Wyoming Correspondence Highlights Town Visitors and Local News
A collage of social notes from Wyoming Iowa dated January 3 recounts visits by John Tompkins W I Chamberlain Etta Fishwild and others across Monticello Cascade and Cedar Rapids. It notes the district church week of prayer civic league activities a wedding J W Richards Mae Brainard and a fond look at local creditors and horse buying by H P Barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
John Tompkins
W. I. Chamberlain
Etta Fishwild
Monticello
R. M. Corbit
Cascade
Pansy Hutchins
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
B. Shaffer
William Bohler
Center Junction
C. C. Overley
Robbie
Ethel Brush
McConnel
Stanwood
H. P. Barber
Main
Washington
J. W. Richards
Mechanicsville
Mae Brainard
McIntosh
Methodist Church
Ridal
Richards
Whitney Brainard
Dr. Richards
Smith
Davenport
Anamosa
Snyder
Olin
Jones County
Robbie Overley
Cascade News Roundup Shows Local Arrivals and Events
J F Higgs of Wyoming state among entries in F W Kingsley list. Walter Lauser of Randolph Nebraska visiting Cascade. Alice Kingsley to depart for Pella next Thursday. Mrs W G Wise of Waterloo under postmaster's root. Peter Rink house sold Saturday to Mr Bollinger for 705 dollars. Mrs C J Martin of Bay City Michigan visiting Dr Skinner and wife. Will Hawkins visiting R H Patterson family in Charles City. Kit Maloney of Bellevue visiting Fannie Pederson. Merton E Moore returns to Ames after visit with parents. William Bisenius Jr of Randolph Nebraska with N J Bisenius family in Cascade. J F Anson and wife back home in East Cascade. 24 head of horses taken from town. bought by R W Brown of Baldwin. Mrs Benj Boyer to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
J. F. Higgs
Wyoming State
F. W. Kingsley
Walter Lauser
Randolph
Nebraska
Our City
Alice Kingsley
Pella
W. G. Wise
Waterloo
Root
Peter Rink
Bollinger
C. J. Martin
Bay City
Michigan
Skinner
East Cascade
R. W. Brown
Baldwin
Benj. Boyer
Local Notables Attend Ritter Funeral and Cast New Year Notes
A week of funerals and social notes crosses Washta Iowa with visits from Robt Finlayson and wife from Grundy Centre, weathered by remembrances of Mrs Harrison Hickman and Jared Retter. The town also marked weddings, fires injuring veteran G W Skinner, and New Year resolutions from residents, with updates on locals moving, illness, and church festivities.
Local notes from Castle Grove and surrounding area
The Castle Grove column reports a blistery week with illness to Mrs. Alfred Miers and Mrs. Alexander Davidson, a blizzard blocking crossroads, a dance at H C Bohlken’s, a first mail route trip, riders visiting Buck Creek, and a series of community events. Dairy officials Wright Shilling Keefer speak on pasture use silos ensilage and dairy care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Alfred Miers
Alexander Davidson
Hosford
Monticello
Bowman
Maquoketa
Fld. McLaughlin
Samuel Eberhart
Laredo
Missouri
H.C. Bohlken
Mary Davidson
Essie Hoag
Noble
Wilder
Downerville
A.W. Cramer
William Tiller
Buck Creek
O’brien
Mark Hogan
Chicago
George Davidson
Platt
South Dakota
Alonzo Hosford
Matilda Cramer
Mason City
A. W. Cramer
Miss McAleer
Elsie
Grace Noble
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
T. F. Waddick
Clarence McLaughlin
Business
Wright
8. B. Shilling
Ile
Shilling
Keefer
Manchester
Rural Route 2 News and Local Mentions
Rural Route No 2 notes for January 9 1906 report sightings and visits. A black fox was seen in Worster Grove last Saturday. Local residents John Bohlken and Henry Rickels sawed wood. Lawrence Wahl of Marion visits A B Jacobs. August and Otto Peck of Lemars visit Wayne. Wilson the Baker medicine man was snowbound with Gerd Harms in Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worster Grove
John Bohlken
C. Husmaan
Lawrence Wahl
Marion
A. B. Jacobs
Henry Rickels
Sand Hill
L. Durst
Ben Behrends
Otto Peck
Lemars
Wayne
Wilson
Baker
Gerd Harms
Onslow Notes and Local Tidings January Update
Rural Route 2 started from the office with Charles A. Hutton as carrier. Visitors include Wilson Walters with Maquoketa family. Commodore Smith and wife with John Walston family. Mr. and Mrs. Randall of Sigourney. Thomas Hamilton dies at 60. Mrs. George Lyons learns her father George Bottomstone is improving at Rosebud claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lyons
George Bottomstone
George
Ile
Local notes from Amber amid January events
J C Bailey traveled to Chicago on a business trip last week. John Bailey bought a new refrigerator for his meat market. Henry Crane and his Ida Grove daughter visit relatives for a few days. The local creamery was acquired by Farmers Cooperative Creamery Co. on January 1. Tom Weiss bought a gasoline engine and offers grinding feed and wood sawing services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
J.C. Bailey
Chicago
John Bailey
Henry Crane
Ida Grove
Iowa
Farmers Co-operative Creamery Co
Tom Weiss
Death and family of early pioneer Overley in Jones county
William S. Overley dies at Christmas dawn aged 458 years months 17 days. Parents John C. Overley and Ellen South. Survived by three siblings and seven children from a Madison township marriage later moving to Onslow. Notable relatives include Henry Overley killed at Pea Ridge and John A. Q Overley who died 1905. Funeral by Rev. Van Buren, North Madison Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Overley
John C. Overley
Jones County
Fleming County
Kentucky
Margaret Krouse
Davenport
Iowa
Sarah A. McIntyre
Onslow
Charles C. Overley
Wyoming
Oklahoma
M. FE. Church
Masonic Fraternity
Keystone Lodge No. 206
van Buren
Monticello
North Madison Cemetery
Wyoming Journal
Interchurch Meetings Set Next Week Across Five Churches
Union church services begin Monday evening with a five night program arranged by local pastors. Each night features a different church and a scripture grounded topic such as Seeking to Know God John 17 3 and Having the Mind of Christ Philippians 2 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Presbyterian Church
Congregational Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Christ
The NW Year Poem Reflections on fate and duty
A reflective verse entry contemplates entering a new year as a maze of life and death. The speaker vows to observe, love, and perhaps hate, while performing the duties destiny assigns.
December 1905 Marriage Licenses Granted by Clerk of Court
The court clerk issued marriage licenses in December 1905 to a list of individuals including Peter Brockhoff Katrina Peterson Allan H Metcalf Frances Lamb Charles H Robinson Eva Darrow John M Moffett Jennie T Holmes William J Dawson Georgeanna Reynolds Thomas Streets Hattie Yearom H Nelson Curtis Cora A Boyery R H Tobiassen Anna M Schoon Howard Zimmerman Bessie Murfield George Lee Bemrose Mary O Deen H T Eastwood Maggie J Smith Mort N Mackey Millie F E Mason Parley F Winchip Frances I Mackey Walker Berlin Mable Brown J P Valandingham Agnes C Fraisier James W Richards Julia M Brainard Amos D Wood Elma Glick Elden L Kohl Grace Everhart Herbert H Peck Lillian B Brownell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Brockhoff
Katrina Peterson
Allan H. Metcalf
Frances Lamb
Charles H. Robinson
Eva Darrow
John M. Moffett
Jennie T. Holmes
William J. Dawson
Georgeanna Reynolds
Thomas Streets
Hattie Yearom
H. Nelson Curtis
Cora A. Boyery
R. H. Tobiassen
Anna M. Schoon
Howard Zimmerman
Bessie Murfield
George Lee Bemrose
Mary O’ Deen
H. T. Eastwood
Maggie J. Smith
Mort N. Mackey
Millie FE. Mason
Parley FE
Winchip
Frances I. Mackey
Walker Berlin
Mable Brown
HN Pel J.P. Valandingham
Agnes C. Fraisier
James W. Richards
Julia M. Brainard
Amos D. Wood
Eee
Elma Glick
Elden
Prayer for God Not Man in Church Anecdote
The late Thomas B. Reed recalled Dr. Reed of Indianapolis who prayed softly during Sunday services until a stranger asked him to pray louder. Reed opened his eyes and replied he was addressing God, not the man in the rear, a quip recorded by Bretton Woods Bugle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Thomas B. Reed
Dr. Reed
Indianapolis
Congress
Not So Fortunate Stray Exchange
A terse exchange unfolds as a prisoner’s lodger disclaims ownership of wrongdoing while a judgmental lady questions his past. The dialogue captures a clipped era tone and social tension in a brief vignette.
Knicker-Faced Golfer Honored With Tombstone Inscription
Local note recalls Becker a golfer who had his tombstone inscribed Made his last hole. The item appears in N Y Sun with a concise epitaph reflecting his hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becker
Oklahoma girl advertises for husband and wins
A Sparks Oklahoma woman advertised for a husband and obtained one. The total cost for advertising and wedding outfits was 11 dollars. He died within a year leaving her a 10 thousand dollar insurance policy. The item notes some claim advertising pays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Okla
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Harrison Hickman
Loop City
Winston
Clear Lake
R. ©. Robbins
Mendota
Illinois
W. C. Halbert
Township
Ethel Tamil
Ralph O. Smith
G. W. Skinner
Listner’s Ford
Tle
Davis
Griffin
Mary Shaffer
Lorraine
France
America
Indiana
Domnic Dehner
John Shaeffer
Bellwood
J. H. Shaeffer
Barbary Metzenburg
Davis City
Lizzie Leytem
City
Daughers
Sisters of Charity
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Will Schoon
Diamond Creamery Co
G. H. Balster
John Franken
Nanne Hanken
Flenny Schuetz
St. Louis
Lutheran Concordia Seminary
Rev
Wm. Schuetz
Bowen’s Prairie
John Siebles
P. Hagen
Frank Payne
Fred Gray
Chauncey Bates
Post Office Department
Wallace Gray
William L. Overley
New Library
Public Library
Harper’s
Scribner’s
McClure’s
Outlook
Amicis
Brooks
Fouque
Undine
Hornibrook
Lang
Snow Man
Lewis
Robinson
Stuart
R. M
Babette
Wells
Carolyn
Patty and
Spice
W. G. Eilers
Michael Berlin
Mabel Brown
Farley
G. H. George
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Express
Axtell
Northwest
Independence
Ohio
Iowa Land Co
Auditor’s Office
German Mutual Insurance Co
Henry Alferts
Sand Spring
H. B. Bohlken
Bowen
F.M. Hicks
Bowen's Prairie
E Hicks
W. Ik. Ackerman
van Meter
Ife
Shallenberger
Jas. Adams
Muscatine, Ia
Tropical Fruit Co
Jacksonville, Fla
Jehus
Omnibus Companies
London
Evening Standard
Week of Prayer Topics
Barry
Cornwall
Hamilton
Thos. E. Sutton
New York
Johnson-Stuhler Clothing Co
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