Jitney Train Fate Upheld by Rail Board Hearing
Officials of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad seek to discontinue the Monticello Oalmar train with a February hearing set in Des Moines. The line cites prior losses and poor patronage though residents report steady turnout and useful connections for long trips. Senator B W Newberry will represent towns along the line with Commerce Counsel Henderson assisting.
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Milwaukee, St. Paul
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Des Moines
Monticello
B. W. Newberry
Strawberry Point
Commerce
Henderson
Death of John Byerly at Wyoming farm obituary
John Byerly died at his home near Wyoming last Thursday January 19 from arteriosclerosis due to old age. Born August 26 1825 in Mercer County Pennsylvania he moved to Iowa in 1865 with his wife and seven children. Survived by his second wife Jeanie Boyles and children Elizabeth White Emma Jane Hood Franklin and John H. He helped found the South Mineral Burial association and contributed to education in Jones County. He died at age 94 and was active in the Christian and later Methodist Episcopal churches.
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Wyoming
Mr. Byerly
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
Katherine Klinginsmith
Mary Ellen
Florence Celesty
Ida Bell
Elizabeth White
Olin
Emma Jane Hood
Franklin
Onslow
John H
Iowa
Labola
Byerly
Jeanie Boyles
Jones County
South Mineral Burial Association
Christian Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. W. Smith
Accident at Anamosa Narrows Trains At Crossing
Anamosa sees a near fatal collision when a Northwestern passenger train backing from the Clin ton roundhouse strikes a Morley couple’s auto near the Metropolitan Supply crossing. Dr T D Jacobs and wife and H J Johnson and wife escape unharmed except Mrs Jacobs who suffers a shoulder injury.
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H. J. Johnson
Morley
Johnson
Metropolitan Supply
Main Street
Clinton
Roundhouse
Local Births and Deaths Reported in Community Notes
Cascade Pioneer items announce the birth of a boy to Mr and Mrs Jerry McCabe on January 13 and a son to Mr and Mrs John Knepper born Wednesday night. Emmett Kean returns to the Kean Miller ranch near Roundup Montana after holidays with Rob ert Kean family. Mrs Dr Lane visited Independence with her mother Mrs Coleman Leyden. Patrick Hogan Roche dies Friday afternoon after a brief illness, with a peaceful final moment around 1 39 p.m. He had been considered improving earlier that morning.
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John Knepper
Emmett Kean
Kean- Miller
Roundup
Mont
Robert Kean
Dr Lane
Independence
Coleman Leyden
Patrick Hogan Roche
Langworthy News Notes and Announcements
Miss Anna Poppe recovered from appendicitis at Mercy hospital Avamosa and returned home. The Langworthy Co Operative Creamery annual meeting is set for Saturday January 27 in the schoolhouse. Oscar Rapids Feature Film Co. will show at the opera house Friday January 26. Several locals visited, others traveled, and farm shipments of hogs cattle and hay moved this week.
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Margaret Poppe
Arend Poppe
Oscar Rapids Feature Film Co
Opera House
Hol Eden
Strawberry Point
Mies Marie Andersen
Christ Scheer
John Heyen
F. A. Miller
Joe Bayles
Only a Deaconess at Center Junction Opera House
Rev J O Davis presents the four act drama Only a Deaconess at Center Junction Opera House on Friday evening February 2. The play follows a young woman dragged into a life of shame who is converted and becomes a Deaconess through Travelers Aid work. Admission 25 cents with children under 12 at 15 cents.
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J. O. Davis
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Center Junction
Davis
Center Junction Opera House
Bids invited for seven IBK spans and culverts in Jones County Iowa
Sealed bids are requested at the Anamosa county auditor's office by 10 a.m. February 6 1917 for seven IBK spans three pony truss and nine concrete box culverts. Plans are available at the auditor's office. A 5 percent certified check is required with each bid and a 50 percent contract bond will be demanded if awarded. The county may reject any or all bids and may waive defects. Br i d material bids include specified sizes with FOB Jones county delivery.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
J. Hines
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