Wyoming news in January events and notices
A busy Wyoming scene includes visits from Geo. W. Lield Jr. and L. B. Parscal on business, church union prayers, New Year gatherings, a 40th wedding anniversary, school appointments, horse trade, a Davenport eye specialist appearance, and a Rural Mail Carriers meeting. Community notices cover repairs, telegraph lines, and a Hawthorne Club social with dead letter office drill.
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Wyoming
Geo. W. Lield Jr
Olin
L. B. Parscal
Canton Wan
Lesehe
Chicago
Henry Brainer
Lamatte
R. J. Heald
Mt. Vernon
H. J. Wilcox
Florence
Ivah Mader
Mies the Grossman
Lenox College
Myre
Briggs
St. Paul
Calkins
C. B. Larkey
Marion
J. L. Cane
Mies
Alice Kirkpatrick
Mies Florence Vaughn
Mabel Kirkpatrick
Bear Creek Valley Telephone Company
G. A. R. Hall
O. H. Peck
A. W. Peck
L. L. Ireland
Olm
Robert R. Heasty
Callie Tebo
D. G. Tebo
J. W. McBurney
Rural Mail Carriers Association of
Jones County
Wid Brazelton
I. M. Rodman
Monticello
RB. H. White
L. A. Leek
Geo. Atkina
Ward Kent
C. A. Hutton
H. H. Roberta
Onslow
Ed Brazelton
OC. A. Hutton
J. M. Rodman
Kk. Ki. White
State Association
Des Moines
Mr. Brazeltan
A.M. Loomits
R. M. Corbit
Hawthorne Qulad
Hawthorne Club
Cascade Residents Visit and Local Church Elections
Cascade notes list visitors from Waukon Cedar Falls Platte South Dakota and Washington Mills while Alderman Kearney attends Coon Rapids interests. New Year era party at Mre T A Hamil, Hamil family return from Pocahontas, deacons elected at Baptist church, and O J S of Cascade hosts a banquet with officers and members attending. FredLindeman of Las Vegas badly hurt Dec 30 1908. horse accident required heroic treatment and long recovery ahead. O J S banquet praised as grand meeting with many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
R. J. Baldwin
Waukon
Harry Briden
Cedar Falls
Mra. S. J
Sharpsburg
Iowa
Mre
T. A. Hamil
C. A. Hamil
Pocahontas County
al Murray
Baptist Church
A. P. Namil
Eri. Moore
Ben Hawkins
J. W. Beatty
W. Fagan
Alex Beatty
G. Craft
Mollie Moore
Fred Linceman
Las Vegas
N. M
Tred
Lindeman
Dubuque
O. Js. 8
Misa Birden
Baldwin Ada
Pearl Bevan
Ruth
Iva Pierce
Esther
J. IL. Faber
Martha
Ilecta
Sadie Beatty
Warden
Henry Gosten
Local Notes From Onslow Area Highlight Marriages Moves and Bank News
Abe Kennison visits from Okiboji while McMaster enters Agricultural College at Ames. Onslow Savings Bank increases capital to 20000. Arthur McMaster travels to Vernal Minnesota to visit Merrit Osborn. Carroll Lightfoot attends business college in Waterloo. Misa Slazel Courtwright marries Mr Koler in Maywood Illinois. Ira Tlume visits Powerville Missouri to manage Stimson block trade. Mrs. Vincent returns to Belle Plaine. Wim. Paul stays steady. Mrs. Magee of Monticello cares for bedridden Mrs. McIntyre with Dr. Spence of Wyoming attending. Mrs. McKennon and brother David Henderson reopen dining room. Archur Styne moves from Wyoming to J. Grouse home. Len Carroll marries Mrs. Hall of La Salle Illinois. ceremony at magistrate T. H. Lightfoot in May. Hotel aims to host visitors. Dr. Knittle orders Christmas dinner. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Sokol host guests from Wyoming Monmouth and Maquoketa.
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Onslow
Abe Kennison
Okiboji
McMaster
Agricultural College
Ames
Onslow Savings Bank
Arthur McMaster
Verndale
Minnesota
Merrit Osborn
Carroll Lightfoot
Waterloo
Business College
Misa Slazel Courtwright
Mr Koler
Maywood
Ilinois
Ira Tlume
Poweraville
Stimson
Vincent
Belle Plaine
Wim. Paul
Mal Magee
Monticello
McIntyre
Len Carroll
Hall
la Salle
T. HH. Lightfoet
Dr. Knittle
Maquoketa
I. J. Sokol
Wyoming
Monmouth
Community Roundup From Castle Grove Jan 6
Local notes recount Mrs. A Starr returning home from Oelwein and D J Noble nursing a sore toe. Peter Caspers visits Illinois relatives while D J Hogan ships cattle to Jackson. Ford Clark travels to South Dakota to visit sister Mattie. Farmers Mutual Insurance directors meet. Mrs J A McLaughlin and daughter visit Cedar Rapids. Grace Noble returns to Coe College in Cedar Rapids. Mrs Frank Scott of Chico visits family. Chapel interior work to begin with Monticello contractor Jacobson. George Van Buren family depart for Tuscola Illinois. New Year gatherings hosted by J A Howie and A M Fairbanks. A blizzard from Medicine Hat brings 21 below zero after 60 degree drop.
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Castle Grove
A. Starr
Oelwein
D. J. Noble
Peter Caspers
Illinois
D. J. Hogan
Jackson
Ford Clark
South Dakota
Mattie
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
J. A. McLaughlin
Minnie
Cedar Rapids
Misa Grace Noble
Coe College
Frank Scott
Chico
California
Myre
Noble
Jacobson
Monticello
George van Buren
Medicine Hat
Alonday
Local items and notes from Onslow and nearby farms
Clay notes Bert Wherry installed a telephone and D W Russell’s ale was satisfactory last week. Norges gold reaches 175 dollars. The express calendar meets standards. Hogs delivered in Onslow by Chatterton Wherry Behrends and Juluff, with two shipped to Chicago. Alfred Hanna visiting his mother and renting Moses farm. Leveports corn crop appears in O’Brien county where he lived two years. Vera Butler wed John Cobar at W J Coburn’s home near Wyoming. They plan to live on C S Butler’s farm northeast of Onglow, wishing happiness.
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Clay
Bert Wherry
D. W. Russell
Norges
Onslow
Chatterton
Wherry
Behrends
Juluff
Chicago
Alfred Hanna Ig
Moses Farm
Scotch Grove
O'Brien
W. J. Coburn
Wyoming
Vera Butler
Hving Daghter
C. S. Butler
John Cobar
Local social notes and visits in Center Junction
Center Junction residents and visitors are listed with trips to Monticello Onslow Wyoming and Scotch Grove. Names include David Magee Chicago Rev McClellan Onslow L A Dreibelbis F W Jones Merlin Moses Harry Stingley Elizabeth Corbet and others. A skating crowd enjoyed the rink Saturday evening and several townspeople traveled for family visits and professional calls.
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Center Junction
David Magee
Chicago
John Carson
Rev. McClellan
Onslow
Fred Carson
L. A. Dreibelbis
F. W. Jones
Epworth
Robert Platner
Wyoming
John
Sam Alexander
Maquoketa
Merlin Moses
Harry Stingley
Lawrence Streeter
Swartz Farm
Poor Farm
Albery
Monticello
C. O. Watson
B. C. McKean
Drinkwater
Canada
Charles Michels Ban
Honge
Lawrence Streater
John Bailey
Elizabeth Corbet
KR. T
B. Dennison
Hopkinton
Presbyterian Church
Scotch Grove
Bitter cold fronts spurs factory shift to feather dusters
The mercury read 20 degrees below zero as workers braved the cold with bare heads and rolled sleeves. Hoag & Wood halted broom and whisky production to focus all lines on feather dusters. Local social life notes include a leap year ball at Anamosa and a contentious county telephone rate dispute. Emerconian Society held debates on whether old times were better. Sherman read an essay and Gallagher delivered a declamation.
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Mercury
Hoag & Wood
N. W. Austin
Dakota
Instrumenta
Monticello
Emerconian Society
A. H. Beala
8. S. Harris
Inest Sherman
Duffy
Gallagher
Robert Stirton
Marcus Farwell
Grant Hicks
Rural Route 3 Social Notes Spanning New Year Visits
Rural Route 3 residents share New Year greetings and visits. C Decker spent Tuesday in Anamosa, while Miss Minnie Ricklefs returned to Wayne. Anna Behrends went back to Cedar Rapids Monday, and the Prull sisters hosted relatives at Jake Kisaling's. O Decker and family traveled to John Bohlken’s home, plus many county folk marked New Year’s Eve at the Prull home. Will Behrends visited Castle Grove as did Hank Barrack and sister Anna at John Behrends’s place.
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Mrg. C. Decker
Anamoan
Roy
Minnie Ricklefs
Wayne
Anna Behrends
Anamosa
Sophia Behrends
Cedar Rapids
Maggie
Lettia Prull
Jake Kisaling
O. Decker
John Bohlken
Prull
Will Behrends
Castle Grove
Willie
Hank Barrack
Anna
John Behrenda
Mieses Mare Nordman
Margaret Reuter
Wyoming Cemetery Interments in 1908
List of burials at Wyoming Cemetery for 1908 with burial dates ages and names. Notable entries include Harriett Marshall 78 Edna Franks 22 and Caroline Witter 92. overall counts show 28 burials with most over 70, June and October busiest, and historical comparison to 1907 1906 and 1905.
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J. Ky Pixley
Henry
Rising
Gladys Parsons
O. Cy. Keller
Mra. Wm. Foote
J. W. Wherry I.e
J. D. Rhodes
Margaret J. Krouse
Isabella H. Streeper
William H. Urban
J. H. Cooksey
Jerry Woodyard
Elmer Leroy Streeper
Silas F. Moana
Peter Babnsen
Abner Kimball
John Russell Oe
Caroline Witter
Mrs. Jas
Mallicoat
M. Zaruba
B. Miijahewee
August Hansen
George E. Behnke
Satin
Thomas McKinnon
Twenty five Years Ago at Monticello January 1884
Monticello remembers January 1884 with a list of local life events from The Express. Marriages occur including Frank White and Katie Samele on the 9th and L. E. Brownell with Mrs. Cooper on the 3rd. deaths include Louisa M Phillips on the 30th. A. A. Barnhill begins hardware stock invoices. Duer partners Lena Rohn and R L Duer plan a grocery. A young man Samuel Williamson dies after a tree fall in Scotch Grove. Dr Henry’s roller rink nears completion. Will Calkins bets he can walk from Michael Hofacre’s place to Monticello.
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Monticello
The
Express
D. &. Pond
Worcester
Boston
Frank White
Katie Samele
D. S. Kinsella
Perley
L. E. Brownell
E. A. Cooper
H. Stevenson
Flora Perrine
J. L. Wilson
Michael Hofacre
Mayor Urges Italian Relief Drive Across Monticello
Mayor J A Voorhees calls on Monticello residents to donate to the Sicily and Southern Italy relief fund via banks, under governor R C Stirton’s oversight, with Red Cross handling distribution. The notice also reports Monticello State Bank’s annual meeting, reelecting directors, appointing officers, and a 7 percent semi annual dividend while noting cashier N M Carpenter’s illness.
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Voorhees
Italy
Iowa
Sicily
Monticello
American National Red Cross
R. C. Stirton
Hhis
Channel House
J. A. Voorhees
Monticello State Bank
S. & Farwell
G. Hf. George
John A. McLaughlin
Wm. Stabler
O. W. Soetje
EK. E. Hicks
John McDonald
M. W. Herrick
H. M. Carpenter
S.S. Farwell
Adam Eve and Some Apples Headline
A quirky puzzle cites multiple fruit counts as Eve and Adam reportedly eat varying numbers of apples. The piece culminates in a dramatic, exaggerated total of 81,896,864 apples, attributed to a Kansas newspaper spoof.
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Adam
Eve
Ikansasity Independent
Marriage by purchase in Savage Africa a social norm
The piece notes that in Savage Africa husbands may buy their wives as a form of charity rather than owning them. It argues wife purchase devalues marriage into a market contract yet motivates youth to work, as lazy suitors are shunned by women and parents.
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Savage
Africa
Wide World Magazine
The sea rose Joathery grows as a stone-attached larva
A Joathery sea creature clings to the sea floor in infancy and grows to about three inches long and an inch and a half wide. While undisturbed it unfurls a pink rose like top with petals an inch long, but shuns the exposure by closing into a leather pod when disturbed.
Southern Spoon Corn Bread Recipe Instructions
Boil water and cornmeal then cook five minutes while stirring. Add butter two eggs milk and salt. Beat thoroughly, pour into a greased dish and bake thirty five minutes in a hot oven. Serve from the dish in which it is baked. What to eat.
How Colonel Sinclair Won a Slave
An eyewitness recounts Colonel Sinclair buying a slave named Bob from his master Larkins after a high stakes Mississippi riverboat poker game. Sinclair wins a fortune with kings and a potential flush, then transfers the winnings to gain Bob’s freedom, though Bob remains the colonel’s slave until the Civil War.
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Mississippi
Bob
Larkins
Sinclair Fnboard
Sinclair
New Orleans
Ife
Edmond Compton
Spider Cures Highlight Odd Traditional Remedies
London Chronicle notes curious medical beliefs with spiders used as cures. In China spider webs cooked with alum are burned and the ashes blown into the throat for croup or ague. Somersetshire folk seal a box with a large black spider until it dies to cure ague. In Middlesex a patient swallows a spider. A German lady found ground spiders tasty like nuts.
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China
Somersetshire
Londonu Chronicle
Voice of Heaven Denies Scholar’s Humble Wish
In R F Johns on’s From De kin to Mandalay a por Chinese scholar blessed by heaven asks only for simple clothes food and freedom to wander until life’s end. The divine messenger retorts that such humble requests are heavenly joy and urges him to seek wealth or earthly power instead.
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R. F. Johnseon
Dekin
Mandalay
The Ungrateful Cuckoo in London Opinion
The London Saturday Review calls the cuckoo the most disreputable of birds stating he lacks memory and morality while still acting gay. It argues Pat the cuckoo is a murderer from birth, killing his foster brothers before leaving the nest.
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Pat
London Saturday Review
The Wrong Lady Warns Idle Catcallers in Mobile
In Mobile Alabama an older boy warns a group of young idlers who hiss at passing shopgirls that the wrong lady will appear and break their faces. A Negro quarter scene follows with a dirgelike sung by a passing woman who calls it a mournful song, yet says it serves as her business in heaven.
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Mobile
Ala
Yassum
Gambling systems and the ruined dream of winning at Monte Carlo
A Cleveland Moffett excerpt argues no gambling system can overcome Monte Carlo odds after extensive testing. The piece notes many claimed methods fail, with only rare winners, and frames gambling as a clash between steadfast will and emotionless machines.
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Monte Carlo
Hiram Maxim
Angro
Cleveland Moffett
Success Magazine
Which is Weber and which is Wields in show mixup
A playful Bohemian Magazine excerpt notes two husky Western visitors visiting the Weber field Museum of Drama in New York. They ask which name matches which performer and joke about preferring the other role.
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Weber
Wields
New York
Weberfield Museum of Drama
Tields
Bohemian Magazine
Engagement Question Sparks Heartfelt Dilemma
A young woman questions why a friend became engaged to Herbert noting the rival Jones girl loves him. The friend admits lack of affection but reveals the Jones girl’s strong feelings as the motive behind the engagement.
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Herbert
Jones
Proposer’s Fear Sparks Guardian Angel Comment
A playful exchange about why men dread proposing ends with a quip that the guardian angel holds him back, illustrating a humorous social moment.
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Monticello Express
J. W. Doxsee
Lou Austin
Elmer Hicks
Maggie Leichhardt
Geo, Howard
Kittie Gardner
Ed Squires
Will Shaw
Nettie Hazard
Louisa M. Phillips
I. H. Phillips
Lena Rohn
R. L. Duer
A. A. Barnhill
Paul Budl
Colonel Sinclair
Gambling Systems
EK. A. Hubbard
Lik
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