Wyoming News From Monticello Express Capsule
Local items from Monticello report Florence Applegate Cunningham visiting relatives, Bert Niles burial, new 15 horsepower electric motor for pump, and medical case of Miss Bert Swordes. Also notes on horse day at C B Larkey, new residents Johnsons, and road conditions after last week’s storms.
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Wyoming
Will Cunningham
Orient
Iowa
Center Junction
Calvia Scofield
R. M. Heasty
Heasty
Cunningham
Florence Applegate
Leroy Applegate
Scotch Grove
W. 8
Harold Niles
John Pope
Cedar Rapids
Dallas Swordes
Miss Swordes
C. B. Larkey
Larkey
Johnson
Olin
J. H. Guthrie
Webster Street
Will Nicholas
Marion Moneypenny
Monmouth
Wm. Paul
Mr. Paul
Edgar Ralston
Lytton
J. A. Ralston
Steam Mill Corners
J. W. Rhodes
Baldwin
Ray Heasty
R. H. White
Monticello
A.T. Tompkins
Willis
Chicago
Henry Halsey
What Cheer
ER. H. Ladage
Onslow Year in Review Highlights Growth and Change
Onslow population stands at about 206 with 23 widows and 5 widowers including grass widows. The town notes further gains with improved streets crushed stone and new residences. Notable events include G B Hall’s large residence, M B Walters feed mill, and stock shipments with car counts and prices.
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Onslow
G. B. Hall
M. B. Walters
Nick Holst
Chicago
P. H. Schmalfeldt
Archie McMaster
Anamosa
Ella
Allie Feehan
Colorado
Streeper
Anderson
Nelson Brownell
Noyes
L.B. Moore
Dr. Rawson
Richard Salmon
Valentine
Nebraska
Miss Sibyl Walters Leaves to Resume Cedar Falls Studies
Miss Sibyl Walters left Monday to resume her studies at Cedar Falls. M. M. Franks made a business trip to the county seat Tuesday. Mall Magee visited at John Millip's Monday.
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Sibyl] Walters
Cedar Falls
M. M. Franks
Mall Magee
John Millaip
Castle Grove News Roundup January 5
Babmer's Mutual Insurance annual meeting planned for next Saturday. Mrs. C A Fairbanks ill at A M Fairbanks home since Christmas day. Mrs. Will Hiller improving. Chapel services time changes 10:30 Sunday School 11:30 sermon. Martin Geiken hosted New Year gathering. Roads badly snowbound. Willie and Christina Dirks visited from Ryan. Mrs. Minnie Frazier in Monticello caring for ill Mrs. N Maurice. Communion service planned for next Sunday. Elsie Noble returned to Marshalltown school. Tobias Husmann from Coggan served as galley in area Monday. L E B Black sick with mumps. Fred Caspers visiting relatives near Coggen. Otto Hubbard under the weather.
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Castle Grove
Babmer’ S Mutual Insurance Association
C. A. Fairbanks
A. M. Fairbanks
Will Hiller
Martin Geiken
Willie
Christina Dirks
Ryan
Martini Geiken
Minnie Frazier
Monticello
Prairieburg observes diphtheria quarantine halting services
In Prairieburg on January 4, diphtheria quarantine led to no church services this Sunday. The Adult Bible class met at Mrs. Roy Fisher’s, with plans to gather at the Benson home next Wednesday. Local residents include Miss Agnes Benson visiting Anamosa and Miss Bessie Knapp tending central for the week.
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Prairieburg
Roy Fisher
Benson
Ella Kline
M. S. Knapp
Robins
Rebee
M. Abbey
James Flannigan
Stork
Bernice Wollmut
L. Stone
Agnes Benson
Anamosa
Clare Conklin
Madge
Edith DeLancey
Central City
Bessie Knapp
Obituary of Calvin R Scofield from Center Junction
Calvin R Scofield died December 27 1914 at his Center Junction home after a brief illness. He was born July 11 1850 in Trumbull county Ohio and lived in Jackson and Jones counties. He married Lizzie Allen McLand February 11 1879, widowed May 1894, then married Elsie Buck February 29 1896. He was a Woodmen lodge member and Methodist church trustee and cemetery caretaker. He leaves a mother in Morning Iowa a brother Almon in Los Angeles three sisters Mrs A L Applegate Winston Missouri Mrs E A Southwick Corning Iowa Mrs B Shoe maker Fontanelle Iowa a widow and son Francis at Center Junction. Burial was in North Madison cemetery with funeral by Rev P M Phillips.
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Calvin R. Scofield
Center Junction
Wyoming Journal
Trumbull County
Ohio
Jackson County
Iowa
Jones County
Lizzie Allen McLand
Elsie Buck
Woodmen Lodge
Methodist Church
Uorning
Almon
Los Angeles
A. L. Applegate
Winston
Missouri
A. Southwick
Corn
Great Scheme Prompts Elephant Party Tale
A Dyersville woman planned a novelty elephant themed party inviting guests to bring unwanted items. The event aimed for social success, but only eleven of eighteen guests attended with their husbands, undermining the plan.
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Hopkinton
Dyersville
36th General Assembly to Convene in Des Moines Next Monday
The 36th General Assembly will be convened in lawful session at Des Moines next Monday. The notice sets the assembly’s timing and location for the upcoming meeting.
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General Assembly
Des Moines
January 1895 Recap Monticello and Vicinity
Twenty years ago in January 1895 The Express recorded a series of local happenings in Monticello. The body of Mrs. Arthur Hall was buried at Oakwood cemetery. Canvassers raised 175 dollars plus clothing and produce for Nebraska drought sufferers. A barn on Hon Gerhard Hilers farm burned with nine horses lost. Tramps crowded the city, and the marshal housed 7 to 13 each night. Infant Rae Abel died of acute bronchitis. Hugh McClain and Kasper Kebbi’s baby daughter also died. John White sold his homestead to Richard Dawson. River ice reached two feet near the current and three feet at the mill pond. Episcopalians met in a temporary hall for occasional services. Thomas King died at age 94. Bank deposits were claimed near 1,000,000 dollars, later tripling. Col M C Kempsey, former Jones county resident, died in Cedar Rapids. he had preached in Monticello and lived in Anamosa.
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Monticello
The
Express
Arthur Hall
St Epworth
Oakwood Cemetery
Nebraska
Gerhard Hilers
Corporation
Rae Abel
James Abel
Hugh McClain
Red River
Scotch Grove
Kasper Kebbi
John White
Richard Dawson
Richland Township
Wills & Deutrick
Purce
Farley
John King
Thomas King
Castle Grove Township
Col. M. C. Kempsey
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Eased His Conscience A Queer Phage of Russian Character
A Petrograd anecdote described by Amelie Rives shows a nobleman offering alms then wagering with a beggar who endures a severe strike for a ruble note. The beggar retrieves the coin from filthy water and mice, proving a stark communal portrait. The tale ends with the nobleman reentering the opera, his cheek hurt but his conscience appeased.
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Troubetskoy
Amelie Rives
Petrograd
Richmond
Buffalo Express
Stop Buying Expensive Cough Remedies at Home
A home made cough medicine guide promotes Schiffmanns Concentrated Expectorant mixed with sugar and water to create a 16 ounce remedy. It claims to relieve coughs and is suitable for bronchitis croup and whooping cough. The ad notes no narcotics and offers full money back guarantees if unsatisfied.
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Kettlitz & Kay
Schiffmann
Death of Mrs Harriet A Ercanbrack Anamosa Leader
Obituary notice of Harriet A Boyce Ercanbrack a longtime Anamosa resident and former Worthy Grand Matron of the Iowa Eastern Star later Right Worthy Grand Treasurer of the world chapter died in Elgin Illinois. She was born in Ontario in 1839 and widow of Thomas A. Ercanbrack. She led local and state fraternal activities, taught school, ran abstract business in Jones County, and is buried beside her husband at Riverside Cemetery Anamosa.
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Harriet A. Ercanbrack
Anamosa
Elvin
Illinois
Ercanbrack
Thomas A. Ercanbrack
Harriet A. Boyce
Brockwell
Ontario
Canada
Connecticut
Order of the Eastern Star
Iowa
Order of Eastern Star of the World
Brcanbrack
Methodist Episcopal Church
Jones County
Frank Schaeffer
Riverside Cemetery
Sikh Soldiers Why They Stand As Brave Indian Troops
The Chicago Herald notes Sikh regiments include boys as young as seven or eight who are trained from infancy and paid 3 rupees 8 annas monthly. By sixteen they join the regular army and have earned a reputation for bravery and discipline in frontier engagements.
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India
Great Britain
Hudson’s Horse
Delhi
Chicago Herald
Easy Getting Back
A conversation among Blue Brown and Jones recalls Black’s dream journey. Black dreamed he was an Indian woke after three hours ten miles from home with no fare then reentered the woods by another dream and walked back.
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Blue
Brown
Black
Jones
Philadelphia Telegraph
Taft’s Service: Horse Sense Shapes War Outlook
William H. Taft applies blunt, practical reasoning to the war outlook, urging taxpayers to buy into a busy, self-reliant approach. The Louisville Courier-Journal notes his allopathic doses of horse sense as a persuasive device in public argument.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
William H. Taft
Moving Picture Pain and Outdoor Shakespeare Quips
A humorous collage from old papers notes a patient in pain described as a moving picture of rheumatism. It also recalls a youth’s casual critique of outdoor Shakespeare shows with a pun filled exchange about fitting in.
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Darky
Elijah
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Henry Carson
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John Thompson
Will Hughes
G. J
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Time & Money Saver
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Enybody
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H. C. Bohlken
W Dogree
Prosbate
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Horse Hospital
George Albery
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First Street
W A. Mirick
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Iowa Telephone Company
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