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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
4
Wyoming News Notes and Local Social Highlights
January report from Wyoming Iowa covers visits by Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa residents, church events, a New Year post office opening, a surprise party for Elsie Holub, Y M C A Gospel Team activities at Lenox College, and a Friday opera house concert featuring local talent with the Gospel Team. It notes civic meetings, a potential judge candidate F F Dawley, and community remarks on conduct and young virtues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
the Express
Dillon Franks
Cedar Rapids
W. H. Underwood
Onslow
Bay View Club
Chas. Eye
Henrietta Franks
L. W. Benbow
Ottumwa
John Thomson
E. E. Myers
Maye
Rowena
A. P. Norton
Sterling, Ilinois
Paul Levien
State Agricultural College
Ames
W. W. Garlton
M. B
C. B. Price
Conrad
Mr. Price
Ilene Thorpe
Manchester
J. C. Glenn
Norway
Walter James
Chicago
Q. W. James
Addie Glenn
Linna Graham
Monmouth
Illinois
Marie Wherry
Allen
Edwards
Hogeboom
White
Buda
Biglow
Roy Ireland
Hopkinton
Lenox College
Roy
Opera House
Paul Melrose
Beveridge
Mark Hanna
F. F. Dawley
Supreme Court
Dawley
Iowa
Supreme Court of
M. E
Elsie Holub
Miss Holub
Scotch Grove
Nickless
Fletcher Aitcheson
Jesse Greenup
Oliver Wilson
Ellery Reed
G. A. R. Hall
Missea Aleta
Florence Vaughn
Beth Wherry
Jessie Hernon
Ed Hernon
Harold Wilcox
Jessie Greenup
Marguerite Wilker
Reading
Miss H. Joseph
B. H. Chamberlain
Belden Dennison
Mesdames Vaughn
Wilcox
Camberlain
Graham
Mr. Dennison
Miss Joseph
Gospel Team Shines In Saturday Concert Aid
Saturday afternoon a Gospel Team impressed as both entertainers and Christian workers. Local participants contributed to the program, aiding in the concert's success with strong readings and helpfulness.
Community Notes Reach Across Towns in January Visit List
Center Junction reports numerous visits and arrivals from Pomeroy Idaho Falls Cameron Oxford Wyoming Anamosa Scotch Grove Hedrick Earlville Colesbury Springville and Buchanan County residents. Notable items include births at home December 27, a funeral notice for Samuel T Wilson LaPlace Illinois and church events announced by the Presbyterian congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
George Sechusen
Pomeroy
Eric Eggers
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Harvey Young
Cameron
Missouri
Timothy Lockwood
George Andrews
H. O. Dixon
Winthrop
Harry Schwager
Cedar Rapids
O. OC. Overly
Wyoming
O. H. Preston
Oxford
Florence Livingstone
Charles H. Preston
W. S. Garrison
S. M. Walton
Anamosa
Jake Courtney
James Stevenson
Howard Leech
Huert Landherr
Monticello
Hubert Blayney
Olin
John Kleineck
Jim
Marguerite McNeilly
Andrew Porter
George Felton
M. O. Felton
Everett Stickley
Martin Peterson
George Andrews Jr
O Kleineck
Will Fiedler
Oxford Junction
J. F. Livingstone
Myrtle
John Alexander
Harold
Arthur Crorey
Kleineck
John Stickley
John Carson
Will Serbousek
C. H. Preaton
John Thompson
Samuel T. Wilson
LaPlace
Illinois
Wilson
Buchanan County
Center Juncton
Presbyterian Church
Prairieburg News Roundup Sparks Local Happenings
January notes from Prairieburg report Mrs T Abbey confined at home after a serious fall. Depot construction on main line progresses. Ada Golden visits friends. Hanna McLaughlin helps in store amid father’s illness. Thomas Dolan family from Aurora visit relatives. Mrs Karonda of Wyoming visits. Gertrude Richards stays with Edna Myers during school break. Buckleys attend a Waterloo wedding. Weather hinders church attendance. Florence Lawshe arrives to recover. Wenger couple celebrate silver anniversary with a dance. Alice Cowan visits from Monticello. Spoon fractures leg. poor prognosis. M C Walker, recovering from stroke, uses a cane. Lee Franklin attends father’s funeral in town. Doran and Donald return to Cedar Rapids after visit. Harry Vance recovering from accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
T. Abbey
R. R. Co
Ada Golden
Howard Titus
Marion
Hanna McLaughlin
Thomas Dolan
Aurora
Karonda
F. J. Holub
Wyoming
Gertrude Richards
Edna Myers
Anthon
C. BE. Buckley
Rowley
Spoon
M. C. Walker
Lee Franklin
Mitchell
South Dakota
Onslow Notes and Local Transfers in January
Onslow news reports W H Underwood's trip to Davenport on Tuesday. George Hall of Davenport visits his parents Mr and Mrs G B Hall. W H Conley sold his meat business to E J Hines of Anamosa, with Hines moving across the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
W. H. Underwood
Davenport
George Hall
G. B. Hall
W.H. Conley
E. J. Hines
Anamosa
Mr. Hines
Local Notes and Visitors Highlight Small-Town Life
The column lists residents and visitors including Mildred McClelland from Mount Vernon, Edwards & Son receiving spring machinery, Dr Knittle and family in Waterloo, Rev Hill and Dr Carleton leading M E church meetings, Adah Walters home from Dike Iowa, Presbyterian dinner at the opera house raising 26 dollars, George Smiths of Clinton visiting, Ralph Brown's Chicago trip, Easlers from Independence visiting Noyes family, Chris Anderson shipping cattle to Chicago, and Rev Earl Benbour of McCormick Seminary preaching while a minister is sought for the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
George Smith, Sr
George Smith
Clinton
Smith
Sears
Ralph Brown
Chicago
Carl Brown
Charles Easler
Florence Easler
Independence
Castle Grove News Briefs and Farmers Mutual Meeting
Castle Grove reports visits by Earl Gilillan to Hopkinton and Joseph Curtin to D. J. Hogan's Cedar Rapids tale. A new baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chaloupka. Miss Myrtle Cunningham teaches in Plymouth county after vacation. The Farmers Mutual Insurance association held a meeting to close the year and plans a lightning rod demonstration with an expert at the annual gathering.
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Castle Grove
Earl Gilillan
Hopkinton
D.J. Hogan
Chicago
Joseph Curtin
Cedar Rapids
D. J. Hogan’s
Mazie Cunningham
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Myrtle Cunningham
Plymouth County
Henry Chaloupka
the Express
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
New Year's Dance Well Attended at Opera House
Cascade notes a well attended New Year's dance at the opera house last night. Local residents host guests from Dubuque and Emery while winter weather disrupts travel. Several townspeople return home for holidays and local officials prepare for January sessions. The Eastern Star holds its annual election naming 1912 officers.
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Cascade
Opera House
B. Hubbard
Chicago
T. H. McQuillin
C. A. Fenny
the Baptist Church
Des Moines
John Martin
Quincey
Ilinois
David Barton
Order Eastern Star
Julia Craft
W. M
J. T. Bevan
W. P
O. J. Winters
Mrydle Gosden
Lulu Higgs
Bertha Faber
Treas
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association meeting in Castle Grove
Annual meeting of the Farmers Mutual Insurance association of Castle Grove Iowa to be held at School House No 2 Castle Grove Township on Saturday January 18 1912 at 1 p m. Secretary S M Hosford requests attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Castle Grove
Iowa
Castle Grove Township
Charn
Moscow Beacon
Arctic
Samson
New Library Books and Local Nuptials in Hopkinton
A long list of new library books is announced including Deland and Barrie titles among others. The MacIntosh McNeill nuptials report details a December 27 ceremony in Hopkinton with a family reception and a five course wedding dinner.
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New Library
Grenfell
Labrador
Stuart
Deland
Steiner
Kelly
Montgomery
Smith
Kennedy Square
Burnett
Wiggin
Mother Carey
Johnson
Buckrose
Reed
Barrie
Peter
Wendy
Brown
Grinnell
Harper’s
St. John
Paine
Sandy Sawyer
Swift
Tiger
Bancroft
Perkins
White
Holbrook
Bird
Marm Lisa
Crothers
New Warden at the Anamosa Reformatory Advances Prison Reform
Charles McClaughhry succeeds Marquis Barr as warden and assumes duties after a Des Moines visit with the board of control. He argues against idle prison life as destructive, opposes convict built roads, and supports optional wages to convicts' families with discretion based on home training and relatives' willingness to receive earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformatory
Charles McClaughhry
Marquis Barr
Anamosa Reformatory
Anamosa
Des Moines
Board of Control
Ideness
McClaughry
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J. W. Doxser
Oakwood Cemetery
Eliza
Fawcett
Paul Schneider
Catharine Zumbrunen
Herbert Benedict
Ruth Benedict
Meldrada Hubbard
Benson UL. Hoyt
Lucy Brundage
Fritz Wenger
Minnie Carmichael
Geo, Rettig
Leonard Allamand
Mary W. Schatz
Kenneth Wilson
Lydia Babcock
Fred
A. O. Dreibeibis
Mary W. Heisey
Louisa Woods
Fienny Paulsen
Clara Boland
Samuel Thompson
Wilma Peterson
John Holler
Frances C. Farley
Ella Berlin
Herman F. Witt
B. Kenk
Clark Byam
I Miles Fliat
Robert E. Sorensen
Ellen Cummings
Janet Davidson
Bertha Nagle
Michael Berlin
S. M. Hosford
Miller
Kriety
Malone
West Point
Bunny Boy
Bunny Bright Eyes
Bunny
Little Bear
MacIntosh—McNeill
Robert James McNeill
Sarah Christine MacIntosh
S. T. Foster
Turner Foster
Samuel E. Greer
McNeill Farm
Farmers’ State Bank
Hopkinton Reformed Presbyterian Church
McNiell
Pleasant Bay
Inverness Co
Nova Scotia
Provincial Normal School
Truro
Malden City Hospital
Malden
Mass
Sioux City Journal
United States
Japan
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Sioux City
Dubuque
Woodrow Wilson
Topeka
Chicago Evening Post
Doutrick Dry Goods CO
James A. McNeal
Stahler’s
Jowa Arctic
Seo
Stuhlers
Lowa Moscow
Monticello Bank
H. C. Bohlken
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
D. E. Pond
Lovell Bank Building
J. E. Bateman
W. First St
Monticello, Iowa
Matt Campbell
Siebels & Heeren
Voorhees Coal CO
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