Center Junction Notes Busy Fourth of July Roundup
July 4 correspondence from Center Junction lists Mrs. Frank Jones and Joyce in Ames for the Fourth, Epworth League meeting at Viola Bethurum’s, visits by Stingley family, and multiple trips to Monticello and Dubuque. Activities include tennis, church society meetings, new baby, and local visits as residents travel for summer events.
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Center Junction
Frank Jones
Joyce
Ames
Jones
Epworth League
Viola Bethurum
Harry Stingley
Little Maurine
J. B. Moses
Harriet
Clara McCuskey
Monticello
Prahm
Guy McDonald
E. L. Tomlinson
Dubuque
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
James Young
Gladden
Andrew Serbousek
James Mead
Castle Grove School Board Holds Annual Meeting
Castle Grove held its annual school board meeting on a Saturday with board members for Districts 1 through 8 named and E. & Orcott appointed to fill a vacancy. Officers elected include President Hosford Secretary Deis cher and Treasurer McDonald. Local residents and visitors from Detroit and Mon ticello are noted with social and civic ties.
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Castle Grove
Joseph J. Delay
M. Hosford
J. A. Heiken
Will Lubben
Adelbert King
P. J. Crowley
John Hennesssy
Orcott
8. M. Hosford
J. A. Deischer
Art McDonald
Romaine Shear
Detroit
Adair County
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Will Hiller
Cass Society
Fern Howie
A. W. Cramer
Mable Inglis
Mary Coxsee
Monticello
George van Buren
Prairieburg
Ford Clark
E.J. Noble
Cedar Rapids
Krominga
Clinton visitors and local notes mark busy Independence Day
Onslow July 4 residents note visitors from Clinton Iowa including Mr and Mrs Harold Jordan Miss Ruth Steinbaugh and Miss Grace Baker who traveled by car to visit Charles Rome and family. Other gatherings occurred at Monticello and Mineral where Rev Garey spoke. Cedar Falls summer students Elia McMaster Emma Overholt return home for Fourth. Mrs Edwards travels to Pennsylvania with Mr Edwards to Chicago. John Millsap and wife welcome a grandson at Cedar Rapids home of son Alvin. Fred Hansen hosts a Clinton guest. Emory Cole and Frank Smith visit their parents George Sears and wife. Carrie Mackrill visits Sioux Falls while Helen Lamey hosts. John Millsap buys a new Dodge car and Bart Walters a Buick. Bees Rowe visits Chicago friends.
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Onslow
Harold Jordan
Ruth Steinbaugh
Grace Baker
Clinton
Iowa
Charles Rome
Monticello
Mineral
Garey
Elia McMaster
Emma Overholt
Cedar Falls
Edwards
South Dakota
John Millsap
Bart Walters
Maggie Hall
Cedar Rapids
Helen Lamey
Miss Bees Rowe
Chicago
Prairieburg Social Notes Boost Local Homes and Visits
Prairieburg reports include the Crawford family at the Henderson house recently vacated by C A DeLancey. Knapp and family traveled from there to Alburnette and Marion. The Dice family of West Liberty visited James P Smith’s home. Iva Wollmut starts as new clerk in Sauser store dry goods. Arthur Postlawaite spends vacation with mother and sister. Florence Reid and children visit Minehart grandparents. Pan Sauser adds dry goods to the store.
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Prairieburg
Crawford
Henderson House
C. A. DeLancey
Knapp
Alburnette
Marion
Dice
West, Liberty
James P. Smith
Iva Wollmut
Arthur Postlawaite
Florence Reid
Grandpa
Minehart
Pan Sauser
Notable Local People Abroad and Home Front Events
Dr. A G Hejinian leaves for an extended East visit visiting Niagara Falls Buffalo and Philadelphia. David Russell uses crutches after heel growth removal. hospital recovery expected. John Carson of Center Junction sent to Independence hospital after insanity hearing. age 62, morbid melancholy. Immigrant service agent Basil Pappas and C B Paul in city planning deportation of a Mexican from the reformatory via Juarez. Fire near Amber narrowly contained by quick response after a chimney fire. telephones and cars enabled rapid aid and roof access.
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A. G. Hejinian
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
New York
Philadelphia
David Russell
John Carson
Center Junction
Independence
Commissioners of Insanity
Linn County
Iowa
Basil Pappas
United States Immigration Service
St. Louis
Reformatory
Juarez
Mr. Pappas
Anamosa
C. B. Paul
el Paso
Peter Robertson
Amber
Kitchan
Hopkinton Leader Items in Cedar Rapids Marriage Report
The Cedar Rapids Republican morning list includes Walter J. Darby of Antioch NL and Katherine L. Wheelock of Mt. Vernon as newly licensed. Prairie township’s special election on school consolidation failed 128 to 51. Hopkinton business pioneer F S Tibbitts announces closing out stock and retirement. The Oxford Mirror questions rural mail route readjustment as a fall issue alternative.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter J. Darby
Antioch, NL
Katherine L. Wheelock
Mt. Vernon
Prairie Township
Tibbitts
Hopkinton
Oxford Mirror
Democrat
Iowa
Catholic Church bans dances tied to pious aims decree
In a decision by Cardinals Farley O Connell and Gib bons with thirteen archbishops, the church forbids Catholic families from holding balls and dances for pious projects. The third Baltimore council is cited, forbidding priests from promoting or attending such events, a ruling to be enforced as public law under Benedict XV.
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Hfe
Farley
O’connell
Anda Gibbons
United States
Baltimore
Dominion
Canada
Sacred Consistorial Congregation
Baltimors
Benedict XV
Demand for standard patterns for women sparks debate
In Watertown chatter, calls arise to standardize women’s patterns. The voice questions how to distinguish desirable styles from lesser ones, urging careful judgment amid evolving norms.
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Watertown
My Friend and Dog Companion by Blaine O. Bigler
A verse celebrating a dog as faithful friend of the speaker. It portrays shared walks through hills woods and meadows, across seasons, with the dog accompanying the narrator in all weather and times of day. The poem emphasizes unwavering companionship and loyalty.
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Dog
Blaine O. Bigler
Sickness and wrong thinking about diet, says Ela Wheeler Wilcox
The writer argues illness stems from misjudging physical needs and excess eating. She urges half food intake, more water, plain diet, and frequent deep breathing. She says avoid talking about pains and take control, blaming over eating and insufficient exercise for poor health.
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Ela Wheeler Wilcox
Proper care tips for work horses in summer heat
A historic guide from the Boston Work-Horse Relief Association offers practical rules for keeping work horses healthy in hot weather. It covers load limits, resting in shade, frequent light watering, postwork grooming, cooling methods, bran meals, headwear avoidance, immediate action for heat stroke, feeding adjustments, continuous monitoring, and safe nighttime cooling.
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Boston Work-Horse Relief Association
Railroad sale advertised for Anamosa route
The Chicago Anamosa and Northern Railroad will be sold by Master in Chancery Hermann Ternes on Tuesday July 11 at eleven in the morning at the depot in Coggon. The notice urges local interest to bid to keep the line, criticizing eastern capital and urging a home company to maintain the route.
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Anamosa Journal
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern Railroad
Hermann Ternes
Coggon
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Cass
Interurban
Anamosa
Monticello June 1896 News Briefs Quiet Fourth of July
The Monticello area recorded various events in June 1896. Celebrations were subdued on the Fourth. marriages occurred including Bertha L. Stickle to Bert M. Muzzey and Carrie Franks to William O. Doron. Rainfall measured 20.22 inches since January 1. Local residents died and traveled, notably Isaac Sweesy’s death in Hopkinton and Noble G Winner’s return after traveling with a circus.
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Monticello
J. A. Weiss
Amber
John Perrine
Caroline Heisey
Henry Heisey, Sr
Tn Monticello
Bertha L. Stickle
A. C. Stickle
Bert M. Muzzey
Carlotta Graves
Tod. B. Sturtevant
EB. G. Waite
Joseph Nye, Jr
West Union
Mary A. Fawcett
Carrie Franks
William O. Doron
G. Waits
Hester Franka
H. C. Smith
Isaac Sweesy
Hopkinton
Mr. Sweesy
Iowa
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
Noble G. W. Winner
John Robinson
Franklin Bros
Castle Grove
Father Byrne
H. M. Troy
Schleifer
John Noyes
Ringling Bros. Circus
Don'ts in Putting Up Preserves for Safe Canning
Practical kitchen cautions on preserving from timing fruit to sugar types and heat. Avoid high prices, use proper gear like asbestos mats, prefer light brown sugar for spiced fruit, moderate spices, and correct heating, storage, and handling to prevent spoilage and discoloration.
Death of Viola Devlin in Cascades Pioneer
The Cascades community mourns Viola Devlin daughter of John O Devlin who died suddenly at 1 o clock after a cemetery outing with her aunt Miss Mary Brown and a buggy accident as she left the cemetery. Doctors Dr Slattery and Dr Leonard found a serious cardiac condition and she died that night.
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Cascades
Viola Devlin
John O. Devlin
Mary Brown
C. J. Devlin
Slattery
Anbuque
Leonard
Road Oil Purchases By Jones CountyOfficials
Supervisor John Thomsen led Jones county to purchase three cars of road oil for county roads. Thomsen received two cars for his district and D A Downing one car. Oil will be hauled from Onslow to improve roads near Onslow and Wyoming once a 600 gallon heater-equipped tank arrives from Studebaker. A freight train accident near Strawberry Point injured E M Harrison, 30, of Manchester, when a southbound freight collided with his Buick. Harrison sustained head, leg and internal injuries. he was extricated after the car broke into pieces and dragged several hundred feet. Dr. Howard treated him in Strawberry Point then transported him to Oneida for care.
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Wyoming Journal
John Thomsen
Jones County
Thomsen
D. A. Downing
Onslow
Wyoming
Studebaker Factry
Strawberry Point
E. M. Harrison
Manchester
Drury
Harrison
Howard
Oneida
Balance Sheet Snapshot for Jones County Bank Iowa
A financial summary shows total assets of 166 086 61 with real estate 14 463 and personal property 6 049 30. Liabilities list capital stock 100 000 00 and total deposits 84 214 02 plus time and savings deposits totaling 25 596 81. Bills payable and rediscounts are nil with no clearing house dues or other profits after expenses totaling 6 203 48.
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Lovell State’ Bank
Lowa
Anticello
Jones
State OF Iowa
Jones County
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George McDonald
Jacob Courtney
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Henry Dolan
Aurora
John Wollmut
Jos. Lawrence
L. J. Wilkinson
State Center
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T. Dolan
Burg
Clara Fehr
O. O. Rowley
MY Friend
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R. O. Stirton
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U. Stirton
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L W. Lovell
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F. R. Thompson Notary Public
J. W. Doxace
Thos
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C. S. Bidwell
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Henry M. Carpenter
H. 8. Richardson
Richardson
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Jones County Trust and Savings Bank
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F. E. Stim Son
J. H. J. Stott
F. E. Stimson
J.h.j.stott
J. W. Coxsee
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G. W. Ireland
Lenox College
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MacKenzie
Kentucky University
Lexington Dispatch
Dean MacKenzie
Edinboro University
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Berlin
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Kentucky
School of Journalism
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