Wyoming Correspondence Reports Local News and Tragedy
Local notes from Wyoming Iowa dated February 21 report travelers and visitors from Anamosa and Sioux City, mid winter freshet, and a fatal accident near James French's. The Topaz Creamery creditors, new hotel management, and Hill Club social events are described along with a horse sale planned for March 3 and a fatality of Hugh Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
W.N. Morse
Chicago
C. O. Overley
Anamosa
D. R. Johnson
Mildred Anderson
Mary Sennett
Cedar Rapids
Sam Orr
South Dakota
John Mader
Sioux City
Hartley
Florence
Iva Mader
Topaz Creamery
Oxford Junction
James W. DeWitt
Springfield
Martha DeWitt
Webster Street
H. W. Behnke
B. Larkey
Jones County
Williams
R. S. Mann
Mann
Emma Hazlet
Hill
A. W. Anderson
G. W. Evans
Evans
Hugh Smith
John Long
Mr. Long
Mr. Smith
Ilinois
John Hammond
T. T. Club
E. M. Babcock
Stag Party Brings Seven O’clock Homeward Welcome
The weekly event gathers men who are told to return home at closing time. Mr Babcock arrives prompted by his wife while Gene apologizes for the hurry. Miss Fannie Franks and Miss Hattie Eichhorn help host with refreshments as women arrive later but still leave before plans change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Babcock
Gene
Fannie Franks
Hattie Eichhorn
Many visitors and events in Center Junction
Center Junction notes neighbors arriving from Wyoming Illinois Montana and Wisconsin with town residents hosting guests on a busy social run. A medicine troupe performs at the opera house and churches plan meetings and conversions as revival closures bring new members. Local weddings and travel homeward trips fill the week.
Prairieburg Notes From February 1911 Community page
Prairieburg and surrounding area reports list births marriages and visits. N J Benson travels to prison city. J Loder visits Anamosa. Hayes Dolan's newborn son. Anna Lawrence and John Ruley wed at Prairieburg. Mrs. Hannah Richards dies of tuberculosis. Mrs. T Baker shows slight health improvement. Mrs. Copeland visits Morning Sun. local roads block Sunday sermon. Henderson property bought by Myron Knapp for repairs and eventual hotel hosting in Cedar Rapids travel corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
N. J. Benson
J. Loder
Anamosa
Joslin
Cedar Rapids
Hayes Dolan
J. Drexler
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Fred Bebee
Marion
J. F. Kline
R. D. Crouch
Central City
Allie Whitney
T. Baker
Copeland
Morning Sun
Local Notes From Castle Grove Feb 21 Fern Howie and More
Fern Howie regained time from the Anamosa sanitarium last week. Walter Appleby stayed with friends in Hopkinton over the weekend. No chapel services were held last Sunday due to bad roads. Maude Sheppard visited Hopkinton for an overnight stay with her mother. James Hogan returned home from Anamosa after surgery. D J Hogan moves to the old homestead and repairs the house. Willie Delay recovered from mumps after a recent pneumonia siege. John Leonard to take charge of Hennessey farm when the family moves to Monticello. A belated valentine arrived for Mr and Mrs G J Heiken announcing a daughter, their third olive branch. Mary Kehoe, daughter of Mrs Simon Kehoe near Delaware county, died at about 15 from rheumatic heart disease.
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Center Junction
Robert Livingstone
Peter Robertson
Amber
Mattie Carson
Harry Johnson
W.S. Garrison
Wyoming
Minnie Dawson
Onslow
Will Dennison
Hopkinton
Charles Overley
Florence
Frank Livingstone
M. G. Alsever
H. M. Hart
Clifford McDonald
Oxford Junction
Joseph Jones
Epworth
F. W. Jones
Warren Turner
Clinton
John Weir
Fred Ebersole
Winthrop
H. O. Dixon
John Reid
Helena
Montana
Martha Carson
Lizzie McDonald
Mae Kent
Belle Scopenet
Monticello
Thursay
Isabelle Carson
James Livingstone
Merlin Moses
Gladys
Goldie Moncrief
Charles W. Preston
Inman
Nebraska
Preston
W. W. Woodward
Diamond Concert Co
Opera House
Wilfred Leggett
Virginia
Latta
Pangburn
Wisconsin
Fannie Carson
F. W. Serbousek
Howard Leech
J.B. Moses
M. G.alsever
Arthur B. Norris
Norris
Minnesota
M. E. Church
Presbyterian Church
Castle Grove
Fern Howie
Anamosa
Walter Appleby
Maude Sheppard
James F. Hogan
D. J. Hogan
Willie Delay
John Leonard
John Hennessey
Hennessey
Valentine
G. J. Heiken
Mary Kehoe
Simon Kehoe
Delaware County
Death of Mrs. E. Harper in Nebraska on train
Mrs. B. Harper mother of H. G. A. Harper district court clerk died in Nebraska from a third stroke of paralysis aboard a train while en route from Julien to a hospital at Heatrice. She was wife of Rev. E. Harper and survived by her husband and another son. Body to be brought to Anamosa for Riverside cemetery interment. funeral at H. G. A. Harper residence tomorrow at 2 PM conducted by Rev. B. J. Clark and Rev. C. H. Beaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Harper
Anamosa Eureka
B. Harper
H. G. A. Harper
District Court
Nebraska
Julien
Heatrice
Jones County
Harper
Monticello
Olin
Anamosa
Riverside Cemetery
B. J. Clark
Cedar Rapids
C. H. Beaver
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J. W. Doxsee
Puleston
Plymouth Rock
A. W. Cramer
Scotch Grove Township
Wm. J. Corbit
Iowa
A. Bejasch
L. L. Platt
Manchester
Fritz Wenger
Farrow
Castle Grove Township
I. A. Heiken
Condon
E. E. Reed
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
J. A. Voorhees
Perkins, Eclipse and Star Windmills
Leroy Clark
Locher Bros. Music Store
Edison
Victor
Singer and Wheeler & Wilson
Andrena Kiburz
Walter Allen
Guilford
D. E. Pond
Center Junction Savings Bank
Jones
Cedar Rapida
Continental & Commercial National Bank
State OF
Thos. Dawson
C. A. Burmeister
Bertha M. 8. Burmeister
J. M. Young
Loyal Order of Moose
James J. Davis
Bakewell
Pittsburg
Hubbard’s
E. A. Hubbard
Ubuyu
Doutrick Dry Goods CO
Stuhler
Stetsons
Beacon Falls
Warwick
Beacon Falls Rubbers
Lansing
Bea St Con
Cincereti Notina Trust
Nistir
GEO. Stuhler’s Sons Company
Santa Clara
Golden Harvest
C. A. Errickson & Co
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