
The piece argues that reciprocity with Canada should require fairness for all, not just farmers when Iowa manufacturers are left protected. It urges strong balance and warns against unequal competition. It also promotes using The Express want column to connect buyers and sellers.
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Mt. Vernon
Canada
Iowa
The
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Ile
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Wm. Byerly
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Conklin
Martha Caldwell
Cherrill Parker
Central City
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Joslin
Kanuth
Abbey
W. Carlton
M. E
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J. A. Walker
H. G. Rowley
Florence Lawshe
George Chase
L. E. Minehart
Viola Blanche
Glenn Forestall
Royston
Coggon
Baptist
Forestall
J. S. Joslin
Joslin Mercantile Co
Knapp
Warren Whitney
Justin
Mr. S. Joslin
Otto A. DeLaney
John Letze
H.O. Dixon
Frank Petersen
John Livingstone
John Alexander
George Killinger
Ethyle McDonald
Alice Mead
Mesdames
J. A. McDonald
James Mead
Inman
Nebraska
W. W. Woodward
C. W. Preston
Thomas Dawson
American Falls
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Q. J. Felton
Will Felton
Miles City
Montana
Charles Felton
Sioux City
Will
Milwaukee
Charles
Christ’s Kingdom
Layton
Jeffry
Jeffry Will Assist In the Work Till He Has To Go, Friday Evening. Mr. Hill
Rev. Shaffer
Cascade
C. H. Huntington Sr
James McHugh
Linnie Shotwell
Vinton
W. S. Gould
R.H
D. A. Beatty
New Mexico
Clara Huntington
Huntington
John Theisen
Jacob Lees
West Side
Fillmore
the Express
Robert Topping
Mary J. Bacon
J.B. J. Caldwell
N. B. Hall
J. L. Corbett
Scotch Grove
Susan Matthison
Jane Sutherland
Anton Matthiessen
Hoag Duster Company
James A. Galligan
Doutrick’s
Schlool Board Proceedings
J. N. Peterson
Hubbard’s
E. A. Hubbard
Doutrick Dry Goods Coo
Stuhlers
Uhlers
Femaie Aes
Beacon Falls
Samson
Warwick
Beacon Falls Rubbers
TRAD
Abster
Stahler’s Sons Company
Santa Clara
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