Wyoming Echoes Memorial and Local Life Updates
Clara Kaloose, 17, dies at home near Wyoming. Funeral Sunday led by Rev. E. C. Wilson. interment in Wyoming. Crops look promising. harvests near binder time. town notes show officials changes, retirements, and road work. Community column records deaths, visits, travel, exams, and upcoming chautauqua dates July 14 to 18.
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Wyoming
Clara
Joseph Kaloose
E. C. Wilson
Hans Knutsen
Knutsen
J. A. Griswold
Isther
Sioux City
George DeWitt
Shimerda
Spencerville
John Allen
F. ©. Conley
R. M
Asa Wright
Castle Grove
Frank Henderson
Des Moines
Tasker
Morse
W. L. Brown
Mira Storm
Clarksville
Peter Wichorn
Fleury
Camp Dodge
Brainard
Castle Grove News Notes On Wet Harvest and Local Visits
Castle Grove July 10. Wet weather threatens haying and harvest as grain lodge complicates shocks. Cramer family picnic at Spring Branch on the Fourth. Irene Wheeler county demonstrator held first township meeting at A. M. Fairbanks home with many ladies. Residents attended Katherine Folkerts funeral in Scotch Grove. Agnes Maire and Maurice Howie of Monticello visited O. R. Howie’s sister on the Fourth. C A Schatz of Monticello and O F Hosford of Monticello visited Castle Grove. Inez Hubbard visited friends near Center Junction.
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Castle Grove
Cramer
Spring Branch
S. C. Pfeil
Will Hiller
FI. C. Cramer
Sand Spring School Board Chooses Officers and Directors
The Sand Spring annual school board meeting held July 1 elected J. A. Tibbitts president A. Blair secretary and H. S. Pierce treasurer. Directors present included John Gudenhauf Al Kurth Andy Miller Benny Bohiken M. Greer Henry Glant F. McDonough J. A. Tibbitts J. W. Murray and Mrs. L. Neil. Winfield and son started at the end of the report.
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J. A. Tibbitts
A. Blair
H. S. Pierce
John Gudenhauf
al Kurth
Andy Miller
Benny Bohiken
M. Greer
Henry Glant
F. McDonough
J. W. Murray
Iowa City Visits Earl Neil in Military Training
Saturday morning in Iowa City a visit is planned to Earl Neil who is receiving military training at the site. The community also notes multiple local visits and travels by residents to Dubuque Monticello Manchester Hopkinton and Onslow with gatherings at homes and local events.
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Iowa City
Earl Neil
Jennie Garlinghouse
Orpha
Ellis
Minnesota
Jessie Gelvin
Vernon
Hopkinton
G. J. Bohlken
Weitz
Dubuque
J. P. Schuster
Moore
John Smith
Dick Goss
Socialville
John Knepper
John McDonough
Dale Wheeless
Dorothy Pierce
Paul Hanken
Amber
J. E. Hanken
H. S. Pierce
Grant Miller
Manchester
Henry Eggers
Alvan
Monticello
Margaret Greer
Cedar Rapids
John Turnis
F. J. Murray
Scotch Grove Band to Disband After Farewell Concert
The local band in Scotch Grove plans a farewell concert the evening of July 1 as many members face the draft or summer departures. Community mourns the need to disband but hopes for a future reorganization.
Loyal Sunday School Ice Cream Social Friday
Center Junction reports Lloyd Collier is in England in good health and met Andrew McNeilly. The Loyal girls of the Presbyterian Sunday school plan homemade ice cream on White's lawn Friday evening. Over $200 was raised at the grove picnic refreshment stand.
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Center Junction
Lloyd Collier
England
Andrew McNeilly
Presbyterian Sunday School
White
Red Cross
Letze
Shover
Jane
Frances Coyle
Monticello
Preas
Tucy Milner
Wyoming
Albert Courtney
Onslow Notes and July Visits in the Community
Onslow Iowa notes record Mrs Tressa Uttley and her daughter and Dorothy Kirschman of Sioux Falls visiting Carrie Mackrill. Helen Lamey is bedridden after a fall with Will and Mrs Lamey at her side. Community picnic on the Fourth drew many townsfolk and praise for the speech. Visitors include H H Roberts and wife from near Olin, Avance from Rock Island, visiting Greiser's. The McAllister family of Hopkinton visits Mrs Dennison and Lydia Tracy in town, with Ruth Hall of Maquoketa visiting her brother Harry. Charles Rowe spent the weekend in Rock Island and Miss Hall visited her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Ebenezar Wherry
Fairview
Guernsey Co
Ohio
Frank
Kensett
Iowa
Wherry
Jones County
John Bratton
W. T. Fordham
A. M. Loomis
N.D
Ralph
Winnett
Montana
Floyd KB
Plymouth
John T. Wherry
Presbyterian Church
Carnell Wilson
Donald Hernon
Davenport
Wyyoming
Pine Grove
Eberle
M. Blood
Rock Island
Webbena
Johnny Bender
New York State
Elma Heasty
Pearl Cook
Olive Bender
Hugh James
Wisconsin
Our City
Neal
Osmond
Nebraska
C. H. Stockwell
Hazel James
Dr. Glenn
Norway
Rolland Minick
Mt Vernon
Grace Bender
Mt. Vernon
Jerome Bender
Royal Snider
Monticello
Clyde White
Moline Tractor Co
George Evans
D. J. Cartwright
John.Rickets
Springville
Mary Hernon
Henry Paul
Onslow
Dorothy Conley
Hale
W. N. Morse
Clara Anderson
Tressa Uttley
Dorothy Kirschman
Sioux Falls
Carrie Mackrill
Helen Lamey
Will Lamey
H. H. Roberts
Olin
W. H. Reade
Mr. Avance
Greiser
Charles Rowe
Ruth Hall
Maquoketa
Harry
Prairieburg Social Notes Include Visits and Local Events
Prairieburg residents host visitors from Delphos Kansas and Chicago. Mae Rowley and son How ard stay with C O Rowley as O A and Elmo DeLancey travel to Emmetsburg for their uncle Flavel Crouch's death. Kaliban Catholic celebration proceeds amid rain and Manchester Fourth of July turnout.
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Prairieburg
Flavel Crouch
Kaliban
Manchester
Henry LeClare
Louis Gehringer
Saturay
George Bebee
Irvin
Marion
Helen Fish
Chicago
Paul Sauser
Threshers Asked to Form Jones County Club
In Monticello the public library hosts a meeting for threshing machine owners to organize the Jones County Grain Threshers Club under the U.S. Food Administration. County Food Administrator R C Stirton urges a large turnout as the threshing season approaches.
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Monticello
Jones County
Sale of Old Bridge Lumber Auction
Several thousand feet of old bridge lumber offered at auction on Saturday July 13 rain or shine. First at Kitty creek bridge near Standard Oil tanks at 2 pm, then Shelley bridge north of the fair grounds, an hour later, and Paul Petersen bridge west of Sandhouse farm, two hours later. Rudolph Bohren, Supervisor.
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Kitty Creek
Standard Oil Co’s
Shelley Bridge
Fair Grounds
Paul Petersen
Sandhouse Farm
Rudolph Bohren
Farm Bureau Urges Plain Meals to Conserve Resources
Notes from the Farm Bureau emphasize home front support in harvest time urging rural women and threshers to adopt simple meals with minimal wheat use. Jones county districts already serve fewer varieties and portions to save energy and foods, avoiding waste while supporting the war effort.
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Home Guard
Jones County
Rye substitutes urged as wheat supply dwindles townwide
Town faces wheat shortages and promotes rye flour as a gluten rich substitute. A Castle Grove home demonstration on July 2 drew 67 women led by Miss Wheeler to learn wheat substitute use. The session showcased equivalences for lard suet butter and lard substitutes with various fats and oils.
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Castle Grove
A. M. Fairbanks
McLaughlin Baby Born at Mercy Hospital in Anamosa
Mr and Mrs S T McLaughlin welcomed a daughter via Caesarean at Mercy hospital last Sunday. Both mother and baby are doing well. Walter Hughes was fined $100 and costs for cruelty to a horse by Justice George C. Lawrence. Anamosa prepares a large farewell for about 150 to 200 Jones county selectives headed for camp with a concurrent Red Cross auction sale planned by the local branch. Citizens urged to investigate war activities before supporting them.
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S. T. McLaughlin
Mercy Hospital
Babe
Walter Hughes
George C. Lawrence Anamosa
Jones County
Georgia
Texas
Anamosa
Red Cross
Evry
When Mary's Lamb Grew Up
A humorous note from the Boston Transcript about a grown lamb that now challenges Mary to walk a mile rather than face it alone.
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Mary
Boston Transcript
Famous medium visits Monticello weekly
Renowned life reader and psychic Mr. William G. Jordan plans to visit Monticello each Friday. He claims to reveal your name, past life, and future without questions and offers guidance on business, finances, love, and family issues with a money‑back promise if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Jordan
Monticello
Jordan
Mr. Jordan
J. Samuels
Des Moines
George Brown
Chicago
Jeanette Timmons
Monticello Red Cross Reports War Efforts and Relief Work
The Monticello chapter reports 8000 garments made from July 1917 to July 1918 by local workers and pupils. It notes 1666 knitted items shipped since July 1917, a Cuba Red Cross donation of 40000, and 206,302 families aided by June 15 with 2,054,827 dollars spent. The July surgical dressings quota is 5600 compresses 8x4 and the work room will be open Friday evenings.
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Monticello
Red Cross
Bernice Rodman
Castle Grove No. 3
Ben Eben
Katherine Muller
Matt Muller
Paul Muller
Mary Wiben
Augusta Hiben
Joseph
American Red Cross
Republic of Cuba
Germany
Swiss Red Cross
Home Service Department
United States
Color reproductions of national symbols at Geo Stabler’s Sons Co
A set of small color reproductions issued by Hart Schaffner & Marx arrives for display at Geo Stabler’s Sons Co. The images feature Francis Scott Key as a shipboard prisoner writing the Star Spangled Banner, troops near Lincoln’s statue, and Betsy Ross presenting the first flag in its current form. The prints aim to boost models to entertainment centers and canteens for service men in camps or cantonments.
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Geo. Stabler’s Sons Co
Knights of Columbus
Our Boys
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Francis Scott Key
St. Gauden
Lincoln
Betsy Ross
Geo. Stahler’s Sons Co
Adv
Colonel Roosevelt Proud Of His Sons
The Boston Globe notes Colonel Roosevelt remains proud of his sons who have long admired their distinguished father.
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Boston Globe
Roosevelt
Giving Thanks and The Pillar That Holds In Storms
Morning service sermon titled Giving Thanks or An Ancient Custom Endorsed And Used By Jesus invites all church members to attend. Choir music includes Morris Center of God’s Will and a violin solo by Harriet Thoeni. Evening service at 7 30 features The Pillar That Holds When The Storm Is Raging with Gabriel’s As A Volunteer and chorus selections.
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Jesus
Crane
Morris
Harriet Thoeni
Gabriel
Princess Theatre Next Week Program Highlights
The Princess Theatre outlines a weekly lineup starting Thursday July 11 with Mollie King in The Seven Pearls and Pathe serials. Friday features Jack Gardner in Open Places, Saturday Vivian Martin in Little Miss Optimist, Monday Mrs. Vernon Castle in Vengeance Is Mine, and Tuesday Wednesday July 16 17 Annette Kellermann in A Daughter of The Gods with an 8 part Fox special. Wednesday matinee at 3:00.
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Mollie King
Pathe
Jack Gardner
Vivian Martin
Paramount
Vernon Castle
Vengeance Is
Annette Kellermann
Fox
Crane Theatre Presents Jime Caprice in The Camouflage Kiss
The Crane Theatre shows Jime Caprice in The Camouflage Kiss a five part Fox style production on Saturday July 13. The night promises a bold stage spectacle with suspense and romance.
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Jime Caprice
Fox
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Scotcil Grove
Scotch Grove
Margaret Folkerts
Miriam Rice
Wsther Sinclair
Kenwood
Esther
Miss Rice
C. Kirchken
Kirchken
Delano Sanford
Elmer
Pvt
Henry Husman
Gerstner Field
Louisiana
Birger
Lethia
Wayne
Ruth
Alpha
I. L. Himebaugh
James Kiburz
J. N. Kiburz
Nellie Rummel
Murphy
M. M. Sinclair
Jid Flughes
Frank Royden
Idgrewood
Sylvan Bixby
Edgewood
Old Bridge Lumber
Farm Bureau Notes
Rye
Anamosa Eureka News
S. M. Adamson
Presbyterian Church Services
C. N. Patrick
Princess Theatre
Crane Theatre
Patrick’s
Annette Kellerman
William Fox
Wed
C. H. Schipman
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