History tree overhanging Wyoming home prompts local tales
A July visit by L V Brainard notes a cottonwood in front of Mrs J A Griswold’s residence now spans 110 feet with a trunk girth of 22 feet 8 inches nine inches above ground. The 1844 planted tree has become a historic landmark referenced by Dr M H Calkins in 1878 as a grand trunk framing the street and church site.
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Wyoming
L. V. Brainard
J. A. Griswold
Jones County
M. H. Calkins
Wherry
H. Brainard
Nona Kirkner
Stanley Brainard
Davenport
J. W. Richards
Mechanicsville
M. M. Garrison
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Mr. Brainard
Oakdale
Nebraska
G. M. Hogeboom
W. J. Brainard
J. F. ‘Lasker
East Ridge
J. E. Kegley
Oxford Junction
Washington Street
Ed Leffingwell
L. F. Zeller
John Tortsen
Emma Shimerda
Jas. Dubois
J. E. Davies
J. H. Orris
Main Street
Babcock
Jim Inglis
Peck
Guthrie
Wilson
Jessie
H. E. Wilcox
Mt. Vernon
M. E. Church
W. W. Bronson
Comany
John Perrine
Anticello
Chicago
E. N. Stoffell
B. H. Chamberlain
Center Junction Social Roundup Sees Wide Travel
Center Junction notes a long list of visitors and departures from July events. Residents return from Clinton Maquoketa Davenport and Elkport while others visit Amber Amber Milledgeville and Cedar Rapids. An ice cream social and club meeting add community activity.
Haying advances as Castle Grove reports mixed oats
In Castle Grove on Sunday J S Porter of Davenport led a party including Robert Henderson Mrs McConnon Mrs Bevington and the Hosford couple through local oats fields noting some heavy patches where grain lodged. Haying progresses rapidly with yields varying from light to average while residents visit relatives and attend church activities at the Cass church and Noble home events.
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Castle Grove
J. S. Porter
Davenport
Monticello
Robert Henderson
McConnon
Chris Hiben
John Nelson
Murphy
Center Junction
Nelson
E. E. Orcutt
Springville
Prairieburg
Albert Eiben
Cedar Rapids
Young Ladies’ Club
Noble Hone
Margaret Nicholson
Wil
the Express
James
Lane
Castle Grove Township
Null
Big Farm
Caroline BE. Ely
Frank Ferring
Dunnegan
Franklin P. Merriman
W. M. Starr
A. B. Harms
Local Social Notes Highlight Monticello Visits and Events
Bama visited friend Miss Grace Noble last week. John Barrack from Monticello helps with haying and harvesting. A dance occurred at Arthur Mac Donald's last Thursday night. Arthur Fairbanks owns a fine Cadillac. N Kehoe from Monticello was a Sunday visitor there. Henry Rickels called on friends Sunday. Miss Emma Rickels spent Sunday with her parents.
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Bama
Grace Noble
John Barrack
Monticello
Arthur MacDonald
Arthur Fairbanks
N. Kehoe
Henry Rickels
Emma Rickels
Cascade News: Car Crash Injures Thomson. County Notes
W Thomson and Bertling return to Worthington in an automobile when the car strikes an obstacle north of Cascade causing a skid and overturn. Thomson is injured but progress is reported as improving though he will be laid up. Rev Hugh Robinson visits from Pawnee City en route home from Madison work. Implement dealers report high demand and labor scarcity. Cascade beats Worthington 6 to 4 in 13 innings. Local hiring, travel, visits, and business notes cover community life.
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W. Thomson
Bertling
Worthington
Thomson
Drs. Lanes
May
Leonard
Hugh Robinson
Pawnee City
Nebraska
James Armstrong
Madison
South Dakota
Stapleton
H. A. Cameron
Bridge Department
Milwaukee
John Knox
Ray
Elmer
Swift Current
Sasakatchewan
Canada
Onslow News In Brief July Visits
In Onslow on July 16 James Forsythe journeyed to Tama to see a brother hurt in an auto accident. Mrs Mary Johnston traveled to Marshalltown to visit a ill daughter. Cedar Walls resident Miss Edrie Cahoon visited grandparents Daniel and Mrs Cooley. Local arrivals Mr Leo Courtney Center Junction visited. Maquoketa visitor Mrs Hattie Lamey. Cedar Rapids visitor Miss Mae Paul. Monticello resident Fred Matthiessen and Sunday guest Floyd Bristol called.
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Waterloo
Zepha Burch
Olin
Park Chamberlain
Anamosa
Wyoming
A. Losty
Cedar Rapids
UO. W
C. W. Graham
W. G. Wherry
Marie
Fred Schelling
Leota Wherry
Ethel Barrett
Hl. W. Kettlesen
Chicago
Center Junction
M. E. Barrett
la Verne
Savannah
Victor Kleineck
Oxford
Kleineck
Frank Shimanek
J. M. Young
Minnie Dawson
Frank McNeilly
Springville
Ed Duncan
Hurst
Vera Kempf
Paul’s Valley
Oklahoma
Thomas Dawson
Clinton
Nanon Dawson
C. H. Dixon
Rose Berry
Ernest Gardner
Hilda
Eloise
D. 4. Ward
E. L. Tomlinson
Wm. Tomlinson
Charles Peddycord
M. QO. Felton
Maquoketa
Mrs. Porter
Helen Stingley
Davenport
Earl
Heldred Porter
Wilfred Leggett
J. B. Moses
H. E. Stingley
Robinson
Jessie Crans
Olive Stingley
Harry Stingley
Mayme
Carrie Preas
M.L. Coyle
Monticello
Kittie Richardson
Joan Weir
Freida Hansen
Flossie Lyong
J. L. Club
J. A. McDonald
Frank Livingstone
Bertha Patterson
Onslow
James Forsythe
Tama
Mary Johnston
Marshalltown
Edrie Cahoon
Cedar Walls
Daniel Cooley
Leo Courtney
Hattie Lamey
Mae Paul
Fred Matthiessen
Floyd Bristol
The Peril of the Drug Habit Cocaine Dangers
Charles B Towns discusses cocaine as the most harmful habit forming drug in The Century August issue. He contrasts cocaine with opium noting rapid withdrawal misery, short lived stimulant effects, and a pattern of using alcohol to cope, often leading to morphine later.
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Charles B. Towns
Vice President Shifts Duty as Grandmother Ill
On the Senate floor Vice President Sherman asked Senator Pomerene to preside for the afternoon because his grandmother was very ill. Pomerene asked about her temperature, and Sherman replied Yesterday it was 3 to 1. He then left for the bleachers, leaving the senator in charge.
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Sherman
Senate
Pomerene
Farmers and Merchants Bank Extends Life Twenty Years
The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Cascade filed amended articles to extend its corporate life by 20 years from August 20. President Dickson Beatty and cashier J W Beatty lead a board including John Taylor George W Craft H Winters E Moore J Finn W Heery Thomas Kingsley and others in a conservative growth run over 20 years.
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Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Cascade
Dickson Beatty
J. W. Beatty
John Taylor
Ecashier
J. I. Conlon
George W. Craft
J. Winters
E. Moore
J. J. Finn
William Heery
Thomas Kingsley
W. A. Fairburn
W. S. Kearney
T. McQuillen
C. H. Huntington
Rockefeller 73. many envy his standing yesterday
The Chicago Record-Herald notes John D. Rockefeller was 73 years old yesterday and observes that many people would envy his position and wealth.
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Chicago Record-Herald
John D. Rockefeller
Mother warns on thrift and marriage in notes to editor
A concerned mother writes to the Express editor about selecting husbands for daughters, urging thrift and stability over flashy spending. She worries about young men who are generous and spend freely, and questions thrift among youth while recalling July 1882 local events and deaths.
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the Express
Oxford Street
Mary
Real estate transfers listed in Jackson and Fairview townships
Transfers show H B Johnson and wife to Hiram Brady for land in sec 19 Jackson township at 75 dollars. Clayton Dumont and others to C M and St P ny Co for land in sec 10 Greenfield township at 160 dollars. Robert Johnson and others to B W Harrison for land in sections 11 and 14 Fairview township at 81 dollars. S Pize and husband to H B Richardson for lot 432 Railroad add Monticello at 38000 dollars. Christopher A Larson and wife to Cyrus A and Mary L Miller for s j of wig swig in sec 9 Fairview township at 1809 dollars. W A Hogan sheriff to Bedelia Duffy for swf see 27 Washington township at 567.45 dollars. Kathryn Sampica and husband to Alexis Foremah for land in Morley at 900 dollars. J H Hartman to Anna M Hartman for parts of sec 22 Fairview township at 1 dollar. R M Corbit and wife to Mabel Byerly for part of eg sw nwi sec 34 Clay township at 950 dollars.
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H. B. Johnson
Hiram Brady
Jackson Township
Clayton Dumont
Greenfield Township
Robert Johnson
B. W. Harrison
Fairview Township
Ih. S. Pize
Richarson
Monticello
Christopher A. Larson
Cyrus A
Mary L. Miller
Fairview
W.A. Hogan
Bedelia Duffy
Washington Township
Kathryn Sampica
Alexis Foremah
Morley
J. H. Hartman
Anna M. Hartman
Self
R. M. Corbit
Mabel Byerly
Clay Township
Cheap and Effective Fly Killer Says London Lancet
The London Lancet endorses a simple fly killer using a weak formaldehyde solution. Two teaspoonfuls to a pint of water in plates throughout the home can last a family all summer. It kills insects with minimal odor and is nearly non poisonous to people. Pyrethrum powder burned in the house is also advised.
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London Lancet
Burdette Warns Youth Against Smoking
In his wise style Bob Burdette admonishes youth to quit cigarettes. He jokes that a breath tainted by smoking smells like a glue factory and dulls the mind, likening the smoker to a cigar store dummy with a ciphered intellect.
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Bob Burdette
Do Not Read Donts For Hot Weather Or Baby
A Chicago Evening Post reader is advised that the best way to handle heat is to ignore a list of don'ts for yourself and baby. The note playfully urges skipping the word donts while highlighting caution during hot weather.
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Chicago Evening Post
Baby
Speaks by the Card on cost of presidential primaries
The New York Evening Post notes that the phrase high cost of living includes the expense of presidential primaries, urging clarity on who bears the burden and what legitimacy is granted to authority in this matter.
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New York Evening Post
Dixon's loyalty banners a lone progressive Republican
The Springfield Republican notes Dixon of Montana appears the only progressive Republican senator loyal to the colonel. It argues this personal fidelity is strong but Montana will not shield him for the senate as a regular choice.
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Springfield
Mass
Dixon
Montana
Senate
Col Bryan Generosity Reveals Democratic Convention Aims
St Louis Globe-Democrat reports Col Bryan sought to dictate Democratic convention nominees and draft the party platform while leaving New York to handle other details. Mention includes lines on eyesight testing and glasses fitted. A brief note on Dr L Q Stuhler and Dr Puleston claims of curing ruptures using the fidelity method with no pain or work detentions.
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Col. Bryan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
New York
Puleston
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