Local Notes From Monticello Express Wyoming Correspondence
Wyoming July 14 reports mark E M Babcocks 36 years in business and praise from the Wyoming Journal for his civic service. The silver wedding of Mr and Mrs Michael Berger noted in Madison with many relatives. August Feddersen drowns while swimming near Olin. efforts to revive him fail. Mrs Mary Vaskowsky and Mrs J V Kooba host Chicago nieces. W H Ross from Cooper College speaks at U P church. Local carpenters busy building and repairing. Ethel Breish Kruse visiting. Anglers fish along the Wapsie. Brown and Behnke enjoy Canton fishing. T F Allen attends Republican state convention at Des Moines. Lenox College promoter E E Reed visits. James Post stock buyer visits town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
E. M. Babcock
N. W. Hutchins
Wyoming Journal
Babcock
Board of Education
Michael Berger
Madison
A. C. Klemme
Lewiston
Moncana
George Schollman
Esther
Lucile
Glen
Fred Schollman
Wilson
Omaha
Nebraska
Charles Fielder
Will Schollman
John Berger
Cedar Rapids
Emma
Caroline
Walter
Laverne Berger
August Feddersen
Mike Berger
Madison Township
Wapsie
Olin
Feddersen
August
Mary Vaskowsky
J. V. Kooba
East Ridge
Chicago
W. H. Ross
Cooper College
Stirling
Kansas
U. P
Ross
Ethel Breish Kruse
W. O. Shafer
W. B. Brown
W. H. Behnke
Canton
T. F. Allen
Des Moines
E. E. Reed
Hopkinton
Lenox College
James Post
Monmouth
Onslow Local Notices and residents in transition
Onslow events report William Dennison visiting Thompsonville with aunt Martha Campbell’s remains from Long Beach California. Fisher runs the bank in Dennison’s absence as Lou Easler travels to meet husband from Kansas City. Hasler heads to Minnesota. Mrs Hasler stays with parents. Local business updates note Henry Null buying fixtures for Wm Conley shop run by Orensen of Monticello. Various residents visit or relocate and a health case notes Mrs George Chase with abscess under medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Wm. Dennison
Thompsonville
Connecticut
Martha Campbell
Long Beach
California
Cedar Rapids
Fisher
Dennison
Lou Easler
Des Moines
Kansas City
Mr. Hasler
Minnesota
George Chase
Dr. Chamberlain
J. G. Potter
Monmouth
J. G. Franks
Wyoming
M.M. Franks
George Miller
Riceville
Mr. Miller
George Smith Jr
Chicago
Prairieburg Notes Sketch Local Happenings
Prairieburg July 13 updates include editor Owens planning a new newspaper office above DeLancey store. Mrs. H G Rowley rushed from Cedar Rapids to ill Mrs. C O Rowley, who is improving. Residents Galore visit family friends in Stewartville Minnesota Mason City and Rockwell City trips noted plus new automobile purchase by J Schleicher from Central City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Owens
DeLancey
H. G. Rowley
Cedar Rapids
C. O. Rowley
John Walmutt
S. Caryl
Stewartville
Minnesota
J. Schleicher
F. Hamilton
Central City
Plamadore
Anamosa
McLaughlin
H. T. Crawford
Marion
Roy Fisher
Rockwell City
Sylvia McFarlin
Mason City
Prairburg
Wollmut
P. Lauser
Clara Fehr
L. A
N. L. Floyd
Cedar Rapidg
Henry Dolia
Center Junction News Roundup From July Local Notes
Center Junction reports an all day L A of M E church meeting at James Young home. Rebekahs install officers for six months. Local residents travel to Marion, Milan Illinois, Scotch Grove and Olin for visits and events. James Meade goes to Dubuque to see the aviator loop the loop.
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Center
Junction
Center Junction
L. A
M. E. Church and Missionary, Society
James Young
Rebekahs
Ida McDonald
Little Dorothy
Marion
Perryman
Flaming Arrow
Wyoming
Olin
Lucy Ketcham
Monmouth
Sinkey
Raymond
Arthur Fickle
James Meade
Dubuque
Stingley
Duncan
Milan
Lutheran mission festival draws large Castle Grove crowd
Castle Grove hosts annual mission festival with Rev OC Holtermann of Davenport and Rev J Moehl of Preston leading sermons. Community members from Hopkinton Mon ticello and Wayne attend. Local farming notes mention barley in shock and oats ripening amid hot weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
OC. Holtermann
Davenport
J. Moehl
Preston
Hopkinton
Monticello
Wayne
Old Sol
The
Mercury
Emily Brown
Kasota
Minnesota
Harl Gillilan
Little Son
Harris
W. A. Montgomery
Rockford
Illinois
Harriet Lubben
Yellowstone National Park
H. B. Clark
Edgemont
South Dakota
F. M. Clark
Cedar Rapids
S. M. Hosford
Will Hiller’s
Shadow party and county home concert slated in Scotch Grove
Miss Irma Sanford and Miss Miriam Rice host a shadow party on D. O. Sinclair’s lawn Friday evening. The band boys plan a concert and ice cream social at the county home next Thursday July 23. Several residents visit and travel plans are noted, including Fred Lange returning from Montana and Fred Otten buying a new Hudson car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Irma Sanford
Miriam Rice
D. O. Sinclair
Fred Lange
Montana
Iowa
Band Boys
Russett
Cedar Rapids
Ed Hughes
G. Hickels
Emma
Rockwell City
Ed Schneider
Monticello
W. B. Warner
Nellie Sutherland
Chicago
Fred Otten
Smith
Robert Aldrich
Sand Spring Visitors Make Local Weekend Trips
Sand Spring notes list Mr and Mrs Len Reichart and Fred Matthiessen visiting Monticello Saturday evening. George Holmes traded in Monticello Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Appleby spent a day in Cedar Rapids recently. John Appleby made calls at Worthington Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Reichart
Fred Matthiessen
Monticello
George Holmes
John Appleby
Cedar Rapids
Worthington
Jones County Iowa Sealed Bid Notice for Bridges and Culverts
Sealed bids for bridge and culvert work in Jones County Iowa are due by 1 p.m. July 20 1914 at the county auditor office. Bids must use county forms with 5 percent certified check, 60 percent bond, and may be rejected or waived. Itemized works include Bridge No 82 and two culverts with specified dimensions and costs. Sibley Tribune notes foolish fashion aside and advertises Doutrick's silk hosiery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa
E. J. Hines
Fawn Creek Second Street
Anamosa
Washington Township
Greenfield Township
J. Hines
Real estate transfers and county financial items listed
A long list of property conveyances across Monticello Anamosa Wyomin g and surrounding townships includes buyers and sellers such as N G W Winner L B Hoag A P Norton Mrs Dessa D Cooley Samuel Glick J A Voorhees Alfred W Starke and others with prices ranging from $1 to $100000. The Auditor’s report shows school fund balances and fees collected by the county and the board actions approving bonds and expenditures for infrastructure and refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G. W. Winner
L. BE. Hoag
Monticello
A. P. Norton
Dessa D. Cooley
Wherry
Wyoming
Samuel] Glick
Citizens Savings Bank
Hale Township
Q. c
William A. Herren
L. W. Lovell
Turck
L. Niles
C. W. Matcalf
Anamosa
C. d
John I. Henderson
EB. F. Bibenwig
Castle Grove Township
Margaret Mills
Husband
J. H. Guatine
Shaw
A. Scott & Skinner
Mary Sebotka
John Sebotka
Oxford Junction
Frank
Joseph Sebotka
W. H. Tourtellot
Lucy C. Tourtellot
M. O. Felton
Alto F. L. Coder
J. H. Gustine
Marshall Groat
Lotsa
Lexington
Park Chamberlain
Eastern Iowa Consolidated Light & Power Co
William G. Dows
Isaac B. Smith
John A. Reed
Charles H. Foy
Eastern Iowa Consolidated Light
Self
Q.c.d
Mary W. Frisbie
Abbie J. Yule
Scott & Skinner
William G. Zimmerman
James William Conmey
Cass Township
John Grant
Harry Miller
Rome
Catherine L. Perley
F. A. Locher
Bradstreet
Frank Zidek
John Shedek
Fisher
Alfred Walton
George L. Schoonover
Peter
Joseph N. Ramsey
George L. Seboonover
Anamaesa
Margaret Hollender
John Roof
William Barker
Elizabeth Benfield
Rome Township
H. E. Carter
William B. Stevens
C. J. Street
Viroqua
Morley
Lewis G. Stabler
John B. Zimmerman
Warvel
Hines
Huldah Baugh
J W Shadle
Dumont Et al
Simpson
N A Walker
Thomson
L. A. Sutherland
Scotch Grove Township
Hale
J. A. McDonald
Murfield
Lewis Starry
Lucas Strub
Bohren
Jones County Supervisors Move to Bid Road Improvements
On July 6 1914 the Jones county Iowa supervisors approved road work bids for Wayne and Washington townships and terminated a public hearing with a resolution of necessity to construct a bridge. They also approved multiple fiscal items including auditors collections hunter licenses deed transfers bonds and various minor accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Murfield
Wayne Township
Washington Township
Temple Hill Church Road
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Iowa
Thomsen
Hunter’s
Old Bridge
T Belknap & Moncrief
Ascent of Denali Described From Mount McKinley Summit
Archdeacon Stuck recounts reaching the summit of Mount McKinley and gazing over a vast void with Denali’s Wife Mount Foraker visible about 3,000 feet below and far to the distance. He notes the sublime isolation of the peak and the expansive blue valley of the Kuskokwim to the south and east.
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Mount McKinlay
Archdeacon
Mount McKinley
Denali
Snow Basin
Gulf
Mount Foraker
Kuskokwim
Magnificent Voracity in Gypsy Moth Control Beetle
An article notes the green beetle as a fierce predator in gypsy moth suppression. It can eat ten times its weight in larvae per day and may consume around 650 caterpillars over five months, with a pair observed to devour 2,000 in eight weeks. It contrasts with monks in Tibet and Siberia who still use carved wooden blocks for printing.
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Frodi
Sea Rover
Cen
Hall's Catarrh Cure legal oath notice
Frank J. Cheney asserts he is senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. and that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Sworn December 6, 1886 before A. W. Gleason Notary Public in Toledo Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces. ads note testimonials and 5c tablets.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J
A. W. Gleason
Hall
FF. J, Cheney & CO
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J. W. Doxsee
Sibley Tribune
Doutrick’s
J. H. J. Stutt Et al
George Stutt
Mownfina
G. A. Fisher
Earl] Boyer
County Insane Fund
County Fund
Thomaen
EH. J. Hines
I. J
Supervisors’ Proceedings
Tibet
Siberia
Mr. Farmer
Elco
UTTON
ISSES
Doutrick Dry Goods Co
Velie Vehicles
Siebels & Schoon
Monticello and Vicinity
Kettlitz & Kay Monticello, Iowa
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