Wyoming Obituaries and Local Notices Highlight 1918 Events
John Bender dies at 83 in Madison township farm owner of Wyoming area. Mrs. W. S. Garrison dies after brief illness. funeral at family home with Rev. DeBest. Local farm sales include Charles Eye selling 200 acre tract at 225 per acre. County bank reelects directors. Farm Improvement Club forms with J. W. Morse as president. Wyoming Mutual Telephone Co. reports solid finances. Additional items cover school closures, literary society in Spencerville, lagrippe, ice harvest, and local travel notices.
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Wyoming
John Bender
Lagrippe
L. 4
Lochard
H. J. Bowder
W. S. Garrison
Garrison
Cedar County
Hale Township
Jones County
DeBest
Charles W. Eye
Fred Koch
Eye
First National Bank
Park Chamberlain
Anamoaga
A. A. Vaughn
J.S. Robertson
East Ridge
J. W. Morse
Henry Bramer
Wilma Wilcox
Onslow
Cornell College
Wyoming Mutual Telephone Co
John Krovick
John
George Dusanek
Spencerville
Beardsley
Anamosa
Will Luckstead
Lucksteads
Josephine Bahnsen
William Meyer
West Side
Maquoketa
Frank Henderson
Des Moines
John Ohara
Omaha
Nebraska
Don L. Wherry
Pacific Coast
Charles Cartright
Neil Tasker
Farmers Mutual Insurance annual meeting reports record year
Castle Grove January 17 members met in bitter cold for Farmers Mutual Insurance association. 1916 set a record with $476 177 in written insurance and net risk gains of $241 112 bringing in force risks to $1 221 199. 58 new members added while 10 left for a net gain of 48. Losses paid $943 50 with other expenditures $700 22. Income $2 381 87 left balance $780 04. unpaid loss $4 870. Board elected J A Howie W E Hintz James Hogan Dennis Delay C A McLaughlin. Old adjusters re-elected. Executive officers remained. W F Hintz president. James Hogan vice president. S M Hosford secretary. J A Howie treasurer.
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Castle Grove
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Associaton
J. A. Howie
W. £. Hintz
James Hogan
Dennis Delay
C. A. McLaughlin
Arthur Fairbanks
E. J. Noble
Thos. F. Kehon
W. P. Fleming
Boulder
M. J. McNeilly
G. J. Hughes
Scotch Grove
Henry Pillard
Cass
P. H. Drummy
Hazel Green
E. G. Hicks
Monticello
W. F. Hintz
8. M. Hosford
D. A
Civil service exam set for Prairieburg postmaster
Prairieburg hosts a civil service examination on January 27 in Manchester to select a postmaster with salary last year reported at 460 dollars. Applicants must be 21 or older for men and 18 for women, forms available at the Prairieburg post office or Washington DC civil service commission. Applications due at least seven days before the exam. Various local notices follow including absences, visits, moves, and births.
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Prairieburg
Manchester
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D.C
Washington
Horace Conklin
Thomas Conklin
Eireno
Oklahoma
Eva DeLancey
Robert Brown and Son
Miller
South Dakota
Lou Shaw
Stone Farm
Central City
Clare Conklin
Monticello
Conklin
A. D. Benson
Manly
Iowa
Will
Harry Flockhart
Arthur Whitney
J. G. Kula
Cedar Rapids
Charles Lamont
Langworthy Local Notices Highlight Visits and Repairs
Langworthy January 17 notes the Mercelles Amusement Company at the opera house with strong crowds last Monday and Tuesday. Fred Harden returns to Langworthy to paint for Herman Stott. Multiple residents recover from illness and injuries, with visits and travel recorded, including Mrs Gerd Brockens and Johnson Poppe.
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Langworthy
Mercelles Amusement Company
Opera House
Fred Harden
Herman Stott
B. . Hanken
Henry Stutt Jr
Edmund Ommen
Lyons
Iowa
Gerd Brockens
Strawberry Point
Harm Dirks
Center Junction
A. M. Fairbanks
D. J. Dirks
Lena Brackens
Nebraska
Matie Dirks
Arend Poppe
C. E. Heyen
Johnson Poppe
Monticello
Cascade Obituary and Local Notes
P H Roche dies at home after a brief illness of pneumonia in his 70th year. Funeral held at St Martins. Endeavor League social hosts 40 at Wm Martins home. Dyersville hi gh team to play East Side college tomorrow. Lefty Williams returns from White Sox visit. Henry Fagan recovering from pneumonia in Sioux City hospital visits relatives. J H Dehner sells cattle to large ranch rep. Bisenius & Sons owner has appendicitis. Mr and Mrs J B Dominy guests Saturday and Sunday.
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Cascade
P. H. Roche
L. Roche
St. Martin’s Church
Endeavor League
Wm. Martin
Dyersville
Mohan
East Side High
Williams
White _Sox
Red Faber
Henry Fagan
Sioux City
J. H. Dehner
D. Bisenius
Bisenius & Sons
J. B. Dominy
Miss Elma Grieser Weds Mr Behrends at Davenport
Onslow Iowa notes Elma Grieser married to Behrends of near Monticello. They plan to farm near Monticello and will be welcomed by friends. Also mentions changes in staff, sickroom activity, and local wedding rumors.
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T. H. Lightfoot
Sarah Abrams
Norman Paul
Nelson
Garnett
Judge Enjoys Christmas Charity and Legislature Visit in Topeka
The Topeka judge recalls a warm holiday in Topeka Kansas noting the city’s charity with 4000 bread loaves before Christmas and 8000 on Christmas Day for the poor plus 1300 families fed by First Presbyterian Church. He also acted as Santa at a Yeoman gathering and plans peace sermon prompts by Governor Capper. He attended the Kansas Legislature observing Gov Capper’s inaugural address and salutes old friends in Center Junction. He asks about Prof Lindsey and concludes with reflections from Lucine Finch.
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Topeka
Kansas
First Presbyterian Church
Santa Claus
Shelley Pangburn
John McNeilly
Lee Coder
Universal Peace Movement
Alsever
Dave Ward
Dr. Young
Capper
House
Senate
Center Junction
Lindsey
Scotch Grove Community News Threatened by Illness and Social Updates
Mrs. John Brady suffered a stroke and is gravely ill with uncertain recovery. Family and friends from Clinton Monticello Des Moines Charlotte Hygiene Lakota and Geyser visit and convey support. The booster club held a meeting at F B Suthernland and plans a January 26 gathering. Coal for sale at $7 per ton.
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John Brady
Finch
Clinton
Bert King
Charles Stott
Monticello
W. C. Stottlemyer
Des Moines
Miss Lantz
Miss Gault
Charlotte
Iowa
F. BD. Sutherland’s
R. P. Clark’s
Will Eby
Hygiene
Colorado
J. M. Eby’s
Alex Sutherland
Geyser
Montana
Baldwin
W. 5. Webster
H. L. Himebaugh
Bert Sturtevant
Lakota
North Dakota
Arend Balster
Grippe
Iowans urged to build more local factories and packing
An Ottumwa man abroad discovers Iowa bacon is produced near home but sent away as finished products. The tale highlights marketing gaps and suggests Iowa needs more packing plants and cold storage to cut costs, bring producer and consumer closer, and reduce freight and middleman profits. The piece calls for systematic local publicity.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Chicago
Omaha
Europe
Separate Nations
Country towns form clubs for outdoor games and relaxation
Mt Vernon Hawkeye notes that towns like Monticello Vinton Independence are forming country clubs to provide outing grounds and outdoor recreation. Despite busy times the trend grows as towns over two thousand population are expected to have field games and outing privileges within five years.
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Mt. Vernon Hawkeye
Monticello
Vinton
Jack
Lowa
Spending 60 Million Yearly on Chewing Gum
A Waterloo Times-Tribune excerpt notes Americans spend about sixty million dollars annually on chewing gum as part of broader spending patterns. It highlights consumer habits and national pastime themes with a satirical tone.
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Waterloo ‘Times-Tribune
Peacemaker Wilson Fails to Win European Belligerents
The New York Herald notes that Mr. Wilsons bid to promote peace in Europe is hampered by belligerents awareness of his prior success in promoting peace in Mexico, suggesting skepticism toward his peacemaking efforts abroad.
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New York Herald
Wilson
Europe
Mexicco
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Jow. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Michael Haley
Haley
Linu Howie
Fred Harken
Andes
Lucine Finch
Harper’s Magazine
Boston
Mitchell Republican
Gov. Byrne
C. N. Patrick
Optometrist
Ricklefs & McNeill
Monticello, Iowa
Ricklefs & Mol
Bill
Elgin, Waltham
Hamilton
South Bend
Stan
Dard
Rockford
Hampden
Elgin
Waltham
Central Lumber & Coal Co
G. P. Rockstad, Mer
Castle Grove Catholic Church
Monticello Road
Deere
Sattley Gang
McCormick
L. P. Waddick, Auctioneer
Frank Becker
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