Cass Correspondence Reports Local Happenings in July
Miss Mary Ogden visits Cass. Numerous residents and visitors from Anamosa Cedar Rapids Monticello West Point and Oklahoma travel and attend community events. Ice cream social, church address on Alaska and plans for vocal music class mark the social calendar. Fourth of July activities include picnics in nearby towns and birthday celebration for Miss Clara Ketcham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass
Mary Ogden
EF. J. Ramacy
Cedar Rapids
Walter Austin
Monticello
Frank Lawrence
Chas. Greg
Wayne Township
Copping
Central City
Frisbie House
Dirks
Fred Husman
Agnes Remley
Anamosa
G. T. Ketcham
Lizzie Farrington
Will Woodard
Chas Gould
Anamasa
D. MM. Griffith
Bb. McGuire
Highland Grove
Lorie Parner
Amiel Strath
Nellie Conrad
LeLilliar
Freeport
Olinvis
J. J. Ramsey
Matt Bruce
Victor Fairbanks
LeRoy
Minnesota
A. J. Fairbanks
Ella Watt
Wm, Thomas
Anamogi
Eva Carkeek
Dubagane
Led’? Bagley
Ketchem Farm
Jennie Sandhouse
Crane
W. da Ketcham
Scott Monroe
Lee Pearson
Cyril Croot
Orange
N. J
Trarvest
C.F. Insign
Cass Congregational Church
Alaska
Land of Plenty
O. B. Crane
Harriet Williams
West Orange
New Jersey
G. G. Ketcham
Center Junction
Anderson
Marion
Buffalo
Clara Ketcham
Local notes from Cascade Iowa listings and deaths
Cascade July 16 reports visits by J A Sapple from St Louis and other locals. Milk cooperative chats, property sale, church pulpit swap, and a run of local visits. Cascade July 17 notes the Haizlett death in Marmburg and nearby family losses in two years.
Local Notes From Onglow and Surrounding Areas
James Forsyth visits a Clinton sister while Ben Paul of Blairstown visits aged parents. Fred Wrastler remains laid up with rheumatism. T. T. Tebo confined home by illness. Mackrill family returns from South Dakota. Noyes handles raspberries. orders invited. Ek R Moore assists Streeper’s lightning losses. Farmers grapple with corn and hay. Mrs. Alice Chase travels to Kansas City with grandson Marian Overly. Mrs. Sadie Thomas visits from Chicago to her parents. Will Dennison heads west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Forsyth
Clinton
Ben Paul
Blairstown
Fred Wrastler
T. T. Tebo
Mackrill
South Dakota
Noyes
R. Moore
B. W. Streeper
Alice Chase
Kansas City
Geo. Sattan
Marian
Sadie Thomas
Chicago
J. A. Pant
Will Dennison
Far West
Dennison Visit to Kangas and Local Court Action Named
Mr and Mrs John Dennison escorted a visit to Kangas to see Mrs Dennison s brother. Hiram Shuck and wife spent days with the Russell family in Davenport. Mrs Ruegell sister of Mr Shuck has served at Rock Island since 1869. Andrew Townsend appeared before Mr Lightfoot on intoxication and disorderly conduct charges for trespassing at Johnsontown plea guilty fined 35 and 30 days jail. Constable Millsap transported him to Anamosa for sheriff custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dennison
Kangas
Dennison
Hiram Shuck
Davenport
Johnsontown
Millsap
Anamosa
Local notices from Clay July reports people and events
In Clay on July 16 Mrs M A McMaster is able to be about again. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Geo Hanna. Miss Annie Corbit visits her aunt Mrs John Corbit. C W McMaster recent guest of George Reid. Artie Ames escapes a 60 foot fall from a windmill tower. A young son born to Mr and Mrs Herman Claubauch of Genoa Neb. Mrs Claubaugh was Miss Horton of Clay. Theodore C Behrends and Minnie J Cassenas marry at Sand Hill church with Rev Schutz. Gerhard Behrends best man and Grace Cassens bridesmaid. The couple has many friends’ best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
M. A. McMaster
Geo
Hanna
Annie Corbit
John Corbit
C. W. McMaster
George Reid
Artie Ames
Herman Claubauch
Genoa
Neb
Claubauch
Mies. Horton
Theodore C. Behrends
Minnie J. Cassenas
Ltch
Sand Hill
Rev
Schutz
Gerhard Behrends
Grace Cassens
Belated Kansas wedding of Albertsons daughter
The notice reports the June 12 1907 marriage of Minas Nellie Albertson to Edward Kiser at the Albertson home near Lamar Kansas. Rev Stilson and Rev Cooper officiated with Miss Cooper as singer and Ida Baggerly as bridesmaid. A luncheon followed under a tent among garlanded trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Kan
A. G. Albertson
Minas Nellie Albertson
Edward Kiser
Lamar
Kansas
Stilson
Cooper
British rail system praised for timeliness and efficiency
Ray Morris notes in Atlantic that British rail lines provide exceptional service to travelers and shippers. He cites constant punctuality, with trains arriving on time or within minutes, and cites Atlinsbury Park near London where trains run roughly every two minutes, day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
England
Atlinsbury Park
London
Ray Morris
Atlantic
Silent vil lage fear of evil spirits shocks Russia
A passage notes Itugsian peasants mute after hours believing evil spirits attract sounds. In sparse villages at 10 to 11 p m men speak softly and avoid laughter. Kiev and southern towns share the hush as streets empty after dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moujik
Kiev
Russia
Blackwood
Rector’s age riddle and a cat’s strange affliction
A New York rector claims to be seventy-seven, juggling a joke about his and his wife’s birthdays and aging. Separately a young cat briefly goes blind after a mouse incident, recovering after two hours, with the episode labeled hysterical paralysis from emotion.
Twenty-Five Years Ago July Happenings in Monticello
The Expresa files recall July 1882 events in Monticello and vicinity. Franks Ferring died aged 55 on the 31st and Dr F Merriam on the 25th aged 55 years 11 months. The railway sold 250 tickets to Anamosa on the Fourth. A Matthiessen sold his implement business to Coxsee and Hayes. Mrs Caroline Ely aged 85, sister of Capt M L Carpenter died on the 16th. A G Albertson and Miss Kate S Alien wed at Langworthy on the 4th. Music teacher Effie Gramling gave a summer concert with 40 participants. W M Starr sold Castle Grove farm of 240 acres to A B Harma for $40 per acre. Monticello saloon keeper John Grumm was killed by a car near Council Bluffs on the 7th. A Whiting bought the Rueger building for a glove factory. Local druggists Soetje & Tarke J H Bacher & Co E M Thompson announced they would sell no liquor. Rev F von Strohe survived a buggy runaway. Teachers elected July 7 with Foster as principal and a full list of assistants. Monticello Oak Leaves beat Anamosa Blues 4–8, and a return game on the 4th saw Anamosa 23, Monticello 16. Players listed include R Roba O Mershon W Lamb G Roba C Blanchard P Swearingen W Smalley C Hogg A Tice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ferring
F. Merriam
Anamosa
A. Matthiessen
A. R. Coxsee
James Hayes
Caroline Ely
M. L. Carpenter
W. M. Starr
Castle Grove
A. B. Harma
John Grumm
Monticello
Cara
Council Bluffa
A. Whiting
Rueger
Virgt and
Farley Streets
F. von Strohe
St John’s Lutheran Church
Foster
Kate Curtis
Mary Marvin
Margaret Oliphant
Annie Dreibelbis
Emma A. Moody
Jennie Henderson
Lucy Austin
Kate Chandler
Monticello Oak Leaves
Anamosa Blues
R. Roba
O. Mershon
W. Lamb
G. Roba
C. Blanchard
P. Swearingen
W. Smalley
C. Hogg
A. Tice
Fisher and city life mix in comic vignettes
A collage of short anecdotes featuring Hiram Bassett’s Cape Cod visit with fish feasts, a New York sidewalk critique, screw propeller rivalry, a preschool buttering moment, a Fre n s les Rungis wedding incident, and a shopgirl inquiry, all reflecting quirky everyday folly.
Weather Bulletin Reports Mixed Week with Heavy Showers
The bulletin notes near normal weekly temperatures and typical sunshine with heavy showers on the 9th 10th 11th 14th and 15th causing local floods and soil erosion. Crop conditions vary with favorable field work in many areas and strong hay yields while rust may threaten oats and corn grows rapidly in well managed fields. Pasture and minor crops show solid prospects. Public notices follow about hunting trespass and fruit sales and farm bid opportunities in Iowa Kansas and Illinois locales.
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Cascade
J. A. Sapple
St. Louis
J. KF. Angon
C. W. McQuillen
Dupargne
Chas. Green
Hopkinton
UH. Santington
Waterloo
Reuben Hawkins
Jno
T. Redmond
Washington Mills
Iowa
Henry Kremer
Peter Kremer
Co-operative Creamery Co
Jno. McGinness
Prairieburg
Peter Bock
Clara Wise
Clara Loy
W. G. Wise
Fred Telmer
Turnis
Isaac Sears
Kingsley
Wairburn
Peter Larson
Helena
Montana
James Moran
Jno. Hardiman
Washington Township
Ward
Richard Haiztett
Mamburg
R. Fl
D. A. Beatty
Haizlett
Rebecca
Illinois
Kiser—Albertson
Queer Russian Wayon
New York
Isis
Expresa
Kate S. Alien
Langworthy
Mies Effie Gramling
Hiram Bassett
Cape Cod
Hiram
Mr. Bassett
Hannah
Massachusetts
New York Post
William Symonds
British
Admiralty
Fresnes Les Rungis
London Tribune
Chicago News
Plymouth
Mr Nou
Halil
Canvas Oxfords
Stuhlers
Onslow
J. B. Hutton
Wm Fletcher
Martin Carstens
John Dew
Bernhard Behrends
Geo. Hendricka
John Juilfs
Hutton
J. O. Hutton
W. T. Cameron
Spence Farm
Hopkinton Exchange
W. A. Place
Hoch
Franklin Co
Crain & Thompson
Main St
Ottawa
Franklin, Co
Monticello State Bank
James Applegate
Scotch Grove
Charles S. Applegate
Doutrick Dry Goods CO
Aed Waim
G. C
Doutrick Dry Goods
the Lake Resorts
ST. Paul
Wisconsin
Lakes
Fox Lake District
Delavan
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Lauderdale Lake
Minocqua
Tomahawk Lake
Star Lake
Lake Minnetonka
Prior Lake
Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Kilbourn
Middle West
F. A. Miller
H.M. Rembury
Remley & Rem
James Remley Ley
Anamoss
Main Street
M. BE
Epworth
Siocon
Eclipse Lumber CO
C. G. Meyer
Mgr
DR. B. Coffman
Lovell House
OWL
R. Coultherd
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